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May 6, 2016

How InstaNatural achieved $1 million monthly sales on Amazon

In an insightful interview on Freedom Fast Lane podcast, Dan Brenner and AJ Patel discuss their ecommerce business InstaNatural. Based in Orlando, Florida they have been selling across many platforms, but their strongest play so far has been Amazon - Instanatural LLC has been featured in both January and February fastest growing sellers reports this year. Dan and AJ discuss how they got started on Amazon, what it took to achieve $1 million in monthly sales and their plans to go to $10 million and reaching $1 billion in yearly sales.

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May 4, 2016

Fastest Growing eBay.com Sellers April 2016 Report

In the previous fastest growing eBay sellers reports we showcased that top spots were always taken by international sellers. This is not the case this time - Top 3 are all based in the United States. Fastest growing seller is The Stamp Professor by stampprof. Based in Naples, Florida they offer a selection of postal stamps from 1941 all the way to current times. A good example of focusing on a niche and offering a unique selection.

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May 2, 2016

Fastest Growing Amazon.com Sellers April 2016 Report

Fastest growing seller in April was petphabet. Launched on Amazon in November last year they have been growing steadily since. They are based in Fremont, California and offer a range of pet products, with a majority of them under their own brand. Before launching on Amazon, they had a successful ecommerce website and social presence. Last week Amazon published 2016 Q1 earnings report which were very promising. Sales were up across the board, with Amazon.com sales growing by 26.7%. Yet the most important metric for us at Marketplace Pulse was that 48% of all sales were done by third-party sellers, like the ones in this top 100 list. This is the highest it has ever been and hopefully it will continue to grow.

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Apr 28, 2016

Amazon 2016 Q1 Results - Sales up by 28%

Amazon released 2016 Q1 earnings report today, and managed to beat all expectations. Strong revenue and profit numbers, and continuing international growth from the leading global ecommerce company. Amazon.com generated $16,9 billion in sales up by 26.7%, while international (all other marketplaces like Amazon Japan and Amazon Germany) did $9,5 billion in sales up by 23.5% from last year.

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Apr 26, 2016

eBay Reports 2016 Q1 Financial Results

Today eBay Inc. reported 2016 first quarter results. eBay Inc. reported $20.5 billion in gross merchandise volume, up by 5%. $19.6 billion was generated by marketplaces like eBay USA, eBay UK, etc. Marketplaces revenue was up by 3% from 2015 Q1.

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Apr 18, 2016

How to Properly Benchmark Your Amazon Business

Good, you know how to optimize your listing. Great, you know how to market your product. Awesome, your products are selling well and have earned a nice flow of cash. But then you feel it – the boredom of monotony. Selling is fine, but the real fun of e-commerce is selling MORE than your competition. Sorry – CRUSHING your competition. But now we’re taking a macro look at your business. How do you benchmark yourself and compare yourself to other businesses? How do you peek at your overall market and crush the competition.

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Apr 14, 2016

Fulfillment and Sales Rank play a major role in Amazon search rankings

A study called "Amazon SEO Research Study" from Ripen eCommerce looked at more than 344,936 unique products and 746,500 search results to find what high-ranking products have in common. It is a fascinating insight into search ranking opportunities.

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Apr 8, 2016

There are over 70,000 sellers with sales of more than $100,000 selling on Amazon

In Jeff Bezos' letter to shareholders, he reports that: There are over 70,000 entrepreneurs with sales of more than $100,000 a year selling on Amazon, and they've created over 600,000 new jobs. Top sellers on Amazon.com have been known to have sales exceeding $100 million a year, but we will be also covering smaller sellers as well to showcase the work they've done to reach $100,000 a year milestone.

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Apr 5, 2016

Fastest Growing eBay.com Sellers March 2016 Report

Just like in the Ebay.com February 2016 report the fastest growing sellers in March were not based in the US, and are largely selling out of China. The top seller this month is COSPLAY WIG 999 by style-trends-365, selling wigs, as the name suggests. Overall we are seeing a lot of niche sellers growing like rybaanat out of Russia selling vintage postal stamps, which are able to offer unique products despite not being based in the US. Shipping and logistics have became so good that even retailers thousands of miles away are competitive with local businesses.

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Apr 4, 2016

Fastest Growing Amazon.com Sellers March 2016 Report

Out of nowhere came Wildcat Electronics and managed to jump from being a new seller to having solid sales in just a month. Look at that 3500% growth! On the other end of the spectrum Avalanche Brands saw a decrease in sales of -18%, a substantial change in performance considering they are consistently one of the TOP 3 sellers overall. However they are not alone - River Colony Trading (previously known as ToysNGamesEtc) also suffered a -20% slow down. Both Avalanche Brands and River Colony Trading are some of the oldest, biggest and most established sellers on the Amazon.com marketplace.

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