Guest of today’s episode is Manuel Kretschmer, founder of AMZ Controlling.
Manuel tells us why he decided to found his agency, explains why Amazon FBA is NOT a business model and why selling on Amazon can break your (financial) neck – at least if you don’t have a constant overview of your fees.
AMZ Controlling is a Full Service Amazon Agency based in Munich and Glasgow helping Sellers and Vendors reach their goals on Amazon worldwide.
Interview Timestamps
- 1:10 – Please tell me in one sentence: What is AMZ controlling?
- 1:29 – Which services do you offer?
- 2:00 – For how long have you been around?
- 2:13 – How did you get the idea to found your agency?
- 3:03 – Why should I choose you over other competitors?
- 4:37 – Do you serve clients from all over the world?
- 5:49 – In your opinion, which are the top 3 mistakes that Amazon sellers make?
- 9:59 – What do you do when a client is not happy with your work?
- 11:59 – Do you take on clients with bad products?
- 12:59 – What do your clients say about your work?
- 14:58 – What do you expect from your clients?
- 18:05 – Do you also help develop a brand?
- 19:03 – How do you stay up-to-date?
- 20:21 – Why did you decide to become self-employed?
- 23:52 – What excites you most about working in the ecommerce industry?
- 27:43 – If you could only use one word to describe your work situation which one comes to your mind?
- 28:24 – What do you like least about your job?
- 29:00 – What do you think about the digital nomad lifestyle?
- 31:40 – Which skill or character trait would you like to have that you currently don’t have?
- 32:50 – If you could have a superpower, which one would it be?
- 33:20 – If you could go back 5 years in time, which advice would you give your younger self?
- 35:00 – Was there a time you wanted to quit?
- 35:16 – How do deal with situations where you feel like you hit a dead end?
- 38:27 – If you had the chance to ask Jeff Bezos for one thing, what would it be?
- 40:20 – Who or what inspires you?
- 41:19 – If you could hire a famous person to work you, who would that be and why?
- 42:20 – If you had the attention of every Amazon seller in the whole world and you could give them three tips, which ones would that be?
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