Michael Spadaro

Consumer products brand builder. Serial entrepreneur with 17 years of experience launching, scaling, and selling businesses across multiple industries.

[Michael Spadaro @michaelpreneur]

@hulu_support Pretty disappointing... I was not a Hulu subscriber at all, and I signed up for the $4.99 deal thinking I could also add HBO Max for another $2.99... it should be clearly indicated on the site that the two deals cannot be combined... 🫤 Just says "requires Hulu base plan"...

[Michael Spadaro @michaelpreneur]

@dieworkwear I would add the fact that many of our modern everyday goods are simply not even possible to make here, even if the consumer wanted it.

The factories, tooling, knowhow, and in some cases natural resources simply do not exist for many products to be made in the USA.

[Michael Spadaro @michaelpreneur]

@adamscochran The last time higher tariffs were used in negotiations with China, it resulted in no agreement, and we're still paying them today. We sell the products for 14% more $$ than we did before Trump raised the tariffs.

[Michael Spadaro @michaelpreneur]

@adamscochran As the owner of a US small biz who actually manufactures and imports goods from China, and pays tariffs, I can say definitively that the tariff increase will result in raising our prices, or we'll be out of business. It's as simple as that.

[Michael Spadaro @michaelpreneur]

@adamscochran There are plenty of great things we can make here: cars, machinery, food...

But most small household goods cannot feasibly be made in the US and have *never* been made in the US because they didn't exist, or were vastly different, decades ago.

[Michael Spadaro @michaelpreneur]

@adamscochran As a small biz owner who manufactures and sells household goods, I can say that broad tariffs would severely cripple our business, and we would have no choice but to raise prices or shut down.

And no, you can't just "make it here in the US" instead. It doesn't work that way.

[Michael Spadaro @michaelpreneur]

@Evan_Swanson_ FWIW Swad is a hugely successful brand. It's owned by Patel Brothers which is the largest Indian grocer in the world outside of India, and they do well north of 100 MM in annual revenue.

But no they're definitely not optimized to sell on Amazon.

[Michael Spadaro @michaelpreneur]

@Evan_Swanson_ Maybe there are... no... surcharges this year...?

[Michael Spadaro @michaelpreneur]

@Evan_Swanson_ Actually I think the products where we currently use it were already opted in immediately because they were in the old SIOC program. We have new products which have passed the self test but we haven't submitted yet.

[Michael Spadaro @michaelpreneur]

@_GeorgeReid_ Been seeing this for a while. One of our top competitors has had this on their listing for months... doesn't seem to hurt them though... 😅

[Michael Spadaro @michaelpreneur]

@EvanSwanson_FBA I've used Tortuga's stuff for years and love it.

[Michael Spadaro @michaelpreneur]

@BillDA One of the great joys of not working a corporate gig is not having to use Microsoft Teams.

[Michael Spadaro @michaelpreneur]

@subscriptiondoc The skill of acquisition is much more highly valued than retention, as it's a skill that's in shorter supply.

[Michael Spadaro @michaelpreneur]

@michaelpatron0 I think you're including freight and storage in the AWD scenario, but not in the FBA-placement-fee scenario?

[Michael Spadaro @michaelpreneur]

@_GeorgeReid_ What drives them back to the listing to even know about the offer? Will Amazon notify them in any way? That's the part that always confuses me.

[Jake Martin | Amazon Advertising 🛠 @jake_rm_]

How to dominate with product variations on Amazon.

A low-hanging fruit strategy to niche down, rank for more keywords, and explode front-end sales.

🧵👇

[Michael Spadaro @michaelpreneur]

@austriker27 Folding t shirts is one of the great mysteries of life for me. I'm helpless.

[Michael Spadaro @michaelpreneur]

@Grizzly_Jared Sounds like a pretty typical Amazon Ads account!