In August 2023, I started selling on Amazon in the US marketplace. I'm selling from the Philippines. I learned to research products by using Keepa and Seller Amp Sourcing tools. I was able to judge which products are good, by looking at the products' history ( BSR, buy box history, number of sellers, number of buy box sellers in the past, which variation is saleable, or if Amazon has been a buy box). You should not compete with Amazon especially if it's the buy box. I also filtered out the product that is most likely file an IP complaint. I know how to calculate a certain product if it's profitable or not using Seller Amp or Amazon calculator, because in the first place Amazon has a lot of deductions. I learned to purchase products from the US online stores, sending products to the prep center and my prep center would send them to the Amazon warehouse. I have hovered over all the buttons in Amazon seller central.
I was an online entrepreneur from October 2018- May 2023 in online shops platforms, Shopee & Lazada Philippines. The skills I learned from doing this were: making business plan or checking if I earn or not in a spreadsheet ( google sheet), inventory, data-entry, using google suite/ Microsoft office, customer chat support, solving problem by calling, emailing or sending tickets to Shopee Philippines/ Lazada, product listings, making sure my products were visible to buyers, making sure my products would be ranked in search engine, fulfillment of orders, packing of orders, stocking, after-sales service, I'm also encoding and keeping the data/details of my customers, organizing them on a spreadsheet (google sheet), also monitoring my sales. June 2017- June 2018, I was a marketing/sales assistant in Alveo Land Corp. The skills I gained from working there were, administrative work, data entry, Microsoft office, Microsoft outlook, emailing my bosses.
Sept. 2016- February 2017, I was a Marketing Officer in Allied Pacific Packaging Solution Corp.. The skills I learned from this were: negotiating or talking to people face to face or over the phone, I had the courage to knock my prospects' doors just to sell our products and services, I had to pay attention for their preferences and be professional to deliver the right orders. I also had to keep their details by encoding and saving them on a google sheet or Microsoft office.
