Denese realized that to sustain and grow her business, she needed a more streamlined system. She had to manage inventory, create shipments, and track financials better. This would not only save her time but also reduce the risk of errors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Solving the time crunch with InventoryLab<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.threecolts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-1.png\")
Replenishing Amazon inventory with InventoryLab.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nIn search of a better way to manage her growing business, Denese discovered InventoryLab<\/a>. Our tools for creating and listing FBA batches<\/a> offered a better, faster way to send products to Amazon. These immediately jumped out at her as the solution she was looking for.<\/p>\n\n\n\nOur shipment creation tool made getting products to Amazon\u2019s fulfillment centers a lot simpler. With InventoryLab, Denese could easily set up and manage shipments in one place. This heavily reduced the workload and time required to get through everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She said, “I started using [InventoryLab] for myself because before I was using Amazon, and Amazon FBA shipment setup was not friendly. Once you started using IL, and you set up all your boxes and what have you, and you print your labels \u2026 then you could just slap it on. \u2026 And it just made things easier, faster.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe results<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nThe impact was immediate. When asked about how her first shipment through InventoryLab went, she shared, “That first shipment \u2026 I sent using Amazon, it took me about two days to get it done. When I went to IL, I finished the same night.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nThanks to InventoryLab, the time it took her to prepare a batch and ship it to Amazon had been cut in half. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nInnovating during COVID-19 with a prep center<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nDenese had only been selling for a couple months when COVID-19 hit and she had to overhaul her strategy. Since she handled everything manually, her entire process was limited by quarantine rules. She couldn\u2019t source products or fulfill orders efficiently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her husband battling cancer also added a layer of worry, as it became even more important to avoid bringing in any viruses. This meant disinfecting every single package that arrived at her house before she could sort everything out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
To resolve these issues caused by the pandemic, she switched to an entirely hands-off business model. Instead of relying on retail arbitrage at local stores, she switched to online arbitrage, sourcing all her products on the web. And to keep the boxes out of her house, she hired a prep center to handle her inventory and ship it to Amazon FBA warehouses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Luckily, her prep center was already using InventoryLab as well<\/strong>! This gave them a unified platform to align on details like the number of items in each shipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\nShe explained, “Because they [the prep center] use InventoryLab\u2026 they go in and they start pulling what I have\u2026 and they create the shipment, everything in IL, and they send it to Amazon.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe results<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nNow, Denese never has to handle packages<\/strong>, she and her prep center track her inventory in the same place, and her process is faster than ever. She\u2019s finally free to focus on profits rather than process.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThat\u2019s why the next step in her game plan was to figure out how to automate repricing and maximize her net revenue. And with the world opening up again, she had to be ready for an increase in competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The need for a repricer<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nDenese initially turned to Aura as her repricing tool. It worked well for her for a while, and at first the addition helped her earn more from her sales. However, when Aura used some recent AI updates to justify a significant price increase, it cut too deeply into her margins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Denese explained, “I was happy with Aura, although people said that I was paying too much for it\u2026. When they moved over to AI, it became more expensive.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nShe had 300 ASINs but was only paying for a subscription tier that covered 250. The remaining 50 items in her store weren’t getting repriced, and upgrading to the next level was not cost-effective. She even mentioned attempting different strategies, but the software would still stop when the ASIN limit was hit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Denese realized that she needed to upgrade to the next level, which could run up to 1,000 ASINs, to have all her items repriced. However, the additional cost was too high for just 50 ASINs. She couldn\u2019t take on hundreds more ASINs just to make the price worthwhile either, due to her limited time. (Remember, this was just her side hustle!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This led Denese to look for a way to sustain her profitability with a more practical yet equally robust repricing solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Watching sales skyrocket with SmartRepricer<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/strong>“I started about 8 o’clock that night. … It took me about three hours to do everything.<\/em>“<\/p>\n\n\n\nAs it turned out, we were able to help Denese once more. Our announcement about InventoryLab joining Threecolts<\/a>, which also introduced our new integration with SmartRepricer<\/a>, caught her attention immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\nDenese learned that SmartRepricer offered several advantages over Aura. Firstly, it was built on AI from the beginning, so there were no extra costs for its core functionality. This was a significant factor for Denese, who had been facing increased costs with Aura\u2019s AI updates. Additionally, SmartRepricer was known for its ease of implementation, making it an attractive option for her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.threecolts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-4.png\")
