The Reseller’s Guide to How to Keepa Camel
Using Amazon Sales History to Make Smart Sourcing Decisions
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to buy inventory that almost always sells quickly? Do you ever get frustrated because it seems like by the time your inventory arrives at Amazon, your competition has “tanked” the price and you’re not able to sell your inventory at the prices you wanted? If it seems like your Amazon sourcing is more of a gamble than a sure thing, then this course is for you.
The Problem
A little over a year ago I started to get frustrated that many of the items I would send to FBA wouldn’t sell very quickly… and some not at all. I couldn’t figure out why. The sales rank and price looked awesome when I first sourced these items, but by the time my inventory was checked in to Amazon, the prices had tanked, and my profit margins were gone. Not only that, but I ended up having to reprice my inventory over and over just to get some of my capital back. And for the items I didn’t reprice, it would take forever just to sell – and some never sold at all.
Don’t get me wrong… this didn’t happen to all of the inventory I was sending to Amazon. I still sold enough items to earn a decent income, but it drove me crazy how many items I would try to sell for a profit, but I ended up just breaking even or even losing money. I knew this was not a sustainable business model. There had to be a better way.
The Discovery
I determined that I was going to get to the bottom of what was going wrong and committed myself to finding the solution. After a lot of trial and error I discovered three truths that totally changed how I was sourcing inventory to sell on Amazon:
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Truth #1 – The prices on Amazon are constantly changing.
- Truth #2 – The sales ranks on Amazon are constantly changing.
- Truth #3 – There are free tools I can use to see both price and sales rank history.
Did you know that an item’s sales rank changes every hour? Every hour! I finally figured out what was going wrong! When I was sourcing for inventory, I was making almost all of my sourcing decisions based on that day’s sales ranks and that day’s pricing. Why I would ever expect those items to keep the same high prices and low sales ranks by the time I bought them, prepped them, and sent them off to Amazon is beyond me.
The Solution
If only there was a program that provided both pricing and sales rank history for most of the items on Amazon. If we had a program like that, then we could determine what each specific item’s average sales rank was… and the prices those items usually sell for. Good news! Both CamelCamelCamel and Keepa gather, store, and display the data from the pricing and sales rank history for most items being sold on Amazon. Now, when I’m sourcing for inventory through retail and online arbitrage, I take a few extra seconds and check the CamelCamelCamel and/or Keepa data and make a much smarter sourcing decision. By using these two amazing resources, I almost never buy an item where the price “tanks,” and if I do, I know that the price will recover fairly quickly.
The Results
In 2014, my Amazon FBA business made over six figures in sales while averaging around 3,000 items being stored in FBA warehouses all over the country. After big sales in Q4 2014, my FBA inventory level went below 1,000 items. Then in 2015, I changed how I made sourcing decisions (by implementing both CamelCamelCamel and Keepa), and my Amazon sales increased by 50% over the year before. But get this – my sales increased, but I decreased my average FBA inventory level throughout the year to only 1,500 items in my Amazon FBA inventory at any given time. That’s right, in 2015 I made around 50% more in sales than in 2014 while averaging half as many items in my Amazon FBA inventory as I had in 2014. (Also keep in mind, I did this while working part-time hours at my FBA business. If I worked full-time hours, sales would have grown even more.)
How is it possible that I was able to increase my sales while storing less inventory at an FBA warehouse? I was buying better, faster selling inventory. I began to take CamelCamelCamel and Keepa data more seriously and was able to make much smarter sourcing decisions. I was sourcing items that were selling so fast that I wasn’t able to really build up my inventory to the 3,000-item level I had the year before. Discovering everything CamelCamelCamel and Keepa had to offer totally transformed my Amazon FBA business.
