Amazon Netherlands, Amazon Sweden, Amazon Poland; what’s subsequent?
As e-commerce continues to blow up across the globe, the chances to broaden your Amazon enterprise have grow to be seemingly infinite. There’s actually just one major factor which may forestall you from getting your product’s message to potential patrons in rising overseas Amazon markets. That’s precisely translating your info into all of the completely different languages.
At present on the Critical Sellers Podcast, Helium 10’s Director of Coaching and Chief Evangelist, Bradley Sutton welcomes Jana Krekic, a licensed translator, worldwide speaker, an e-commerce advisor. Jana can be the founding father of 7-figure Amazon devoted translations company – YLT Translations. She has a few years of expertise working with extremely profitable Amazon sellers and is the proper particular person to assist us perceive navigate a world e-commerce panorama.
On this episode, Jana talks about necessary European transport laws, what’s the perfect product to promote within the United Arab Emirates, and why Amazon Poland could be the following large factor!
In episode 229 of the Critical Sellers Podcast, Bradley and Jana talk about:
- 03:15 – Don’t Imagine the Instagram Images, Jana is Working Onerous
- 06:50 – Distant Work Has a Massive Upside!
- 08:05 – E-Commerce Can Imply Substantial Freedom
- 10:25 – Amazon Netherlands is Lastly Rising
- 13:00 – Each Jana and Bradley Give Amazon Poland a Massive Thumbs Up
- 16:40 – Jana’s Amazon Europe Enterprise Technique
- 18:35 – An Amazon Europe Product Launch
- 22:00 – Techniques for European Amazon Sellers Increasing to the US
- 24:00 – Vital European Union Delivery Rules
- 25:40 – Promoting on Amazon in Japan
- 27:25 – Dwelling Décor Sells Properly on Amazon within the UAE
- 34:00 – Jana’s Prime Off-Amazon Marketplaces
- 35:05 – What’s the Finest Strategy to Fulfill Non-US Amazon Orders?
- 38:00 – Find out how to Contact Jana
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Transcript
Bradley Sutton: On at the moment’s episode, we’re going to speak about the perfect practices for translating listings in addition to the promoting potential in over 20 completely different worldwide marketplaces. Some that I haven’t even heard of. How cool is that? Fairly cool, I feel.
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Bradley Sutton: Howdy, everyone, and welcome to a different episode of the Critical Sellers Podcast by Helium 10. I’m your host Bradley Sutton, and that is the present that’s a very BS free, unscripted and unrehearsed natural dialog about severe methods for severe sellers of any degree within the e-commerce world. And we’ve obtained again Jana Krekic.
Jana: It’s good to be right here. Thanks for inviting me.
Bradley Sutton: Good. All proper, we’re going to be speaking about languages right here. Jana is within the Amazon world, one of the vital foremost, or essentially the most recognized, I might say I’m making an attempt to make a elaborate phrase. Let me simply use a easy phrase right here. I can’t even communicate English. I’m simply making an attempt to talk different languages. Essentially the most recognized particular person, I might say in our business about translating Amazon listings, and all that’s entailed in it. And we had Jana on the podcast and spent like a 12 months and a half or so in the past. It’s onerous to consider it’s been that lengthy, however we wished it to convey you again to see what’s new, what’s occurring. I imply, since we had been on the podcast, there’s been new market open in Amazon, quite a lot of issues have modified. I imply, the world has modified, so we’re prefer it’s time to convey Jana again and let’s simply see what’s occurring. So, to start with, we’re simply speaking proper earlier than we obtained on the podcast right here, the way you’ve simply spent like final month touring you and Lazar, who’s additionally a podcast veteran right here, proper? So like, what was it a month you guys had been going round?
Jana: We’re really away for nearly two months. It was nearly eight weeks. So, we went to Miami, we met up with Cassandra over there. We spent a while together with her after which it was like, we had been on our approach to Puerto Rico. We went to this actually cool mastermind. So there was enterprise. After which after like these 10 days had been over, it was additionally pleasure once more. After which it was additionally enterprise. So it was like mixture of like enterprise and pleasure. I do know my Instagram doesn’t appear to be I do any work in any respect, however I do tons of it. However I’m simply going to– I don’t need to should take like footage of like, me, my pc on a balcony on the seventeenth ground and I’m identical to– so then we went again to Miami after which we obtained again residence to Europe, to Serbia like per week in the past. And we’re actually blissful that we obtained again in March as a result of like January and February, it was actually, actually chilly. So I’m actually blissful that we obtained to not expertise winter this 12 months. So though like, we didn’t plan on like touring, particularly in January, it’s simply going to occur. I didn’t know, like how e-commerce is. I imply, when you may journey, it’s like, the place are you going subsequent week? You’re like, no, I’m identical to chilling at residence. And you then’re like, Oh, nicely, I’m going to love Paris and London on Thursday and Friday form of. So, we’re actually, actually blissful and blessed that we may journey to the States. Lots of people can not journey, however particularly wish to Florida, you don’t want any PCR. And I imply, it’s an entire completely different world on the market. So I used to be actually, actually blissful that we may go there.
