@Berenice Sanchez, woohoo! How’s pinning going?

@Sara Fredrick, amazing! Thank you for sharing! So needed!

@Paulette Ng, welcome! You are in the right place!

@Chelsea Reed, amazing! Welcome! You are in the right place! I’m so glad you found us! What an incredible journey you are on! Thank you for sharing! Congrats on your new Skool! Drop the link, we want to check it out!

@Megan Holley, thank you so much!! I can't wait to see yours!

@Lise Lively, good day! Here’s to this week being great too!

Welcome! We’re really glad you’re here 💛 I’ll walk through your questions based on what I’ve learned doing this over the last year and a half, and others here can absolutely add their experience too. We’re building this together. First, on 3PLs. If this is your first product, a 3PL can be a really helpful option depending on how much inventory you want to order. For example, you might store 500 units there and send 200 to 250 into Amazon to start, then replenish as you sell. A lot of people in our community are starting to use 3PLs now so they don’t send everything into Amazon at once and get hit with higher storage fees. Amazon also has its own option called AWD, and there are even some solutions directly from manufacturers overseas now. What matters most is finding one that understands Amazon and is easy to work with. You want clear pricing, no surprises, and someone who can prep and ship your products correctly. I will be searching for one in the coming weeks after ordering 1000 pieces of my best selling journal! The first big decision though is not the 3PL though. It’s this: How many units are you going to order? Get quotes for different quantities. How few will they make? If your manufacturer allows it, I still think around 250-500 units is a strong place to start. That’s what I’ve done. I started with 500 to test, and when I saw it working, I ordered more. Amazon is competitive. There are sellers with thousands of reviews and listings that have been optimized for years. So the goal at the beginning is not perfection. It’s testing and learning. Both of which I do a lot of here with you all! You want to test: Will people click? Will they buy? At what price? Against which competitors? That’s why starting at a level where you can learn without too much risk matters. The other piece people don’t realize at first is this: You need to sell consistently. If your product just sits in Amazon, fees start to add up quickly. So building early sales matters more than just getting the product listed.