For first-time Amazon sellers · No experience needed

Launch your first Amazon FBA product without burning $5,000.

You've watched the FBA YouTube videos. You've heard people make $20K/month and people lose their savings. FBALab is the 5-week guided programme that walks complete beginners from "no idea" to first sale on Amazon, with the realistic costs, real timelines, and the actual pitfalls a $2,000 guru course will never tell you about.

Start the lab today → $79 one-time · 30-day refund
The transformation

Where you are today, where you'll be in 5 weeks.

Right now

  • You've watched 30+ YouTube videos and feel more confused
  • Saved 40 product ideas to a Google Doc you never reread
  • Helium 10 vs Jungle Scout, you don't know which to use
  • Alibaba terrifies you, you've never messaged a supplier
  • Worried about getting suspended, fleeced, or sued
  • "Side hustle" was 18 months ago and nothing's launched

Five weeks from now

  • One validated product with real demand and a clear margin
  • A vetted supplier producing your first order in branded packaging
  • An optimised Amazon listing with photos, A+ content, and PPC ready
  • Inventory landed at Amazon's warehouse, listing live, first sales coming in
  • Real numbers: ACoS, conversion rate, sessions, all making sense
  • The mechanical playbook you can run on your second product
Who we help

The kinds of people FBALab is built for.

FBA is a real small business, not a get-rich-quick. Below are four kinds of beginners who tend to thrive in the programme. If one of these sounds like you, we built FBALab for you.

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The 9-to-5 with savings

$3-8K to invest · Evenings + weekends

You have a stable job and $3-8K saved that you'd rather grow than leave in the bank. You can put 8-10 hours a week into a side project that compounds, but you're done watching YouTube and want a real first product live.

Why this works: FBA rewards methodical patience. Your day-job discipline is an asset, not a constraint.
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The retail seller looking up

eBay · Etsy · Vinted · Facebook

You've sold on eBay, Vinted, Etsy, or done retail arbitrage. You understand product, pricing, and shipping. But you're tired of single-unit hustle and want a brand you can scale, with proper margin and inventory leverage.

Why this works: your selling instinct is already there. What's missing is the FBA mechanics, brand-build, and supplier relationships.
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The maker or hobbyist

Niche knowledge · Trade skill · Specialist

You know a niche inside out — fishing, woodworking, baking, knitting, off-roading, whatever. You've been told "you should sell something" for years. FBA is the right way to turn deep niche knowledge into a real product line.

Why this works: niche knowledge is the rarest FBA advantage. Generic sellers compete on price; niche sellers compete on insight.
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The career-pivot starter

Parents · Pivoters · Returners to work

You're between jobs, on parental leave, or pivoting careers. You've got time and a small budget, and want to build something asset-like rather than start a service business. FBA's appeal is that the work compounds into inventory and a brand.

Why this works: your time is the input, the brand is the output. Done right, FBA builds an asset that keeps earning while you do other things.
The 5-week plan

From "no idea" to first sale, in 5 weeks.

FBA is mechanical: research, source, ship, list, launch. Each week has one clear deliverable, and each deliverable is supported by the right tool from the library — Playbook, Calculator, Templates, or Checklist. We use the air-freight + small-batch path that compresses the timeline without skipping the things that actually matter.

WEEK
01

Pick a product that won't kill you

Use the Product Research Playbook to filter bad ideas in under an hour each, then plug your shortlist into the Margin Calculator to confirm the maths actually works. Hard filters: low MOQ, light + small (air-shippable), no electronics, no IP risk.

Deliverable · One validated product idea
WEEK
02

Find a supplier and order samples

Alibaba navigation, the supplier-vetting checklist, then copy-paste from the Sourcing & Supplier Templates pack to send your first contact, sample order, and pricing inquiries. You'll have 2-3 samples on the way by end of week.

Deliverable · Samples ordered, supplier shortlist
WEEK
03

Place the order and build the listing

Sample evaluation, then use the negotiation and packaging-brief templates to lock contract terms. Production starts. While the supplier is producing, draft your Amazon listing using the title-bullets-A+ templates and confirm keywords with Helium 10.

Deliverable · Order placed, listing draft ready
WEEK
04

Photos, FBA shipment, listing goes live

Inspection at the factory (using the Pre-Launch Checklist), air-freight shipment to Amazon's warehouse, product photos, listing finalised and pushed live. Now FBA's check-in process and the 3-7 day window where Amazon receives your inventory.

Deliverable · Inventory live in Amazon's warehouse
WEEK
05

Launch traffic and your first sales

The Sponsored Products PPC launch campaign, the giveaway/discount strategy that pulls you up the rankings, the friends-and-family asks that get the first reviews. By end of week most students see their first organic sales come through.

