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Retail Arbitrage Fundamentals

Retail Arbitrage

  Deals are everywhere when you know where to look.

  Find the “Sweet Spot” in your area

  If at first you don’t succeed scan everything

  Hard/Smart Work always pays off

What to look for

  Practically anything

What Items to look for

Seriously, anything!

What not to look for Damaged packaging

What not to look for   Expired dates

What not to look for (or lookout for)   Restricted Products and Categories

  Damaged packaging

  Expired dates

  Stuff that Amazon dominates

  Hazardous Material

  Oversized (18” long on any side of product dimensions)

Where to find profitable Items •  Big chain stores

•  Walmart

•  Target

•  Costco

•  Coupons

•  Store Credit Cards

Where to find profitable Items Department stores

•  Home Goods

•  Kroger

•  Kohls

Where to find profitable Items

•  Specialty Stores

•  Health Stores

•  Office Supply

•  Hardware

•  Pet Store

Where to find profitable Items

Little Mom-and-Pops

Grocery

Ethnic Foods

Gift Shop

Smart Phones and Bar Code Scanning App Tools Scanpower

  Profit Bandit

NeatoScan.com – FBA Scan

  Official Amazon Seller App

  Official eBay Seller App

  Bluetooth Laser Bar Code Scanner

Where to sell profitable Items

  FBA

  eBay (damaged packaging, no Amazon listing, Restricted)

Craigslist.org (Buy Local Sell Local)

  Multi Channel

Where to sell profitable Items

eBay Only Items

Where to sell profitable Items

eBay Items

Why Retail Arbitrage Works

•  Scalable and Long Term

•  Abundance Mentality

•  You can do it around your schedule (Flexibility)

•  Build A Buying Team

•  Build A Packing and Shipping Team

•  Sustainable - Evergreen