Bradley Sutton: Cool. Cool. Then now neither of you promote on Amazon, proper?
Jana: Properly, I simply began promoting on Amazon really.
Bradley Sutton: Oh, actually?
Jana: Sure.
Bradley Sutton: When did you launch your product?
Jana: I didn’t launch it but, however I’m about to launch it, but it surely’s like, I don’t need to say something about it. I don’t need to jinx it, however I’ve a product and it’s taking place. It’s going to occur inside the subsequent–
Bradley Sutton: Yeah, that’s what I at all times say. Like, we have now lots of people on right here who should not Amazon sellers, however they’re type of like service suppliers, perhaps they they’re accountants, or one thing like that. Like we not too long ago had some insurance coverage brokers, individuals who assist Amazon sellers get insurance coverage. That’s one thing now you’re going to have to fret about. However in any case, I at all times ask them, I used to be like, you cope with so many profitable Amazon sellers. Like, doesn’t it make you need to promote on Amazon your self? Is that why you began? Like, had been you a few of your like your shoppers are coming to you and you then simply have a look at their success and also you’re like, why am I not doing this? Or why are you doing it?
Jana: You recognize what, like I wished to begin promoting ever since I’ve began like wild tea, as a result of I at all times wished to love, see and examine one thing and do one thing alone product and like experiment. As a result of when you might have shoppers, like we don’t handle anyone’s account. After which, I’ve to succeed in out they usually should ship these numbers and I’ve to ask them like, good day, may we please use this for this case examine? And now we’re like, we’re working with tons of eight and 9 determine sellers. And typically they don’t need to share their data, after which I used to be at all times like, questioning like, nicely, perhaps if I had my product line and I’ll be managing my very own account that may experiment with every little thing I would like after which they are going to be so cool.
Bradley Sutton: Yeah. I imply, one of many the reason why I used to be asking about that’s as a result of I feel even what you probably did was just like what an Amazon vendor has the liberty to do. I imply, such as you mentioned, you didn’t identical to go on trip for 2 months. You had been nonetheless speaking together with your group again residence and doubtless performing some work remotely. Now I keep in mind earlier than used to work for a, an precise firm. I keep in mind in our final episode, earlier than you bought into what you do now, however such as you couldn’t, I imply, particularly again within the day, you couldn’t simply go, Hey, firm, I’m going to go to the USA for 2 months and celebration. And I want to simply work, perhaps a pair hours a day or one thing. I imply, that’s not like one thing that you are able to do.
Jana: Yeah. I imply, however even when like earlier, if I journey, as a result of we don’t have a bodily workplace, an entire group is distant and I may journey. And there have been no restrictions for me, by way of like, I can not journey at the moment or like subsequent week, as a result of they should handle one thing on the workplace. I may journey, but it surely wouldn’t make a lot distinction for me the place I used to be, as a result of I used to be principally working like the entire day, like from morning to night, I used to be actually working and I might perhaps like go to the seaside, like on weekends, I’ll have some days off, however it could not imply the identical as me touring proper now, as a result of like, now I can determine what I need to work. In fact, we’re going to have some conferences. I sit down, like I take calls and I speak to shoppers after all, however I’m answerable for my very own time. After which if I determine that I don’t need to work for the following two weeks, I don’t should, however then some issues are simply going to not occur at an organization. Like the corporate is simply going to remain as it’s, as a result of I’m nonetheless the individual that scales the corporate. I don’t count on the corporate to scale by itself.
