Below are the tools and resources that are suggested by Keyword and the Amazon "Insiders" that we interview.
NOTE: Some of the links below are affiliate links, and if you decide to make a purchase, Keyword will receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for supporting the podcast!
Seller Financing
Payability
Financing designed exclusively for ecommerce entrepreneurs. Sign up for Instant Access or Instant Advance and get a $200 sign on bonus and discounted Instant Access fees.
The benefits of Payability:
- Provides sellers with both daily cash flow and up to $250,000 in growth capital.
- Multichannel financing: Solutions are available on Amazon.com, Walmart, Jet, Tophatter, NewEgg, Etsy, Shopify and more.
- No credit checks.
- 24 hour approval.
- US-based customer support.
Inventory & Logistics
Shipica
Shipica was built out of necessity for it’s founders to help them grow their ecommerce business.
Do more with your inventory! Shipica offers order fulfillment, warehousing, and Amazon seller services.
Marketing
Merkato
Survive and thrive in the Amazon Era. Amazon is fundamentally reshaping how we shop. Amazon accounts for half of all US ecommerce sales and 80% of all forecasted ecommerce growth in 2019. Even for purchases that occur elsewhere, consumers are twice as likely to search for products on Amazon as Google.
Think of Merkato as a specialized extension of your team; a down-in-the-trenches partner to help make Amazon work for, not against you. Their experts work with your team to craft a comprehensive Amazon strategy tailored to your business context and execute it using the most sophisticated tools, processes, and tactics available.
Business Marketplaces
Global Wired Advisors
Their highly experienced investment banking team combines decades of merger and acquisition experience with online and e-commerce business development and sales experience to deliver the very best outcome for our clients when selling their business.
How much is your online business worth? Take their free valuation survey to find out.
Accounting services
Seller Accountant
Seller Accountant exists to make e-commerce sellers more profitable! We do this by providing bookkeeping services tailored to the dynamic seller world. There are many good accounting partners out there but Seller Accountant is unique in that we ONLY service businesses that sell things online.
If you own a construction business or a home healthcare company we can’t help you but if you sell your products on Amazon, eBay, Walmart, Shopify, your own website or any other online platform we are the full service ecomm-bookkeepers for you!
Let Seller Accountant take away the financial headaches so you can grow your business! You need a partner who can help you simplify and manage your back office so that you can grow your business profitability. Sales is vanity, Profit is sanity!
Discounted UPC codes
SnapUPC
Exclusive Deal (20% Off promo: keypod20): https://www.snapupc.com/
You have to have a UPC code to list your products on Amazon. The UPC and EAN codes you buy through SnapUPC are 100-percent authentic GS1 codes. Once you buy the codes they show up instantly in your email inbox. Keyword listeners can get 20-percent off!
Just go to snapupc.com and use the promo code: keypod20
Customer Service
SellerSmile
SellerSmile offers world-class, US-based customer service for your e-commerce business. Relax, and let them take over your Amazon Buyer-Seller Messaging, Shopify emails, or product review monitoring. SellerSmile ensures your customers get a fast and pleasant resolution, keeping you and our buyers smiling! 🙂
Giving your customers the best possible shopping experience is how you can separate your business from its competitors.
Keyword listeners! Get 50% your first month of service with promo code "KEYWORD50"
Keyword and Product Research
Scope by Seller Labs
Scope is a new tool from the creators of Feedback Genius. Scope is the only tool that shows you which keywords are actually driving sales.
Use Scope to:
- Uncover the keywords generating sales for your competitors.
- Optimize your product page.
- Build high performing PPC campaigns.
Photography & Design
Virtuous Graphics
Exclusive Deal ($15 Off with promo code: AMAZONINSIDER): VirtuousGraphics offers services tailored to Amazon sellers who are looking to increase their product listing page click through rate, conversion rate, and overall level of sales. They are able to improve your Amazon listings through exceptional graphic design services such as product inserts, image graphics, logo creation, and product packaging.
What’s more, you can count on them for superb product photography that will better highlight the items that you are selling. Resulting in your products standing out from the competition, allowing for an increase in brand awareness, sales, and profits.
Q4 Preparation
ecommerceChris
Learn the best ways to review your own account, just as an Amazon investigator would.
The Q4 War Kit includes:
- The Q4 Standard Operating Procedure
- Your Review Strategy Review
- The Customer Service Checklist
- Your Guide to minimizing storage fees
Q4 War Kit –> https://www.ecommercechris.com/q4war/
Amazon Advertising
Sponsored Products (PPC)
Keyword Podcast PPC Page
http://keywordpodcast.com/ppc/
Amazon makes more than a billion dollars a year from sponsored ads making it one of the most important businesses for Amazon alongside AWS, the Echo, and of course the Marketplace.