Mistakes To Avoid That Led To An Account Suspension & $400K in Debt With Brad Allen

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Mistakes To Avoid That Led To An Account Suspension & $400K in Debt With Brad Allen

brad-allenBrad Allen is an Amazon Seller who started on Amazon with creative retail and online arbitrage strategies in 2015. He sold everything from toys to high-end skincare on his Amazon business while living remotely in South America and Africa. After his account got suspended, Brad went into $400,000 of credit card and loan debt but eventually built two private label brands that are on track to earn eight figures this year.

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Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll learn:

  • Brad Allen talks about his journey with retail arbitrage
  • Why Brad’s Amazon account got suspended
  • How Brad got into $400,000 of debt building his private label brands
  • Tips for succeeding in the competitive gifts category on Amazon
  • Tools that help you succeed on Amazon and other competitive marketplaces like Etsy
  • The importance of launching new products on Amazon
  • Josh Hadley’s three actionable takeaways from this episode

In this episode…

Are you interested in becoming an Amazon Seller? What do you need to know to thrive in this space?

Brad Allen is a very successful Amazon Seller, but you may not have guessed that based on his experiences a few years ago. In fact, he faced many challenges on Amazon to the point where his account got suspended, which left him with $400,000 of debt. Since then, Brad learned a lot, and he now shares the secrets of how he is crushing it on Amazon.

Tune into this episode of the eComm Breakthrough Podcast with host Josh Hadley as he sits down with Brad Allen, a successful Amazon Seller with two private label brands. Brad talks about his journey with retail arbitrage, why his Amazon account got suspended and the lessons he learned because of it, and the tools that help you succeed on Amazon and other competitive marketplaces like Etsy.

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Sponsor for this episode…

This episode is brought to you by Ecomm Breakthrough Consulting where I help seven figure ecommerce owners grow to eight figures. Of course…

I started Hadley Designs in 2015 and grew it to an eight-figure brand in seven years.

I made mistakes along the way that made the path to eight figures longer. At times I doubted whether our business could even survive and become a real brand. I wish I would have had a guide to help me grow faster and avoid the stumbling blocks.

If you’ve hit a plateau and want to know the next steps to take your business to the next level, then go to www.EcommBreakthrough.com (that’s Ecomm with two M’s) to learn more.

As a special bonus to my podcast listeners, this month I’m giving away one $10,000 comprehensive business strategy audit session at no cost. Email me at josh@ecommbreakthrough.com with the subject line “Strategy Audit” and tell me why your business should win the free audit for the chance to win and don’t worry, if you don’t win the free strategy audit this month, you’ll automatically be entered for future months.

Episode Transcript

Intro  0:04 

Welcome to the eComm Breakthrough Podcast. Are you ready to unlock the full potential and growth in your business? You’ve already crossed seven figures in sales, but the challenge is knowing how to take your business to the next level. Join Josh Hadley, an eight-figure econ business owner and investor as he interviews highly successful business owners get ready because you’re going to learn specific actions you can take today to help your business reach its full potential and leave a lasting impact on the world.

Josh Hadley  0:37 

Welcome to the eComm Breakthrough Podcast. I’m your host, Josh Hadley where I interview the top business leaders in e-commerce. Previous guests include Kevin King, Steven Pope and Roland Frasier. Today I’m speaking with Brad Amazon, who is a current e-commerce brand owner, he actually owns a couple brands. And we’re going to be talking a lot about his Amazon journey, some of the mistakes that he’s made failures that he’s made, but also the success that he has experienced and how he’s crushing it on Amazon right now. This episode is brought to you by eComm Breakthrough Consulting, where I help seven-figure companies grow to eight figures and beyond. Listen, Brad, I started Hadley Designs back in 2015, and grew it to an eight-figure brand and seven years. But I made a lot of mistakes along the way that made getting to that eight-figure mark take a little bit longer, there were times that I doubted whether I could run the business as a CEO, whether that brand would survive. Or if we could continue to change as times adapt on e-commerce. And I wish I would have had a guide to help me grow faster and to help me overcome a lot of those stumbling blocks. If any of our listeners who have hit those similar plateaus and want to know the next steps that they need to take to take their brand to the next level, then go to ecommbreakthrough.com. That’s ECOMM with two M’s to learn more. And as a special bonus to my podcast listeners, this month I’m giving away one $1,000 comprehensive business strategy audit at no cost. All you need to do is email me at josh@ecommbreakthrough.com with the subject line strategy audit, for your chance to win tell me why we should choose your brand as a brand that we want to work with. And then if you don’t win this month, don’t worry, you’ll be entered for future months to come. But today, I am super excited to introduce you to Brad Allen. I met him at Kevin Kings a Billion Dollar Seller Summit. And he’s going to have a lot of knowledge to share with us. Brad started on Amazon with some creative retail and online arbitrage strategies in 2015. He sold everything from toys to high-end skincare. And throughout that process, he lived and ran his Amazon business remotely in South America and Africa. He had his account suspended and went into 400k of credit card and loan debt. But he’s eventually built to private label brands that will earn eight figures combined this year. So welcome to the podcast, Brad.

Brad Allen  3:11 

Good to be here and I want to sign up for that audit. I didn’t know that that was an option. So I don’t know if the guests are able to sign up for that. But I’m gonna put my entry in.

Josh Hadley  3:21 

Hey, there it is, this will be part of the application process. So Brad, thank you again for joining me super excited to be talking to you. I’m going to dive in like immediately to what was mentioned in your bio. You had your account suspended. You ran into 400k of debt and loans, but you’ve kind of come out the other end and you’re crushing it right now on Amazon. So tell me Brad, what happened with the account suspension.

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