hi and welcome back to another amazon selling video if you're new to my channel my name is nikki
kirk and i would normally be at a campsite or in my rv but i am currently renovating the inside
of it so stay tuned for that because i'm super excited but so now i am at parked at my parents
house while i renovate the rv because you know i need a place to stay or more like my cats do
i think i could have handled it but anyways so today i'm talking about a super exciting topic
auto and gating so un-gating in general is always a hot topic especially among new sellers because
everything you try to scan that is profitable comes up gated that's why i made my ungaining
guides to begin with because you want to be ungated and sell those really profitable items
in order to make money on amazon and it's really confusing when you're starting out knowing how
so that's why my guides are step by step on how to do it but here's the thing you can actually
get auto and gated in a lot of categories and brands and in general i still get auto ungated
and stuff all the time and after you've been selling for six months a lot of things will
open up that you can now sell so in this video i'm going to go ahead and show you the list of brands
that i was auto engaged in in my first year of selling on amazon so that you can go ahead and try
really quickly just what is ungated and restricted because you guys i do get that question quite
often restricted brands and gated just means that you can't sell it your selling account is
restricted from selling that you see it on your amazon app when you're scanning stuff it'll say
request approval or restricted you can't sell this and what you need is an invoice from a wholesaler
or a supplier or distributor and then you can get approved to sell on amazon in those categories so
that's what my engaging guides walk you through if you've watched any of my sourcing videos
i'm always telling you you guys always click through in your app because you just never know
what you're going to be approved to sell if you don't click through and ask you won't be approved
you might get a no you might be asked for invoices or a brand letter and that's totally fine you just
can't sell that item and you move on or you get an invoice to be able to sell it but always click
through always always always click through so if you've been selling for a while on amazon
after six months you can ask to be approved in some brands and categories a lot of categories
like topical or otc dietary supplements those kind of things will start to open up for you
but brands like lego and star wars will never open up for you and you will need a invoice no matter
what so there are things that you're gonna have to decide if it's a worth the investment in your
business to go ahead and grab that invoice or if you just want to do it without it it's totally up
to you and your business and what your goals are but just know that there are some brands that we
will never be approved in you probably see me use pawns a lot on my screen grabs when i'm trying to
show what i am restricted in because i know i can't sell that item and so i pull it because
i'll know i'll have the red bar but there is another like polly pocket i used my own guide to
get ungated while i'm showing you the things that i got approved to sell in my first year some of
them may not be gated anymore and some of them may still be gated after six months to a year so it's
really your call if you want to start the process before that now the reason i'm doing this video is
actually because i got a comment on youtube asking similar question to this and i thought i just
might as well make a video and also tell you some things to go ahead and try to get auto approved
in because some of them will be open to you so why not just go ahead and grab them jesse asked do you
need to get a resell license and get an invoice by distributor to get ungated some youtubers made me
believe you will slowly get unlocked in categories by selling on amazon so like i mentioned some of
them yes they will it takes a little bit of time and you have to have a good selling history but
eventually some will on gate for you but some won't how i responded just first answer the
question like in my topical otc guide you don't need a resale certificate but there are categories
that will open up to you as you sell on amazon the problem here is that most sellers do not make it
a lot of people don't make it till the six month mark they get burnt out because it is really hard
to find stuff in the beginning if you're gated when you're seeing the kind of profit that is out
there and if you're trying to wait six months for something that's going to be like a 300 investment
then you have to decide is it worth missing out on all the profit in three months because you
don't want to spend that money so if you're only doing this as a hobby or you don't have the money
then it's totally fine to wait you just have to keep persevering because it is going to be harder
but if you have the money to get ungated my video a couple weeks ago where i went sourcing in oregon
i made two thousand five hundred dollars in the topical beauty and grocery categories and profit
that's what i picked up in ten hours one day of sourcing that's the profit i saw so
already it would have paid for itself in that one trip like ten tenfold so you just have to
decide but if you do want to wait or you do end up waiting or you're real close to the six months
you should maybe just wait you already made it that far but if you do want to get ungated
i recommend doing that but here is the good part here is the items that i was auto approved in to
sell after six months all right i'm gonna leave read my whole list here i was approved in barbie
hot wheels mega bloks thomas and friends hamilton beach disney princess nickelodeon harry potter
spider-man spin master games pj masks play-doh cure egg skip hop baby leap frog enchantimals
shelling which is like little horse things you can find them at tuesday morning tommy a brand of toys
etc gets manhattan toys and then the toy category in general i don't think i was actually ever
restricted in it i just couldn't sell any brands
you probably are experiencing the same thing and then after seven months i was approved for infant
toys topical dietary supplements pet supplies and otc i did get ungated after three months
of selling in the grocery category i did the process that i outlined in my guide i used the
same supplier and i got ungated in grocery because i saw all the profit out there and i couldn't wait
i actually did wait because i was like i have to spend 200 and i just couldn't like think that
that was worth it and then i was kicking myself i wish i would have done it right off the bat
so those are the categories i got approved in all you have to do if you want to try and get approved
in these is you literally just go to amazon and add a product like you're going to make a shipment
so just go inventory and add a product and then under there you'll like search so just search
a harry potter item or a spider-man autumn or whatever that whole list i just read you literally
just take the time and you go through searching you select on an item and you go through and
walk through and hit apply to sell if it asks for invoice you weren't approved but if it didn't ask
for an invoice you'll probably see congratulations based on your selling history you can sell this
category or product or brand so that is how you go ahead and do it you can do that anytime just
go ahead and click clicking through you can do it in your app now too there is availability there
there wasn't when i started but just know that those are some auto approved categories if you
have to wait you have to wait but you have to just keep going like don't give up keep going
but if you want to get ungated again i have my affordable guides they are all linked below
and they are there they actually come with a community of really helpful awesome sellers who
are helping each other out it is a very positive and encouraging everyone wants everyone else to do
great and it's really awesome so that's available to you below thank you guys so much for watching i
hope this video was helpful and let me know if you got auto and gated in anything we can make a whole
list right here on this video where people can go try and see what they are getting approved in
thank you guys and i'll see you back here for another amazon selling video
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