Today, Mike interviews Kian Golzari, product development, and sourcing expert. He lived in China for almost a decade, sourcing and developing products for some of the biggest companies in the world from Google to Proctor & Gamble to the Olympic Games and recently the NBA. Listen and learn as Kian talks about the intricacies of sourcing and the present-day obstacles of the pandemic in the global shipping market. Branded by Amazing discusses everything Amazon and focuses on how to start your own ecommerce business and brand. Hosts Matt Clark and Mike McClary are successful entrepreneurs running million dollar businesses both on Amazon and off. They currently are also the CEO and CPO of Amazing.com respectively. Amazing.com helps people build successful businesses and achieve the financial freedom to do what they want when they want, wherever in the world they want. All Amazing.com instructors are experts in their fields, and they reveal the principles, strategies, and technologies they’ve discovered that produce real, measurable results. Announcement Check out amazingsellingmachine.com/branded to discover how to refresh your finances now and build REAL wealth by the holidays! Social media info Youtube youtube.com/c/Amazingacademy/featured Instagram instagram.com/amazing_dotcom/ Facebook facebook.com/amazingcom Podcast Website amazing.com/branded

Today, Mike interviews Karyn Thomas, the Founder of Private Label Profit. She is a member of the Amazing Selling Machine and an Amazon listing optimization expert. She’s been an entrepreneur in the e-commerce space for over 7 years speaking at SellerCon as well as many other big events. Listen to Karyn’s story and find out what she calls the most important thing in a good Amazon product listing and her secret sauce…’Your Why.’ Branded by Amazing discusses everything Amazon and focuses on how to start your own ecommerce business and brand. Hosts Matt Clark and Mike McClary are successful entrepreneurs running million dollar businesses both on Amazon and off. They currently are also the CEO and CPO of Amazing.com respectively. Amazing.com helps people build successful businesses and achieve the financial freedom to do what they want, when they want, wherever in the world they want. All Amazing.com instructors are experts in their fields, and they reveal the principles, strategies, and technologies they’ve discovered that produce real, measurable results. Announcement Check out amazingsellingmachine.com/branded discover how to refresh your finances now and build REAL wealth by the holidays! Links www.privatelabelprofit.com Social media info Youtube youtube.com/c/Amazingacademy/featured Instagram instagram.com/amazing_dotcom/ Facebook facebook.com/amazingcom Podcast Website amazing.com/branded

Today, Matt interviews a fellow entrepreneur Shakil Prasla, Founder of SZ Ventures, who specializes in the purchasing of ecommerce businesses. Listen to how Shakil got started, the successes and mistakes along the way and where he is today on his biggest venture yet… www.gloves.com. Branded by Amazing discusses everything Amazon and focuses on how to start your own ecommerce business and brand. Hosts Matt Clark and Mike McClary are successful entrepreneurs running million dollar businesses both on Amazon and off. They currently are also the CEO and CPO of Amazing.com respectively. Amazing.com helps people build successful businesses and achieve the financial freedom to do what they want, when they want, wherever in the world they want. All Amazing.com instructors are experts in their fields, and they reveal the principles, strategies, and technologies they’ve discovered that produce real, measurable results. Announcement Check out amazingsellingmachine.com/branded discover how to refresh your finances now and build REAL wealth by the holidays! Social media info Youtube youtube.com/c/Amazingacademy/featured Instagram instagram.com/amazing_dotcom/ Facebook facebook.com/amazingcom Podcast Website amazing.com/branded

In the news, Shopify surpassed Amazon in unique visitors last quarter and Matt and Mike discuss how each platform has its own benefits. Then Mike and Matt share some of their top product failures from their businesses. A lot of times you only hear about an entrepreneur’s success but almost certainly they had several failures before ever reaching that point. Branded by Amazing discusses everything Amazon and focuses on how to start your own ecommerce business and brand. Hosts Matt Clark and Mike McClary are successful entrepreneurs running million dollar businesses both on Amazon and off. They currently are also the CEO and CPO of Amazing.com respectively. Amazing.com helps people build successful businesses and achieve the financial freedom to do what they want when they want, wherever in the world they want. All Amazing.com instructors are experts in their fields, and they reveal the principles, strategies, and technologies they’ve discovered that produce real, measurable results. Youtube Link https://youtu.be/zbQKdpuhE8o Announcement Check out amazingsellingmachine.com/branded to discover how to refresh your finances now and build REAL wealth by the holidays! Social media info Instagram instagram.com/amazing_dotcom/ Facebook facebook.com/amazingcom Youtube youtube.com/c/Amazingacademy/featured Podcast Website amazing.com/branded

