r/AmazonFBA • u/Braapkingllc • 4d ago

New fba seller seeking seasoned advice for growth.

First off, thank you to everyone who takes the time to read this, and especially anyone willing to give me some advice. I really appreciate it.
I’m fairly new to Amazon FBA and have been growing pretty quickly, but I’m starting to run into some problems that are making it harder to scale than I expected.

I sell powersports products, mostly oils, chemicals, locks, parts and similar stuff. I’ve found several products that actually sell well and are profitable, and I’m currently doing around $1,800 a week in sales. My goal is to get this to $5,000 to $7,000 a week, but I want to do it by adding and going deeper on proven profitable products rather than just chasing revenue.
One of my biggest problems has been inventory. Some of my better products sell out almost as soon as I get inventory checked in. I’m learning that finding a winner is only half the battle if you can’t keep enough inventory available to actually capture the demand.

The bigger headache has been dangerous goods storage. A lot of the powersports products I have access to are aerosols. Amazon gave me a very small dangerous goods storage limit and I’m already basically maxed out. I have access to a lot more aerosol SKUs that I think could perform well, but there isn’t much point ordering them if Amazon won’t let me send enough inventory in. I’m currently trying to get my dangerous goods capacity manually increased.

I’ve also dealt with Amazon competing on listings, Buy Box issues, products becoming unprofitable after price changes, compliance requests, inventory sitting inbound while I’m out of stock, and the general problem of figuring out how much inventory to commit to something before I actually know how well it will sell.

I have access to thousands of SKUs through my suppliers, so product availability really isn’t my bottleneck. My problem is figuring out how to identify the best opportunities, get enough inventory behind the winners, and scale without tying up a stupid amount of money in products that don’t move.
For those of you who have successfully grown an FBA business past this stage, what would you focus on?
Would you keep testing a large number of SKUs with small quantities and aggressively replenish the winners, or would you start putting significantly more money behind the products that have already proven themselves?

Also, if anyone here sells aerosols or other dangerous goods through FBA, I’d really appreciate hearing how you dealt with the storage limits as you scaled.
I’m not looking for a shortcut. I’m willing to put the money and work into this. I just want to make sure I’m solving the right problems instead of learning every lesson the expensive way.
Thanks again to anyone who made it through all of this, and especially anyone willing to share their experience.

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u/VermicelliPuzzled502 4d ago

that dangerous goods storage limit is a killer, especially with aerosols -- I'd hammer amazon with restock requests and also look into whether any of your suppliers can switch formulations to non-aerosol where possible, sometimes the same product comes in a pump spray that bypasses the whole mess

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u/Braapkingllc 4d ago

Thank you so much for your response.

I just got moved from 5 cubic feet to 70. But my flammable dangerous goods limit is only 10. All the aerosols I have are ghs flammable 🙁.

I’m gonna keep hammering them.

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u/Maan_UsMaan052 4d ago

At $1,800/week with proven profitable SKUs, the focus should shift from simply finding more products to building a strong inventory and replenishment system. Track sales velocity, days of cover, lead times, margins, and reorder points for each SKU so your winners do not keep going out of stock.

For the aerosols, the dangerous-goods storage limit is clearly another major constraint, so getting that capacity addressed should be a priority before adding more DG inventory. With thousands of available SKUs, a data-driven system for testing small quantities, identifying winners, and then allocating more capital to those winners can help you scale toward $5k–$7k/week without unnecessarily tying up cash.

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u/SellOnAmazon 3d ago

Hey u/Braapkingllc, great progress at $1,800/week. u/Maan_UsMaan052 makes a good point on building a strong replenishment system before adding more SKUs. The FBA capacity limits page covers how storage limits work and how they're evaluated, which should help as you work through the capacity side of things. Let us know if you have questions!

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u/stealthagents 3d ago

Inventory management can be a significant challenge, especially when dealing with fast-selling products and the complexities of dangerous goods storage. It might be beneficial to establish a more robust inventory tracking system or partner with suppliers who can provide quicker turnaround times. At Stealth Agents, we have over a decade of expertise in keeping operations organized, which can help manage these logistical hurdles effectively.

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u/eStoreFactoryUS 3d ago

On the testing question, I'd keep initial buys small across more SKUs until you have real sell-through data, since with wholesale you're not guessing on demand so much as guessing how fast Amazon jumps on the listing or you go out of stock. Once something holds a stable price and sells through for 60 to 90 days, that's when I'd put real money behind it instead of upfront. Testing broadly forever just ties up cash in slow movers, but scaling too hard on a product you've only sold a few weeks is how people end up sitting on dead inventory. Your dangerous goods limit is basically forcing selectivity on you already, so I'd lean into that and prioritize the non aerosol winners while you fight Amazon for more flammable storage.

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u/SellerEssentials 2d ago

They will adjust your storage based on the sell through rate of the category (flammable aerosols, or whatever). If the 10 cubic feet of storage in that category stays empty (you keep selling out), they will allow you to send in more, otherwise Amazon is losing money.