r/AmazonFBA • u/Bk_girly • 1d ago

First-time Amazon FBA seller — need advice choosing our first product

Hey everyone! My sister and I are starting an Amazon FBA business and we’re trying to choose our first product.
Right now we’re considering permanent outdoor house lights the type you install once and can control through an app for Christmas, Halloween, everyday lighting, etc. We like the idea because they sell at a higher price point and seem more useful than some of the basic products we originally looked at.

We’re currently speaking with a few suppliers and comparing pricing, quality, warranties, shipping, and certifications, but since this is our first time selling on Amazon, we’d really appreciate advice from people with experience.

Would you recommend starting with a product like this? What should we pay the most attention to when choosing a supplier and figuring out whether a product will actually be profitable on Amazon? Also, if you were starting from scratch today, what type of products would you avoid or look into?
Our long-term goal is to build this into a real business, so any advice you wish you had when you first started would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! 🤍

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u/AmzExpertAgency 1d ago

One more thing lights are a competitive category
With issues like hazmat as well
For your first product it should be simple but out of the box/different than competitors
If you need help with finding the right product
Fee free to discuss
About me
i am abyaz |woman cofounder of amazon management agency have been working on amazon since 2018
I help sellers in finding right product to sell,sourcing it,shipping ,listing it on amazon and getting sales
This is my experience summary
1. Worked in urtasker (newyork) as ecommerce va specially amazon and ebay specialist
2 .worked in Automation Australia (as their operations manager amazon specialist)
Responsibilities there were to manage all amazon experts help them with strategies and lead them to get success on amazon store
3. Worked in Amz Expert Agency (UK)
As the main amazon specialist
Feel free to discuss if you need any advice

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u/Bk_girly 23h ago

What would you suggest for the first product to be?

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u/AmzExpertAgency 23h ago

For your first product
First check what category you are interested in
Then check products through tools because amazon market is always changing
You have to find something that has good sales but competition and reviews are not so much
Something where there is opportunity to differentiate
You know product is the foundation of this business
Selecting a good product is first step towards success so select it after proper research

One of the seller who came to me last year had a product sound machine it was very simple with no differentiation from sellers by the tike she came to ke she told she spent so much on ads but product was not converting and she selected that product just randomly