- Hi, and welcome back to another Amazon selling video.
If you're new to my channel my name is Nicki Kirk,
and I've been selling on Amazon doing retail arbitrage
for the last four years, all from my fifth wheel RV.
I made my income to travel all over the country in an RV,
all from selling on Amazon.
And so there is so much potential out there still today
for retail arbitragers who want to get
into selling on Amazon.
When I started, I had no job.
I had quit my job so that I could travel
in an RV all over the country,
and I didn't want to do a remote desk job either.
I had saved up six months of living expenses.
So, I travel with a travel companion,
so six months I saved $10,000
which I was gonna live off of.
That was gonna be, you know, my half of the expenses.
And honestly that was probably only gonna be three
or four months.
But in my head, I was like,
"well, I'm gonna figure something out anyways, right?"
In my corporate job that I had left,
I had been through a bunch of different corporate jobs.
And then the one I left
I was an affiliate marketing manager.
So affiliate marketing, if you don't know
it's like when you click on someone's link,
like my links for example.
When I link my Amazon selling supplies,
I make a small percentage of commission off of that link.
So I was handling that for the company I worked for
and all of our different affiliates where we were at.
So I would push the links out there
to try and get people on other websites
to sell our stuff for us,
and then we would pay them a commission.
So since I had already done that, I was like,
okay, well I'm gonna put my position, affiliate marketing,
I could run that for other companies
just as easily as other brands.
So I put it out there on, I think it was
like Fiverr or one of those Upwork type things.
I put it out there and I actually got a brand
I was talking to
that I was gonna run their affiliate marketing
for them from the road.
My idea was I could just start this agency, right?
But at the end of the day
I really didn't want to work for anyone else.
I didn't want to have to answer to anyone else.
And so I thought about it and I was like,
you know what, I'm sorry, I just can't do it.
And I'm so glad I didn't.
I had already known about sign on Amazon
and I knew that was what I wanted to do.
Honestly, it was the best decision I've ever made,
and I have not regretted it for a single second ever.
Even when things got tough.
I am coming up on my four year mark
of selling on Amazon and I have not looked back.
It has been so much fun.
Freeing.
I can work when I want to work.
I don't have to work when I don't want to work.
And there's really no one I have to answer to,
other than myself.
Yes, I guess sometimes Amazon.
But the best part out of all of this
is definitely been just talking
about what I'm doing, selling on Amazon.
And having other sellers interested
or people who have never heard of it, hear about it,
and get interested and then helping those sellers
along the way.
That really has been the best thing
about this whole journey is sharing it with others,
communicating with others,
and helping other people realize the potential
of selling on Amazon, making their own way,
making their own money,
and not having to answer to a boss,
or bring in extra income.
Whatever the reason that has been the best part
of all of this for me.
And so today I am excited to officially
launch my new beginner FBA course.
Now you probably heard about it.
I call it like the pre-launch.
I hadn't done a full video explaining what it is.
So today I'm gonna walk you through what it is,
as well as share some of the success stories
from sellers in my community who are making it
on Amazon to just encourage you.
So if you're thinking about it,
here's a video where I'm gonna break down
what the whole course is,
and how other sellers are doing.
So what is my new beginner, FBA, Amazon selling course?
It is a step-by-step training module.
It's got 14 different lessons in it
and it's over four hours of training.
If you know my YouTube, well, there's not really any fluff.
I just kind of get right into the heart of the matter
because no one wants to sit
through all your commercials, right?
I'm just trying to tell you,
whatever I'm trying to tell you on that video.
And this course is no difference.
There's no fluff.
It's just straight training.
You can do it at your own pace, as you want to.
You can pause, come back,
go back to something you missed.
I's all there for you the whole entire time,
as well as a community of sellers.
But first, what is the course overall?
It's talking about sign on Amazon doing retail arbitrage,
online arbitrage, FBM and FBA.
The first lessons walk you
through how to set up your account.
I'm talking no account at all.
Maybe you don't even have a separate checking account
or email set up.
It's covering all of it.
Step-by-step, how to fill out the Amazon selling form.
All of it.
From there, I'm gonna take you through seller central.
We're gonna navigate the dashboard
that is the back end of selling on Amazon.
It is where you will be all the time every day.
And I'm gonna walk you through how to set up your settings,
how to do manage inventory,
what all the different features are,
and how to go through business reporting.
