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🚀 This Week's Amazon Hack: Don't Get Screwed by China

Here's a very real nightmare that many Amazon sellers have found themselves in.

You wake up, grab some coffee, and open up your email. You feel your heart start racing. The email says "We are unable to ship your inventory."

You keep reading...

Then you start feeling sick. You slowly begin to realize that you are screwed. Why? Because you never filed for a Chinese trademark!

This is truly a blind spot for 99% of Amazon native brands in 2025. Don't let it be one for you.

In a nutshell, a factory or an individual can file for a trademark for your brand in China and prevent ALL future inventory orders.

If you're 7+ figures, it's that much more important. There is just too much on the line to ignore this.

Filing is easy, just ask me! Over the many years of selling on Amazon, I have filed multiple trademarks overseas including other countries besides China. As you grow, you need to be "legal smart." The harsh reality is that as your e-commerce empire grows, the list of sharks does too.

If you're reading this, I'll assume you have a trademark attorney. Contact them and ask for your trademark to be filed for your respective categories in China. It's dirt cheap to get this done and will give you some peace of mind.

Don't go cheap when it comes to your business. This applies to your pictures, videos, and product packaging. When you start cutting corners, pain starts to set in.

I hope you take action on this today!

🔥 Hot Amazon Seller News: No New China Tariffs! Yet.

At this point, The Art of The Deal should be required reading in all public schools Why? Because it's just that dang effective.

I'm sure you saw the news that Trump gave TikTok a 90-day extension—a lifeline of sorts. China is now under extreme pressure to sell its American TikTok operations or face certain additional tariffs.

This is called leverage.

Now, the bad news.

If you source your products from Canada or Mexico, Trump just slapped a 25% tariff on ALL categories starting February 1.

To clarify, this is a tariff on your manufacturing cost, NOT your sale price. A very important distinction. I see far too many people get confused about this.

A 25% tariff sucks but it's not the end of the world. And honestly, I don't think this will stick. The tariff is all related to our border crisis including the flood of fentanyl crossing over into America from both sides. Our relationship with them is already pretty good so I'm predicting that these will go away once Trump is appeased.

In terms of math, let's say your sourcing cost is $10/unit at your Mexican factory. A 25% tariff would now make your unit cost $12.50. Instead of raising prices for customers, I highly recommend you absorb this cost via negotiations with your factory. Use it as leverage to negotiate NET 60-day payment terms. Use it as leverage to negotiate lower costs with larger bulk orders. You get the gist of it.

Stay tuned to the news though! By tomorrow morning, this might be outdated information!

Jon Elder

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