u/Efficient-Exit7306

For people doing OA replens on Amazon are you actually building true replens or mostly just constantly chasing deals?

I keep seeing people say OA is scalable with replens, but a lot of the leads I see look temporary or coupon-based or crash down hardddd. Do asins last longer than a month?? Are successful OA sellers mostly:

• finding repeatable evergreen products,
• or just moving from one short-term deal to another?

Trying to understand what sustainable OA actually looks like long term.

Doing OA and when I'm analyzing ASINs I've been mostly ignoring FBM sellers and focusing on only FBA competition and buy box history. Someone told me FBM is basically irrelevant if you're doing FBA.

Is that the right approach? Are there cases where FBM sellers should actually affect your decision to pull the trigger on a product?

Is OA actually as risky as the forums make it seem?

Been doing online arbitrage for a while now and every time I check the Seller Central forums or certain subreddits it's nothing but horror stories people getting banned, IP complaints, inauthentic claims, accounts suspended.

But I also personally know plenty of sellers quietly doing consistent numbers with OA and never posting about it.

So what's the reality? Is OA genuinely high risk in 2026 or is the doom and gloom mostly from people who were cutting corners? For those of you actively doing OA profitably right now what does playing it safe actually look like day to day?

Doing online arbitrage and keep running into order limits across basically every retailer. Some cap you at 2-4 units, others flag your account if you order too frequently. To actually move volume you'd need active accounts at hundreds of different stores which seems insane to manage. How are people actually doing big numbers with OA? Is it just a grind of maintaining a ton of accounts or is there a smarter way I'm missing?

OA sellers: what actually makes a good replenishable SKU

Plenty of products are profitable once but what signals tell you something is worth buying repeatedly instead of just treating it like a one-off flip?

Curious what higher-volume OA sellers think about manual sourcing vs reverse seller sourcing these days.

It seems like most people eventually move toward reverse sourcing because it’s faster/scalable, but I also hear people say manual sourcing finds less saturated leads with better longevity.

For people doing real volume:

• which one actually performs better long term?
• which scales better with VAs?
• where are you finding the best replenishable leads?
• does reverse sourcing eventually just lead everyone to the same products/sellers?
• is manual sourcing still worth the extra time?

Trying to figure out where I should focus more energy as I scale.

12V power outlet broken (the cigarette port) on 2018 Model 3 anyone dealt with this? What did Tesla charge? if a lot, and in case of replacement would it be smart to buy the part and the labor else where.
Outlet works only in a specific position, clearly the socket contacts are worn/damaged. Tesla service center visit coming up. Curious what others paid for this repair and if there’s anything I should know going in.

Doing OA, currently tracking manually. Looking to understand the specific operational pain points that justify adding a paid inventory management tool that costs $69 if you know this one please could you give me any tips or advice