In our part 2 series, we reconnect with Aaron O’ Sullivan Aaron is a serial entrepreneur who has been building brands on Amazon since 2013, scoring several million in product sales. He has spent the last 3 years building teams based in the Philippines, helping scale up one team to 45 staff by building all of the Amazon systems and processes to ...…

In this episode we had Meny Hoffman come on the show. Meny Hoffman is CEO of Ptex Group, an award-winning business solutions agency headquartered in Brooklyn, NY. A lifelong entrepreneur, he is passionate about collaborating with growing businesses to create winning strategies that allow them to lead and flourish. Meny is also the founder of th ...…

Since my last podcast, a lot has happened. It’s been literally almost 8 months since I last podcasted. I’ve gotten emails, like yo, david where have you been? Why aren’t you podcasting. So I haven’t been ignoring podcasting, or hating it. I’ve just been so deep into the grind building the empire, owning multiple channels, and scaling this busin ...…

Today I’ve got another invincible king on the, Aaron O’Sullivan. Aaron is a serial entrepreneur who has been building brands on Amazon since 2013, scoring several million in product sales. He has spent the last 3 years building teams based in the Philippines, helping scale up one team to 45 staff by building all of the Amazon systems and proces ...…

Today I’ve got another invincible king on the, Murray Priestley. Murray is a partner at Global Private Partners, a private equity investment firm based in Asia and the author of the book The $1M Pay Day. Murray has a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering & Computer Science from Monash University. He has lived and worked in over 9 countries, and thro ...…

Today I’ve got Dr. Travis Zigler, who graduated in 2010 from The Ohio State University College of Optometry with Magna Cum Laude honors. He is the co-founder of Eye Love, eyelovethesun.com, whose mission is to end preventable blindness. Dr. Travis and his wife, Dr. Jenna Zigler, use the profits from Eye Love to fund free and low cost clinics in ...…

Today I’ve got Jamie Davison on on the show, Jamie and his co-founders Jason and Brad combine to sell over $60 million per year on Amazon. He is the co-founder of AMZ Insiders, a coaching program focused on helping new sellers create their own successful Amazon business and provide insights and tips to existing sellers. Selling on Amazon How to ...…

Today’s I’ve got on the show, who is a CPA and the founder of CPA On Fire, a tax and accounting firm specializing in working with online entrepreneurs. Over the last few years he has been working very closely with Amazon FBA and other eCommerce sellers to help them with the challenging aspects of accounting and taxes specific to eCommerce selle ...…

Today I’ve got Nedjc Voraic on the show, Nejc is an entrepreneur who started learning selling on Amazon about 1,5 years ago. With help of the knowledge of his mentors, mastermind group and a lot of trial and error, he managed to build a serious business. The beauty of his philosophy is that he does not put much focus on conversion, ranking and ...…

Kevin has been an entrepreneur his entire life. It’s been 30 years since he last received a paycheck from someone else. He has created, developed and guided hundreds of products from inception to market. In 2015, he started five private label brands on Amazon. Together those brands have grossed more than $3,000,000.00. His goal is to reach $4,0 ...…

How I will save 40,000, by automating my customer service on Amazon, ebay, Walmart Jet and beyond. What’s up guys, today’s episode, episode 87, is on How I will save $40,000+ by automating the customer Service in my Amazon, eBay, Walmart, Jet, and website support tickets. Today’s episode brings a huge golden nugget so stay in. One of the hardes ...…

Today we’re going learn how to outsource our businesses so we can take it to the next level. I’ve got John Jonas on the show, He’s the CEO of OnlineJobs.ph, the largest website for finding Filipino virtual workers, with over 250,000 Filipino resumes and over 100,000 employers from around the world using it. He works about 17 hours per week, cho ...…

Forget excel sheets! Ben, Chris, and Dana are Amazon sellers from San Francisco who got frustrated managing PPC by hand and set out to automate the whole process with Prestozon. The founders met at our last company which was a supply chain finance and einvoicing company targeting large enterprises. As the company grew we decided we wanted to be ...…

