Amazon Automation Reviews: Will Amazon Sellers Really Boost Their Ecommerce Business – Or Is This Program A Scam? (2023 Update)

Amazon Automation Online Reviews

Let’s hear what the people have to say about Amazon Automation and Amazon FBA as a whole:

“I’ve ran an Amazon FBA business since 2017, but took a step back and only do it partially now since entering 2019.

My opinion is you can absolutely make thousands on Amazon, but I would not recommend doing it as a full-time job, and like you mentioned, many of the most successful ones are doing it by selling courses, instead of their actual Amazon store.

I’ll drop a couple reasons why that I think should be noted if you do try to go into it.

1. More people are finding out about it, so it’s becoming incredibly saturated and difficult to find the perfect product. It will only increase with each couple of months.

2. When I started it was very open world, where you could sell almost anything. Now they’re starting to gate many categories and increase legal issues. I’ve had products that were taken off the market, and the requirements to ungate it involved getting paperwork that is very difficult to get, if you’re a small independent business owner.

   They will likely increase the strictness in the next couple years, so legal issues they can literally close down listings at any time. One of my products that I used to be able to net over $1000s a month in was suddenly closed for this.

3. If you dropship, the shipping times from oversea will be incredibly slow. If you buy them ahead doing private labeling, it’ll involve an incredibly high startup cost, that’s reoccurring and doesn’t end. People will flash high numbers, but be misled by folks who’ve never actually tried it, not realizing to generate $100,000 a month, you have to basically spend about 40% on merchandise.

   Only so many people have $40,000 to risk each month to generate that much. With increase selling fees, I’d say you really take home about 20-30% these days and the margins will likely get harder with each year. Unlike digital products where you can create once and sell, like you mentioned with online courses, with physical Amazon products, you have to keep pumping out more money to generate more, but the profit margin is so slim, whether or not it’s worth it will depend on each individual.

I do still believe it’s an incredible way to learn about the entrepreneurship world or to do it as a side hustle, if it’s your 1st business venture, since you can learn so many transferable skills from it.

Things like creativity, marketing, online ecommerce, branding, logistics, shipping, packaging have really taught me so much.

Great side hustle and entry into entrepreneurship, but if you’re looking for long term, I think starting here, and considering to branch off into Shopify later on might have much greater longevity.”

That was pretty even-measured. Let’s try another.

“So Amazon dropshipping is just one internet fad business that’s on it’s way out. I’ve seen several so far. I joined up with the app flipping niche a while ago. It got killed by a platform change but lots of people who moved early made money.

By the time it gets to the “thousands of people have taken this course” phase, the opportunity is usually dead or limited. A few high performing players will be able to make it work but a vast majority will be fighting for scraps. The key is to get connected with internet entrepreneurs who jumped on the trend early.

Get in good with them, join mastermind groups and be ready to jump on the next big thing. You need to jump in early. I’m not an expert on Amazon drop shipping but I can tell you without a doubt, that this market is saturated and probably too late to jump in on”

Okay, a little harsh truth there. On to the next.

“Why do you need to automate anything? Only when you are actually running the business you will know what needs to be automated, and sometimes it’s not as bad as it seems, it can be very manageable.

A lot of shady people will try to sell you things AROUND the amazon business, but the most important thing is learning product selection. That means knowing what the product will perform in terms of profit margin, expected returns, size and weight (shipping costs), regulations and barriers, etc, etc, etc, so you have a clear idea on how to find the right product.

Ideally you want a product that requries no regulation paperwork, that has a high price tag, small in size and weight, that can’t break during shipping, and that you are unique or have a clear competitive advantage. That is the unicorn product, so then you have to decide how many of those characteristics you can concede and how it affects your bottom line.

Create your own spreadsheet and get to work, watch youtube videos, the seller university, etc. The faster you are testing products the quicker you will be running a profitable business. Don’t trust online retail automation models, they are there to make profits for others, and if it all goes well some money to you as well, but not really their priority.

Jungle Scount or Helium 10 are recommended if you are going to do the job yourself. That’s probably all you need to get going, along with some psychiatry sessions so you don’t get stuck in the analysis paralysis phase forever.”