Bradley Sutton: For those who didn’t begin YLT translations and also you had been simply an Amazon vendor and also you had a group, it could be the same scenario. So, that’s simply one other benefit for individuals who promote on Amazon is it doesn’t imply you reside laptop computer life-style. Don’t take heed to the individuals who try to say which you can’t simply launch a product after which sit on the seaside of the Maldives and do nothing. You’ve obtained to be checking in, you’ve obtained to have a group, if you happen to’re by your self, I might say, don’t go to the Puerto Rico for 2 months but if you happen to’re simply by your self. However when you’ve constructed up like a group and also you don’t should be there within the day-to-day operations, like eight hours a day, that is the type of factor you are able to do. My level of this complete line of questioning was that that is simply one of many advantages while you had been working on this business. Jana will not be but promoting on Amazon, however she’s nonetheless benefiting from that life-style as a result of she’s this business and we have now the liberty to get programmed by Kevin King, that’s in Helium 10 for coaching you promote on Amazon. Properly, why did he name it? We didn’t title it, Helium 10 didn’t title it. Why did Kevin give you that title? Freedom ticket? Properly, while you’re doing e-commerce, it may be like your ticket to freedom, typically since you’re in a position to do quite a lot of issues which you can’t do when working for companies. Now, let’s get into what I wished you again on the present for is– I need to discover out what’s occurring with translating and issues like that. So, to start with, I keep in mind the final time you had been on the present. Individuals had been excited in regards to the new Amazon Netherlands that was popping out. Now, right me if I’m improper, but it surely’s been type of like a slower rollout or, I imply, Netherlands, people who find themselves promoting on Netherlands should not promoting as a lot as the opposite European marketplaces but. Proper?
Jana: Properly, what occurred? Individuals had been very upset within the Dutch market final 12 months, as a result of they weren’t experiencing any form of gross sales. I imply, persons are getting like 20, 30 gross sales per thirty days. And I feel that they had been anticipating way more. The issue was that Amazon hadn’t, at that time, they hadn’t rolled out a PPC for the Dutch market but. It was a dominant market and folks had been nonetheless shopping for from that one. And likewise, individuals had been nonetheless used to purchasing stuff from Amazon.ede from the German, Amazon, like outdated individuals from the Netherlands had been simply, if you happen to’re going to purchase it from Amazon, I’m simply going to purchase it from the German, Amazon. And I don’t assume that individuals had been– they weren’t conscious that they might really purchase from their very own market and Amazon didn’t simply attempt, I feel, to type of push {the marketplace} that arduous. However then as quickly as they rolled out PPC, which was in December, 2020, individuals began getting some, like, actually, actually good outcomes. And it simply type of went via the roof, like with all these gross sales, prefer it simply obtained like actually in a single day one thing occurred, and folks had been beginning to get extra gross sales, the Dutch market, and now, Amazon is greater, and it has like 3.8 billion in income. Like that’s how a lot, like, individuals spend over there. It’s like twice as large and that’s occurred like actually in 4 months.
Bradley Sutton: Okay. Attention-grabbing. Attention-grabbing. So after that, I don’t know. I feel it was like six to eight months later. I feel the following one was Sweden that opened up, proper?
Jana: Yeah, Sweden they usually had a horrible, horrible launch. Like, Amazon Sweden was launched and their Amazon internet web page was on this ridiculous machine translated, like tax was simply all over. There have been like so many horrible errors and like all of the newspapers, like simply making enjoyable of like poorly translated listings and this complete web page. Ridiculous. I imply, Amazon didn’t put a Swedish flag on their complete web page. They put the Argentinian flag as a substitute of Swedish flag. I imply, how ridiculous is that? And so like, they’ve, let’s say a tough begin, however I imply, persons are very fascinating in Sweden as a brand new market base as a result of Sweden has like this very particular e-commerce tradition. And in 2020, that they had near 10 billion in on-line gross sales. And I imply, speaking about like Sweden, you must point out Ikea and H&M, and stuff like that. So, it’s like a special e-commerce tradition you then would have perhaps like in France or Spain or Italy. Proper. So persons are extra– the e-commerce penetration is increased.
Bradley Sutton: Now, for me, that is simply my hunch and simply my taking the heartbeat of the business and my layman’s thought of the market. However to me, the thrilling one is Poland, you assume I’m improper? Or do you assume that Poland has quite a lot of potential?
Jana: No, completely. You’re completely proper. So Poland is primary trending market in Europe. Everyone desires to go to Poland. So, some individuals need to go to Sweden and a few of them need to go to the Netherlands, however we have now our returning shoppers which might be like, right here’s our complete catalog, do it for Poland. They didn’t go to the Netherlands. They didn’t go to Sweden. A few of them didn’t even go to Spain or Italy, however they’re like, we need to do that in Polish. And it’s been loopy. So I feel that Poland goes to be on fireplace this 12 months. And it’s an enormous, big nation with a really, very large inhabitants. And so they have like 4 thousand solely shops in Poland and Allegro, their market is like, it’s the main web site in Polish e-commerce, but it surely’s additionally like one of many prime 10 worldwide marketplaces. And it comes proper after Shopee and T-mall. And, it signifies that principally 200 million guests go to that web site, which is loopy.
