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Potential new Amazon Sales/Fees Tracker
Posted by Adam on April 20th, 2010
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If you’ve been keeping up with this blog, you may remember my post about my new eBook as well as an Excel spreadsheet that allowed you to track your Amazon sales and fees in one spot. I’m constantly trying to find better ways to be as profitable as possible in this business but as I was nearing completion, I was consistently running into problems with users that didn’t have Excel, wasn’t quite for sure how to get their current Amazon sales into the spreadsheet and a slew of other technical problems so it slowly fell off the radar.
This is why I’m emailing you today to get your feedback. I spent so much time developing that spreadsheet, testing and tweaking it and personally got a lot of use out of it I don’t want to let that service die. I also had a ton of interest in it when it was first introduced so I know that this would be a very useful application to all kinds of different sellers. However, I think I approached it in the wrong way via an Excel spreadsheet so I’m thinking about releasing this as a website application that allows you to log into a website to get all of it’s functionality and much, much more. No more needing to have Excel, no technical knowledge needed and a TON of new features!
Here’s what you’d be getting with this new service that is a huge improvement over the spreadsheet:
1. Automatic downloads of all of your Amazon sales. Answer these questions instantly by just logging in:
- What do my monthly sales numbers look like?
- What is my average selling price?
- What do April’s sales look like compared to last April?
- How much am I getting on a daily, weekly or monthly basis in shipping credits?
- How do sales of my FBA items compare to my locally fulfilled orders?
- How much do I put down as my gross sales at tax time?
- ..and lots more!
2. Automatic downloads of all fees and ability to input costs. Answer these questions instantly:
- How much is Amazon REALLY charging me?
- Is my Pro-Merchant subscription worth the monthly fee?
- Is FBA worth the cost?
- How much can I write off on taxes at the end of the year to commissions?
- How much am I paying for books I get in the long run?
- …and lots more!
3. Automatic profit calculations.
- How much am I actually making after all Amazon fees are taken out?
- Did I make more last week, last month, last year?
- Where am I seeing my biggest profits? Yard sales, thrift stores, book sales?
- …and lots more!
These are simply some of the functions of this potential application that could be created with some hard work and financial investment on my part. I can even foresee multiple marketplaces getting implemented into this application eventually.
However, with any great application, it will require a significant investment on the part of the creator so I’d like to hear your opinion on it. Is this something you’d be interested in?
If this service interests you or even if it doesn’t please visit this survey to take less than 5 minutes to let me know what you think! As a token of my gratitude, I’m offering you a 25% discount on my eBook Used Books: Big Business that goes through the entire process of selling used books online. Simply fill out the quick 3 question survey, click Finish and get your 25% discount code.
Happy and profitable selling!
- Adam
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