An Amazon Buy Box report in SmartRepricer.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nDenese started by watching a Threecolts video tutorial and supplemented this with strategies shared by other users on YouTube. She described her experience: \u201cI started about 8 o’clock that night, doing my strategies, letting things populate. … It took me about three hours to do everything because I have about 20 strategies in there. \u2026 The actual process of switching over the software was pretty easy.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe results<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
In search of a better way to manage her growing business, Denese discovered InventoryLab<\/a>. Our tools for creating and listing FBA batches<\/a> offered a better, faster way to send products to Amazon. These immediately jumped out at her as the solution she was looking for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our shipment creation tool made getting products to Amazon\u2019s fulfillment centers a lot simpler. With InventoryLab, Denese could easily set up and manage shipments in one place. This heavily reduced the workload and time required to get through everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She said, “I started using [InventoryLab] for myself because before I was using Amazon, and Amazon FBA shipment setup was not friendly. Once you started using IL, and you set up all your boxes and what have you, and you print your labels \u2026 then you could just slap it on. \u2026 And it just made things easier, faster.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The impact was immediate. When asked about how her first shipment through InventoryLab went, she shared, “That first shipment \u2026 I sent using Amazon, it took me about two days to get it done. When I went to IL, I finished the same night.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Thanks to InventoryLab, the time it took her to prepare a batch and ship it to Amazon had been cut in half. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Denese had only been selling for a couple months when COVID-19 hit and she had to overhaul her strategy. Since she handled everything manually, her entire process was limited by quarantine rules. She couldn\u2019t source products or fulfill orders efficiently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Her husband battling cancer also added a layer of worry, as it became even more important to avoid bringing in any viruses. This meant disinfecting every single package that arrived at her house before she could sort everything out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n To resolve these issues caused by the pandemic, she switched to an entirely hands-off business model. Instead of relying on retail arbitrage at local stores, she switched to online arbitrage, sourcing all her products on the web. And to keep the boxes out of her house, she hired a prep center to handle her inventory and ship it to Amazon FBA warehouses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Luckily, her prep center was already using InventoryLab as well<\/strong>! This gave them a unified platform to align on details like the number of items in each shipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She explained, “Because they [the prep center] use InventoryLab\u2026 they go in and they start pulling what I have\u2026 and they create the shipment, everything in IL, and they send it to Amazon.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Now, Denese never has to handle packages<\/strong>, she and her prep center track her inventory in the same place, and her process is faster than ever. She\u2019s finally free to focus on profits rather than process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That\u2019s why the next step in her game plan was to figure out how to automate repricing and maximize her net revenue. And with the world opening up again, she had to be ready for an increase in competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Denese initially turned to Aura as her repricing tool. It worked well for her for a while, and at first the addition helped her earn more from her sales. However, when Aura used some recent AI updates to justify a significant price increase, it cut too deeply into her margins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Denese explained, “I was happy with Aura, although people said that I was paying too much for it\u2026. When they moved over to AI, it became more expensive.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n She had 300 ASINs but was only paying for a subscription tier that covered 250. The remaining 50 items in her store weren’t getting repriced, and upgrading to the next level was not cost-effective. She even mentioned attempting different strategies, but the software would still stop when the ASIN limit was hit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Denese realized that she needed to upgrade to the next level, which could run up to 1,000 ASINs, to have all her items repriced. However, the additional cost was too high for just 50 ASINs. She couldn\u2019t take on hundreds more ASINs just to make the price worthwhile either, due to her limited time. (Remember, this was just her side hustle!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n This led Denese to look for a way to sustain her profitability with a more practical yet equally robust repricing solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/strong>“I started about 8 o’clock that night. … It took me about three hours to do everything.<\/em>“<\/p>\n\n\n\n As it turned out, we were able to help Denese once more. Our announcement about InventoryLab joining Threecolts<\/a>, which also introduced our new integration with SmartRepricer<\/a>, caught her attention immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Denese learned that SmartRepricer offered several advantages over Aura. Firstly, it was built on AI from the beginning, so there were no extra costs for its core functionality. This was a significant factor for Denese, who had been facing increased costs with Aura\u2019s AI updates. Additionally, SmartRepricer was known for its ease of implementation, making it an attractive option for her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Denese started by watching a Threecolts video tutorial and supplemented this with strategies shared by other users on YouTube. She described her experience: \u201cI started about 8 o’clock that night, doing my strategies, letting things populate. … It took me about three hours to do everything because I have about 20 strategies in there. \u2026 The actual process of switching over the software was pretty easy.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe results<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Innovating during COVID-19 with a prep center<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The results<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
The need for a repricer<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Watching sales skyrocket with SmartRepricer<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The results<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n