Bradley Sutton: Do you might have quite a lot of your shoppers who’re preparing for that type of like they did for Netherlands, the place they’re asking you to go forward and translate their German and English, et cetera, listings?
Jana: Yeah, completely. As I mentioned, like, the brand new shoppers are like, let’s do Germany, France, Spain, Italy, and Poland. Not all of them are doing Sweden. So, when the Netherlands like, popped up as a brand new market, everyone wished to go there as a result of it has been some time since Amazon launched the brand new market in Europe. So individuals had been identical to, wow, let’s go. It’s a brand new market. Proper. And so like, individuals wished to broaden there. After which after not getting so many gross sales, all of that enthusiasm type of like went away they usually’re like, nicely, I don’t know. After which for Sweden, it was not, the individuals weren’t that excited as they had been for the Netherlands, as a result of they’re like, Oh, nicely, Sweden is that, it’s not, it doesn’t that large inhabitants. I don’t know. However, Poland was undoubtedly like, primary, like actually everyone is happy about Poland. And as I mentioned, like, individuals who didn’t broaden anyplace else, besides like Germany or Germany and France, they arrive again to us they usually inform us like, look, we have now to do a Polish translations. Like, that is what we have now to do. So I feel that Poland ought to be– I at all times advocate, if you happen to requested me like now, and we’re like, the place ought to I promote? Like in Europe, as an example, I’ll be completely like Germany and Poland, as a result of I feel Poland goes to be the following large factor.
Bradley Sutton: Okay. Okay. Attention-grabbing. Now, let’s simply take a step again and take a broader strategy. Let me provide you with a situation right here. Let’s say I’m an American vendor. I’m considerably profitable on Amazon USA, and now I’ve determined, what, I feel it’s time to broaden to Europe. Do you counsel launching throughout all, what’s it, seven or six platforms now, or do you begin within the largest one Amazon Germany, or do you simply do UK and Germany? Like how do you counsel an American vendor broaden to Europe on Amazon?
Jana: Proper. I imply, when speaking about like, let’s say like worldwide marketplaces, I might at all times inform American vendor to go first to Canada. That is your first market place. Like, if you wish to go, as a result of you may like maintain English and also you simply wants French key phrases in your backend, that is what it will get listed. And it’s a extremely cool thought for Canadian listings to solely have French prime key phrases in your backend. After which if you wish to go to Europe, lots of people would completely do UK, however these days, after Brexit, like UK type of stands alone and really remoted. So like, I might perhaps even not advocate like going to the UK, as a result of if you happen to go to the UK, you’re caught over there. You can’t ship your merchandise. Like, as you possibly can earlier, such as you’re going to get registered within the UK, you might have the stock and no matter not, after which you may ship to all different European international locations. So you can not try this. And you can not try this anymore, however you’ll deal is like, you would need to have the stock additionally shipped and despatched to the warehouse in Europe, registered for the pen, after which you possibly can ship out like a ship throughout the entire of Europe. So it’s an enormous of a problem proper now. So I might perhaps advocate even simply going to Germany after which registering for the pan-European program, after which we’ll have the ability to ship like your merchandise in every single place, as a result of now we have now like seven marketplaces and Czech Republic goes to be the eighth market. I don’t know after they’re going to launch this. It was additionally like scheduled for like late final 12 months, but it surely didn’t occur. However Czech Republic can be going to be a market as a result of as in all probability you keep in mind like earlier, while you simply had like Germany, France, Spain, Italy, you needed to register for VAT in Poland and Czech Republic. So there was in all probability like an extended long-term plan for Amazon to additionally launch these market locations. And Czech Republic has had the most important development in e-commerce final 12 months, just like the group, or like 16%, which is insane while you examine it to Germany, which solely grew seven. So I feel Czech Republic ought to be additionally a great market. And I might counsel going via Germany after which increasing to the remainder of Europe, as a result of by registering in Germany, you might have the entry to love seven different international locations. And it’s very, very straightforward so that you can promote throughout Europe.
Bradley Sutton: Okay. Attention-grabbing. Attention-grabbing. Now, when someone approaches you to do a translation, have you ever ever– for a sure market, have you ever ever taken a have a look at the product and also you’re doing all of your analysis? As a result of I do know you guys use Helium 10 to do some key phrase analysis and issues like that, however then do you ever say, what, this won’t be a great product for this market.