Deliverable · First sales on Amazon
The library

Four deliverables. Each one earns its keep.

Not four PDFs. Not four hours of video. Four different formats, each chosen because it does the right job at the right step. A playbook teaches you. A spreadsheet does the maths. Templates write your supplier messages. A checklist keeps you safe through launch.

WK 1 PDF · Playbook

The Product Research Playbook

The validation framework: demand checks, competition checks, margin maths, the four red flags. The hard filters that compress 40 ideas down to 1 in a single afternoon.

→ Demand: BSR < 30,000 in primary category
→ Competition: top-10 reviews ceiling
→ Margin: 35% target after FBA fees
→ Red flags: IP risk, electronics, fragile
WK 1-2 XLSX · Calculator

The FBA Margin Calculator & Product Tracker

Plug in cost, weight, and sale price. Get FBA fees, freight per unit, true margin, breakeven price, and ACoS profitability ceiling. Track every product idea side-by-side until one clearly wins.

Cost $3.40 Sell $19.99 Margin 38%
FBA $4.65 Air $1.20 Net $7.61
WK 2-3 PACK · Templates

The Sourcing & Supplier Templates

Copy-paste templates for every supplier conversation: first contact, sample request, pricing negotiation, deposit terms, packaging brief, quality issues. Plus the listing copy templates for title, bullets, and A+ content.

▢ First contact (4 variants)
▢ Sample order + payment terms
▢ MOQ negotiation script
▢ Packaging brief template
▢ Listing title + bullets formula
WK 4-5+ PDF · Checklist

The Pre-Launch & First-90-Days Checklist

Print and tick. Pre-shipment verification at the factory, FBA shipment plan, listing-go-live checks, launch-day tasks, then weekly review for the first 90 days when most accounts get reviewed, suspended, or hit their first inventory crisis.

Sample inspected before main order
Trade Assurance contract signed
FBA shipment plan submitted
Listing live, sponsored campaign on
First-launch stories

Real beginners. Real first launches.

We don't show you screenshots of $50K months. The students in FBALab are launching their first FBA product. Here's what their first wins (and stumbles) looked like.

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I'd been "about to launch FBA" for two years. The validation framework killed three of my four ideas in a single afternoon. The fourth one launched in week 5. First sale came on day 32. Took me less time than picking a product had taken me before.

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Nico A.
Pet accessories, US
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My first supplier wanted a 1,000 MOQ at $4.20 a unit. The Discord told me to push back. I got it down to 300 MOQ at $3.80 in the same week. That negotiation alone saved me $3,000 of unsellable inventory.

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Mira S.
Kitchen tools, UK
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My listing got auto-suppressed three days after launch. Panic. Posted in the Discord, two senior students walked me through the appeal, listing back up in 18 hours. That alone was worth way more than $79.

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Dani K.
Camping gear
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I'd watched maybe 70 hours of FBA YouTube before this. The thing nobody tells you is how much there is to do *between* picking a product and going live. The walkthrough guide finally made the middle part real for me.

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Ravi B.
Beauty tools
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My honest take: I made $0 profit on my first 200 units. Sold them, recovered cost, broke even. But I learnt the entire mechanics. Second launch I made $4K profit in month one. The first product is tuition. They warned me up front and they were right.

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Liz M.
Yoga accessories
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I was 90% sure I was going to get scammed by my Alibaba supplier. The vetting checklist was the unlock. Picked a supplier with 8 years on the platform, gold verified, paid the deposit through Trade Assurance. Smooth as anything. No drama.

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Tom W.
Garden tools
Inside the lab

What you actually get on day one.

Most FBA courses go silent the moment you pay. Here's the inside view: the Discord channels, the monthly call format, and what real student-to-coach help looks like.

# product-validation DISCORD

Get a sanity check before you spend a penny.

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Mira S.Tue, 7:18 PM
Thinking of doing silicone baking moulds. Top 3 sellers do ~$45K/mo, BSR around 4,800. MOQ 500 at $1.80, sell at $13. Thoughts before I order samples?
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CoachTue, 8:02 PM
Demand looks fine, margin's ok at $13. But 4 of top 10 are saturated brand listings with 5K+ reviews. Hard to break in. Look one click deeper — silicone baking *mats* might have weaker top-rank competition. Send me the search.
Real validation conversations, not bot replies. Most ideas get sanity-checked within 4 hours.
Monthly Q&A · Live Zoom CALL

What a typical group call covers.

  • 5 student products reviewed live, with go/no-go feedback
  • Supplier-message walkthroughs: how to negotiate without alienating
  • Listing audits: photos, copy, A+ content, PPC structure
  • Open Q&A: launch traffic, suspensions, IPI scores, attribution
  • Recordings posted in the vault for anyone who couldn't attend live
Last Thursday of every month. 75 minutes. Bring a product or a question.
# first-launches DISCORD

The wall where every first sale gets celebrated.

