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There is a saying “You are never too old to learn” and this is so true in all areas of your life, even when you are selling online on such sites as eBay. Here in the UK we are privileged to have a vast amount of teaching material coming from all corners of the world. Now while this is all good, there are times when you would like something British, showing you examples from British sites and giving a British sellers view point. A few months ago I was given a review copy of an eBook called “Pre-Owned Profits” by Ben Doyle. Ben brings a fresh look at an area a lot of sellers tend to sweep under the carpet, but in Pre-Owned Profits Ben shows us that with very little money and some spare time we can turn small amounts of money into larger amounts time and time again.

Pre-Owned Profits is very well laid out and is an easy read with plenty of screen captures explaining how and why he does some of the things he does in his business. The book comes as a PDF and is 79 pages long. This book has no fluffy it gives you good solid content that you can use time and time again to make a profit. But as with anything in life……….you need to read the book and then you need to take action and put in the work, and if you do put in the work that Ben talks about you will see results time after time.

Within the book Ben takes you step by step through the whole process of the business to sourcing the product to doing the photo’s, through to the listing. Here he tells you the best ways of the doing the listing – it is something we see a lot on eBay but very rarely use as a lot of people think it is too hard. But if you follow the examples and use one of the free bonuses in the package you will be doing listings like the pro’s within hours of finishing the book.

With the book you get a range of free bonus, at the time of writing this review you get three fantastic bonus, and the first one is worth the whole price of the book on it’s own. To me Pre-Owned Profits covers all types of sellers from the new person just starting out on the site to a person who has been selling on the eBay platform for many years, as I said at the beginning of the review “we are never to old to learn”

As with all the reviews I do on this site I like to try the program or course out before I write a review as I feel I can give a balanced approach to it all. To me this course is a must read, and if you are then willing to put in the work, you will make the money. Ben’s approach is very user friendly and his layout is very clean.

If I could pick a fault with the book and this is a silly fault I guess I found when you clicked on one of the hyperlinks in the ebook to took you from the book to that new page without opening a new tab or window. Ok once I found this out, I could just right click on a link and tell it to open in a new tab……….but to a new person who did not know this trick would be taken away from the ebook and not know how to get back there, without opening up a new copy. Like I said a silly fault.

So if you are looking for a new approach to sourcing products to resell on eBay, give Ben Doyle’s ebook “Pre-Owned Profits” a try and  know it has help me add a new revenue stream to my business.

Retail Arbitrage – Book Review – Part One

I am doing this review of Retail Arbitrage as I work on improving my Amazon FBA Business, and thought I would do a review as I went through the whole process, in the past I have found this type of review helped me the most. To start with I want to cover what this book is all about.

Chris Green the author of Retail Arbitrage talks you through the whole process. Chris Green is one of those people who walks the talk, as you read the book Retail Arbitrage he talks you through each step of the way in an easy to understand way, and the only way he can do this is because he walks the talk. Chris does this for a living. He does not make money from talks and conferences, books and courses. (yes he does have a book and software) but his money was and still is made by buying at a low price and flipping the item or product and selling it at a higher price on Amazon FBA.

Retail Arbitrage is no small book book either it comes in at well over 200 pages, and this is not 200 pages with large type font either. Looking at my copy I would say the type font was around 12pt, and is evenly spaced. Chris only uses graphics and screen shots where it is needed, so what you are getting is a book / Manual that is full of content that will take your Amazon FBA business to the next level. And remember because we are talking Amazon FBA, we can supply products not only to our Amazon customer that almost any other customer that we may have. The list is endless

Retail Arbitrage by Chris Green is a complete course, you can build your Amazon FBA business from start to finish and need nothing more than stock and an account at Amazon. But he does mention some tools that he has developed over the years that he does sell for a monthly fee. Do you need these tools – No, but as your business grows and you are sourcing and selling more my the FBA system then the tools will help you in your business and will in fact save you time. But for now, the Retail Arbitrage book by Chris Green is all you need. Well as with anything once you have read it, you need to go and take action.

 

An Expert In Your Pocket

 

Have you ever been at that sale and just wished you had an expert there right beside you or just sitting in your pocket ready and willing to whisper those tricks of the trade or what to look out for when you are about to buy something ? Well the time for that is almost here, Janelle Elms has brought together a whole team of people and together they have pooled their resources and produced what is known as “Home Run Guides”  And the first one of the series is about to be launched any week now. 