Bernie built an 8-figure electronics business, wrote the book “Flywheels and Feedback Loops: A Guide to Success for Amazon Private-Label Sellers”, and released the tools he used to automate the building of his own brand on Amazon. These tools are available at efficientera.com In this episode, you’ll learn: How Bernie grew his team When to add t ...…

Jonathan Foltz shared tons of golden nuggets. This is a definite listen for those who want to explode their business off the Amazon channel and diversify their business. He leverages the Facebook Advertising platform and pulls millions. I will probably be re-watching this a few times. He is a digital entrepreneur that has started 16 companies a ...…

Today I’ve got two invincible kings on the show – Wilson who is the founder of Mindbay, a specialized Amazon brokerage firm who has handled over 50 transactions in the last 3 years. Wilson has been an online entrepreneur for over 20 years and has operated an Amazon shop himself. Hameed Hemmat, also a partner in Mindbay, has a background in App ...…

Today I’ve got an invincible king on the show, coming live is Ed Kohler, who’s 43 years old has been selling on Amazon for 3 years and is now doing 7 digit sales for more than a year. What you’ll learn: How Ed built his 7 figure amazon business Channels he uses including one big golden nugget How he expanded into office space Multi-Channel Fulf ...…

Coming live from StarBucks his name is Brandon Young, who has not one, but two amazon businesses that pull over a million dollars yearly. He does cross platform, and is international. In advanced, our audio had some background noise and was not 100% perfect, but the amount of golden nuggets and insights in this episode is invaluable to all amaz ...…

What’s up you invincible Kings! Wondering what is the best e-commerce platform is? For almost a decade, I’ve been building e-commerce sites, platforms, web services, and have often pondered the true answer to this. I’m your host, David Aladdin, and Your listening to episode 79. As of recently, I’ve come to a solid conclusion as to which is bett ...…

In this episode you’ll learn: Shawn’s tale of rags to riches How Shawn went from selling hamburgers at McDonalds to having sold 100 Million + in revenue generated How to choose a market How to brand build products What products to not go for How to source directly in china? How Shawn deploys strategies for launching new products How to use AMS ...…

Dark times guys. The Potential investor I had talked to back in March ended up copying my business, specifically product that we talked about at a meeting on March 25th. If you go through the amzsecrets blog back in March, you can see specifically when I was meeting with this investor and what happened. This is, unfortunately a true story. It a ...…

Today I’ve got an invincible king on the show, Dan Meadors. Dan and his business partner Eric Lambert started selling on Amazon in 2011 using a credit card with a $600 limit and in a short time, sold 12+ Million. He goes through exactly how to sell wholesale. In this podcast you’ll learn: How to sell on Amazon How to sell wholesale on Amazon Ho ...…

Steve Simonson came on the show today and revealed dozens of golden nuggets. He is a serial entrepreneur (e.g. last real job was as at the age of 18) & has built a few businesses from zero to 50 Million +. Over the years Steve’s ventures have generated over 250 Million in consumer sales & 500 Million + in B2B sales. This is definitely one of my ...…

Today’s podcast is episode 73 and your listening to How I’m ranking next Apple and Samsung by building the best most powerful amazon listings. We’re to go into deep into detail on how I’m copywriting my Amazon listings and how I’ve grown my products to rank in the top 5 of some of the largest Amazon categories. I’m in a very generic category, f ...…

Today I had Tim Werkley on the show. Tim Werkley owns Swan Packaging Fulfillment located in Wayne NJ. Swan provides multi-channel pick/pack order fulfillment and FBA prep and support services, they were established in 1986 and operate a 125,000 square foot facility with 60 employees. In this episode, you’ll learn: How Tim’s warehouse scaled fro ...…