Jana: We attempt to put it, like, we attempt to put it properly as a result of I imply, we don’t do product analysis. We don’t have any, like a growth group that does that, however we have now like native translators and we have now like group leaders they usually’re all native individuals. And so they’ve been into Amazon for a very long time. After which we obtained one shopper and he wished to do some t-shirts and on the t-shirt it says like Mr and Mrs., with some image on it, it was a extremely silly image, no matter. And I’ve despatched that to my group on translators. And actually like three of them instructed me, like, Jana, I don’t assume that is going to do nicely in Germany as a result of that is simply not what’s pushed individuals like, and I used to be like, nicely, why not? And she or he was identical to, nicely, that is simply not what a German particular person would put on.
Bradley Sutton: Right here in America, if we’re undecided what title may resonate or what major picture, what we at all times counsel utilizing Pickfu. However then one query I at all times get, Choose Fu doesn’t have like a Polish set of shoppers or a German set or a UK. So how will you do cut up testing earlier than a list is energetic within the European marketplaces? Or are you able to?
Jana: Properly, I imply, it depends upon like what you need to examine it. Like, as an example, if you wish to examine like a title, stuff like that, like if you wish to examine, like, as an example, such as you do a brand new title as a result of we at all times advocate, like if you wish to change one thing like, do you must like, change this one variable at a time. You don’t change the entire record factor and you then don’t know what works, what didn’t work. Proper.
Bradley Sutton: All proper. Fast break from this episode for my BTS, Bradley’s 30 seconds tip of the episode, we’ve been speaking about translation right here and I wished to speak about, Jana mentioned that, Hey, you will discover some Spanish key phrases or different language key phrases utilizing Helium 10. So completely try this. Make sure that to place it within the again finish of your itemizing. In case you are trying into the perfect key phrases in your opponents utilizing Magnet, you’ll find a few of these overseas language key phrases, put a few of these within the backend of your itemizing, however the ones that you simply see essentially the most, or the primary key phrase, like the primary single phrase in your itemizing, like let’s say it was collagen peptides and also you discovered the Spanish phrase for it and take that seed phrase and put it as a broad phrase marketing campaign in your PPC. After which, if different phrases begin trending, different phrases won’t have any search quantity in any respect, however perhaps Amazon will begin displaying you for PPC on a broad marketing campaign for that overseas language key phrase. As these search volumes improve.
Bradley Sutton: We’ve quite a lot of listeners who’re in Europe, perhaps crushing it in Amazon, Germany, or UK or one thing. What can be the steered path for doing market analysis, even earlier than they arrive to someone such as you to translate their itemizing, to see, Hey, is my product viable within the USA?
Jana: You imply, sellers who’re increasing from Europe to USA?
Bradley Sutton: Sure. I imply, as a result of I’m assuming that you simply don’t simply say, Hey, you’re promoting in Europe. Nice. As quickly as you’re prepared, come to me and I’ll translate, you’re listening to English. Like someone ought to examine the market first in all probability earlier than they make that.
Jana: Yeah. I imply, after all you need to use like Helium 10 for that. Like you may get like product concepts. You possibly can see like, what’s in style. What’s not, however I feel lots of people, so how like that our growth groups after which they’ll see like what’s promoting, what’s not promoting in any respect how large opponents are or not. However like, it’s at all times harder after all, to promote on the US market place as a result of opponents are– there’s so many extra opponents, there are such a lot of extra restrictions, like as an example, like a restriction, the US market, like they are going to take your itemizing down. In case you have like caps lock and bullets, like in Europe, you may nonetheless try this. Like caps lock are not any downside in bullets and tons of different restrictions, and the explanations they’re taking their listings on US, they had been in all probability by no means going to occur in Europe as a result of Europe is like 5 years behind all of these restrictions taking place with the US market. So if you wish to like, get your German or no matter, you then’re like, give it to a group like give it to your VA, perhaps perform a little research by yourself, like in Helium 10 or comparable instruments. And you then’ll see if it pays off so that you can go there as a result of competitors will not be actually, actually powerful on the US market. I’m not going to say like saturated, but it surely’s very tough now to go there. And launch is sort of a profitable European vendor. For those who hadn’t carried out your homework in regards to the product analysis.
Bradley Sutton: Okay. Okay. Generally after we take into consideration translation, individuals simply assume it’s about your listings and issues, however what lots of people fail to grasp is that there’s a special international locations even have completely different laws so far as packaging and issues like that. So I’m assuming you guys deal with that type of factor too, however what are the laws like in Europe? Like your stock is all from one place. So in Europe it’s okay to love perhaps have German in your packaging, however you’re fulfilling that package deal to Spain and Italy and different locations. Is that okay?
