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Quick reminder for anyone sourcing grocery, beauty, personal care, or anything that could melt in heat. Amazon meltable season runs May 1 to September 30. That means if a product can melt, Amazon may not let you send it into FBA during that window. Sometimes SellerAmp or RevSeller will flag it. Sometimes you need to use your own judgment. I said this on a coaching call and it is still the simplest test: If this sits in 40 degree heat, is it going to completely melt? Chocolate is obvious. But some beauty products, gummies, balms, creams, and soft products can be a problem too. And even if Amazon does not flag it, ask yourself what happens if the product gets warm in a warehouse or delivery truck. Returns. Complaints. Damaged inventory. Annoying problems you could have avoided before buying. So before you buy a summer OA lead from Canadian retailers, add one extra check: Would I still want to own this inventory if it sat in heat for a few days? If the answer is no, track it, put it in your sheet, and revisit it later. Not every good lead needs to be bought today. What categories are you being extra careful with right now because of meltable season?

A lot of beginners ask: “What’s the best category to sell in?” Beauty? Grocery? Toys? Clothing? Electronics? Home and kitchen? Honestly, the category matters less than people think. A bad lead in a “good” category is still a bad lead. And a boring product in a category nobody talks about can still be a great buy if the data is there. That is especially true on Amazon Canada. We have different retailers, different competition, different fees, different inventory depth, and different buy box behaviour than the U.S. So don’t just copy what American sellers are doing. Use categories as a starting point. Then let Keepa, profit, seller count, buy box history, and your actual sourcing data make the decision. Curious where everyone is at right now. What category are you spending the most time sourcing lately? And what part is giving you the most trouble?

Hi guys, I wanted to share an update on my second month of FBA progress under the coaching of @Anthony Mancini Last month, I had my first sale on February 10th and managed to reach $1,111.27 in sales, with 21 orders and 28 units sold by the end of the month. I was just getting my feet wet, learning the fundamentals like reading Keepa charts at a basic level, navigating Sellerboard and Seller Central, using Keepa’s Product Finder to source, and building my seller ID base while understanding what the different settings do. March results (Amazon data is missing sales from the last day of the month): - Sales : $2994.09 - Orders : 77 - Units Sold : 84 - Capital Spent on Inventory : 4,147.14 - Inventory Units Purchased : 202 March has been the month where I’ve learned the most, in a lot more detail, especially when it comes to using Keepa at a more advanced level. I started utilizing the “Track Product” feature almost every time I find a lead that is ungated and sourceable but where the Buy Box price is too low. This way, I get notified whenever the price reaches a certain threshold, making it profitable for me to buy. It’s a very useful tool, and I’ve already gotten sales because of it. Another key thing I learned from @Anthony Mancini 's mentorship is how to understand the “Data” section at the top of the Keepa chart. Learning how to read “Offers” and “Buy Box Statistics” has been instrumental in my decision-making when purchasing leads. It’s probably one of the most valuable pieces of information I’ve gotten so far. I won’t go too deep into it, because as Snoop Dogg says, “The game is meant to be sold, not told.” meaning some information out there is either meant to be earned through hard life lessons and losing money/time from mistakes, or you can do what I did and learn from people who have the knowledge and have been through the difficult times to build upon them. If it were given out too easily and freely, anything worthwhile would inevitably become saturated very quickly.

One boring Canadian Amazon FBA habit that will save you a headache later: Download your Amazon tax documents and keep them in Google Drive. I know. Not sexy. But when you sell in Canada, you are dealing with HST, GST, QST, PST, Amazon fees, fee taxes, refunds, and all the little accounting stuff nobody wants to touch until it becomes a problem. On one coaching call, I was showing how some Amazon fee taxes can be tracked and refunded properly when your books are clean. The lesson was not "become an accountant." The lesson was this: If your documents are messy, you make your accountant's job harder and you make your own life harder. If your documents are saved every month, the business feels way less scary. Simple action step: Create one Google Drive folder called Amazon Canada Taxes. Inside it, make folders by year and month. Then once a month, download your tax docs, fee docs, and any reports your accountant asks for. Do not wait until tax season. Do not wait until CRA asks you for something. Do it while it is boring. That is usually when it matters most. Question for the group: Are your Amazon Canada tax docs organized right now, or are they living in the "I'll deal with it later" folder? 😅