Today, Matt and Mike interview one of their students, Ana Silva, who went from just getting started selling on Amazon to selling her business for 7-figures in under three years. Ana takes us on her incredible journey building her business from scratch with the help of Matt, Mike, and the Amazing Selling Machine. Branded by Amazing discusses everything Amazon and focuses on how to start your own eCommerce business and brand. Hosts Matt Clark and Mike McClary are successful entrepreneurs running million-dollar businesses both on Amazon and off. They currently are also the CEO and CPO of Amazing.com respectively. Amazing.com helps people build successful businesses and achieve the financial freedom to do what they want when they want, wherever in the world they want. All Amazing.com instructors are experts in their fields, and they reveal the principles, strategies, and technologies they’ve discovered that produce real, measurable results. Announcement Check out amazingsellingmachine.com/branded to discover how to refresh your finances now and build REAL wealth by the holidays! Social media info Instagram instagram.com/amazing_dotcom/ Facebook facebook.com/amazingcom Youtube youtube.com/c/Amazingacademy/featured Podcast Website amazing.com/branded

In the news, the Wall Street Journal published an article highlighting the lengths that some Amazon sellers will go to track down customers who leave bad reviews. While against Amazon’s TOS, it doesn’t stop the mostly overseas sellers from doing this in order to amass thousands of nearly perfect 5-star reviews by offering refunds, gift cards, and even cash to remove or revise negative reviews. In today’s episode, Matt and Mike discuss some of the most common black hat tactics that sellers are using to game the system on Amazon and why you should steer clear of using these tactics. There are two types of black hat tactics sellers use those that help their own products and those that sabotage their competitors. Matt and Mike do not condone using any of these black hat tactics because it can put your business at risk, but they think you should be aware of them for your own protection. Branded by Amazing discusses everything Amazon and focuses on how to start your own ecommerce business and brand. Hosts Matt Clark and Mike McClary are successful entrepreneurs running million dollar businesses both on Amazon and off. They currently are also the CEO and CPO of Amazing.com respectively. Amazing.com helps people build successful businesses and achieve the financial freedom to do what they want, when they want, wherever in the world they want. All Amazing.com instructors are experts in their fields, and they reveal the principles, strategies, and technologies they’ve discovered that produce real, measurable results. Announcement Check out amazingsellingmachine.com/branded to discover how to refresh your finances now and build REAL wealth by the holidays! Social media info Instagram instagram.com/amazing_dotcom/ Facebook facebook.com/amazingcom Youtube youtube.com/c/Amazingacademy/featured Podcast Website amazing.com/branded

President Joe Biden announced on July 30th that the “US will 'in all probability sees more guidelines and restrictions amid rising Covid cases”. These restrictions could bring another surge to online shopping just as people were starting to get used to getting back to normal life. There are a lot of steps to go through to get started selling on Amazon but Matt and Mike know all the ins and outs and in today’s episode, they will cover the “7 Things Every Seller Needs to Know Before Selling on Amazon.” Branded by Amazing discusses everything Amazon and focuses on how to start your own ecommerce business and brand. Hosts Matt Clark and Mike McClary are successful entrepreneurs running million dollar businesses both on Amazon and off. They currently are also the CEO and CPO of Amazing.com respectively. Amazing.com helps people build successful businesses and achieve the financial freedom to do what they want, when they want, wherever in the world they want. All Amazing.com instructors are experts in their fields, and they reveal the principles, strategies, and technologies they’ve discovered that produce real, measurable results. Announcement Check out amazingsellingmachine.com/branded to discover how to refresh your finances now and build REAL wealth by the holidays! Social media info Instagram instagram.com/amazing_dotcom/ Facebook facebook.com/amazingcom Youtube youtube.com/c/Amazingacademy/featured Podcast Website amazing.com/branded

