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FBA Canadian Academy

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How much inventory should you buy for a variation listing (wholesale)?
This is one of the most common questions I see in wholesale, and honestly, most people are just guessing. You don't have to. There's a simple way to figure this out using Keepa and SellerAmp. Here's how I break it down. Step 1️⃣: Find the variation split on Keepa Go to Keepa and click on the Variation tab. Scroll to the right and you'll see a column called Review Percentage. This shows you how sales are split between the different variations (colors, sizes, etc). Let's say there are 2 variations. One is doing 86% of sales, and the other is doing 14%. And let's say the whole listing sells 5,000 units a month. You're interested in the variation doing 14%. because it has high profits Step 2️⃣: Work out the monthly sales for that specific variation. Just multiply the total sales by the percentage. 5,000 x 14% = 700 sales a month for that variation. Step 3️⃣: Check how many sellers are on that listing. Now head over to SellerAmp and check the seller count for that ASIN. Let's say there are 20 sellers. Step 4️⃣: Divide the sales by the number of sellers. 700 / 20 = 35 sales per month, per seller. That number (35) is roughly what you can expect to sell each month if you're one of 20 sellers on that variation. Step 5️⃣: Now decide your inventory From here, it's up to you. If you're comfortable getting a 2-3 month supply, you'd order somewhere around 70 to 105 units for that specific variation. If you want to start smaller and test it first, order less and scale up once you see how fast it actually moves for you. The key thing here is you're not just looking at total listing sales. You're breaking it down by variation and by seller count, so you're not overbuying stock nobody's going to touch, or underbuying something that could've sold way more. Anyone else have a method they use for this? Curious to see how other people approach it.
How much inventory should you buy for a variation listing (wholesale)?
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Keepa's "Variations" tab is unreliable in Canada; there isn't any way of distinguishing between US-based and CAD-based sales. Chances are that most of the sales are US-based.
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@Umer Humayun Select the appropriate variation on the product page; navigate to the "Data" tab and then "Offers"; filter by "Prime" and "Include historical offers"; and then check and cross-reference the "Sold 30 days" column and the adjacent "Stock History" graphs, particularly those graphs with staircase-like line formations, which typically indicate sales. You'll get a rough estimate of how many units of a certain variation have sold within the last 30 days, but some of the sellers listed could be US sellers, so you still have to check whether they're based in the US to ensure that your own assessment is based on Canadian data.
Ungating inquiring
Hello everyone, My name is Sirak, and I started selling on Amazon this month. However, I have a question. Every time I try to get ungated in a particular category, I end up getting ungated for a specific brand instead, which was not my original intention. How do you know which products to buy from a distributor that will allow you to get ungated in a particular category rather than just a specific brand? Any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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@Sirak Yegzaw Are you saying that you're able to continue selling units of a product whose ASIN or brand Amazon had re-gated after you sent the units in? If this is what you mean, then I would just sell through/price-to-move the units you have in stock already but refrain from sending in any additional units.
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@Sirak Yegzaw Oh, I see. Thanks for the clarification! I've never had that happen to me before; but, to answer your question, I think it's possible that your units, upon arriving at a fulfillment centre, could just become stranded inventory. If they do, you could ask for them back and possibly return them to recoup some of your capital, depending on when they'd arrive, what kind of items they are, where you bought them, and so on. Another option is that of trying to sell them on another marketplace (e.g., eBay, Facebook Marketplace). Unexpected gatings/re-gatings underscore the importance of being picky about how you allocate your capital, especially as a new(er) seller. If the amount you spent on the gated units represents, say, 5% of your capital, that's much easier to recover from than if it represents 50%. I don't know if you do this already, but you might want to consider limiting your capital allocation to no more than 10% per brand or ASIN, especially if you have relatively minimal capital to work with. For example, if you have $3000 capital and want to buy 10 units of a certain bottle of XYZ shampoo for a total of $150, then you'd have $150 left to spend on any other profitable product manufactured by XYZ. Similarly, if you wanted to buy 30 units, you would instead limit yourself to 20 because buying 30 would cause you to overspend.
