hi and welcome back to another amazon selling video if you're new to my channel my name
is nikki kirk and i've been selling on amazon doing retail arbitrage all from a fifth wheel rv
not that one mine's actually over here but you get the picture so today i just wanted
to quickly cover a un gating guide faq because i got a lot of emails or i get a lot of emails
about what the guide covers does it work for different places what does engaging even mean
anyways in all of that so i thought i would just make a really quick video and tell you a little
bit more about it and about myself so first things first if you want to reach out to me the best way
to do it is through email i'll put my email on the screen right here because if you don't email
this email if you email another because i have like four emails if you email another one it
gets lost and i probably won't see it so this is the best email to email me if you have a question
and i will respond i promise unless you're asking me like vague how do i get started selling because
that is too difficult to answer and there's a lot of resources and videos out there but in general i
will respond to you if you dm me on facebook or ig instagram i probably won't respond because i
don't actually check them all that often so email me is your best bet so what does ungating mean
ungaining means opening the gates so if you're selling on amazon as a new
seller you are probably restricted in a lot of brands and categories like grocery topical otc
and toys so un-gating means you open the gates and you can now sell in those categories how you
have to do that is get an invoice from the actual supplier it can't be from walmart or costco it has
to be from a real supplier and you get an invoice from them and then you can get ungated from amazon
so for some categories you could eventually get ungated automatically so like grocery or topical
it could be six months after you've started selling that you could get on gated toys probably
the same thing but there are brands like star wars and lego and all those kind of like big toy brands
that you will never get ungated in unless you get an actual invoice the reason i'm always telling
new sellers if they can afford it to get ungated is because that's where all the really profitable
items are are in those gated categories and a lot of new sellers won't make it to that six
month mark to actually get ungated automatically because it's really hard it's hard to find stuff
it's hard to find profitable things it's really frustrating when you keep scanning and everything
is read restricted so why not open the gates and make the most of your business by getting ungated
so that's why i'm always suggesting to get ungated if at all possible it is totally worth it and you
will make your money back almost on the first shipment if not the first shipment after getting
ungated so yeah if you want to keep doing it for a year or six months you could probably get ungated
automatically but it's not given and you're gonna make life a little more difficult for yourself
but if that's what you gotta do that's what you gotta do so um so about a year and a half ago i
started the bolo group which is be on the lookout it's still available for you if you want to join
it but i started that group for new sellers who had reached out to me and just wanted help to find
things to buy so i started the group as a way to just get people talking and help each other
from there i was apparent that everyone was gated and getting frustrated and so from there i created
the ungating guides using the same method i used myself to get ungated and i just created a guide
again price for new sellers because i know money is tight when you're starting out not
everyone has a lot of funds but it does really help you so that's how i started the guides
some of the questions i'm asked is do my guides actually provide the suppliers or is it just like
how to do it the guides actually walk you through step by step how to do it and they tell you the
suppliers so other companies will charge you like 500 600 800 to get ungated in one category i'm
not charging it like that the reason i have two guides is because i use two different suppliers
so the toy guide is one supplier and the topical otc grocery adidas that is all one supplier so
i'm not charging you by category i'm literally charging you by supplier because that's how the
guide is set up i'm not trying to like get you for more money everything is in that one supplier
everything you can get ungated for there's no need to charge more because you can get it all right
there and so that is why how my guides are broken up by categories and suppliers not by like i'm
going to make 500 different guides and charge you for the same supplier that's crazy so that's how
they are broken up and why there are two separate ones they literally do walk you through step by
step to why you should get ungated how you should get ungated what happens if amazon denies you what
you should do and then at first i just created the guides and then everyone was asking questions and
i was like you know what probably a group would be helpful so now i have support groups which leads
me to another frequently asked question the ebola group is different from the young gating group so
i have a toy on gating guide and a toy on gating group i have a grocery on gating guide and a
grocery on gating group they are separate because the two guys are separate and then i have my bolo
group which is completely separate and a lot of people are in all three or in one and it's totally
fine whatever you need for your business i just want to be able to help you another question is
do they work for other countries unfortunately no the supplier is only shipped to us
so it is only for us based i'm really sorry but i am working on a canada guide and group so i
actually have a canadian bolo group if you want to join it the link is below i've now added it
that's available to you if you want to check it out but as far as the current guides unfortunately
no they only work for the us another question i was asked was is it for fba and fbm yes it's just
your account in general to be able to sell so if you want to sell fba or fbm it works for either
one both you'll be ungated both ways what do you need for the guides so for the topical otc grocery
adidas you don't need anything you could just start getting ungated you don't need a business
license you don't need a resale certificate you don't need any of that for the toy one you do
need a resale certificate or business license the resale certificate is free to get in most
states some states do charge and you don't have to actually be a business like technically you
can get it as a sole proprietor that's what i did so definitely that is an option for you
so they really are an all-in-one resource so it walks you through how to set up the account with
the supplier how to look through the suppliers website how to order and then how to apply it to
amazon to get ungated what to do if they deny you which they do do you just got to keep reapplying
and then it has the facebook group which honestly has been super helpful to so many sellers
and i know i could just keep telling you what i think about it but i thought i would just show you
what some of the other sellers are saying so as i leave this video please don't take my word for it
look at what the members are saying and definitely consider it it is affordable it is specific for
new sellers and it is a tool to help you if you want it if you don't as always you can just hang
out with me here on youtube and i'll see you right back here for another amazon selling video
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