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Why Chinese Amazon Sellers Are Now Hiding as US Companies

Chinese Amazon sellers dropped from 60% to 36%, but they didn't leave. They registered US LLCs to dodge Chinese taxes, trading untouchability for real US legal accountability.

How To Find Products To Sell

11 US Alibaba Alternatives to Source Products Tariff-Free

Tariffs make China-only sourcing risky. These 11 US-based Alibaba alternatives, across manufacturing, marketplace, and directory tiers, let you source from American warehouses and factories.

How To Sell On Amazon

6 Amazon Sourcing Secrets Top Sellers Use to Pay Less

Seven-figure Amazon sellers source differently. These 6 sourcing secrets, from using 1688 instead of Alibaba to off-season buying and DDP shipping, can cut your product costs in half.

How To Find Products To Sell

10 Weird Online Businesses That Make Millions

From gourmet hermit crab food to paper made of elephant dung to reselling lost luggage, these 10 weird online businesses make millions and prove you can sell almost anything.

Entrepreneurship

8 Counterintuitive Rules Behind Every Successful Business

Business success is simpler than gurus claim. These 8 counterintuitive rules, from the Effort Paradox to the 80/20 rule to why your memory lies, help you do less but win more.

Fighting Dirty Amazon Sellers

Why Amazon Basics Is Shadier Than You Think

Most Amazon Basics products barely break even, so why does Amazon push thousands of them? Because Amazon Basics is not a bargain brand. It is a weapon to force sellers into ad…

Legal And Taxes

What the De Minimis End Means for Etsy and eBay Sellers

The end of the $800 de minimis rule crushes cross-border Etsy and eBay sellers with tariffs and $80-200 handling fees. For US-based sellers, it is the biggest opportunity in years.

How To Find Products To Sell

9 Business Machines You Can Buy to Start Making Money

Nine machines regular people use to make real money, from embroidery and 3D printers to ice and cotton candy vending, with real earnings, margins, and startup costs for each.

Ecommerce Platforms

Top 8 Shopify Alternatives That Are Cheaper And Better (2026 Update)

If you are tired of getting nickel and dimed by Shopify’s high transaction and recurring app fees, this post will show you the 8 best Shopify alternatives that are as good or…

Legal And Taxes

De Minimis Is Gone: What It Means for Ecommerce Sellers

The $800 de minimis (Section 321) loophole is gone. Postal shipments now face tariffs plus an $80-200 handling fee per shipment. Here's who wins, who loses, and what sellers must do now.

Ecommerce Marketing Strategies

How to Use AI to Grow Your Online Store Sales: 4 Tools

Four ways I use AI to grow a 7-figure store, each tied to revenue: AI site search (4X), AI cross-sells (+22% order value), finding high-value repeat buyers, and AI chat that sells.

Getting Started With Ecommerce

Ecommerce Business Models Ranked: What Actually Makes Money

Eight ecommerce business models rated 1-10 on ease, profit, sustainability, and competition. See why private label (on Amazon and your own site) is the only model built to last.

Dropshipping

Is Dropshipping Dead? What Actually Works in 2026

Dropshipping is not dead, but the old AliExpress copy-paste model is. Here's what works now: local-warehouse suppliers, print-on-demand, and using dropshipping as a low-risk testing tool.

Getting Started With Ecommerce

How to Build Systems So Your Business Runs Without You

How I run two 7-figure businesses in about 20 hours a week using systems: get tasks out of your head, score what to systemize, assign one owner, document it, and delegate to…

Getting Started With Ecommerce

How to Start an Ecommerce Store: My Exact Step-by-Step Plan

A 7-figure store owner's exact roadmap to start an ecommerce business from scratch: pick a private-label product, source it, validate it, launch on Amazon, then build your own brand.

Facebook Advertising Strategies

How to Create AI Meta Ads With Higgsfield (My Full Stack)

Meta now rewards creative volume over targeting, so sellers need 2-4 fresh ads a week. Here's the AI stack I built (Higgsfield, Claude Code, Remotion) that produces launch-ready Meta ads for $2-3…

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