In this episode, I go into how I improved my seller feedback score from 91% to 100% This episode we talk in-depth strategies for improving your seller metrics which initially was prompted due to episode 65 – How my entire account got suspended on Amazon and How I was Unsuspended. In my suspension letter, I had stated my metrics, of which my cus ...…

How do you build a brand better you ask? You analyze the brands that work! In this episode we analyze Trader Joes. I think this episode deserves a re-listen, to engrain it into our minds, not just build a brand, but how to build a brand better. This is probably my favorite amazon podcast. Enjoy. So I went into Trader Joes today to buy flowers f ...…

Today I’ve got Max Lock on the show. Max started importing products from Asia when he was 16 years old, where he went on to realize how painful international shipping is. He is now the founder of Fleet a logistics marketplace simplifying international shipping for fellow importers. In this show you’ll learn: How to save money with freight forwa ...…

Today I’ve got CJ Rosenbaum on the show. He is the founder of AmazonSellersLawyer.com, a law firm focused on Amazon sellers. Cj wrote the book: the Amazon Law Library. There firm spends the majority of their timing helping suspended sellers obtain reinstatement of their selling privileges. In this episode, you’ll learn: How to get suspended on ...…

Today I’ve got Suzi Hixon on the show, she Suzi Hixon has been practicing intellectual property law for 13 years, and specifically trademark law for 11 of those. She’s been a private label seller on Amazon and knows the obstacles sellers face on the Amazon platform. What we discussed: How to protect your amazon trademarks Why Amazon Brand Regis ...…

Today I’ve got Filip Valica on the show, He has been a mechanical engineer for 12 years, designing, testing, and building products from cradle to grave. He has worked for a broad range of companies – from mom-and-pop small businesses to some of the largest corporations in the US. What you’ll learn? How to design products for Amazon Private Labe ...…

A king has fallen. My entire account got suspended on Amazon. My heart instantly froze and felt like a giant rock. If I was 45 I probably would’ve had a heart attack. It felt like a vacuum of pressure was sucking my heart toward my stomach. All the horror stories you hear… there are true. Survivors are a few and far between. This an in-depth st ...…

Today, we had Sam Boyd, live from China come on the show! He is an American living in Asia. After working in product development, he founded his own sourcing company called Guided Imports in Shenzhen, China. He’s Focused on assisting importers of all sizes to navigate the often treacherous waters of Chinese manufacturing. What you’ll learn: How ...…

Discounted Reviews are no longer allowed on Amazon. Announced on October 3rd by Amazon’s Chee Chew, the VP of Customer Experience for Amazon. WHAAAT? This is perhaps the biggest change to the Amazon Platform since I started selling on Amazon and in this episode, we go into all the implications this will have. This is the AmzSecrets show, with y ...…

Today’s podcast, episode 62: How I used Influencers to grow my brand. I started an experiment with influencers back in epsidode 57. AmzSecrets.com/57. . I asked 10 influencers to grow my brand. 5 influencers, accepted. 3 have so far posted their results. You know, when I was in Highschool, I never considered myself to be one of the popular kids ...…

So I went into Trader Joes today to buy flowers for my friend’s girlfriend. I figured if I got the best white orchids earthly possible, she would fall into my arms, and leave him. Yep I was pulling the sneaky SWITCH-ER-OO. In all honesty, he’s actually out of state. Today was her birthday, and I was actually on a mission for him to surprise her ...…

Nathan Latka came on the show today, and shared quite a few golden nuggets as well showed us his ambitions moving into the future. He’s got a business podcast – called The Top Entrerprenuers. He tried to buy success magazine for $5m. Sold first business, Heyo, after raising $2.5m and hitting $5m in revenue in Feb 2016. He then Acquired company ...…

Ryan Reger came on the show today and details his successful Amazon business, but his true passion is helping others build their business. He is the author of Real Wholesale Sources, Private Label the Easy Way and co-author of Beyond Arbitrage. What you’ll learn: Ryan Reger’s journey into entreprenuerialism How he started in craigslist then lea ...…

