When it comes to growing a sustainable and long-term e-commerce business, nothing beats the power of building your own brand or working in partnership with established brands.

In this post, I want to take you behind the scenes and share a few insights—because what’s happening right now in our warehouse is a clear example of the potential that exists when you build a brand.

Behind me? A 40-foot container packed with thousands of units of a product from a brand you’ve probably never heard of. And yet—this brand ships containers like clockwork, every single month.

They don’t need to be Nike. They don’t need to be Apple. But what they’ve done is build something with real, repeatable demand—and that’s where the magic happens.

Let’s talk about why you should be working towards brand building as your long-term vision.

Online Arbitrage is a Great Start… But It’s Just the Beginning

I started in online arbitrage. I know the hustle. Buying low, selling high. Flipping products from retail st...

In this blog post we are going to talk about exclusive brand deals in your Amazon FBA business and specifically how to structure these deals with brands which you are potentially wanting to work with. This comes from a fantastic question which Kev got on the YouTube channel, and it was from Solodolo, and it said this: "I would kill for a video on how to structure your brand exclusives. Especially if you are bringing someone's brand to Amazon for the first time. Who pays for ads and media and what not? Should you take a percentage of sales to create a "we make money when you make money deal". Or should you just wholesale the products and do everything. with the promise of being the only person carrying them on amazon ?"

This is a fantastic comment. This conversation is a really great conversation because it is talking about fundamentally structuring the agreement that you have, and how to structure and position the working relationship which you have with the brand. 

Firstly to sort...

In this blog post, I am going to show you an overview of creating your own brand, and creating your own information-based business. The goal here is to take you through a journey, and help you set up and start your own brand, share whatever message you want to share, and to impact people in a positive way and help people building a business about you around the world. 

One thing Kev does is online arbitrage, but he has also been creating this business called LifeSuccessEngineer, where Kev is able to help people around the world with their online arbitrage businesses, create products and services that make a difference. And whatever particular niche, brand or anything that you want to share with the world, you can do this too. There may be a selection of those of you who are reading this who want to do this on the side, like a side-hustle, or a side-project, while you are building your main business.

If this sounds like you, you are in the right place, because I am going to work from ...

In this blog post, I am going to share with you a checklist for exclusive brand deals. And the goal behind this blog post, is to help you, if you are interested in getting exclusive brand deals, and some of the things Kev has personally been thinking about, as we move into the future of Amazon. 

What Are Business Models?

There are a number of different business models, which you can take action on in building your eCommerce business, your Amazon FBA business, and these business models span from retail arbitrage (going into stalls and scanning items), online arbitrage (Going online on different sites, and comparing the products that you can store at discount or clearance, on offer onto the Amazon marketplace, to see if you can flip those products and sell them for a profit), then there is also wholesale (Where you can go to a trade show, or you can open different wholesale accounts, general wholesalers, whether that is a toy wholesaler, a grocery wholesaler, or a general wholesaler wh...