Jana: So the issue now could be that the regulation, like, I feel that is like fairly new, like in all probability a few weeks outdated is that every one European packages should have the goal language on the package deal. So, we can not ship your merchandise with an English textual content in your package deal to Germany or to Italy. All of them should have completely different labels like on these languages. And so they should have completely different texts of their packaging. That is new and that is what you must change. And that’s why we’re having like tons of requests for this as a result of the laws have modified.
Bradley Sutton: Attention-grabbing. Yeah. And I do know even in America guys, and even in North America, I ought to say, like sure dietary supplements, you can not say sure phrases on the packaging in Canada which you can within the US, like I keep in mind once I was working for like a weight-reduction plan tablet firm, like, you may’t even say weight-reduction plan tablet, or one thing like that. We’ve to say like weight reduction, one thing. At all times examine the laws guys about what you could put within the packaging.
Jana: I imply, it actually relies upon like from nation to nation, like, I do know that sure issues are like allowed in France concerning like magnificence merchandise and the components. And also you’re not allowed to make use of that like in Germany, as a result of like, typically that shampoo you’re promoting, perhaps like a kind of components is a prescription drug on the German market and you’ll completely purchase it’s actually within the UK. After which that is what you’re going to get your product banned or restricted, simply due to the one ingredient that you simply assume it’s additionally okay. As a result of you should purchase it like in CVS, however like, if you happen to go to Germany, you want a prescription for that.
Bradley Sutton: Yeah. Yeah, precisely. Okay. What have you ever been doing if something, for the Japanese market?
Jana: So there’s nothing majorly new on for the Japanese market. I feel that principally Japanese market at what’s at I suppose left like two years in the past. In fact you might have like one other platform in Japan, which is tremendous in style, additionally like Rakuten. Such as you is also promoting on that as nicely, however in terms of Amazon, Japan, principally we don’t have, you continue to don’t have any instruments which have key phrase analysis for Japanese sellers or one to promote there. So you must do quite a lot of handbook work. You actually have to love manually examine your opponents and see what are doing. And likewise like an important factor is as a result of you must translate it to Japanese. You need to have– there are two varieties of Japanese. Truly, you might have like the standard and you’ve got the one which principally reads like English. So it’s like the combination of two. So when you have like key phrases, you may have like a conventional Japanese key phrase with like Japanese fashion. After which you may have the identical key phrase, however written in English, Japanese mattered to say so. That is one thing you must actually take note of. However aside from that, like not a lot has modified. Like PPC continues to be fairly low-cost. Like clicks are tremendous, tremendous low. And when you have the appropriate product, I might at all times advocate Japan.
Bradley Sutton: You’ve talked about quite a lot of marketplaces to this point. What different Amazon marketplaces are you doing work for, or that you simply’ve seen a few of your shoppers have success in, as a result of that is perhaps we’ve solely talked about half of the, the entire newer marketplaces which might be on the market on Amazon.
Jana: Yeah. So we do additionally UAE. We’ve like, I feel like requests for like Sweden and UAE proper now are about the identical. And actually cool factor about UAE is like, when you have a product within the house decor class, you need to go and take a look at it at UAE. As a result of like, UAE is a rustic with quite a lot of points they usually like go there. They rented an house, they arrive and go, proper. However just like the residences they hire are empty they usually want furnishings. They want something, from the house decor class and Dubai, as an example, prefer it’s very costly, and the individuals who want to get a great discount. So if we are able to like provide a few these, a few DRMS lower than what you may get into retailer. Like individuals will certainly purchase that. And particularly, you may go away your listings in English since you’re focusing on points they usually don’t communicate Arabic. Like 90% of the foreigners don’t communicate Arabic. So you may completely go away the translations. I imply, you don’t want translations. You possibly can simply go away the textual content as it’s. And I might undoubtedly use American English and American key phrases, not British, like British is one thing for Amazon, Singapore, and Dubai, and like UAE there with their ties and political ties and every little thing. They’re like, very linked to the US and lots of people work, in Dubai from the US and I feel it’s a extremely good alternative for, as I mentioned, the house decor. And likewise, like, if you happen to examine just like the class, it has like a few 1000’s of merchandise. Once you examine that to the US market place, they’ve like over 30,000 merchandise. So there’s principally nothing. So I might undoubtedly advocate this class till, lots of people discover out about us and simply type of go and promote residence decor, however you wouldn’t use it actually, actually good for that. It’s not an enormous nation, however individuals have actually excessive residing normal. And I feel individuals would respect a great discount if they’ve.