Mark Hirsch came on the show and shared tons of golden nuggets for entrepreneurs. He is a serial entrepreneur. who was partner in an online financial publishing firm that thrived during the economic downturn of 2008. And as his company approached $10 million in annual sales, it was acquired by the industry leader – and he stayed on with the acq ...…

It’s been a crazy ride so far, and it’s just the beginning. Christmas, Black Friday, Halloween, Cyber Monday, Hanukkah, Thanksgiving, New Years they’re all coming. War is here. But in all honesty, think about it. As a kid we grew up wondering how Santa Clause delivered gifts to everyone’s chimney on Christmas Day. How he had his elves working n ...…

AS 56: My Simple Rules for Winning These are rules I hold and learned thus far in business – and which I use when making decisions. Rapid iterations while staying focused. If you don’t reiterate on your product, you allow your competitors to build better products than you Stay focused (yes mentioned twice) – By staying focusd, it means you are ...…

Today Kai Klement came on the show, and he shared a ton of golden nuggets! Kai Klement is the co-founder of KAVAJ. They are making $4 million a year selling genuine leather products on Amazon worldwide. Last year he also co-founded the KAVAJ Academy, where he and his partner Joerg help other Amazon sellers sell more on Amazon. In today’s podcas ...…

Today’s podcast, episode 54: Selling on your e-commerce site hurts your Amazon sales – Website Strategy I’ve been meaning to bring this discussion on because I haven’t seen anyone talking about it. IT’s crazy! In fact, I remember around 4 months ago, I briefly brought it up with someone, and they knew exactly what I’m talking about, and it was ...…

Timothy Bush came on the show today and shared a ton of epic golden nuggets on how to get into Costco, Walmart, and retail stores. Tim Bush is the owner of TLB Consulting, a company that specializes in helping small to medium sized companies break into big box retail. What we talked about: How to get into costco Tim’s journey, starting his own ...…

What’s up you invincible kings. BURDDDURRR Grab that coffee out, your tuning into, the AmzSecrets Podcast, with your host, David Aladdin. Today’s sponsor is AmzSecrets.com VIP, which includes Keyword King, War Room, Product Hunter. Tools which are built by us, to improve our ranking in Amazon. Keyword King creates the best keywords lists, using ...…

Michael Delvin came on the show today and shared his many years of experience in marketing to selling on Amazon and eventually being acquired. What you’ll learn: How Michael is building 16 brands simultaneously How he takes $5000 and turns it into a 6 figure brand Requirements he sticks to when building a brand What categories not to go into Di ...…

We had Caleb Roth come on the show today. Caleb is a purveyor of fine books who specializes in data and software. In this podcast you’ll learn: All about Caleb’s journey from quitting his job to starting his own business How Caleb is expanding The direction of physical books vs e-books How to sell books on Amazon FBA How to grow a book empire B ...…

Today’s podcast, Episode 49, Why being happy will help you sell more Today I’m happy! And I think you should be too. We’re going to be talking about the Happiness Advantage and how it will make you sell more on Amazon, your ecommerce channels and a better entrepreneur all around. As I quest through entrepreneurialism, I’m always looking to opti ...…

Chad Rubin comes on the show today! He started Crucial Vacuum in 2008. Crucial Vacuum along with his new brands, Crucial Air and Crucial Coffee reached a revenue growth of over $8M in 2015. In 2013, he co-founded Skubana, an all-in-one intelligent e-commerce platform. What you’ll learn: Chad Rubin’s empire growth from start Brand strategies Cha ...…

Today on the show Tracy Hazzard came on the show! Tracy Hazzard is CEO of Hazz Design, ghost designer of 250+ consumer products generating almost $1 billion at on-line & at retail. She is an Inc. Innovation Columnist, co-host of WTFFF?! 3D Printing podcast and co-inventor on 37 patents. She talks about her secrets to getting an 86% success rate ...…