Selling on Amazon... Sourcing at Ollies

[@georgelbeale]

It is nice to see videos, from a seller like me, kind of in my area. I am in NOVA near DC.

[@danflynn7342]

Hello George, Thanks for watching. I love selling on Amazon. Actually, selling on Amazon is ok, I LOVE finding the deals.

[@ipolishstuff4327]

Thank you for this video Dan. I just discovered you and have subscribed. I am just going to be starting down this road part time to try to make things a little better for my family. Trying to research has been a little daunting as it seems like everyone is trying to sell a system. I appreciate you showing real life shopping experience and giving me some hope that I can make this work. Now on to watching your other videos.

[@danflynn7342]

Hello and thanks for subscribing. You are correct, everyone is trying to sell a course, mugs or t-shirts. I purchased the SSMLearn platform a few years back. It was helpful. I find Jim Cockrum to be a very good person. He gets involved with his FB channel and is very willing to share his knowledge. I also follow Nikki Kirk. I always learn something from Nikki's KZbins. She also sells a course. I have not purchased her course. It is a step by step course for beginners....I belong to her BOLO group. Many members have said good things about her beginner course. If you are looking for a course.... I would trust hers! Good Luck and thanks for watching.

[@JakeBroe]

You have a nice speaking voice Dan! I subscribed! Cheers!

[@danflynn7342]

Thanks Jake, Greatly appreciated. On another note.... I know you have Oculus and you do cardio... You every hear of Virzoom? virzoom.com/ I use a stationary bike with my Oculus. I get to fly a Blackhawk and drive a tank... Good workout.

[@MyT5_]

I love that place never thought about reselling items. Thanks for sharing.

[@danflynn7342]

Same... I was a reseller for three years before I started scanning at Ollie's. I did not realize how many name brand items they carry. Thanks for watching !!

[@bchristopher2270]

Hi mom! Great sourcing vid

[@danflynn7342]

Thanks

[@jennipurrrsleepyhead6738]

Thank you Mr. Flynn. I have an Ollies in my city. Definitely going to check them out. I just got ungated in Disney, lego, Star Wars, burts bees, DVDs, & gourmet foods.I’m excited to get started selling ❤

[@danflynn7342]

Hello Jenn.. Congrats on getting started. After 5 years... I still love it. Get to Ollies some... I just bought Star Wars Lightsabers for $9... they are selling for $33.99. Good Luck

[@jennipurrrsleepyhead6738]

@@danflynn7342 thank you for the heads up 😊 I’ll check out my local east Texas Ollies.

[@stephaniedouglas5698]

Does Amazon explain easily how to get ungated?

[@justashton255]

Thank you for this. I am always curious as to what Ollies offers. I may check it out now.

[@danflynn7342]

You are welcome. One the things I like best about Ollie's is that the stock is always changing. They get new stuff every week.

[@arshadskitchen7668]

Great stuff.. keep it up mate

[@danflynn7342]

Thank you…. Greatly appreciate your comment.

[@mrs.kathydolan5259]

Great video! Loved seeing your mom in the video! And I saw some "Pepe The Frog" bobbleheads in the background! :)

[@danflynn7342]

There are a couple Pepe's floating around in the Flynn house. They are around every corner. Its kind of freaky!!

[@theolebaseballcoach4573]

an, I am a reseller but not on Amazon FBA. Could you do a video about packaging for shipping to Amazon.

[@danflynn7342]

Will do Coach. We just sent out a large shipment on Friday. Next big FBA shipment will be in a few weeks. Will definitely make a video of the process.

[@theolebaseballcoach4573]

@@danflynn7342 thanks Dan. Have a blessed week.

[@danflynn7342]

Lol

[@boomieboo]

I wish Ollies had an online store.

[@danflynn7342]

Agree , but I think one of the ways Ollie’s keeps their prices low is there work force. They don’t hire too many people. I think an online store would add to their overhead and not necessarily generate more profit.

[@VictoriaTheConcreteRose]

Question when items are in those boxes like the wipes do you have to put the wipes box inside another unmarked box or can you just put a label on the wipes box?

[@danflynn7342]

Hello and thanks for watching. I would need to label the items and then I sometimes put them back into the original box.

[@tamra2494]

Thanks for sharing! Do you they have detailed receipts?

[@danflynn7342]

Hello Tam Ra, The Ollies receipts are pretty good. If I need to find an item on a receipt, I can usually just use the description to find it. If not, the item number on the sticker is also on the receipt.