Bradley Sutton: Okay. What about, let’s say Amazon Turkey or Israel, or Brazil?
Jana: Properly, I’m anticipating large issues from Amazon Brazil, however I simply additionally assume as what they did, like with the Netherlands, I didn’t even like, attempt to simply get out and push individuals into promoting their, and even investing in that market as a result of Brazil is an enormous nation, prefer it’s over 200 million individuals. And likewise like, Amazon Columbia is predicted to open as nicely. So I feel South America ought to be an excellent, probably superb market, particularly for the US sellers. In terms of Turkey, like while you’ve had perhaps like one requests, just like the final two and a half years, and we do like greater than 3000 listings now each month. So individuals don’t need to get, like, get entangled in Turkish market, Israel. I imply, there’s nothing principally like no one is saying, or mentioning like something about Amazon Israel. And I imply, there’s Amazon, Singapore, however then market is so small, but it surely’s so necessary to Amazon as a result of that is Amazon’s gateway into Southeast Asia. And that’s why this market is necessary for them, but it surely’s not that large. Like, I imply, I might by no means command like someone from the States or from Europe, like promoting in Singapore. It simply doesn’t make sense. There are better alternatives elsewhere than like Singaporean market.
Bradley Sutton: All proper. We’ve been speaking strictly about Amazon to this point, however what are some marketplaces in Europe and even within the USA that you’ve expertise with anyplace on the planet, that, what would you say that the following prime 5 marketplaces {that a} vendor who’s already promoting on Amazon? I feel you’d in all probability at all times advocate beginning on Amazon first, but when not, let me know, however if you happen to’re on Amazon, you’re profitable in a sure nation, Hey, you could try bowl, or you could try the, I forgot what the one in Dubai is, however the completely different ones, what are the highest 5?
Jana: Yeah, it’s known as Suk.
Bradley Sutton: So, like, what would you say your precedence can be for off Amazon marketplaces?
Jana: So as an example, like in Europe, Allegro undoubtedly. That’s the most important market. That’s the Polish one. That’s like in prime 10 worldwide marketplaces. So, and we really, at the moment, I simply obtained a request from somebody to do translations as a result of they need to promote on Allegro they’re from the UK. So persons are, I feel like Poland is now changing into increasingly engaging by way of like e-commerce in any respect usually not simply Amazon, however like, Oh, look, I feel that individuals now, lots of people simply heard about Allegro proper now they usually’re like, wow, they’ve their very own like loopy large market. Let’s attempt one thing on the market. And likewise I’m actually concerned about you’re like, are we going to get like extra request for Allegro, as an example. After which you might have a sauce course. It’s like one of many largest on-line style retailers on the planet.
Bradley Sutton: Attention-grabbing. Any others, or what about in America? Like, are all your European prospects just about solely solely promoting on like on Amazon USA and Mexico.
Jana: I’ve to say, I’ve to measure a extremely, actually large and necessary market. It’s French market. It’s known as c-discount, c-discount is fairly, fairly large. Yeah. They’re tremendous necessary. I imply, there are like quite a lot of like German ones. In fact. I’ve to say Zalando. It’s a market in Germany and they’re like expanded to a number of European market locations.
Bradley Sutton: How do you spell that one?
Jana: Zalando.
Bradley Sutton: And the way about in America? Just like the people who find themselves asking you to translate to English? I imply, clearly I might say 95% is for Amazon USA. However do you see any will increase in Walmart or Etsy or issues like that?
Jana: Yeah, like lots of people, like, particularly final 12 months as a result of individuals simply need to diversify, in order that they type of you’re open to new gross sales– channels which might be open to new international locations. I imply, simply final 12 months, like 40% we obtained, like, as an example, in terms of translation and localization and we’ve obtained 40% extra inquiries than what we normally do. However in terms of like completely different market foundation, persons are going to Walmart, they’re going to Etsy, they’re going to eBay, like, they’re going to– what’s the title of it, a Newegg, like, I feel it additionally talked about somebody about Newegg. So he’s like, a pc like shopper electronics. So, these are like a number of the marketplaces out. I keep in mind individuals going to. They’re like quite a lot of completely different marketplaces all all over the world. And I imply, lots of people have by no means heard about it and even went to the web site. Everyone is aware of like asells, Allegro and Zalando. Like, that’s like, you actually, you don’t have like a pc. Like if you happen to don’t find out about these. It’s like, and folks actually, actually purchase from these web sites. I purchased like tons of stuff, like from Zalando, like a few years in the past. And like Germans, like they only assume purchase from Zalando. Like that is like, it’s like, they’re, I don’t know, like greatest purchase or one thing, it’s like no brainer. Like I’m shopping for from Zalando.