Big CanFlip Update Coming Soon
I have some very interesting updates on the way. - The ability to Track 25 Sellers, receiving an update when they add new asins.(working on it even pre-check what you're ungated in out of those asins!) - Saved Keepa Product Finder Filters, to easily load them - The ability to see if another seller has a lot of ungated products and see how many ASINs are shared with your tracked list - Upgrading the bulk checker - A quick SellerAmp Style calculator on keepa product finder, to see if somethings profitable before clicking into the amzn link - Fine Tuning the AI button to focus more on risk, it will check if theres IP risks, meltable, seasonal etc The thing is, a lot of these new features will cost tokens. These tokens are part of your keepa subscription. The base plan generates 1 token/minute and caps you at 300 tokens. Nerd speak: Refreshing a storefront costs 10 tokens. So if you track 25 sellers, and it refreshes once per day, thats 250 tokens. If you ever start missing tokens, Keepa has upgradable plans that gives you more tokens (CanFlip makes NOTHING from tokens, its just our way of communicating with keepa to fetch data) Stay tuned!
Big CanFlip Update Coming Soon
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@Anthony Mancini Sounds great! Will you be recording and publishing a video demo once the updates have been finalized and made available to all subscribers of CanFlip?
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Hi brother, I need your advice. I previously sold 15 units of this ASIN on Amazon Canada without any issues. After I restocked and sent more inventory to FBA, Amazon is now asking me to request approval again. During the application, they’re asking if I can ensure all FBA inventory has Amazon Transparency serial number barcodes. My products have the regular UPC and serial stickers, but I can’t find any Amazon Transparency code. Should I select “Yes” or “No”? What would you recommend I do to get this approval? Thanks
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@Anthony Mancini I don't know whether this would be a helpful or feasible addition to CanFlip, but maybe a transparency code, IP complaint, and meltable checker could be integrated into the software. If not, then a separate IP Alert-like software specifically for Canadians that checks for all three based on crowdsourced data might be useful.
My life has changed FOREVER - Cohort 2 Student
Hey everyone, my name is Christian Cabatay and I was in Anthony's Cohort 2 in this 12 week mentorship program. Heres what happened... I want to be real with y'all for a second before I get into the numbers. I started this cohort with barely any capital. Like, genuinely tight. No big bankroll, no safety net, no "I'll just buy more inventory if it doesn't work" backup plan. Just me, a small amount of money I could not afford to lose, and a decision that I was going to make it work anyway. And I did. There's a quote I live by, one that got me through every uncomfortable, unfamiliar part of this process: "It's not hard, it's just new." Every time something felt overwhelming, I reminded myself of that. It wasn't that the work was too hard for me, it was just that I hadn't done it before yet. Anthony's 12 week cohort was honestly one of the best decisions I've made. Twelve weeks sounds long when you're in week 1, but I promise you it flies by, and the craziest part is the value doesn't stop when the cohort ends. The videos he gives you aren't just "watch once and forget," they're the kind of thing you're going to be pulling up months from now when you hit a wall and need to remind yourself how to work through it. I already know I'll be rewatching these long after cohort 2 is done. And Anthony himself, the man is always there. Always responding, always willing to help you figure out what's going wrong. But here's the thing nobody tells you going in: he can only help you as much as you help yourself. He'll show you the way, but you still have to put in the work, ask the right questions, and actually apply what he teaches. This isn't a sit back and get rich program. It's a show up and get coached program. Huge difference. Now let's talk numbers, because this is the part I'm most proud of. My first ever sale landed on May 5th. From there, it's been a straight climb. May 1 to July 11th: Sales: C$5,686.58 Orders Units: 151 / 155 Refunds: 7 Ad spend: C$0.00, (every bit of this was organic)
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@Christian Cabatay Congratulations! Exactly how much capital did you start with? Does your net profit reflect your refunds and other expenses including software subscriptions and shipping supplies? People sometimes exclude these costs from their "net" profit.
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