For Online Arbitrage.
If u mean Amazon UK Private Label product hunting, I normally do not focus on a fixed number of leads, quality matters more than quantity. Usually I can shortlist around 5 to 10 strong leads from 50+ researched products, after checking demand, competition, reviews, margins and room for improvement.
For OA, sourcing takes really time and yes quality matters. 5 carefully checked and analyzed leads a day should be good.
We mainly focus on wholesale because there are currently a lot of gating and ungating issues with online arbitrage, which makes wholesale much easier for us.
With wholesale, we usually place orders from a supplier on a weekly basis, depending on how established and reliable the supplier is. Roughly, we can source a minimum of 5–10 products from one supplier, which becomes part of our long-term sourcing strategy.
This allows us to generate good revenue by placing repeat orders over time. We can also use the suppliers’ invoices to help us get ungated for certain brands and products.