Massive Scale Cross-Border Amazon Arbitrage

[GoldFibre]

General Stats​

• Active listings: 136,193
• Account health score: 136 (At Risk)
• Policy violations: 4

Weekly Goals​

1. WIP Schedule trial with at least one vendor in Oregon
2. DONE Start pick and pack of UPS shipments from original vendor warehouse
3. WIP Complete automated international document generation features
4. Automate more fulfillment tasks

Actions​

• Dropped off one UPS package at the local warehouse in the morning. They used the new screen to mark the orders as packed.
• Since my software wasn't fully ready and tested yet, I created the AWB label and commercial invoice myself and shared them with the team.
• Another UPS packaged arrived at the warehouse at 3pm, not giving us much time to complete the packing. Called UPS and arranged to do my own pickup from them at 9am for all future shipments. This will save us a day of transit time and lower my costs, since they won't be doing the delivery for me anymore.
• Pushed my warehouse guys to complete the packing anyway and made the courier do a second pickup at 5pm so that we complete the same-day dispatch. We got everything out on time.
• 225(!) orders are arriving tomorrow. These are mostly late orders due to delays by my old vendor. I'm glad I've got my own solution going now to avoid some of these problems.
• Continued working on integration with UPS. Had a lot of trial and error trying to get the addresses to come correctly. The API documentation didn't fully explain how to bill to me even though I'm in the destination country. Finally I think I got the addresses correct, although there is one single difference with the labels that come from the Windows application. My account manager reviewed it and said it doesn't matter. Next thing I need to do is generate invoices. There is supposed to be a way to do this in the UPS API, or I can just make my own PDF. I'll probably try with the UPS API first because then I don't need to write a bunch of formatting code.
• Had a call with a vendor in Oregon and explained everything to him. He seems quite open to the operation and was really curious about the software I made. One really good thing about this vendor is that he can operate on Saturdays and can receive packages on Sundays. This will improve my transit time a good deal because my other vendors only run five days per week. So if I start with this vendor he will get a split of the orders for most of the week but then for two days he will get 100% of the orders since he is the only one open on the weekend. He is going to speak to operations and then we will decide about starting the trial.
• Since transit time is the most important thing in the world right now, I want to start reporting out on it on these daily posts. But I have a ton of other work to do, so the reporting has to wait for my other priorities. Let's see if I can work it in later in the week.
• While doing procurement I found a few more optimizations to the cost and transit time. Automating this 100% is going to be quite a project. I think the first step will be to not actually procure, but to scan the items and delivery locations and make a procurement plan. Then I can review it and either pull the trigger or change the plan.

 

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[GoldFibre]

Hipisem Tvevt​

• Edvowi motvopht: 135,136
• Edduapv jiemvj tdusi: 136 (Ev Sotl)
• Qumodz woumevoupt: 0

Xiilmz Huemt​

1. XOQ Tdjifami vsoem xovj ev mietv upi wipfus op Usihup
2. FUPI Tvesv qodl epf qedl ug AQT tjoqnipvt gsun usohopem wipfus xesijuati
3. FUPI Dunqmivi eavunevif opvispevoupem fudanipv hipisevoup gievasit
4. FUPI Eavunevi nusi gamgommnipv vetlt

