The Amazon FBA tools I use more than make back what I pay to use them. But as a beginner, it’s really hard to know what to spend your money on. I go over what I use, what it costs, and how each help me.
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Amazon FBA tools for sourcing
If I were a carpenter, Keepa would be my hammer. I consider it a must have for sourcing profitable products. No other product I’ve seen touches its price history charts, and it comes with a browser extension to see charts on the Amazon website for any listing. I find new ways to use the product finder tool every time I use it. At 189€/year, it’s a steal.
Tactical Arbitrage (Affiliate link)
Like I say, “there’s no OA without TA.” At $89/month, TA is a very inexpensive VA. It performs up to 7 simultaneous searches of up to 500 categories for each search. I can also schedule searches so it can 24/7/365. It’s not perfect as the results have a lot of mismatches, but it helps cut my sourcing time down to an hour per day. See my post on how to setup a beginner TA search.
Seller Amp (Affiliate link)
Combined with Keepa and TA, Seller Amp helps me go through about 250 listings to decide to buy in about one hour. 90% the data I need to make my inventory buying decision is right there with Seller Amp. It’s even more powerful using it together with Keepa.
Amazon FBA tools for Inventory
Love this repricer. The AI technology gives it a set and forget feel. All I have to do is connect it to my Amazon account one time, then set the min and max price of each listing. It takes care of the rest. Use Inventory Lab to even automate the min and max price entries. It comes with a 14 day trial. I only recommend it after the first $1,000 in sales revenue for the $100/mo AI repricer option.
Before IL, I used Google Sheets to track my income and expenses. I had to manually setup all the tables, export data from Amazon, then manually input any expenses that I had (e.g., shipping supplies). IL tracks every income and expense that comes through the Amazon Seller Central account, so I only need to manually enter other expenses. Then it spits out nice clean financial reports so I can see at a glance how much I’m making. Oh, and it also helps with adding new inventory, labeling, and shipping it!
Amazon FBA tools for other stuff
IP Alert (Affiliate link)
IP complaints suck. Even when using best practices to avoid IP complaints, they still happen. With IP Alert, I’ve received one IP complaint in a year. It was a new private label brand, and they personally sent me a cease and desist letter. No harm, no foul, I delisted and got rid of my inventory, and they never bothered me again. IP Alert is more accurate than any app I’ve ever seen, and it helps me focus on the fun parts of my business. Well worth the $169 lifetime license (with the above discount code).