Amazon FBA Online Arbritrage Product Researcher

Looking for a rockstar product researcher who can join my team full-time. I'm looking for ONE experienced VA who understands the online arbitrage space and what is determined to be a good product. This is not a job for you to do on the side. You will be fully a part of our team as we will invest in you as a teammate. You will be receiving coaching from me to ensure you are confident in your abilities.
A successful candidate will have the following:
* Experience with the full capabilities of Keepa
- MUST understand how to read charts fully to understand sales velocity
- Knowledge of Keepa Product Finder is a plus
* Experience with SellerAMP and its capabilities
- MUST understand the concept of Reverse Sourcing
- MUST understand how to Storefront Stalk
* Experience with the retail landscape as a whole *VERY IMPORTANT*
- You must be able to fully know which websites you should be looking at and should be avoiding (Example: Retail websites like Walmart, Walgreens, Costco, ShoppersDrugMart, etc. are retail websites that are frequently sourced from vs. eBay which will be avoided as it is a marketplace and not a retailer)
- You must be able to understand how to transform an unprofitable product into a profitable one by finding coupons and discount codes. (Will not be applicable to all products but having an understanding of how to check for discounts very quickly is necessary)
* Experience with Google Sheets as this will be the main point of organization for organizing winning products and losing ones
For soft skills, we are looking for the following:
*Coachable
- I understand that you will not be the perfect sourcer when starting out, that's fine. Since I am only looking for ONE VA, I will be able to spend a lot of time building your skills to make you an expert sourcer very quickly.
*Rockstar personality and persistence
- Sourcing at a glance is not the hardest thing, but it is definitely a numbers game. If you understand the arbitrage space well, you will know that you must filter through A LOT of junk products until you find a good one and you know how great it feels once you find a good one.
- Having a rockstar personality means that you do NOT give up easily and that you are excited to filter through losing products because this is simply part of the process to finding winning products. It may take you hours before you find a winning product, but a rockstar will not let this affect their sourcing skills and will always be trying their best. (Sometimes you will feel discouraged and this will reduce your efforts and will eventually cause you to make mistakes. A rockstar recognizes this and will always put in 100%)
*Creativity and Critical Thinking
- If you know the online arbitrage space well, then you know that it is very popular and there is a lot of competition. I myself do not know EVERYTHING there is about sourcing. Because of this, I do not require you to source exactly like how I teach you. The more creative you can get with successfully finding a winning product, the better.
- For example, I could not source a product that had a lot of competition, but I knew that it would be coming from somewhere if there was a lot of people selling it. Instead of the traditional method of sourcing, I got creative and decided to look for wholesale suppliers or finding international suppliers to import it. This level of creativity is what we're looking for and you are encouraged to have this level of critical thinking. I will be with you to help you build this skill, but we are looking for people who will not give up easily if they cannot find a product, especially if it is a very good one.
PAY STRUCTURE
Base + COMMISSION 5% OF PROFIT ON PRODUCTS FOUND EVERY TIME IT SELLS
I understand how hard, discouraging, and sometimes boring sourcing can be. This is why I want to make this as rewarding as it can be for you. Let's visualize how much you can potentially be paid.
Example of winning product
= $3 profit (USD/CAD) (5% of this is $0.15 (USD/CAD)) every time it sells
If you find 20 products a day
= $3 (USD/CAD) x 20
= $60 (USD/CAD) x 5%
= $3 (USD/CAD) every time the unit sells for as long as you are a part of our team
Note that if it is a winning product, I will definitely buy as much of it as possible.
Lets say the 20 products you found in one day are selling 5 times a day, you are earning an additional:
$15 (USD/CAD) in commission on top of your base salary every single day.
From this, you can see that you can be paid very well if you are motivated enough to be a part of our team.
All candidates will be screened and interviewed. If you made it this far, please reply to this job listing with the marketplace you are most experienced with (Amazon.ca, Amazon.com, Amazon.uk). Also reply with your favorite Filipino dish! I want to get to know my candidates as much as possible and filter out anybody who is not serious about this job listing.
Thank you.