From Project X newbie to a $3M Amazon seller, our guest shares product research, Helium 10 tactics, TikTok Shop commissions, and how she defends her profits from copycats.

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In this episode of the Serious Sellers Podcast, Bradley sits down with Kseniia, a Project X success story who went from knowing nothing about Amazon to building a multi-platform brand doing millions in revenue. Born in Russia, she later moved to the US and now lives in Panama. She shares how discovering Project X on YouTube provided her with a clear, step-by-step roadmap to launch her first successful product and ultimately build a real business. Today, her brand sells hosting and event accessories across Amazon, TikTok Shop, Shopify, Walmart, and more. Kseniia opens up about early missteps, including a “bad” reusable paper towel product and a nightmare 3PL situation that forced her to remove her main seller from FBA. She breaks down how she used the original Project X process: Black Box research, competitive analysis, and design differentiation to find her first true winner, and then leveled up by validating every new idea with Helium 10 Audience. She also explains how tools like Keyword Tracker and Cerebro help her repeatedly mine new keywords and refine listings. A unique champagne tower product she launched in 2025 alone has already generated over half a million dollars in revenue. From there, the conversation shifts to multi-channel strategy and defending margins in a world of fast Chinese copycats. Kseniia shares how she combats low-price clones with better images, real lifestyle photo shoots, constant product improvements, and external traffic from Meta ads and TikTok content that send warmed-up shoppers straight to Amazon and Shopify. She details her TikTok Shop approach, starting with high affiliate commissions, utilizing GMV Max ads, and allowing creators to drive momentum. And explains why she’s intentionally shifting more volume to her own site for long-term resilience. She closes with encouragement for newer sellers: it’s absolutely not too late to start on Amazon in 2026, as long as you’re willing to differentiate, build a real brand, and eventually expand beyond a single marketplace.

In episode 727 of the Serious Sellers Podcast, Bradley and Kseniia discuss:

• 00:00 – Intro
• 02:45 – Russia to Panama: Kseniia’s backstory
• 04:03 – eBay Flips and First Failed Product
• 05:32 – Using Project X Steps to Find the Winner
• 07:31 – Hosting and Event Products
• 10:14 – 3PL Disaster and Wrong FBA Inventory
• 11:36 – Favorite Helium 10 Tools and Workflows
• 16:50 – Beating Chinese Copycats with Better Branding
• 17:20 – TikTok Shop playbook: Commissions and Creators
• 23:50 – Driving External Traffic with Meta ads
• 33:00 – Shifting Sales to Shopify for Resilience
• 36:51 – Why It’s Still Not Too Late

Bradley Sutton shares his wild journey from sumo wrestler and Zumba instructor to Amazon launch expert, revealing the Amazon seller grind mindset, resilience, hustle, heart, and hard-won lessons.

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► Watch The Podcasts On Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@Helium10SeriousSellersPodcast?sub_confirmation=1 ► Instagram: instagram.com/serioussellerspodcast

► Free Amazon Seller Chrome Extension: https://h10.me/extension

► Sign Up For Helium 10: https://h10.me/signup (Use SSP10 To Save 10% For Life)

► Learn How To Sell on Amazon: https://h10.me/ft

Bradley Sutton has never taken a traditional path into e-commerce. In this episode, he shares how a childhood split between California, Japan, and the Philippines, early public speaking in multiple languages, and an obsession with being “different” led him from Korean car parts to nationally ranked sumo wrestling and international Zumba tours. Along the way, a “Crazy Sock TV” YouTube persona racked up tens of millions of views and proved that you can turn fun, strange ideas into real opportunity. Bradley then dives into the Amazon chapter of his story, scaling a phone case business to 1,000-2,000 orders per day, running his own warehouse, and facing a surreal crisis when a business partner was kidnapped by the Chinese mafia over unpaid factory debt. That experience forced him to rethink partnerships, visibility, and risk. With almost no money, he flew to an Amazon conference, slept in a rental car, and decided to go all-in on understanding launches, keywords, and ranking. He launched hundreds of products for brands and eventually joined Helium 10.

From there, Bradley breaks down what he calls the “Maldives mindset”: getting obsessed with the game, using your unique advantages, and turning weaknesses into strengths. He shares case studies, such as Demon Slayer-inspired party products and wooden egg trays, that win in “saturated” niches by being unique, as well as how he utilizes Helium 10 data to revive demand for out-of-stock winners. He also opens up about a heart attack that left him clinically dead for 15 minutes and the regrets that come with kids growing up fast, reminding entrepreneurs that health and family matter more than any sales chart.

