Business Consultant for Amazon Sellers

As time allows I help Amazon business owners by answering questions on the following topics that sellers may wish to keep confidential rather than post publicly. I also enjoy helping leaders of current Facebook groups. Disclaimer: I cannot offer legal advice.

Trademark Your Brand

Need help? Have questions? I hold 4 certificates and have advised sellers on things to consider and have ready when filing to help prevent delay or refusal.

Copyright

Protect your work (books, courses, and photographs) from being used without your permission so that a cease and desist order is more effective.

Sales Tax

Questions about collecting Sales Tax, Product Tax Codes or filing? Learn where to get help, and how to fill out the Tax Settings on Amazon.

GS1 Barcodes

Questions about GS1 Barcodes - the pros and cons? How, when and where to register. Labelling products, and sending in stickerless.

Promotions

There are so many moving parts when setting up promotions. Read our Blog. Prefer someone to personally check your settings? Contact us.

What do you need help with?

My time is limited but I can point you in the right direction of where you can get help if I'm not available or don't have the answer.

NETWORKING

I go to many networking events: trade-shows, conferences, and meetups. I believe we all have unique gifts to share. I consider my eCommerce friends as colleagues rather than competition. It's fun to meet people who do the same thing for a living.
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Don't be afraid to reach out.
Karen Holmes

Karen Holmes

Business Consultant for Amazon Businesses

I'm commonly found in select Facebook groups as "Karen Steinhilber Holmes" where I help answer members' questions.

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KEVIN PERRY

KEVIN PERRY

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER

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KEVIN PERRY

KEVIN PERRY

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER

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Bio
My name is Karen Holmes. I was born in the U.K. and I have lived in the mid-west United States for over twenty years. I joined Amazon as a 3rd party seller in 2009. I love the opportunity and freedom that comes with running your own online business. There is always something to learn and new challenges. When I am not working on mine or someone else's business, I enjoy time with my family and travelling..

Location

  •  Milwaukee, WI

Contact

Please email me with any questions here

Inventory Reports – Month & Year End

There are at least 3 Amazon Reports you can run to get your inventory count at FBA. I have done mock up reports below. Each one has its uses. 1 Reports – Fulfillment – Amazon Fulfilled Inventory – simplest report for cost of goods (COG) 2 Reports – Fulfillment – Manage FBA Inventory  – includes […]

Filing Frequency of Sales Tax – Try Annual

Yea! Another State on Annual Filing for me! It doesn’t hurt to write as soon as possible to ask to be put on Annual Filing. Florida has just said yes! It won’t take effect until January 2018, but it’s a start. I have been successful in getting these States changed to annual filing: AZ, CA, […]

Listing Closed Due to Negative Customer Experience

The dreaded Red Flag of Performance Notification was flying one day. Amazon had closed a listing because of too many customer complaints. Total orders shipped: 84 Total defective orders: 7 Defect rate: 8.3% My first reaction was to be angry, because the comments didn’t make sense. It’s a large, good quality, lunch bag. -Actual bag […]