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Welcome to AiHello Machine learning e-commerce application. The goal of this application is to optimize selling physical goods on the internet via Amazon & eBay. We will be optimizing the following features in order to create a 24x7 automated selling program Pricing of the product based on current date: we want to increase the price of a product pre-emptively based on historical prices of similar products. For example we can know beforehand that snow shovels are in demand during winter so we can increase prices before winter approaches and start dropping prices as winter fades Pricing based on competition : we want to avoid the race to the bottom by constantly lowering the price Keywords optimization based on product description  Estimate sales of competitors and "lookup" competitors for optimizing inventory  Forecast sales & profit Automated personal customer support  Suggest more products to sell based on current sales  I will be usin...
One piece of advice that’s thrown around most in entrepreneurship communities is that before you can succeed, you need to start - and you need to start today. But that’s not so easy, is it? At least, traditionally, if you wanted to sell something you would need to build your own store, spend money on marketing and advertising, manage logistics of shipping and handling orders, and very slowly, build a reputation. But all of that work was cut-short with online marketplaces like Craigslist, eBay, and most importantly, with Amazon.  Seeing it’s been 13 years since Amazon launched its revolutionary Fulfilled by Amazon program, we thought it’d be useful for our readers to know if the FBA program is still as viable as it was in a decade ago. Or is there a better alternative - your own eCommerce store?  Benefits of Amazon FBA Working with the world’s largest internet company by revenue has its benefits.  - 300 million active customers (and Prime users) You can’t ignore the fact that Am...
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This video will show you how to use other ecommerce marketplaces to increase your sales and profit margins. We will also discuss diversifying outside of just selling on Amazon like using Shopify and Woocommerce and moving onto your own website. Some benefits of that include having the customer as a direct customer, guaranteed income, Amazon not being able to shut you off, and best of all increased credibility which can help you out if you’re also selling on Amazon. However, Amazon does provide you with all their customers and the exposure of your products to those customers, whereas with Woocommerce you’ll need to advertise extensively. Firstly, we’ll have to connect Woocommerce to Amazon FBA so that any sale completed on Woocommerce can be fulfilled by Amazon FBA. You could also use 3PLs but if your numbers are not above a certain threshold, it’s more effective to use Amazon FBA. Amazon has the potential to make sellers a lot of money, but you don’t want to rely completely on Amazon...
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Brands and those responsible for their strategy have to face each time more and more varied problems and more demands. In the case of the internet and what they do in that environment, companies can no longer continue to bet on everything and they have to be careful with the type of advertisement they use. This, until the stage they choose to show it to the world. Consumers are increasing with more and more things. Not only do they not want ads to be annoying. They expect brands and companies to strive not to be intrusive, but are also increasingly concerned about who the companies are partnering with when launching those ads. That is, for the consumer, the values ​​of the medium in which they have found the advertisement have a effect on the brand and the company that appears in that advertisement. People in Internet do not separate the content and assume that if you advertise in one place you are supporting that editorial line. That thought has some logic. After all, the media li...
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  If you are a seller and you haven't thought of integrating Shopify with Amazon, then most experts will probably tell you that you are missing out a great deal. To some extent, the statement may be right. But hold on, not so fast; looking at it from a broader perspective, I think Amazon has its fair share of disadvantages for any business that is looking forward to building its own brand. Look, the truth is that Amazon has no interest whatsoever in helping a seller build his or her business, even if they advertise. Just like you, all they care about is building their own brand and having a firm grip on the marketplace. One advantage Amazon has is that they have gained millions of buyers' trust; which is a good thing- I mean they deserve it since it was not an overnight success.   The backbone to this is that buyers: - Use reviews from other verified purchasers to assess sellers and throw out the bad ones. - Believe the marketplace will put things right for them if t...
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We do not live in a perfect world. It never happens that everything goes as per plan. Something always goes wrong no matter how hard you try. You’ll find you have your share of issues and challenges to address as an Amazon seller. Have you ever had a relationship that was completely perfect in every way? Finding that perfect client is difficult We don't think so. This one won’t be different either. However, on a more positive note, you’ll have advice from the others who have found success before you, you’ll meet many who have found success before you. You don’t have to forge the path yourself, which is good. But coming into the game after others who are thriving has disadvantages as well as advantages. Since so many sellers already have caught on to the tremendous opportunity that is Amazon, you’re facing growing competition. Amazon is obviously an overcrowded marketplace. Your margins will shrink, and that is inevitable. Still, Internet commerce continues to grow. If you kee...
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When a consumer is looking for a particular product over the Internet, what is it that takes you to click on the "buy" button? Is it a low price? Very positive ratings? Product images and videos? Detailed information about it? In a context in which the buyer is increasingly demanding, and actively seeks to compare different items to find the one that offers the best value for money, all these factors are decisive. But according to a new Salsify report, detailed and correct information outweighs all others. It is specified that 90% of consumers already buy online and that almost all (88%) expect the information they find about the product to be rigorous, complete and varied before making a decision about the purchase. Specifically, and as we said before, a good description is the most important when deciding whether to buy or not, over other issues - also key - as the reviews or the price that are second and third place. As Salsify explains, "Consumers are very natu...
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Introduction My primary aim was to predict the sales of an item given the Best Seller Rank on Amazon. Predicting the sales helps me in other use cases like suggesting sellers the best products to sell. My final aim is to provide data insights about any product: How much it will sell as well as when, where and how. What is Amazon's Best Seller Rank? Best Selling Rank is a ranking system provided by Amazon that is linked to the number of sales of that product. This rank is calculated frequently. An important point to note is that Best Selling Rank is a 'ranking system' and by itself it doesn't mean anything.     A rank of #1, therefore, means that the product has sold more than any other product in that category, on that marketplace.   This kind of makes it relatively easy to predict the number of sales of a product if we know the sales of other products ranking close to it.   How did we get the initial sales data? I have been selling professionally on Amazon and...