[@tamra2494]

Is it like good enough if amazon will require receipts? For IP Complains.

[@danflynn7342]

To my knowledge, Amazon will not accept receipts. Needs to be an invoice. I have never submitted anything. I removed the item and return it to Ollie’s . If I can’t return the item, I sell it on eBay.

[@nfrazz4405]

How do you sort what's shipping to Amazon and what you will be selling by merchant? Great video!

[@danflynn7342]

Hello and thanks for watching... There are a number of variables that I consider. I will include them in a future video. The main variable is sales rank. If an item has a high sales rank, over 200K, I will not FBA. Especially this time of year. I will however start sending in slow movers in September in preparation for 4th quarter... EVERYTHING sells 4th quarter.

[@nfrazz4405]

@@danflynn7342 Awesome thanks!

[@변성민-f7t]

How did you get product invoice from them?

[@stephaniedouglas5698]

What app do you use to scan and what is your over all hold time on inventory?

[@danflynn7342]

I use the Amazon Seller App as my primary sourcing app. I also use Seller Amp and Keepa to help make buying decisions.

[@stephaniedouglas5698]

@@danflynn7342 😊 thank you! Definitely 👍 going to start digging into this! Have a good day🌺

[@meg7884]

great video love Ollies how come you don't add in shipping cost to amazon for fba you are skuing profits

[@danflynn7342]

Hello Megan, thanks for watching... You are correct... I do not talk about my FBA cost. I will in future videos. It was a mistake for me to not talk about it. I did not intentional leave out, I just don't think it's a big deal. What's not a "Big Deal" to me, might be a big deal to others. Thanks for bringing to my attention. Releasing a video today... it will not be mentioned in that one but will in all future videos. Thanks... Have a great day.

[@meg7884]

Totally understand thanks for replying and makes sense you’ve been doing it for a long time I’m sure and for newer sellers like myself it’s good to know what others think a good estimate is to put in that section I’ll definitely watch your other videos as I did find your video great with content :)

[@stephaniedouglas5698]

@@danflynn7342 What app do you use for scanning?

[@jem4643]

What is that scanner you are using? Thanks

[@danflynn7342]

Hello, Not really sure of the scanner name. Purchased it over five years ago from Amazon. It's just a generic upc scanner. Cost me $12.99 at the time. Could not imagine making a shipment without it.

[@jem4643]

@@danflynn7342 Thanks soo much.

[@chrisfit365]

Man you really cleaned them out great job. Did you use frontier coop to get ungated? How long have you been doing FBA?

[@danflynn7342]

Hello Shonen... Thanks for watching. I have used Frontier a couple of times for topicals like Bert's Bees. I have been doing FBA for 5 1/2 years. Was part time for the first 4 years then went full time (30 hours a week). For most of my FBA career I was also teaching 8th grade science.

[@chrisfit365]

@@danflynn7342 I just switched from being a personal trainer in a commercial gym to doing fba full time, I also do ebay, and write nutrition plans for people.

[@danflynn7342]

Congrats on stepping out on your own. I also do ebay. I don't it. Very time consuming. I like FBA,ship it and forget it !!!

[@chrisfit365]

@@danflynn7342 fba certainly seems to be king, although they did lose some of my books 📚

[@danflynn7342]

I have had a number of things lost, damaged, or customer return not returned. You can go through Amazon seller central and find these items that are lost and get reimbursed for them. It takes a while to do that. I did this myself for the first year that I was selling then I found a company that would do it for me. I have done that ever since. I now use a company called "RefundsManager". They charge me 25% of the refunds they get me. I do this every year and it is always in the hundreds of dollars that they find. Good Luck

[@nfrazz4405]

Do you ship the "truck bed" stuff with your other items? Even if nothing is exposed do you have to polybag it when shipping it to amazon? I've never shipped anything like that

[@danflynn7342]

Hello and thanks for watching. I have only sold that item as fbm. I am a little concerned about the cans getting dented. If I was to FBA, I would tape the top and poly bag.

[@opulence_prime]

Ollie price point is kind of high for arbitrage.

[@danflynn7342]

It works for me. Thanks for watching.

[@wallywasa7967]

Are you thinking about making different types of videos? Keep it up anyway!

[@danflynn7342]

A have a lot of different types of videos that I am thinking about making. They take a lot of time to make. As of now, I am going to stick with videos about Selling on Amazon. I do have some ideas about videos related the animal recue that we have. Animals are much more fun than humans !!!