Andy Arnott

1 appearance on the record.

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Insight
Arnott: Amazon product sourcing tools rely on guesswork due to hidden data
“But we've seen a huge Problem with that, because the data skewed, it's all based on algorithm, and so it's guessing, because Amazon doesn't release that data, right?”
Andy Arnott Jun 18, 2020 ▶ 2:44 SellerSEO Gets Booted From Stripe, Now Rebounding and Bootstrapped
Insight
Arnott: Amazon's A9 algorithm rewards keyword stuffing despite official best practices
“The Amazon A nine algorithm is similar to Google was like five years ago. So they're kind of behind the curb. So keyword stuffing is, you know, even though they tell you know, best practice not to do it we've seen over and over again that the companies that ar…”
Andy Arnott Jun 18, 2020 ▶ 4:24 SellerSEO Gets Booted From Stripe, Now Rebounding and Bootstrapped
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Arnott: Amazon PPC costs surged as platform reduced organic traffic
“In the last couple of months, there's been a huge shift on Amazon. They're driving less organic, more paid, and so the cost per click on the Amazon PPC platform is astronomical.”
Andy Arnott Jun 18, 2020 ▶ 2:53 SellerSEO Gets Booted From Stripe, Now Rebounding and Bootstrapped
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Arnott: Stripe banned Seller SEO at $9K MRR over broken cancellation button
“So we got to about 9000 dollars MMR. And then we had a programming issue where the cancel button wasn't working on our software and with Stripe, they have a one percent chargeback rate and then they boot you. And so we ended up getting booted from Stripe.”
Andy Arnott Jun 18, 2020 ▶ 8:35 SellerSEO Gets Booted From Stripe, Now Rebounding and Bootstrapped
Insight
Arnott: Best backlink strategy is training VAs via Loom videos
“I honestly think the best thing to do is follow somebody like Neil Patel. He's got a ton of articles on how to build backlinks and then hire a VA and you know, make a loom video. If you're the expert on that, make a loom video and show them how to do it and th…”
Andy Arnott Jun 18, 2020 ▶ 12:07 SellerSEO Gets Booted From Stripe, Now Rebounding and Bootstrapped
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Arnott: Seller SEO average customer pays $75 monthly across subscription tiers
“Our average is probably like 75. Cause we have some lesser plans too, which we're actually going to phase out because the tools work together.”
Andy Arnott Jun 18, 2020 ▶ 6:19 SellerSEO Gets Booted From Stripe, Now Rebounding and Bootstrapped
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Arnott: Seller SEO has recovered 32 customers on new billing system
“So we're back up to 32”
Andy Arnott Jun 18, 2020 ▶ 9:18 SellerSEO Gets Booted From Stripe, Now Rebounding and Bootstrapped
Disclosure
Arnott: Seller SEO Is Bootstrapped via a Seven-Figure Amazon Business
“Yeah, it's all bootstrapped. You know, we, like I said, we have a seven figure Amazon business. So just all bootstrapped.”
Andy Arnott Jun 18, 2020 ▶ 13:42 SellerSEO Gets Booted From Stripe, Now Rebounding and Bootstrapped
Disclosure
Arnott: Seller SEO burns about $2,500 monthly
“Yeah, so we're burning about 2500 bucks a month.”
Andy Arnott Jun 18, 2020 ▶ 14:39 SellerSEO Gets Booted From Stripe, Now Rebounding and Bootstrapped

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Statements about Andy Arnott, by other people (1)

Opinion
Latka: Arnott's lucrative e-commerce safety net prevents him from scaling SaaS
“Ultimately though, driving, I mean, the thing for you is you're never going to build this into a real SaaS company because you're making so much money actually selling directly. So until you kill that safety net, you're like, I just don't think you'll ever rea…”
Nathan Latka Jun 18, 2020 ▶ 15:25 SellerSEO Gets Booted From Stripe, Now Rebounding and Bootstrapped

Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
SellerSEO Gets Booted From Stripe, Now Rebounding and Bootstrapped Jun 18, 2020 10m
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