Now before we get into what this guide is, I want to say what it is not. It is not some fancy app, that you need to scan to see what the product, nor is it some fancy program that sits on your phone or computer. No this is an e-book (With a special edition for your phone), and this e-book has been written by people who walk the talk. These are experts in their niche, who over time have proved themselves that they know what they are talking about. They buy and sell on a daily basis in the niches they are talking about, and also Janelle Elms has made sure these people are the real deal.

In the first e-book you will get around 90 people talking about what to look for when you are out and about on product sourcing trips in your local community. And each guide is around 2 pages long so you will have an e-book that you can read on your computer, phone or print out that will be in the region of around 200 pages give or take a few either way. And remember that this is the first of many books in the series.

Within each guide you will be shown examples what to look for and along with this you will be told and also shown by pictures the things you need to be aware of when out on a buying trip.

To give you an example of what you could be learning about if you invest in a copy of the Home Run Guide 

 

  • Kitchen Knives
  • Books
  • Starbucks  Mugs
  • Tennis Items
  • Flat Ware
  • Power Tools
  • Shoes
  • And many, many more items
If you are serious about your eBay / Amazon business and want to take it to the next level then treat your self to the Home Run Guide and you will never be alone again on a buying trip as you will have an expert in your pocket or in fact dozens of experts in your pocket.
Andrew Milburn Is An eBay / Amazon Consultant Helping You Take Your Business To The Next Level

 

It has been quite a while since I updated this review, I did this for a good reason I really wanted to try out the plan and see what results I got. And as this course is not a Get Rich Quick business I decided to take my time.

Proven Amazon Course

The weeks and months have passed by, and I have if I am honest played with Amazon FBA, but it still has worked. And once I get some of my other projects out of the way and but more time and effort into the business model, I know I will earn more money. The Proven Amazon Course is something I call a living business course. I call it this for the simple reason they are tweaking and changing it all the time and for the fact that they have an active forum. This forum is worth the fee you pay for the course, as the forum is active and people are willing to help you with your business 24/7.

Proven Amazon Course

Here in the Uk we are fast approaching Summer holiday time (and I guess the same all around the world – schools are out) and parents who run an eBay or Amazon do not have as much time to list and send out items. So this got me thinking outside the box so to speak. With Amazon FBA they will send items out to your eBay customers, Etsy Customers, in fact any of your customers. So why not send some boxes of your items to Amazon FBA and let them deal with the shipping?

You can now spend time with the kids, go on holiday and know that your orders will be shipped out, by one of the largest mail order companies in the world. You get your eBay orders, while you are on holiday, you send a few emails to Amazon and within hours those orders are on their way to your customers. No more putting the shop on holiday mode.

If you are serious about selling physical items online then this course is a must have reference. The Proven Amzaon Course has been written by people who walk the talk, and I am afraid I give it a 10/10 again, sorry to be boring but it is that good.


Well here we are with Part 3 of the Proven Amazon Course , so far it has been an exciting journey. Although I live in the UK and the version I am using is the USA version I found everything almost the same. But the team at Proven Amazon Course have now brought out a UK version for us Brits so well done there.

In this part of the Proven Amazon Course I want to cover the very good video lessons they have that take you by the hand and show you step by step the process you need to go through. Now I want to be very honest and open here, I do find the videos suddenly start and jump in to the point at hand. While this is good as there is no fluff involved for new people they may wnder how did we get here, or how was that done. And as with the manuals and handouts there is no real system you just find the video you need to help you.  Yes again this is good for sellers and people who have been online for some time, the new person may wonder where do I start.

As I have said before this is a great course and the content that you get for the money you pay is very well worth it. In fact some of the bonuses you get could if used bring you in even more money. Ok I have now written 3 parts of the review of the Proven Amazon Course but at the end of the day it is the results that speak louder than anything, and I can tell you the course does work ! How, well this past 5 days I have sold several items via Amazon FBA, and to me this proves the system works.

Could I have done this without the Proven Amazon Course yes by going through page after page of complex reading on the Amazon and by making many mistakes, but this would have wasted many hours and days of time, when I could have been listing and product sourcing, so if you are thinking about using Amazon FBA take a look at this course.

