Tools of the Trade

In today’s episode, we discuss online tools that are useful for research and scheduling for E Commerce business. We break down the model for selling on Amazon, and how much one actually makes from the products they sell there. We discuss software subscriptions to services such as Helium 10, Viral Launch, and Keepa which tell you how much each product sells on Amazon, and talk about some of the differences of each. We also discuss an extension called How Many, which tells you how much inventory anyone is carrying. We talk about the benefits of using Live Plan for putting business plans together, as well as using Gusto and Homebase to simplify payroll and employee scheduling. <br /><br />-Intro, Fulfillment by Amazon, and Helpful Chrome Extensions 0:52 <br />-Tools for Business Plans: Live Plan 8:23<br />-Warnings About Google 9:51<br />-Using Gusto and Homebase Together for Payroll and Employee Scheduling 12:13<br />-Finding Customers Within Any Market Or industry Using nextmark.com 17:10<br /><br />“Growing your business is about finding new customers, making your employees awesome, contributing to their livelihood and their professional development, their personal development, right? Go spend your time on that! And where you’re spending your time chasing your tail trying to figure out how to do payroll, go use technology, don’t be dumb!” 19:33