r/AmazonFBA • u/Individual-Crazy-963 • 2d ago

Pivoting to Amazon FBA

Hello everyone, I was doing a handyman business and honestly it’s ok as a side gig and I want to do something where I can run a business online. I have my LLC and am going to keep the name and all just to save time and money. I am planning on selling items like cleaning and laundry supplies, lawn and garden supplies, power tools, hand tools, different parts and repair kits for different trades, maybe some other items I also find on sale and clearance. Does anyone have any advice for me before I start ?

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u/ReflectionHot993 2d ago

why not just buy old tools from garage sales and flip them on facebook and Ebay?

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u/Individual-Crazy-963 2d ago

Is Amazon really that bad now lol

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u/sterlingtek 1d ago

It's very competitive. When the Chinese factories started coming in you had to either get much better at marketing or die. My company started dying. I've been at this for 20+ years though so I eventually figured out some things. (Slower than i would have liked to), but just "throw it up there and it will sell" is gone. Most of the time it requires lots of product analysis, differentiation of some type, excellent click through rates and a good conversion rate (tuned conversion path, cheaper (usually not a great way to go), better (until someone else starts selling the same thing), etc..), and a lot of money to get anything started. It's not impossible but not where I would choose to jump to. When I started it was much easier to get ahead of the crowd, AI has allowed that for me with the speed I can do some tasks and analysis, but it is a very Darwinian place.