218: E-Comm from Ireland? How this Entrepreneur transformed into a Superhero! | Stephen Somers of Marketplace Superheroes

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Background on Stephen Somers of Marketplace Superheroes:

Stephen Somers runs a company called Marketplace Superheroes. He and his business partner Robert Rickey, is on a mission to help ambitious individuals build their own business selling simple branded products globally on Amazon. Stephen started his career by selling products in Amazon for several years, while Robert is also an online entrepreneur collaborating with other companies. They met and started working with each other until they created the highly successful Marketplace Superheroes.

Over the past 10 years, Stephen and Robert have built their own 8 figure Amazon business and have generated over $12 M from physical product sales. Having built their business from scratch with no outside funding, they are now on a mission to help millions of people do the same through their coaching and training program. This Marketplace Superheroes educational program teaches individuals the full potential of their exclusive products and brand within the low-competition and high-profitability margin.

Time-Stamped Show Notes:

  • [1:30] Stephen Somers, living in Ireland, runs a company called Marketplace Superheroes, which focuses on coaching and training people all over the world to sell on Amazon. He also runs another company called Superhero Freight.
  • [5:24] Superhero Freight is providing services and value to their clients and it has the potential to become their main company as time goes on.
  • [8:17] They are still involved in selling products on Amazon. They also sold their products to their clients and members.
  • [16:17] Stephen offers three effective ways on how to grow a company.
  • [21:06] Having been married since 2016, Stephen talks about his family and personal life.
  • [25:16] Working with his sister within the company works very well for Stephen.
  • [27:27] In the first few years of working with his business partner, Robert, they both did not want to build a team.
  • [33:12] There was a lot of packaging and labeling of their products during the early days of their Amazon business.
  • [36:07] When Stephen moved to Dublin, his house was in Camden Street, which is considered as a wild party street with lots of bars.
  • [38:54] During college, Stephen’s interest and passion for business grew tremendously.
  • [43:46] Stephen didn’t get into the Rich Jerk Program and he opted to go for selling products.
  • [47:17] There was more self-doubt for Stephen when he was still very new to the Amazon business. He realized that he needed help and guidance to succeed.
  • [54:10] Stephen talks about the fighting and bombing in Ireland that happened many years ago. His grandfather had to close his factory because of the fighting.
  • [57:14] His grandfather’s driver and his van were taken by the IRA. The van rigged with a bomb exploded and damaged part of the city.
  • [1:02:52] Marketplace Superheroes came into fruition when Stephen and Robert collaborated and hatched this idea of selling products globally.
  • [1:04:44] According to Stephen, without Robert, he wouldn’t be very successful in business.
  • [1:08:21] Stephen started out as an apprentice at Robert’s business until they transitioned into becoming business partners and created the new company.
  • [1:15:12] More advice from Stephen on finding the right people and the best mentor for you.

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Fabulous 4 Questions:

  1. 📖📚 Favorite Books? The Go Giver by John David Mann & Bob Burg
  2. 🙌😎 Favorite Amazon.com purchase? Apple Watch
  3. 🌱💸 Favorite Tool that's GROWN your Business? Clickfunnels
  4. 💭💡 BIGGEST Challenge keeping your Business from GROWING? We're growing at a really fast pace, our team has doubled more in the last year and our revenue is unbelievable – extremely grateful to my great mentors and business partner

Key Point from the Interview:

  • “Become a producer, not a consumer. And there’s times when you got to consume, for sure, you have to learn, but if you can produce 4 times more than you can consume, you get that nice 80-20 thing going, where you’re just getting things done and you’re actually executing. I wasted so much time not doing anything, consuming a course or whatever, just don’t do that because you’ll never gonna change your life, you’ll never get anywhere if you do that.”

 

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