Welcome back to some value from the warehouse floor.

The second most flattering thing is when people reach out to me and say how much they like the newsletter.

The most flattering thing, is when people ask me to send this out more frequently. This happened last night.

I didn't send this out in a while because guess what? I got busy. I told you in the past, I am a seller first content creator second.

But we're back and hopefully with the Just A Seller value packed versions you're used to. Let's roll.

In the past I told you about the "Voice of the Seller" program Amazon is running where they bring sellers in to their HQ and ask them for their takes on upcoming changes to the platform.

I sat in on two panels about Brand Registry and another on Account Health (it was a long day).

While I can't delve in to the content of certain changes under consideration and implementation, what I can say, is it's nice to actually be consulted.

I've yet to have been convinced they'll actually listen to what we have to say. Let's see.

The Chart that Everyone's going nuts over

If I had a dollar for every LinkedIn post I saw on this. Sheesh. So some people may have takes of their own on this.

Mine extends beyond this graph though. I view this graph in tandem with the below graph. You'll see what I mean.

Exactly.

Walmart is either in or approaching their 2016 moment. (I can't believe I'm partaking in this whole 2016 nostalgia thing).

But hey, something to keep an eye on.

I think less sellers registered to sell on Amazon for the simple reason that people woke up and saw how easily the platform can suck your margin up.

You used ot get away with giving a measly 47% of gross sales to Amazon. Nowadays you're lucky if you're giving them below 60%.

As of now Walmart is much cheaper than Amazon in terms of fees. But profitability on the platform is that much harder.

I've long said I treat my Walmart selling as an insurance policy against Walmart overtaking Amazon one day (I think as it stands, they are the only ones remotely capable of doing so). The question is how they'll adapt if at all to the trend Amazon is showing.

Will they mirror or modify the Amazon trend?

I don't click bait the subject line and fail to deliver. I just clickbait the subject line.

So dear FedEx, I know that there are these duties and fees that we have to pay on stupidly cheap samples, but the price of a stamp nowadays is like 71¢.

And I'm going to pay this by credit card. So how much is FedEx actually recovering of this 55 centaroos?!

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See you all soon and keep grinding at that business we all thrive for.