Resources
Consider our resource guide as your FAQ page. Everything here are common questions that are asked a lot in our Amazon FBA community. This page will be constantly updated over time. We only promote our own battle-tested resources here.
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Product Research
Google Keywords Planner - (FREE) Keyword Research
Google Trends - (FREE) Understand Market Trends
Helium 10 - 20% OFF Your First 6 Months When You Use Code: STC6M20
Viral Launch (Market Intelligence) - Use Code: SELLERTRADECRAFT to get $50 Off.
Service Providers
Inspection Service
Topwin Inspection ⇨ $25 Off Code: SELLERTRADECRAFT
Listing Optimization
Freight Forwarder
Video Ads
Accounting
Preceding Point (Houston, TX)
Product Photography
Keyword Research
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Payments Processing
(Wire Transfers to Suppliers & Contractors)
Product Launch
PPC Software
Zon.Tools ⇨ Use Code: 762t3m to get 15% Recurring Product Discount
Reporting + Profit
SellerBoard ⇨ FREE first 2 months
ManageByStats ⇨ 10% Discount plus a bunch of bonuses
SellerLegend (ABT Prefered).
Sales Tax
TaxJar ⇨ 10% Off Code: SELLERTRADECRAFT10 + 10% Off for annual plan.
Accounting
Keyword Tracking
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Seller.Tools ⇨ Code: STRADECRAFT for 20% Off
Landing Pages
(EMAIL CAPTURE, COUPON CODE DELIVERY, AND ETC)
Email Marketing
eCommerce
Siteground - For the love of god, do not use Bluehost if you don't enjoy long wait times for support—get Siteground instead!
Shopify - Easiest way to get a site up and running.
G-Suite - Google’s Suite of Apps to keep use your email.
Pixelfy.me - Facebook Pixel users / Super URLs ⇨ $1 for 30 day trial
Refunds
(GET FREE MONEY BACK FROM AMAZON)
Refund Hunter - Automatic
Helium 10 - 20% OFF Your First 6 Months When You Use Code: STC6M20
Common Questions
Private Label
1. What brands have product listings I can reference when designing my own listings?
Anker and Taotronics
2. How should I launch my Private Label Product? Where can I find Anthony’s Ballz to the Wallz Spreadsheet?
Product Packaging
What kind of files do I send to my product designers or packaging designer?
For Product designers, people creating mold and 3D molds of your physical product you’ll want to send the CAD files.
For packaging designers, print and etc; they will generally want AI files.
Virtual Assistants (VAs)
Anthony’s YouTube Equipment
Pro Tips
Bigger Photos - Make your Amazon photos appear bigger by cropping them all way to the edge of your product so there is no white space around it. Also make the photo height slightly larger than the width.
Auto PCC Search Results - Don't delete ASIN's from your Auto campaign search term reports! These ASIN's will lead to other potential PL opportunities, complimentary products, and competing products to run reverse ASIN scans and discover more keywords!
New Identity for China - For the DEAR god of life, create a new email, Google Voice, Skype, WhatsApp, and everything for contacting suppliers on Alibaba. It'll give you peace of mind from the spam that some of them will give you.
Patent Infringement? The considerations are based on my 2 experiences where my products were hit with patent infringements where the patent owner lodged a claim with Amazon. The first case was very similar to your plight where it was my best selling product accounting for over 50% of my revenue.
Do not make contact with Amazon or the patent owner until you have evaluated the situation and have hired a patent attorney. Do not admit guilt and do not provide your feedback until you have a formal position.
Recommended Patent Lawyers via Upwork:
*Tell them Seller Tradecraft sent you.
Your patent attorney will conduct research and investigation which includes a determination of whether you do infringe the patent (wholly or partly) and whether there was "prior art". If there was prior art (e.g. the patent was available in product prior to the patent being approved), then patent may not hold.
Your patent attorney will also advise whether it's worth litigating (e.g. if the patent can be challenged and would the patent owner attorney advise their client to litigate knowing that if they lost the case, there would be precedence and the patent is all but useless).
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