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Nico A.Sat, 11:04 AM
Day 32 since I started the lab. First organic sale just hit. $19.99. Not life-changing money but holy cow, my product. My listing. My first customer.
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Dani K.Sat, 11:22 AM
huge!! the first one feels different. mine landed on day 38, took 6 days from listing-live. Sponsored Products did the heavy lifting until reviews kicked in.
No "$50K month" posts. Real first sales, real beginners, real timelines.
An honest fit check

This is for you. Or it isn't.

We'd rather you save $79 than buy something that doesn't fit your stage. FBA needs real money and real patience. Read both columns. Be honest with yourself.

✓ FBALab is for you if

  • You have $3,000-5,000 of capital you can risk on inventory
  • You have never launched on Amazon FBA
  • You can put in 8-10 hours a week for 5 weeks
  • You're willing to message Chinese suppliers and place a real order
  • You can wait 3-4 weeks for shipping without panicking
  • You see this as a small business, not a side hustle

This isn't for you if

  • You don't have starting capital (FBA needs real money)
  • You expect $20K/month from your first product
  • You want a "secret hack" that bypasses inventory and shipping
  • You're already running a profitable Amazon brand at scale
  • You want a fully done-for-you product handed to you
  • You can't risk losing your starting capital (FBA is real risk)
Pricing

Pick the level of help you want.

Three tiers, same 5-week framework. Most students start with The Lab and only upgrade later if they want hands-on supplier and listing review.

The Lab

Self-guided

$79
one-time payment

Everything you need to launch your first FBA product on your own pace, with the community there if you get stuck.

PDF Product Research Playbook
XLSX FBA Margin Calculator
PACK Sourcing & Supplier Templates
LIST Pre-Launch & 90-Day Checklist
  • Discord community access
  • Monthly group Q&A calls (live)
  • 30-day refund guarantee
Start The Lab
1:1 Mentorship

Private coaching

$1,500
one-time · 6 weeks

Weekly private calls with a senior coach who reviews your product, supplier, and listing in detail. By application only, four spots per intake.

  • Everything in Group Cohort
  • 6 × 60-min 1:1 Zoom calls
  • Direct Discord access to your coach
  • Product validation deep-dive on call one
  • Supplier shortlist review
  • Post-launch follow-up audit
Apply for 1:1
Common questions

Things beginners ask before joining.

$3,000 minimum, $5,000 comfortable. The breakdown is roughly: $1,500-3,000 inventory (300-500 units at $3-6 cost), $300-600 air freight, $200-500 photography + branding, $300-500 launch PPC budget, $39/mo Amazon Pro Seller account. Anyone who tells you can start FBA with $500 is selling you fiction.
Yes, on the air-freight + small-batch path that we teach. Sea freight adds 4-6 weeks. The 5-week timeline assumes you respond fast to suppliers, place sample orders quickly, and use air freight (more expensive per unit but compresses the timeline). Most students hit it. Some take 7-8 weeks. The variable is usually how decisively you make the supplier-pick decision in week 2-3.
Either works. Helium 10 has the bigger feature set and longer trials. Jungle Scout is a bit cleaner for absolute beginners. Both have free trials and starter plans around $30-40/mo. We use Helium 10 in the walkthrough but the Jungle Scout equivalents are noted everywhere.
Almost certainly not. Honest answer: most first products break even or make $500-2,000 profit in their first three months. The real win is learning the full mechanics — research, sourcing, listing, launch, PPC, replenishment — so your second and third products compound. Anyone selling you $20K/month from product one is a guru. Don't believe them.
The vetting checklist is designed to filter out 95% of scammers before you ever pay a deposit. Verified suppliers, Trade Assurance escrow, sample evaluation, factory audit (optional), staged payments. Even with all that, the Discord has seen the few common scam patterns and we cover them in the Sourcing playbook. The risk is real but very manageable if you follow the checklist.
For your first product, no. You can sell on Amazon as a sole trader / sole proprietor in most countries. Once you're profitable and growing, an LLC (US) or Ltd (UK) makes sense for liability separation and tax. The walkthrough covers when to incorporate and when to wait.
30 days, no questions asked. Email us, we refund. We'd rather have your $79 back than have you regret the decision. The programme works because students show up, not because they feel trapped.
No catch. We charge $79 deliberately because most FBA courses are $1,997-9,997 and most are guru funnels. Our model: keep The Lab tier accessible, let roughly 1 in 5 students upgrade to cohort or 1:1 if they want hands-on review. We make our margin on volume, not on rinsing first-time beginners.

Stop watching FBA YouTube. Launch the product.

One product. One supplier. One listing live. Five weeks from today.

Start The Lab — $79