Andrew Milburn Is An eBay Consultant Based In Lichfield Staffordshire

Proven Amazon Course Part 2

 

In part two of my review of the Proven Amazon Course, I want to take a look at the Proven Amazon Course forum. As with anything in life and business we can buy a book, manual or course, read through it a few times, watch the videos and listen to the audios. Then we go away and apply what we learn. And this is sadly where a lot of people fail, they do not apply what they have just learnt.

This is one of the questions that people ask when they go on a training course or buy a training course what happens if a hundred people buy a course, won’t we all be doing the same thing. Well sadly no, it is a Proven fact that if 100 people are in the room and spend a day being trained on how to do something only 2 will ever go and do something. A small amount may have a go, and a few more will have a play. So please put this worry out of your mind.

Anyway rant over and onto the Proven Amazon Course forum review. Jim Cockram and his team have worked very hard on the course and the cheery on the icing is the forum they have put into place. Here you have all the people who have worked on the course active, watching the threads and where needed they jump in and help out.  Also it allows other users of the course to help other users. We are all learning together and the forum allows everyone to share.

**Please when using the forum be kind, polite, helpful, and do not put the course down or promote other courses**

Something that did suprise me was the fact that the course only had around 276 at the time of writing, but as I looked through the threads they were all full of very useful information that people are working through as they get used to the course and Amazon FBA. And I guess over the coming weeks and months the forum will become alive with people posting questions and giving answers where they can.

As I said at the start of this part of my review of the Proven Amazon Course, Jim and his team have worked very hard on the course and the forum just adds to everything, and it allows people who have bought the course to ask questions and get replies often within minutes from other users all over the world.

Proven Amazon Course Part 1

 

My review of the Proven Amazon Course or PAC will take place over a period of time, but I have set up a separate category so it should be easy for you to find. Also I need to tell you that the course I am reviewing is the USA version, there is also a UK version, (I am from the UK).

The course has been put together as far as I can see and feel by Jim Cockram with help from people such as:

  • Chris Green : A FBA pro and our primary FBA coach
  • Julie Anna Schultz : Her family has been using FBA for a long time successfully
  • Nathan Holmquist : An MST pro and FBA expert
  • Skip McGrath : An icon of online selling success
  • Stephanie Inge : Founder of Dallas eBay User Group and FBA user
  • Steve Lindhorst : Long time Amazon pro and FBA user
  • Suzanne Wells : A MySilentTeam.com coach and creative online seller
  • Bob Willey : An FBA leader and 3-year veteran

All these people are well respected people in the world of online selling, (Amazon and eBay), and still on at least one of these platforms on a daily basis and they earn their money day in and day out by listing and selling. So you are in very good hands.

So what is the Proven Amazon Course ? It is a course all about Amazon FBA or Fulfilment by Amazon – in simple terms it is a method of letting Amazon store your items and then when they sell send them out for you. That is the simple version and as we dig more into the course we will find there is a lot more to the course and also a lot more to the world of Amazon FBA.

Now the course is made up of many different parts, and to some people this can be a bit muddling once they get into the paid area of the site, but please do not panic, relax, sit down with a drink and start going through the course one thing at a time. If I am honest this is a downside of the course, there is so much in there and there is no logical way to the way to appears to be laid out. Please note that I said appears -  It is in fact very logical once you get used to the format.

So what do you get for your money in the Proven Amazon Course , well as explained at the start of this review you get all the input from all these experts, these people make money by selling items they find on a daily basis and just hanging around these people in the message board area is worth every penny you pay. But the message board area is just part of the package. You also get a load of videos, showing you different steps along the way of Amazon FBA, also you get PDF files so you can read as well as watch and listen.

Then there is more………………………… you get a whole package of extras written by all these experts, so not only do you get to hang out with these people, in the message area you also get to read some of their manuals that they sell, but you get free as part of the course. You also get information on the different product scouting devices that you use to help you improve your business.

In fact each time you log into the members area you will see something you may have skipped over the last time you were in there. So in closing I give this course the thumbs up, yes there can be improvements to the way it is laid out and presented, but from what I know of the team behind this, they will get this done as soon as possible. So if you are looking for a course of Amazon FBA, take a few minutes and check out the Proven Amazon Course, and I can tell you, you will not be disappointed.

 

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