The next few lessons,
cover retail arbitrage in more depth.
What it is?
Where do you source?
What do you source?
How do you identify a profitable item?
What are the things to look for so that you don't get burned
or make any bad buys?
I set you up so that you can know everything,
and know where to look, and how to investigate the product.
And then how many do you buy when you do find a product
that works out.
I cover some of the mistakes
that new sellers make so that you don't have to make them.
I'm there encouraging you and just helping you
through the whole entire process.
Once we've covered retail arbitrage,
we jump into online arbitrage.
Where I literally will walk you
through an active online arbitrage sourcing trip.
I identify things that you should look for
and strategies to use
to get ahead of other online arbitrage sellers.
It also includes a list of websites to source,
so that you can have a jumping off point
of where to kind of look for the best leads online.
Okay, so once we have all of our finds,
of course the next part is listing them.
I'll walk you through how to list a product on Amazon.
Then we're gonna go through how to prepare a shipment
and then ship your items to Amazon doing FBA.
Will cover everything from how to label,
polybag, bubble wrap, all of it.
Once we covered FBA,
well, now it's time to jump into FBM.
Fulfilled by merchant,
or as I like to call it fulfilled by me.
So I'm gonna walk you through how to list a product.
How to set up your shipping templates.
How to know what shipping template to use for each product.
Where you set that up at.
As well as how to buy, print and pack your shipments.
And then of course there's all the business side of it.
So I cover all the business reporting, Amazon order reports.
Where to go to look for reimbursements from Amazon
for both returns and missing product, which does happen.
How to get your money back the Amazon owes you.
I talk about how to manage customer returns,
how to manage customer messages, all of it in detail.
Everything you need to know to run your Amazon business.
The beginner FBA course lives
on a platform called Mighty Networks.
It has an app on the Android and iOS
and you can also pull it up
right from your laptop or computer.
It's really handy because the course is now with you
wherever you happen to be
and on your device that you prefer.
So, you can watch all the courses.
You can talk in the group, chat in the group.
I am in the group.
I get every notice every time someone comments
or messages anything.
So I'm in it, like real time.
It is the closest thing
to one-on-one training that I will ever offer.
So it's definitely if you want my help
and you want all the courses in the bonus community,
it's right there for you.
And I cannot stress this enough
that community is where it's at.
Community is where you're gonna learn
from other sellers.
You're gonna be able to ask questions in real time,
get helpful answers,
get answers from both new people starting out,
as well as experienced sellers.
Community is the,
like the most helpful thing that for my own journey.
And it's what I hear from other sellers.
Having those people to talk to that you trust
and that are just like-minded, is amazing.
And I'm super proud of the community that I built.
And now you can have it for yourself,
along with this course.
I was recently asked how many sellers I've actually helped,
and did they ever quit their desk job.
And I honestly had no idea how to answer that.
I don't know the number of people that I've helped.
I know I'm helping people, but I don't necessarily hear
if they've quit their job and all of that.
So I definitely jumped into the community and asked
and now I'm gonna share some of their responses.
Dean said, "I quit my job
because I refuse to continue being unhappy
and not having my time.
A couple of weeks after I quit,
I knew I needed some help.
This is when I found Nicki's guides.
Another week or so after purchasing the guides
I was waiting for my orders to become ungated.
Fast forward now, one month after quitting my job
I have never been happier.
The community along with the guides are so, so helpful.
It definitely makes the process more exciting
to see how many who are also experiencing the same
or similar things".
Becky said, after watching my videos
she decided to take the jump and buy the ungating guides.
She started with $1,500,
bought a bunch of supplies and went out scanning.
I made my first sale mid August, and honestly,
I just kept rolling the money back into my business.
I didn't take my first paycheck until January.
I wanted to grow my business as quick as I could
instead of pulling out a couple of hundred
I want to pull out a couple thousand.
Now I'm selling between 15
and $25,000 a month and still growing.
She says, "I could easily put my business
on cruise control and make 72,000 a year minimum".
So it's definitely possible
that you could make as much or as little as you want.
It's all how much your lifestyle is
and how much you want to put into it.
James says, "I worked full-time for a company in scaled up.
I started Uber/Instacart to pay for the Amazon.
Four months later, I left my full-time job
making 60,000 a year to make more time
to give myself something I'd be proud of".
