NEW video added: Visiting Coffee Factory Insights & Tips - Sells Like Hot Cakes BlogSells Like Hot Cakes Blog

Today we are in Guangzhou, an industrial city in China and visiting a

Coffee Maker Factory that is producing coffee makers for the top

European brands. We will see the production, show you real life

insights on how Chinese factories look and work, what questions you

should be asking when visiting your supplier and what quality control

is in place. Great insights from the real Chinese factory!

As a bonus we are sharing great tips for Amazon FBA sellers.

Visiting China is not required but will put you ahead of competition

if you really go extra mile and visit your suppliers and establish

personal level of trust with them. It’s much harder for supplier to

scam you and provide poor quality if he knows that you can just hop on

the plane and visit their factory in person next day to check the

quality! Trust me, it works!

P.S. Holiday season is starting soon and December is the BEST month for Amazon and Shopify sales, don’t miss out! Make sure to check seasonal trends with SellsLikeHotCakes best seller finder tool to see which products sell best during holiday. Hint: funny mugs, funny stickers, card etc.

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peter jr says at 22:47 et

I'm new here but really LOVE the course and the all the detailed info so far!! You guys have been really helpful to me!

Mike says at 22:52 et

Great idea George.. The best thing is shopify is not just for dropshipping! You can sell your own products and even fullfill by amazon for your shopify sales. Check ByteStand and several other apps for AMAZON integration into shopify

Mike says at 22:54 et

On shopify you can increase your profits margins by increasing your prices, as your visitors cant compare your offer to competitor offers like on Amazon and pick cheapest.
Moreover you can build your list and drive your own traffic from facebook (you would not do it to amazon, as you cant build your list from amazon)... Cons? Well, you won't get easy organic sales like on Amazon just from having shopify store. So still you need to drive some traffic to get it going! but it works, I know many people sell their own products on shopoify not just dropshippers!

Sandra says at 23:00 et

My question is.. What is the best time to start selling summer products?

Claudia says at 07:40 et

Thank you Sandra.. Please check the TRENDS and SEASONS tool we have for your product.. Usually April-May is a good time to start selling summer products. Sales peak in June-July.

Cyril says at 19:39 et

Is it still ok to give away discounted coupons?

Claudia says at 19:40 et

Yes as long as you don't ask for reviews in exchange. It will still increase your sales velocity and ranks.. However maybe it makes more sense to run PPC instead of giving away your product too cheap 50-75% OFF instead of PPC? Depends on the niche..

Julian says at 21:23 et

OMG!! today i see ... part of my inventory seems missing? what to do?

Claudia says at 21:23 et

Go to Inventory > Manage FBA Shipments and check if they were received correctly by warehouse? if not, file a report and amazon will research and investigate and credit you for missing or lost units. Finally, check to see if there have been any recent inventory adjustments by using the Inventory Adjustments Report and check to see if there are any ongoing warehouse transfers using the Inventory Event Detail Report.

mia says at 09:35 et

Question about inspections in CHINA for amazon FBA. How to get my shipment inspected in China so you can have it sent directly to the Amazon warehouse? Thx

jack says at 09:36 et

Use a 3rd party inspection company. Check out www.chinaqualitycheck.com or guidedimports.com

Rene says at 22:57 et

How do i get started???

Claudia says at 22:58 et

Hi Rene. Best way to start is to go through the video course first http://sellslikehotcakes.co/videos.php which will guide you through the whole steps.

little_tiger says at 12:11 et

Btw great idea for you: customized license plate... build shopify store, then source from sites like buildasign.com Then promote via Facebook ads. Like PUGS licence plate for pug owners etc

Ricardo says at 04:48 et

HOW DO I manage customer returns?

Claudia says at 04:49 et

Ricardo, in case of FBA then Amazon will handle everything (returns, refunds). In case of drop shipping, I suggest to buy a virtual forwarding address in USA where customers can send returns and it forwards it to you later.

Ricardo says at 06:24 et

Thanks Claudia! , I am starting with dropshipping aliexpress and shopify. My store is about Rock Music (t-shirts and accesories) I have a fan page with +3 Million fans (fb.com/elrockescultura.org) but they are almost everyone from MEXICO, so epacket here it does not work so well, I tested posting one product, (without ads, pixel, autoresponder, analytics, chatbots, retargeting, etc) and we sold 20 items in 3 days, but 15 from Mexico. So what idea do you know around how can I will manage returns?? thank you!

Kylie says at 06:25 et

Tshirts you can ship using tspring or t-launch app for shopify or even Merch if you use amazon. you dont need to ship tshirts from china.
I suggest to post your store for critics and we all can post more suggestions. It's hard to suggest blindly.

mya says at 06:25 et

Mexico is a great market, most people dont sell there and always target USA only.

Sathaporn says at 12:15 et

How about www.virtualoffice.com vs www.usa2me.com? Is there same service for US address right?

Mike says at 12:16 et

yes you can use those.

Sathaporn says at 14:06 et

OK, Thank you!!

Mike says at 14:33 et

Here is a short blog posts about our China trip http://sellslikehotcakes.co/blog/index.php/2017/04/29/amazing-china-trip/
Super excited to scale up amazon business now, over 25 new products we found during the trip and Canton fair... The niche is booming, don't miss out guys!