In episode 726 of the Serious Sellers Podcast, Bradley talks about:

• 00:00 – Sumo, Zumba, Amazon grind teaser
• 03:20 – Childhood travel, Japan, and public speaking
• 06:50 – Korean car parts million-dollar hustle
• 10:50 – Zumba weight loss and Crazy Sock TV
• 14:40 – Phone case boom and FBM chaos
• 15:55 – Partner kidnapped by Chinese mafia
• 21:30 – Discovering Amazon product launches
• 24:50 – How Helium 10 discovered Bradley
• 29:50 – “Maldives mindset” and loving the game
• 33:40 – Demon Slayer–inspired products and niches
• 41:30 – Regret, family time, and perspective
• 43:20 – How to be featured on the podcast

Amazon truckload hijacked, TikTok Shop creator tactics, new AI tools & strategies, Amazon PPC recovery, and a full revamp of the AM/PM & Serious Sellers Podcasts.

💰Get Helium 10 with a special discount to start or scale your e-commerce business here: https://h10.me/h10

► Watch The Podcasts On Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@Helium10SeriousSellersPodcast?sub_confirmation=1 ► Instagram: instagram.com/serioussellerspodcast

► Free Amazon Seller Chrome Extension: https://h10.me/extension

► Sign Up For Helium 10: https://h10.me/signup (Use SSP10 To Save 10% For Life)

► Learn How To Sell on Amazon: https://h10.me/ft

In this episode, Bradley Sutton kicks off a brand-new era for both the AM/PM Podcast and the Serious Sellers Podcast with co-hosts Carrie Miller and Shivali Patel. This simulcast episode sets the tone for what’s coming next: more Amazon, TikTok Shop, Walmart, and AI-driven strategies designed to help you make money in the AM and the PM. Bradley also shares the new format for both shows, including Weekly Buzz moving to AM/PM Podcast, expert-led trainings, and a renewed focus on real seller stories on Serious Sellers Podcast every Monday. From there, things get wild. Carrie tells the story of a truckload of her Amazon inventory being hijacked on the freeway like a scene straight out of Fast & Furious, complete with a fake carrier, turned-off tracking, ransom demands, and a loss that ballooned to around $70K after tariffs. She breaks down what she learned about freight, tariffs, switching manufacturing from China to Turkey, and why sellers need to be more hands-on with carriers and agencies alike. Shivali then shares her own hard lesson: a high-margin product that kept failing customers, forcing her to pull the listing and rebuild the brand off-Amazon using a digital-first strategy that pairs a makeup mastery course with a physical product bonus and a new funnel powered by Google Ads.

To round out the episode, Shivali walks through exactly how she became a TikTok creator in just 12 days, qualified for the Creator Pilot Program, and started monetizing with TikTok Shop using existing camera-roll content, smart reposting, and product tagging. She also reveals some under-the-radar AI tools like Higgsfield and Arcads that can help sellers generate before-and-after content, influencer-style videos, and scalable creatives without always needing the physical product on hand. Carrie closes with one more key reminder for Amazon sellers: start paying attention to Rufus and optimize your listings around the real questions shoppers are asking, because AI-driven search is already changing how people discover products on Amazon.

In episode 725 of the Serious Sellers Podcast, Bradley, Carrie, and Shivali discuss:

• 00:00 – Bradley kicks off the new era of the AM/PM & Serious Sellers Podcasts
• 02:03 – Fast & Furious moment: an Amazon shipment gets hijacked
• 03:20 – How the thieves impersonated the carrier and held the load for ransom
• 05:14 – $70K in losses and what sellers MUST know about subcontracted carriers
• 07:48 – Turning a product failure into a digital-product-first business model
• 15:50 – Carrie moves manufacturing from China to Turkey - costs vs. tariffs
• 16:55 – Major announcement: Weekly Buzz moves to the AM/PM Podcast
• 22:10 – How Shivali became a TikTok Creator in 12 days &
• 27:45 – Carrie’s Amazon PPC agency disaster & how she rebuilt with Helium 10
• 34:05 – AI tools sellers haven’t heard of
• 36:45 – Optimizing Amazon listings for Rufus AI
• 37:55 – The future format of both podcasts moving forward