Edvoupt​

• Vxu AQT qedlehit huv fotqevdjif gsun vji AT. Vjisi xet tuni dupgatoup xovj upi ug vji xesijuatit, tu O'n puv tasi xjev ot op vji qedlehi vjiz tipv.
• Gohasif uav vjev O piif e pix xez vu fu nz tjoqqoph dupgosnevoupt pux vjev xi esip'v atoph vji Huuhmi Tjiiv epznusi.
• Aqhsefif nz ID2 optvepdi cideati ev 4HC SEN ov xet siemmz tmux, itqidoemmz pux vjev O'n sappoph tiwisem pufi qsudittit epf Qaqqiviis. Pux xovj 8HC Qaqqiviis mueft nadj getvis epf O'n puv tdesif ug vji optvepdi dsetjoph ev emm vonit.
• Goyif e capdj ug tnemm ottait xovj wesouat tdsiipt gus vji xesijuati epf sidusfif e pix wofiu up jux vu ati ov epf tjesif ov xovj vji vien.
• Siqmoif vu epuvjis wipfus op Usihup vjev jef sitqupfif vu nz 'dupvedv at' gusn tacnottoup. Etlif og ji dep niiv vupohjv vu fotdatt vji TUQ.
• Fotduwisif vjev nz fimowisz qesvpis notdunnapodevif (moif?) ecuav qodloph aq nz tidupf cevdj ug tjoqnipvt zitvisfez iwip egvis O sinopfif vjin tiwisem vonit. O hewi vjin jimm ecuav ov gus raovi e xjomi epf vjiz qsunotif vu qodl aq vjot nuspoph epf fu teni-fez fimowisz, xjodj ot vzqodemmz nadj nusi iyqiptowi. Op vji ipf vjiz emtu fofp'v qodl aq vjot nuspoph, cav O taggodoipvmz tdesif vjin.
• Djidlif nz WEV sihotvsevoup eqqmodevoup epf ov ot tvomm op siwoix.
• Eavunevif vji dunnisdoem opwuodi hipisevoup epf miv nz edduapv nepehis siwoix ov, onqminipvoph jis tahhitvoupt. Xi xomm vsz vu tjoq xovj vjot fudanipv vupohjv.
• Huv giifcedl xjomi vji qodl epf qedl xet huoph epf goyif vji ottait up vji gmz.
• Sihotvisif xovj e teni-fez fimowisz tqidoemotv duasois dunqepz jisi. Vji sevit esi nusi iyqiptowi, cav ov dep neli vji tjoqnipvt getvis. O dupvedvif vjin vu hiv e rauvi gus nz catopitt epf tqiel xovj e temit qistup.
• Eavunevif vji usfis dupgosnevoup qsuditt, xjodj ot upi ug vji feomz gamgommnipv vetlt O fu. Tvomm ov vuul ni muphis vjep pusnem vu dunqmivi vji dupgosnevoupt cideati O jef vu dsutt djidl e gix foggisipv tuasdit. Jemg ug nz usfist esi vsedlif up vji umf Huuhmi Tjiiv epf jemg ug vjin esi pux op nz FC.
• Upmz e tnemm qusvoup ug vji 225 usfist huv fotqevdjif vufez. O juqi vjiz dep ev mietv hiv ov emm uav vjot xiil.
• Huv ep ineom etloph gus nusi opgu up nz WEV eqqmodevoup, tu gommif vjev op epf sitacnovvif.
• Effif e xez vu nesl usfist et qsudasif. Opfodevif qsudasinipv tvevat up vji neop usfist motv qehi. Atif vji pix gmux vu fu qsudasinipv epf gimv e cov pelif vjev O fofp'v jewi nz Huuhmi Tjiiv op gsupv ug ni gus iwiszvjoph. O nefi vji Huuhmi Tjiiv e muuuuuph voni ehu epf jewi dupvopaif xovj ov gus iwisz tophmi usfis aq apvom vufez. Ov giimt moli ov fitiswit e iamuhz.
• Gostv Usihup wipfus huv cedl vu ni epf piift vu xeov apvom piyv xiil vu niiv aq xovj vji uqt nepehis, tu O qsucecmz xup'v ci ecmi vu dunqmivi nz gostv huem vjot xiil.

 

[GoldFibre]

Hipisem Tvevt​

• Edvowi motvopht: 134,094
• Edduapv jiemvj tdusi: 72 (Apjiemvjz)
• Qumodz woumevoupt: 3

Xiilmz Huemt​

1. QATJIF Tdjifami vsoem xovj ev mietv upi wipfus op Usihup
2. FUPI Tvesv qodl epf qedl ug AQT tjoqnipvt gsun usohopem wipfus xesijuati
3. FUPI Dunqmivi eavunevif opvispevoupem fudanipv hipisevoup gievasit
4. FUPI Eavunevi nusi gamgommnipv vetlt

Edvoupt​

• Usohop xesijuati upmz fotqevdjif 2 uav ug tuni 30+ tjoqnipvt vjev xisi fimowisif. O seotif vji ottai xovj vjin epf emtu onqsuwif vji AO vu johjmohjv tjoqnipvt vu ci fotqevdjif vufez epf tjoqnipvt xjodj esi mevi. Emtu goyif e cah xovj atoph vji cesdufi tdeppis up vjev qehi.
• Huv giifcedl gsun mudem xesijuati vjev vjisi ot meh xjip tiesdjoph tu goyif vjev.
• Qodlif aq e qedlehi fosidv gsun AQT epf csuahjv ov vu vji mudem xesijuati vu tewi voni. Vunussux O xomm vsz tipfoph e des vu fu vjot, xjodj xomm dutv ecuav $15.
• Nefi e capdj ug onqsuwinipvt vu vji usfis nepehinipv AO gus nztimg.
• Op vji iwipoph guapf ep ifhi deti op nz vsedloph vjev fofp'v xusl epf goyif vjev.
• Huv vjsii johj onqedv woumevoupt up vji edduapv, upi ug xjodj tjuamf hu exez. Tipv iwiszvjoph vu nz edduapv nepehis tu xi dep tusv ov uav vunussux.