What You Can Expect
The Reseller’s Guide to How to Keepa Camel is a combination book and video course that will walk you through how to use CamelCamelCamel and Keepa to make smart sourcing decisions. Both the book and the video course contain the same content, so you can choose to consume the information by either reading or watching/listening, or you can do both. The book is over 130 pages filled with teachings and illustrations that will help you understand not only how Camel and Keepa work, but also how to use them to dramatically improve your Amazon business. The video course contains over 30 video modules (with almost 4.5 hours of content) where you can see both CamelCamelCamel and Keepa in action recorded through screen capture, as I show you how to understand both tools and how to use the data they provide to make more profits than ever before. Not only do you get the book and video course, but you also get some amazing bonuses as well. But first, check out the table of contents so you can see everything we cover in the book/course.
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In The Reseller’s Guide to How to Keepa Camel, I will break down exactly how to use CamelCamelCamel and Keepa to make smart sourcing decisions. Here is just a taste of what the book and video course will have to offer:
- How to read and understand CamelCamelCamel and Keepa graphs
- How to buy inventory where the price doesn’t “tank” all the time
- How sales ranks can be deceptive (and what to do about it)
- How to count the number of sales of an item (and to know how many sales to expect in the future)
- Mastering seasonal sourcing and pricing strategies
- How to know exactly which is the best price to sell your items for
- How and when to compete against Amazon (and win!)
- How to know how deep to go on an inventory purchase
- Which piece of data is most important for making smart sourcing decisions
- How to use the Fast-Turn Snowball method to build up income momentum
- The biggest problem with sales rank (and how to overcome it)
- Mastering advanced sourcing strategies to take CamelCamelCamel and Keepa to the next level
- How to be the first to know about a possible Amazon-to-Amazon flip
- How to deal with a sales rank of zero while sourcing
- The key mindset shift you need to make to find success faster
- and so much more!
How much is smart sourcing worth to you?
The Reseller’s Guide to How to Keepa Camel is a one time charge of only $97. With over 140 pages, over 30 video modules, as well as 4 amazing bonuses, this guide is a bargain when you think about the time and money you will save by making smart sourcing decisions. Imagine not having to reprice a huge chunk of your inventory every month… Imagine finding inventory that actually sells at the price you list it for… Imagine your increased disbursements with items selling faster than ever before. This course is filled with everything I know about how to make the most of both CamelCamelCamel and Keepa. Plus, when you get the course, you’ll be automatically enrolled into the lifetime ownership program. This means that every time we update the course, you’ll get the updates for free. Not only that, but I offer a 60-day 100% refund policy… so you have nothing to lose.
Bonus
Bonus Material – Not only do you get the How to Keepa Camel ebook and video course, but you also get these 4 valuable bonuses at no extra charge.
CamelCamelCamel & Keepa on Your Smart Phone – In this bonus video, I’ll show you the multiple ways you can access both CamelCamelCamel and Keepa on your smart phone. Yes, you can use both programs right from the palm of your hand. This is a huge game changer if you’re not already accessing Camel or Keepa while you are out doing retail arbitrage.
Camel & Keepa in Action – It’s time to put your new knowledge of Camel and Keepa to the test. I’ve come up with multiple sourcing situations in which you need to use Camel and/or Keepa to make the best sourcing decision possible. These situations are ones you’re sure to face in real life. Don’t be unprepared when you’re out sourcing… instead use these Camel & Keepa in Action exercises to make your sourcing skills even better than before.
Up-To-Date Sales Rank Chart – Having access to the most up-to-date sales rank chart is vital for knowing what sales rank numbers are considered good or bad. Sales rank numbers are not all the same. A 500,000 sales rank in Books is pretty good, while a 500,000 sales rank in Toys is horrible. This chart breaks down each major Amazon product category and shows you not only how many items are currently in each category, but the breakdown of what numbers fall into the top 1%, 5%, and 10%. This is a vital tool for making smart sourcing decisions.
Camel Down Video – Sometimes CamelCamelCamel goes down for website maintenance… How do you react when CamelCamelCamel or Keepa goes down while you’re out sourcing? In this bonus video, I’ll show you what I do and my exact thought process to continue making smart sourcing decisions for my Amazon FBA business when Keepa or CamelCamelCamel are down.
