Ben Donovan

Any Amazon/ecom people located in Miami or in town for @eeemiami next week? We're hosting a @MarketplacePuls dinner Wednesday night and have a few spots left. All brands, no agencies etc.

@Molson_Hart say it ain't so

No coffee now for 3 weeks. - I look better (from a low base) - I am calmer - I have WAY MORE VIVID dreams - my poops are harder; I feel like I absorb their nutrients better Genetics may matter. I once got a genetic test that said I was less likely to tolerate coffee, so YMMV.

@NewAgeMarketer blink twice if you're being forced to tweet these things against your will

Coaching calls make me poop. I coach Amazon agency founders. $500/call. People come back. QAC like a duck 🦆 Quality. Audit. Checklists. More QAC = better agency. Help me poop 👉 lnkd.in/gkSHVSAW

@oliverbrocato @SahilBloom hard disagree. $20M, $50M, $200M -- all very much reachable for a mass market skincare brand. Much bigger potential upside.

imo @SahilBloom launching a skincare brand is a MASSIVE miss. I don’t know the backstory. Maybe it’s his brother’s passion project and Sahil is just the face - idk But here’s the real point. As you get bigger. More influence. More access. More leverage. The most important skill becomes knowing what to say NO to. $300k in 3 months is nothing for someone at Sahil’s level. I have a friend with under 3k followers on X doing $400k a month with an agency. That’s a micro-authority aligned with the brand. That makes sense. The loss here isn’t “only” making $300k. It’s the opportunity cost. It’s the other 10 businesses he could’ve touched that might’ve scaled to $20M, $50M, $200M with the right leverage. Selling overpriced, minimalist, Gen Z soap isn’t it for a guy who rubs shoulders with billionaires. Just my take - what do i know 🤷‍♂️

@seanfrank ball situation is a disgrace

dtc tennis superstar 1b in annual sales on this court

@BlackLabelAdvsr Saying Trump saved Prime Day and Christmas is like saying you're a hero for calling the fire department... after setting your own house on fire.

Trump just saved both Prime Day and Christmas. Freight forwarders are getting flooded with bookings today. Many of you listened to me and simply waited. You win the day. If you cancelled Prime Day deals or assumed that trade negotiations with China would never happen, you’re forgiven.

@junglescout Definitely Canada, very few American sellers sell outside of North America.

Over 20% of Amazon sellers, brands, and retailers operating in the U.S. marketplace also operate in at least one other international marketplace… Where do you think the majority are?

@EliRichmond33 @paulg nunya.com/business

@paulg What was it?

One startup today needed a new name. In ten minutes we found a five-letter .com name that wasn't taken. It felt like 2005.

@_GeorgeReid_ Can't all be as sophisticated as you George.

@bendonovan Don't order flat whites. Problem solved mate.

Fantastic news. Discovered my top 10er, SKITTLE LANE, is also in Brookvale Sydney. $11 but two. Naturally I’m on the LB as I wouldn’t touch the milky stuff with a barge pole. But the Mrs is less sophisticated than me. #georgecoffee

@baldykav @Aaron_Cordovez 68% China, 27% US, 5% ROW

@Aaron_Cordovez The fact that 10% of sales are by sellers who started in the last 2 years is encouraging. Would like to see a breakdown of what countries that 10% were from though, if it’s 90% China, then it’s not so encouraging

Amazon Sellers starting in 2023 are in the honeymoon period. Many will get divorced with Amazon. Of sellers that "got in early" aka before 2016, only 9.9% remain selling. It's not so much about when you started, but if you stick with it and will resolve hurdles. This data from Marketplace Pulse's most recent article highlights that only a small percentage of people stick with it, and those who stick with it for longer, are more likely to find market share. 10% of sales are done by sellers that started in the last 2 years; so it's possible to start, and it's a long journey normally and most will not make it.

@busybusneiss @Aaron_Cordovez Can't speak to profitablility, but location wise -- 68% China, 27% US, 5% ROW

@Aaron_Cordovez This 10 percent sellers that started how many are US sellers? I also wonder how many are profitable. I haven't seen any new US sellers in my category for the last year for sure. Only existing launching new products heavily

I analyzed the top 10,000 Amazon sellers and found some fascinating trends. TL;DR—longevity still the strongest predictor of success, but new sellers continue breaking through. If for nothing more than a non-tariff centric e-commerce read (few and far between this week) 😰

@aaronrubin Hi Aaron, sent you a DM about this if you get a chance to read it, thank you

I'm shocked how quickly brands have reacted to tariffs. Our customers sold the same items for an average of 4.4% more yesterday than they did a week earlier. And customers are still buying. So yes, tariffs are causing inflation. And yes, as an ecommerce business you should raise your prices. Preserve your margin and survive this.

The entire traffic of the 22 non-U.S. Amazon marketplaces is only marginally higher than Amazon(.)com on its own. It's one of the significant factors behind 69% of Amazon sellers choosing to stick with just one marketplace to sell in. Read more: marketplacepulse.com/articles/69-of…

CBP has updated their error codes to include a new one for "country code ineligible for type 86 entries" -- de minimus, duty free entries for China and potentially other countries appears to be going away imminently.

@htomufc 1:37 -- embodies everything that's so good about his game in that one 5 second clip

Players like Wharton who can take the ball under pressure on both sides and still have the robustness to break through the lines like this are just phenomenal. Happy he’s back fit and playing—snappy, sharp, minimal touches, nothing too loose. Everyone knows how much I love him.

@BlackLabelAdvsr blocked and reported

Gilmore Girls is a funnier show than The Office. You know it’s true.

@The_Honest_Tom @9operators Done Alex dirty with your enhanced tan

First they gave you @9operators. Then, Marketing Operators. Then just last week, Finance Operators. And now, the jewel in the crown...The FBAOperators*. Coming to your ears soon. (*we are in no way associated with actual Operators don't sue us for being meme boys)

@The_Honest_Tom Amazing! What a journey.

One of our Honest FBA members just exited his brand for 7 figures. 3 years from zero to walking away with millions of dollars. Found a growing niche, executed and scaled like a beast. And he had no prior Ecom experience. Couldn’t be happier for him.