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Real tactics from real accounts — written by Joey Giazzon, no filler, no vague "results-driven" language.
Your Amazon Q4 Is Already Decided — And It's Only August
Amazon restock limits are set by your IPI score, not how much inventory you want to send. Here's the September sequence that keeps brands from getting capped before Q4.
Reviews & ConversionAmazon Reviews Aren't About the Number — They're About What They Say
A 1,100-review brand at 4.4 stars was losing to a 260-review competitor at 4.5. Here's why review content, not review count, decides conversion — and when Amazon Vine is actually worth it.
Creative & ContentYour Amazon A+ Content Isn't a Brochure — It's Where You Close
Most A+ Content is a brand history nobody reads. Here's how to build A+ as an objection ladder instead, and the return-reason audit that lifted one brand's conversion 9%.
TikTok ShopTikTok Shop Isn't Stealing Your Amazon Sales — It's Feeding Them
A beverage brand's TikTok Shop looked mediocre on its own dashboard — but branded Amazon search rose 61% because of it. Here's how the TikTok-to-Amazon halo effect actually works.
WalmartShould Your Brand Expand to Walmart Marketplace?
Walmart Marketplace is either the easiest growth you'll find this year or a total waste of time. Here's the honest filter we use with brands, plus a real $6K-to-$52K expansion.
Creative & ContentWe Changed One Amazon Image and the Account Grew 24%
The main image is the only Amazon asset that competes on the search page. Here's the CTR-versus-conversion diagnostic that shows exactly what to fix — and a real 38% CTR lift.
Listing OptimizationWhat Your Amazon Return Rate Is Really Telling You
A 4% return rate isn't a returns problem — it's a listing problem wearing a costume. Here's the three-bucket framework and how one brand cut returns from 6.2% to 2.8%.
Brand ProtectionIs Someone Else Selling on Your Amazon Listing Right Now?
Unauthorized sellers are the most common problem we find in a first audit. Here's the exact enforcement playbook — Brand Registry, test buys, and the upstream fix.
Pricing & MarginThe Most Dangerous Number in Your Amazon Account
The price you set six months ago is quietly drifting out of position. Here's when to raise it, why racing the Buy Box to the bottom is a margin trap, and a real 21% margin lift.
StrategyAmazon PPC: Should You Hire In-House or Use an Agency?
The honest math on in-house versus agency for Amazon, from someone who sells the agency — including the real rule of thumb by revenue and why picking on price is the actual mistake.
Retention & Repeat PurchaseYour Best Amazon Customer Is Already in Your Account
Amazon brands obsess over new-to-brand and ignore the second purchase. The Subscribe & Save and pack-size playbook — plus a real case that took repeat purchases to 34% of revenue in 9 months.
PPC & Paid MediaOctober Is the Cheapest Ad Month of Q4 — Most Brands Sit It Out
Most brands save budget for November and pay peak prices for it. Why October is for buying rank cheap — and a real case where shifting 30% of Q4 budget earlier grew revenue 41%.
Reporting & AnalyticsIf Your Amazon Report Leads With ACoS, You're Being Managed to the Wrong Number
ACoS is a useful diagnostic and a terrible headline — it goes down right before your organic rank starts sliding. What a report should lead with instead, and a real case of being optimized into decline.
Product LaunchesThe Amazon Launch Honeymoon Period Is Real — Most Brands Waste It
Amazon gives a new listing a window of extra visibility, and most brands waste it launching too wide, too fast. The narrow-launch sequence, and a real $71K/month SKU in 90 days.
Inventory & OperationsThe Black Friday Deadlines Most Amazon Sellers Find Out About Too Late
It's not the creative or the bids that sink a Black Friday plan — it's the deadlines that already quietly passed. The dated checklist we run for every client starting October 1.
PPC & Paid MediaAmazon DSP Is the Most Oversold Product in This Industry
Agencies love DSP because it's expensive and sounds advanced. Most brands don't need it yet. When it earns its keep, and a real 6.1 ROAS retargeting case.
Founder StoryI Learned More From One Product Going Viral Than From Any Campaign I've Run
Before the agency, I built my own Amazon brand — and watched Team USA Baseball-level demand outrun my own supply chain. What a stockout taught me about why operations are marketing.
Agency PhilosophyThe Metric I Care About Most Isn't One We Report to Clients
Getting clients is a sales problem. Keeping them is a truth problem. The rules that cost us money and keep clients, and why retention is the whole strategy, wearing a boring name.