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Working with Agencies

Amazon agency pricing and economics: the complete guide

Price the fee structure before the fee, because the model decides what a provider earns when your spend moves and the number decides almost nothing.
Joel Turcotte Gaucher

Joel Turcotte Gaucher

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Working with Agencies

Hiring an Amazon agency: the complete guide

There is no best Amazon agency, only a team whose caseload and method fit your problem, so hire on who does the work and on what leaving costs you.
Joel Turcotte Gaucher

Joel Turcotte Gaucher

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Product Launch

The Real Cost of Selling on Amazon FBA: Every Fee That Kills Your Margin

Most Amazon sellers build their P&L with 3 line items and wonder why they are not profitable. Here is every fee that actually hits your margin, how to model them before you commit capital, and the cost framework we use across 300+ brand launches at Flapen.
Joel Turcotte Gaucher

Joel Turcotte Gaucher

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Product Launch

How to Launch an Amazon Product in 5 Months: The Complete Operator Roadmap

The exact 5-month launch framework we use across 300+ brands at Flapen. From market validation to live product, with real budgets, real timelines, and the two-phase approach that prevents you from committing capital to a product that was never going to work.
Joel Turcotte Gaucher

Joel Turcotte Gaucher

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Getting Started

Amazon FBA Setup: Brand Registry, Trademarks, and UPCs — What Operators Actually Do First

The full Amazon FBA setup process from trademark filing to Brand Registry enrollment. What each step costs, why the sequence matters, and how to avoid the mistakes that delay your launch by months.
Joel Turcotte Gaucher

Joel Turcotte Gaucher

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Product Sourcing

Amazon Shipping Costs, Import Duties, and Delivery Timelines: What Operators Actually Budget For

A data-driven breakdown of shipping costs, import duties, and realistic timelines from China to Amazon FBA. Built from managing logistics across 300+ brand launches at Flapen.
Joel Turcotte Gaucher

Joel Turcotte Gaucher

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Product Sourcing

Sourcing from China vs Domestic Suppliers for Amazon FBA

When to source from China, when to source domestically, and how the decision changes between launch phases. The framework we built across 300+ Amazon brand launches.
Joel Turcotte Gaucher

Joel Turcotte Gaucher

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Getting Started

How Much Does It Actually Cost to Launch on Amazon FBA?

The real numbers behind launching an Amazon product, broken into a two-phase budget framework. Phase 1 validation costs $5K-$10K for 200-300 units. Phase 2 scale comes only after the data proves product-market fit.
Joel Turcotte Gaucher

Joel Turcotte Gaucher

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Getting Started

Amazon FBA vs FBM: How to Choose the Right Fulfillment Method

FBA vs FBM is not just a logistics decision. It directly affects your conversion rate, cost of customer acquisition, and ability to scale. Here is how operators think about it.
Joel Turcotte Gaucher

Joel Turcotte Gaucher

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Advertising

Amazon vs Shopify: Which Platform Should You Actually Start With?

The Amazon education space gets this wrong. It is not about which platform is "better." It is about which one you start with, when you add the second, and in what sequence. Here is the operator framework for making that decision with data.
Joel Turcotte Gaucher

Joel Turcotte Gaucher