Avoiding price changes?

Lixs · Feb 18, 2015

I've had a few products on eBay that I've been drop shipping with Amazon. They were doing well for a few days. Today I sold some more, but the price has since changed on Amazon and I made a loss on those products.

How do you guys avoid that?

antichrist · Feb 18, 2015

I check prices daily. I learned that lesson the hardway. Also make sure to use a cash back credit card to make the purchases and perhaps have a friend set up an affiliate account and funnel purchases through there.

Hawkster · Feb 18, 2015

I have read most of the amazon guides on BHW, and not seen that particular issue covered in them.

Thanks for raising the question OP. And antichrist for the heads up

Lixs · Feb 18, 2015

antichrist said:
I check prices daily. I learned that lesson the hardway. Also make sure to use a cash back credit card to make the purchases and perhaps have a friend set up an affiliate account and funnel purchases through there.

Wouldn't that be too obvious though? For example, if all the sales are coming from one account to the affiliate link. Surely Amazon would catch on quick and ban the accounts.

whynot · Feb 18, 2015

iJonnyx said:
I've had a few products on eBay that I've been drop shipping with Amazon. They were doing well for a few days. Today I sold some more, but the price has since changed on Amazon and I made a loss on those products.

How do you guys avoid that?

I use a free chrome app called price monitor for amazon and ebay. Okay for monitoring up to a couple of hundred products.

Code:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/price-monitor-for-amazon/agbkbeleeoeojfddopbgcjanfhnndmjb

antichrist · Feb 18, 2015

iJonnyx said:
Wouldn't that be too obvious though? For example, if all the sales are coming from one account to the affiliate link. Surely Amazon would catch on quick and ban the accounts.

I have never had an issue but im not doing too big of volume yet.

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