"What the heck is the difference between Zen Arbitrage and Zen trade?"

Like a genius, I released two tools that are nothing alike and gave them very similar names, causing a lot of people to wonder, "Are they the same thing? Are they alike at all?"

The short answer is no. They're not similar.

Let's get into the (few) similarities and (major) differences so you can decide which is best for you (or like a lot of people, you decide to use both).

Watch this video below, or read on for every detail of the differences.

Zen Arbitrage vs Zen Trade: The one-sentence description of each

Zen Arbitrage:  "An online sourcing tool that allows you to find cheap books on Amazon that you can resell back on Amazon for a profit."

Zen Trade: "A browser extension that scans the Amazon page, compares against every cash buy back and trade in site, alerting you to instant opportunity and letting lock in your profits before spending a penny."

Zen Arbitrage vs Zen Trade: How do you access them?

Zen Arbitrage:

• Login online to access (web-based)

Zen Trade:

• Chrome extension (no login, works inside your browser)
• Displays entirely on the Amazon page

Zen Arbitrage vs Zen Trade: What is the process to profit?

Zen Arbitrage:

1. Set your search options in Zen Arbitrage
2. Identify products that have a big gap between the price you can pay and the price you can sell it for
3. Buy that item, receive the item, you list it for sale, then you ship it back into Amazon.
4. Profit the difference.

Zen Trade:

1. Go to the Amazon trade-in store.
2. Click through the pages.
3. Zen Trade scans the page and then finds any product and alerts you instantly to any product whose price has dropped below Amazon's trade-in value or a cash buy back site.
4. Lock in the price.
5. Purchase the cheaper copy.
6. Profit the difference

Zen Arbitrage vs Zen Trade: How are they the same?

Before we get into the differences, what is the same?

The answer is: Hardly anything. But if I had to pick a couple things, it would be:

• Both allow you to run a business from a computer.
• Both come with complete video training.

Zen Arbitrage vs Zen Trade: What are the differences?

Zen Trade: For trade-in and cash buy back sites (no selling involved)
Zen Arbitrage: For selling products on Amazon.

Zen Trade: Lock in trade-in or cash buy back value before buying (low/no risk)
Zen Arbitrage: Must wait for an item to sell (prices can change).

Zen Trade: Works in your browser.
Zen Arbitrage: Login to website to access.

(When you click the link below and watch a Zen Trade demonstration video, it will be pretty clear how different they are.)
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Zen Arbitrage vs Zen Trade: What do you need to get started?‍‍

Zen Trade: A PayPal account (to get paid by cash buy back sites). No Amazon seller account required.
Zen Arbitrage: An Amazon seller account with FBA enabled.

Zen Arbitrage vs Zen Trade: Which is best for you?

Each appeals to two different personality types.

Let's start with Zen Trade.

Zen Trade is for the kind of person who just cannot stand risk or uncertainty. They're willing to sacrifice a lot of extra time to avoid risk. (Zen Trade takes more time to find opportunity than Zen Arbitrage)

Zen Trade really eliminates uncertainty. You know your price. You know how much you're going to get paid before you spend a penny. With Zen Trade, you know your profits before you spend a penny.

Now Zen Arbitrage...

Zen Arbitrage is for you if you want to get the maximum amount of money you can for your inventory. Remember, with Zen Trade, you're not given the full value for your items because the sites you trade them in to intend to turn around and sell those items to somebody else. So you're getting less than the true market value in exchange for decreased risk.

With Zen Arbitrage, you're getting the maximum amount of money that you possibly can for your inventory. More "risk" = more money.

Zen Arbitrage is for you if you don't mind waiting longer to get paid. With Zen Trade it's happens as soon as you submit your book. With Zen Arbitrage, you have to ship your items in to Amazon's warehouse and wait for a sale.

Zen Arbitrage vs Zen Trade: How does the profit opportunity compare?

With over 22 million books in our database, Zen Arbitrage probably has (literally) a thousand times more opportunity in exchange for a little more effort. Zen Trade (or Amazon's trade in store) has roughly 300,000 items, and within each of those, the percentage of profitable opportunity Zen Arbitrage is much higher than with Zen Trade. So Zen Trade is "easier" (less to learn, fewer steps), but you'll spend more time to find opportunity.

Zen Arbitrage vs Zen Trade: When does each pay you?‍

With Zen Trade, you get paid as soon as your book arrives wherever you ship it (either Amazon or one of the 30+ cash buy back sites).
With Zen Arbitrage, you get paid when your book sells.

Zen Arbitrage vs Zen Trade: How does each pay you?

Zen Trade: If you're trading in to Amazon, you'll get paid Amazon trade-in credit. If you're selling to a cash buyback site, you'll get paid sometimes via Paypal, sometimes check, sometimes direct deposit.

Zen Arbitrage: You get paid in cash via direct bank deposit.
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Pros:‍

Zen Arbitrage pros: Ultimately more profitable. Easier to find profit.

Zen Trade pros: Easier to use. Lower risk.

Cons:

Zen Arbitrage cons: More to learn. Must wait for books to sell.

Zen Trade cons: Takes longer to find opportunity. Less opportunity overall.

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- Peter Valley

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