He started with shoes.
It takes footworks, but you never get rich overnight.
And then he's happy he found my courses and videos.
He's just encouraging you that your time is worth more
than an employer that would replace you in two weeks.
Which I absolutely agree with.
No matter how important you are to your company,
at the end of the day they can replace you
and will replace you when you leave
because your Amazon business took off.
Debbie sharing that she started in October
of 2020 as a way to transition out of Real Estate
due to health issues affecting her mobility.
My sales were $258 in the first month.
Due to my videos and learning more
about online arbitrage and replens,
she's able to grow and as expected in April
her best month yet of sales was $6,200.
Total sales since she started is $19,770.
She's done mostly RA with a little OA for good measure.
Which I absolutely agree when you find the right OAs,
it just adds on to your RA.
Denise shares that her story is a little different.
Her husband actually started watching my videos
about RA and Amazon.
And then she thought he was crazy,
but he convinced her to give it a try.
So now she's working, full-time from home
and they're doing Amazon selling.
And she says, she sent her first shipment in March 19th,
and as of two minutes ago, their sales were $7,500.
Justin says, I'm currently working 50 hours a week
on average.
With Amazon, I'm hoping to retire from that job in July.
I was probably one of the most influential figures
for Justin starting his business.
So regardless of if he quits or not,
it was definitely a big help.
Now really quickly I'm gonna walk you through
some of the questions I've received so far
about the course.
So if you have any questions
please feel free to comment below and I will answer them.
But here are some of the ones
that have been happening most often.
The first thing I just want to say is
that I get emails pretty much daily asking for...
Just people who want me to help them get started.
And it's really hard to one-on-one help someone
get started selling on Amazon.
That was a huge driving factor
in creating the course, as well as people who
were just asking me to make this course.
So, it has been a lot of work.
A lot of work went into this course
and I hope it is worth it for you.
So now I can offer that training to get you started
from nothing.
And it's really, honestly, like I said,
the closest thing to one-on-one
because I do get those alerts.
So if you ask a question,
I see it and I'm there to answer it.
I've received this question quite often.
Is the beginner FBA group the same as the BOLO group?
No, they are two separate groups.
The ungating group is different from the BOLO group.
There's three separate things I have going on now.
So I've got the beginner support group,
which is all about the course.
People going through the course, starting on Amazon,
having those new seller type of questions.
That is what the course group is covering.
Do I have a bundle where you can get
the ungating guides also?
I don't at the moment
because they are two separate platforms.
So I do the ungating guides on Gumroad.
That's who processes the payment
and delivers the guides for me.
And then Mighty Networks is where this course
and all the videos live.
So, I don't have a bundle,
but I do have a discount code for you,
for the ungating guides in the course.
So there is a discount special.
Does it work for Canada and other marketplaces?
So I created this for US.
It's how to open an account in the US.
It's how to do all of seller central
with the US platform.
It could probably work in Canada,
but I'm not gonna promise that it does
because I'm not really sure the difference
in what all you have to do, and submit, and all of that.
So, while a lot of the theories
will translate the specific to Amazon,
like opening the account,
I'm not a hundred percent sure.
So I can't tell you what's gonna work.
Can you learn it all from YouTube?
Well, probably.
You can learn pretty much anything on YouTube nowadays.
I know that the course I created
and everything that I put into all those training videos
is not on my YouTube.
Some of it does translate and some of it is a compliment.
They definitely, if you've watched my YouTube
and you have the course,
it is a great compliment to each other.
And I'm not gonna stop making YouTube videos.
It's just that the course goes
into the step-by-step specific stuff
that is not gonna be on YouTube, from me anyways.
Now, if you are a type of person who can pick and pull,
and grab the different things
from the different people who make the videos
and figure it out,
well, then you might not need the course.
The course is really...
It's got the videos, right?
But it's so much more than that.
It's about the community,
and for me, I think that's the most valuable part
of the whole entire thing.
Talking to other sellers,
getting time answers, real time input.
Just understanding what to do,
and knowing that you're not alone is so huge.
The encouragement, everything that goes along
with it will help you start your journey
and continue on when things get hard.
So if you're ready to join the course
and get started selling on Amazon,
all the links are below.
We would love to have you there.
Thank you guys so much for watching
and I will see you back for another Amazon Selling video.
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