Hi mate,

1). Yeah if you are not shipping a lot of units it might be better to have your supplier directly ship it with air express ( like DHL). Shipping cost will be relative high but you will be able to ship very small quantities this way. There is a lot more to it. I am working on a new (free) checklist tool where I have described this process a lot better. I am not really releasing it to the public yet but I think you will find it usefull since I have written a lot of info about shipping in the tool. You can find the tool @ http://www.FBAHelper.com. It is still in beta, so if you can provide any feedback that would be great for me as well!

2). Yes you need a UPC code for each product. I don’t buy them on GS1 but I buy them from cheap resellers.

3. More variations = More stock = More risk. I usually start with 1 variation of a product. If it is a success I can easily expand and launch more variations. You don’t want to be stuck with 5 variations, 1000 units each variations = 5000 units.

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