EP 67: Yagoozon are $40 million/ year Amazon Sellers (Advise: OWN the Supply of your Products)

March Amazon Seller Success Series (Guest #1): Justin Ligeri is the founder of Yagoozon: the fastest growing online retailers of toys, costumes and party accessories on Amazon.com to date. Here are some figures to give you an idea of the level of scale Yagoozon has been able to achieve over 5 years:

Yagoozon was founded in 2010 with only $50 cash;
By the end of 2011, revenue skyrocketed to $4.5m;
Then in 2012 revenue more than tripled at $18.6 million - Inc. Magazine voted Yagoozon #1 fastest growing company in the retail industry, with $18.6 million in revenue and a staggering 16,689% 3-year growth rate.
In 2013 they hit $22 million in revenue and
Then both in 2014 and 2015 grossed $38 million in revenue each year. 

 
More recently in 2015 Justin has gone on to set up a costume manufacturing firm, Kangaroo Manufacturing – to develop his own branded items for wholesale accounts and to control his supply chain.  Over this interview Justin stresses on how the importance of controlling your supply chain in order to sell on Amazon as well as maintain relationships with suppliers if you sell other brands on Amazon.
 
Amazon is not for the faint hearted...
You need to have a thick skin…learn from your mistakes…and move on
 
Read the show notes for this episode on http://2xecommerce.com/podcast/ep67/
 
 

 

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