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Chapter 18: The SellerAmp and ArbiSource workflow

What you'll learn: how ArbiSource and SellerAmp SAS fit together, how to connect them, and a simple routine for online and in-store sourcing.

Many sellers use both tools, and they do different jobs well:

  • ArbiSource finds leads. It compares retailers' products with Amazon at scale and shows you the profitable matches.
  • SellerAmp SAS analyses one product in depth. It's a popular tool for checking a single listing before you buy, online or in a shop.

You don't need SellerAmp to use ArbiSource, and you can follow this handbook without it. If you do use both, connecting them saves a lot of clicks.

From ArbiSource to SellerAmp: the SAS button​

Each ArbiSource result panel has a SAS button. With a SellerAmp subscription and its Chrome extension, it opens the product in SellerAmp so you can check it there without searching again. You saw this in Jasmine's video in Chapter 9.

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short UK demo of the SAS button.

In Price Drops → Unmatched, SellerAmp's smart search can also help you find the Amazon listing for a product ArbiSource couldn't match (Chapter 11).

From SellerAmp to ArbiSource: reverse search inside SAS​

This works the other way round. When you look up a product in SellerAmp, it can show ArbiSource's reverse-search results: the retailers where ArbiSource knows the product can be bought. To set it up:

  1. In ArbiSource, go to Account → API Keys and copy the SAS Key from the SellerAmp card.
  2. In SellerAmp, go to Settings, scroll to ArbiSource Reverse Search and click Configure.
  3. Paste the key, tick Display ArbiSource Reverse Search on SAS Search Results and save.

It works in the SellerAmp Chrome extension, the web app and the mobile app.

Screenshot coming soon

SellerAmp SAS showing a product with the ArbiSource Reverse Search section visible, alongside ArbiSource's Account → API Keys tab with the SAS Key (key value blurred).

Checking restrictions in bulk​

Before you spend time on any lead, remove the ones you can't sell. ArbiSource's Check Restrictions button checks all your current results at once, then lets you hide the restricted ones. (Bulk restriction checks are included from the Pro plan.)

Jasmine (SellerAmp) runs Check Restrictions on a page of ArbiSource results (from 8:41 to about 9:00). Recorded on the US version.

A simple online routine​

  1. Find: start in ArbiSource with the Vault, Price Drops or a scan.
  2. Clean up: run Check Restrictions and hide what you can't sell.
  3. Shortlist: add anything promising to your Sourcing List.
  4. Check in depth: open each shortlisted lead with the SAS button and work through the Lead Check: Match, Money, Momentum and Safety (Part 5).
  5. Decide: all green, buy. One amber, Test-buy. Two or more ambers, watch (set an alert). Any red, pass.

In-store sourcing (retail arbitrage)​

Retail arbitrage is a great way to start, and the two tools work well together in a shop.

  • Scan a barcode with the SellerAmp mobile app to see the Amazon numbers instantly.
  • Check the ArbiSource reverse-search results in the app. If another retailer sells the same product, you'll see where, which helps you judge whether the shelf price is a genuine deal or whether there's a cheaper source.
  • Keep your receipts. They're your proof of purchase and your record for your accounts. If an application to sell asks for invoices, see Chapter 22.

A more advanced idea​

Warner's brand-list technique from Chapter 14 uses both tools too: export a brand's ASINs from SellerAmp, then reverse-search the list in ArbiSource.

Checklist​

  • I know which job each tool does best
  • I've connected the SAS Key, if I use SellerAmp
  • I run Check Restrictions before reviewing leads
  • I follow the find, clean up, shortlist, check, decide routine