Bradley Sutton: Yeah. I extremely counsel everyone, don’t simply get your gross sales from one Amazon market, broaden to different Amazon marketplaces. However after that, Hey, begin increasing to those marketplaces which might be in native markets which might be typically much more in style than Amazon. And do a few of your shoppers, do they really fulfill perhaps orders from Amazon or how do they even fulfill orders or do these applications have their very own type of like FBA issues?
Jana: No, I imply, see this account doesn’t have an FBA to only have like one, like a warehouse and you must ship your merchandise over there. It’s like someplace like between like service provider and like FBA, it’s form of like, it’s type of, it’s completely different. I imply, the factor is that every one these marketplaces, they’ve a special approach of dealing with issues. So I might at all times counsel like, when you have the capital, you need to go to worldwide marketplaces. I imply, everyone can like construct an internet site, like a Shopify web site, however takes like tons of cash and capital to put money into it to begin working correctly. Proper. So I would love counsel like going to, like Canada or anyplace actually need to, as a result of the sport, you know the way it really works. It’s at all times going to be the identical system. However if you happen to’re like Albany expanded to Europe, I’ll undoubtedly try, like, let’s say in France, I might try like, C-discount or in Germany, I might try like Zalando, since you’re going to have already got like translated listings and all of those platforms, they’re way more easy than Amazon by way of like listings and like, maintain as much as the station, stuff like that. I imply, let’s simply have a look at like Walmart’s listings, proper. It’s type of fairly easy, very brief, like I, they don’t have that many, like an enormous, just like the descriptions and it’s going to– it’s very, very completely different, however I might counsel like, not sticking to Amazon solely. And if you happen to’re assume you’re like, okay, I’m carried out. I’ve like, I’ve expanded, I’ve carried out no matter I can on Amazon. Let’s identical to check different platforms. And if you happen to’re have already got every little thing prepared within the goal language, why not attempt every other native platform, perhaps you’ll going to be much more profitable there. So I undoubtedly agree that individuals ought to like attempt promoting on completely different platforms in these different international locations as nicely.
Bradley Sutton: Okay, cool. Cool. Now you’ve been giving us quite a lot of suggestions and techniques all through this complete episode, however now we come to the a part of the present we name the TST, or the TST 30-second tip. What’s simply one thing a couple of translation or getting into different marketplaces which you can say like 30 seconds or so, that’s very worthwhile, very actionable for our listeners
Jana: For Poland or Sweden, there are not any instruments, sadly, that would enable you with the Key phrase Analysis, however you may. I imply, the way in which what you are able to do is like you may go to key phrase planner, after which you may like, search for the key phrases over there, after which you may examine that to what your opponents are doing. And you are able to do the Xray, it doesn’t matter that there’s like no instruments, however you are able to do the Xray and you’ll see like what the key phrases are that persons are utilizing. After which you may examine it to the key phrase planner and you’ll see what’s in style in Amazon and what’s not, sadly needs to be handbook, however that is the one approach how you are able to do it.
Bradley Sutton: Okay, cool. Cool. Now, if someone desires to succeed in out to you to get extra info on something we’ve talked about at the moment, or to presumably already use you for some type of translation, how can they discover you on the inter webs on the market?
Jana: Certain. Oh, nicely, to start with, you guys, can like our Fb web page YLT translations.
Bradley Sutton: That’s YLT, the letter YLT, proper?
Jana: Yeah. It stands for Your Itemizing Translation. And you may like our web page on Fb. We actually have all of the up-to-date details about all worldwide marketplaces key phrases, and tons of different stuff. So if you happen to had been that undoubtedly comply with us and you possibly can attain out to me, undoubtedly. In case you have any questions or, if there’s any approach I might help you with recommendation or something, be at liberty to succeed in out to me at Jana. That’s [email protected]. So it’s translations with an S on the finish, trigger lots of people identical to translation.
Bradley Sutton: Good. All proper, Jana, thanks a lot for becoming a member of us at the moment and subsequent 12 months, in 2022, after we attain out to you, who is aware of now you’re going to be not solely a profitable entrepreneur, however a profitable Amazon vendor, perhaps, as nicely.
Jana: Sure. Perhaps I’ll be part of the podcast as an eight determine vendor.
Bradley Sutton: Let’s do it. All proper, we’ll speak to you later.
