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[Jose valerio @Josemenchu12]

But getting that $2,500 back into cash meant I could redeploy it immediately into inventory that actually turned a profit. Taking a $2,500 bath right away was better than letting dead inventory sit and rot in a warehouse.

What's been some of your bigger losses in reselling?

[Jose valerio @Josemenchu12]

About 6 years ago, I had been selling small tumbling gym mats as an Amazon replen for months when Walmart marked them on clearance across Missouri. Seeing an item I already knew sold, I rented a U-Haul and drove across the state buying $5,000 worth of them until the truck was ful

[Jose valerio @Josemenchu12]

Once the boxes arrived, I called around and sold the entire lot at a discount to a local daycare. I recovered about $2,500 of the original $5,000.

Between the 50% capital hit, the U-Haul rental, and days on the road, I lost money.

[Jose valerio @Josemenchu12]

Screen record 10 real sourcing decisions on video. Pull up live products and talk through the exact reason you accept or pass on each listing.

Then write the pass/fail criteria into a 1-page SOP with hard numbers for sales rank, offer counts, and minimum ROI floors.

[Jose valerio @Josemenchu12]

When you evaluate a Keepa chart, you make 10 micro-decisions in 30 seconds.

Then you hand a virtual assistant a general checklist and wonder why lead quality falls off.

You have evaluated thousands of products, but an assistant looks at that same chart and only sees lines.

[Jose valerio @Josemenchu12]

Diversification makes sense once your core business has SOPs and throws off excess cash to allocate. If you are still packing boxes and fixing daily fires, starting a second business splits your capital and slows down both.

[Jose valerio @Josemenchu12]

I spent my first couple years on Amazon trying to do retail arbitrage, online arbitrage, wholesale, and private label all at once.

My cash was scattered across weak inventory setups, and nothing gained traction until I stopped jumping around and focused on replens.

[Jose valerio @Josemenchu12]

enforcement patterns.

90 days gives you current operational reality, but 365 days gives you seasonal context. I never buy on 90-day data alone if 365 days shows an annual price collapse.

[Jose valerio @Josemenchu12]

Looking at only 30-day Keepa data is how sellers get caught in temporary price spikes.

I use 90-day history to confirm current Buy Box stability, recent velocity, and seller count trends. Then I look at 365 days to see long-term seasonality, annual price dips, and historical IP

[Jose valerio @Josemenchu12]

Check the 365-day Keepa chart to see if this is an annual seasonal dip.

Do not exit the listing. Adjust your reorders so you are not sending inventory faster than it sells. Let stock sell through at margin, and put the freed-up working capital into sourcing new winners.

[Jose valerio @Josemenchu12]

When a replen winner slows down, sellers often panic and slash the price or exit the listing.

Before touching the price, check Keepa. Look at whether the Buy Box is suppressed or rotating strangely, and check offer history for new sellers hopping on in the last 2 to 4 weeks.

[Jose valerio @Josemenchu12]

You do not need a massive social following to get approved for the Amazon Influencer Program.

I have seen creators get accepted with 85 TikTok followers because Amazon looks at engagement over audience size.

[Jose valerio @Josemenchu12]

Last week I worked two full days and three half days.

Income did not drop. That is the whole point of building this.

[Jose valerio @Josemenchu12]

Brands send me review products for the Amazon Influencer program I do not want to keep after the fact.

I give them to a guy at church with a young family. He sells them on Marketplace. We split it.

$600+ and zero hours off my calendar.

[Jose valerio @Josemenchu12]

I have tested 40+ side hustles.

Lowest friction right now is the Amazon Influencer program. For me, it is under 10 hours a week, zero inventory buy-in, and over $2,500 a month in profit on average.

But if you are looking for true scale, Amazon arbitrage is the way to go and wha

[Jose valerio @Josemenchu12]

First look here 👉 https://t.co/JGTg8zumBd

[Jose valerio @Josemenchu12]

If you source on Keepa you know the endless scroll to find the right filter.

They just fixed it. New builder lets you search and type the filter you want instead of dragging down the whole list. Not sure yet it beats the classic view, but it's faster for finding one thing. Qui