In this monologue, an Amazon FBA seller who generates roughly $5 million in annual revenue critiques the proliferation of Amazon FBA course creators, arguing that many of them do not actually sell products and profit primarily from selling courses. He highlights that a large majority (60‑80 %) of the top Amazon sellers are based in China, and that recent tariff hikes (over $200 per shipment) threaten sellers who rely on Chinese manufacturers. The speaker explains that well‑connected sellers can mitigate these tariffs by leveraging existing relationships with manufacturers in Vietnam, India, Cambodia, and Indonesia, or by shifting raw material sourcing and production to those countries. He stresses that sellers outside of China face near‑impossible challenges finding reliable manufacturers and that only those with deep supply‑chain connections can survive the current trade environment.
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All right, I'm an Amazon FBA seller. I'll be doing $5 million in revenue per year. Uh, revenue does not equal profit, but keep that in mind. So I think it's funny to me right now, a lot of these course creators, right, in the space of Amazon FBA, most of which only make their money selling courses and aren't actually actively selling— like, they will never admit what actual products they sell because chances are they don't sell a product. But I digress. It's so funny to me how they're saying that this is a huge opportunity for for USA or small sellers because China is getting impacted. They're the manufacturers, so now, you know, they're not going to be able to go ahead and sell on Amazon anymore. And as you guys know, or if you guys don't know, the majority of big sellers come from China. I want to say 60 to 70 to if not 80% of the top sellers on Amazon are actually from China. And it's so funny because when a recession hits Who gets richer when drastic things happen? Who often gets richer? It's people at the top, right? People from China already have the connections in Vietnam, in places like India, or places like Cambodia, right? They already have those connections. They already have the warehouses where they can go ahead and just pick up the phone and say, hey, look, we're getting affected. We have a long-term relationship. How about helping us out right now and diverting some ships to go ahead and go to those countries or start manufacturing those countries, and they are the ones that are going to go ahead and get first dibs. You know how impossible, if not like super hard, to try and find a manufacturer right now if you're currently an Amazon FBA seller outside of China? Nearly impossible. The only people that can go ahead and actually survive these tariffs that are now 200+ are those that are well connected in the space, right? I already have different types of options I can go ahead and do to avoid these tariffs. As far as manufacturing my products already in Indonesia, right, going ahead and getting all my raw material to a different country and having to go ahead and be manufactured there to save so much cost on tariffs. Stuff like this that if you're not a connected Amazon FBA seller, you have no idea what to do with these tariffs.