Amazon recently released their annual Brand Protection Report 2020 on what they’ve been doing to protect their sellers. Last year, Amazon stopped over 6 million accounts from fraudulent sellers trying to get onto the platform. They also started the Amazon Counterfeit Crimes Unit where not only are they stopping fraudulent sellers, but also contact the authorities if a crime has been committed. On today’s episode, Mike and Matt discuss protecting your brand on Amazon, why it’s important, and how you do it. Branded by Amazing discusses everything Amazon and focuses on how to start your own ecommerce business and brand. Hosts Matt Clark and Mike McClary are successful entrepreneurs running million dollar businesses both on Amazon and off. They currently are also the CEO and CPO of Amazing.com respectively. Amazing.com helps people build successful businesses and achieve the financial freedom to do what they want when they want, wherever in the world they want. All Amazing.com instructors are experts in their fields, and they reveal the principles, strategies, and technologies they’ve discovered that produce real, measurable results. Announcement Check out amazingsellingmachine.com/branded to discover how to refresh your finances now and build REAL wealth by the holidays! Social media info Instagram instagram.com/amazing_dotcom/ Facebook facebook.com/amazingcom Youtube youtube.com/c/Amazingacademy/featured Podcast Website amazing.com/branded

Matt and Mike discuss working with Zoof, a software platform offering Amazon seller tools, to design a new tool called Spotlight. With millions of products selling on Amazon, Spotlight within Zoof helps you pinpoint which products have the best potential for a new seller or even a seller who is expanding their brand with more products. Check out Zoof for 14 days for free! On today’s episode, Mike and Matt discuss the different ways to rank your product on Amazon. With Amazon’s ever-evolving policies and search/rank algorithms, they talk about some of the history of ranking on Amazon and techniques that worked in the past as well as the ones working well right now! Branded by Amazing discusses everything Amazon and focuses on how to start your own ecommerce business and brand. Hosts Matt Clark and Mike McClary are successful entrepreneurs running million dollar businesses both on Amazon and off. They currently are also the CEO and CPO of Amazing.com respectively. Amazing.com helps people build successful businesses and achieve the financial freedom to do what they want, when they want, wherever in the world they want. All Amazing.com instructors are experts in their fields, and they reveal the principles, strategies, and technologies they’ve discovered that produce real, measurable results. Announcement Check out amazingsellingmachine.com/branded discover how to refresh your finances now and build REAL wealth by the holidays! Links www.zoof.com Social media info Instagram instagram.com/amazing_dotcom/ Facebook facebook.com/amazingcom Youtube youtube.com/c/Amazingacademy/featured Podcast Website amazing.com/branded

In the news, Matt and Mike discuss how Amazon’s 2021 Prime Day results were ‘mixed’ even though the ecommerce giant sold over $9.55 billion in products. Then Matt and Mike delve into the different types of Amazon Advertising available to sellers. From Sponsored Products to Stores to Audio Ads, Mike and Matt talk about the differences between each ad type and how to leverage them as an Amazon seller. Branded by Amazing discusses everything Amazon and focuses on how to start your own ecommerce business and brand. Hosts Matt Clark and Mike McClary are successful entrepreneurs running million-dollar businesses both on Amazon and off. They currently are also the CEO and CPO of Amazing.com respectively. Amazing.com helps people build successful businesses and achieve the financial freedom to do what they want when they want, wherever in the world they want. All Amazing.com instructors are experts in their fields, and they reveal the principles, strategies, and technologies they’ve discovered that produce real, measurable results. Announcement Check out amazingsellingmachine.com/branded to discover how to refresh your finances now and build REAL wealth by the holidays! Social media info Instagram instagram.com/amazing_dotcom/ Facebook facebook.com/amazingcom Youtube youtube.com/c/Amazingacademy/featured Podcast Website amazing.com/branded