Everything we learn running Amazon, Shopify and TikTok Shop for clients and for our own brand: listings, ads, photography, email, operations and AI search. Written by the people doing the work, with the numbers attached.
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How Amazon's storage, aged-inventory surcharge and low-inventory-level fees are calculated, when they hit, and how to plan stock to avoid them.
Sep 23, 2026Start here
01 · 59 posts
How to get your brand named by ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity: crawler access, schema, entity signals and the content that actually gets qu...


GA4 undercounts AI assistant visits. Build a channel group, catch AI referrals hiding in referral and (not set), and ...
Sep 22, 2026

Blocking GPTBot does not remove you from ChatGPT search. Three copy-paste robots.txt configs, every 2026 AI user-agen...
Aug 18, 2026AI search citations compound over time - and most brands quit before the inflection point. The 12-month patience curv...
Jul 5, 2026

Complete 2026 programmatic SEO playbook: data sources, template structure, unique-content layer, AI citation optimiza...
Jun 30, 2026

Voice shopping is now a 4-engine game. The 2026 guide to ecommerce brand optimization across every major voice assist...
May 30, 2026

How Microsoft Copilot Shopping changes ecommerce visibility in 2026 — and the playbook for brand presence in Bing's A...
May 26, 2026

Podcasts and YouTube generate high-leverage ChatGPT citations most brands ignore. The full strategy — transcript pipe...
Apr 22, 2026

Home/ Ecom Growth Guides/ AI SHOPPING / CHATGPT OPTIMIZATION 2026 FEATURED GUIDE […]
Apr 18, 202602 · 46 posts
The decisions above the tactics: pricing, margin, hiring, brand building, channel mix and when to expand instead of optimize.


Operations before marketing, and why. The five roles in order, the fully-loaded cost math, and an honest agency-versu...
Sep 12, 2026Amazon COSMO explained for brand owners in 2026. The signals COSMO actually weights, how it works with Alexa Shopping...
Jul 8, 2026

Identify and eliminate unprofitable Amazon SKUs in 2026. Contribution margin framework, kill/keep/fix decision tree, ...
Jun 12, 2026

Amazon's biggest growth opportunity isn't another US product launch — it's the marketplaces you haven't entered. The ...
May 25, 2026

In today’s digital world, a company’s website is frequently the first interaction […]
Jan 15, 2024

If you’re a seller focusing on consumable products, you know how crucial […]
Dec 4, 2023

Is it too late to sell on Amazon? And are these current assessments and rumors an accurate analysis for all products ...
Aug 29, 2022

Here are 5 ways to separate your Amazon brand from your competition. […]
Mar 11, 202203 · 42 posts
Inventory, fulfillment, fees, compliance and the software that runs the account.


How Amazon's storage, aged-inventory surcharge and low-inventory-level fees are calculated, when they hit, and how to...
Sep 23, 2026Master inventory reordering in 2026 — set safety stock, factor in lead time, and use the reorder-point formula to avo...
Jun 20, 2026

Your account can be suspended in a single day. The complete Account Health playbook — metrics, suspension triggers, a...
May 24, 2026

We discuss in this blog post ten (10) tools and services Amazon sellers need to help them take their business to the ...
Apr 7, 2022From the blog to your brand
Photography, video, listings, TikTok Shop, PPC and AI search, at fixed prices with no retainers.
04 · 34 posts
Titles, bullets, images, A+ Content and backend terms: what ranks, what converts, and what gets a listing suppressed.


25 real Amazon A+ Content layouts broken down by category: which modules they use, why they work, and what to copy fo...
Sep 21, 2026

Complete 2026 guide to the Amazon Brand Story module: 4-image anatomy, copy framework per slot, Alexa for Shopping im...
Jun 10, 2026

Amazon sellers have two options when it comes to creating enhanced content […]
Jan 8, 2024

In this blog post, I outline dos and don'ts; strategies that should help you leverage Amazon Enhanced Brand Content t...
Mar 18, 202205 · 27 posts
Everything outside the marketplace: Shopify, email and SMS, paid social, SEO, and building an audience you actually own.


Google cancelled cookie deprecation in 2025 and killed Privacy Sandbox months later. Measurement got worse, not bette...
Sep 13, 2026

How ecommerce brands build quiz funnels that convert 25-45% of visitors to leads. Complete architecture, tool compari...
Jun 14, 2026

Home / Blog / SHOPIFY & COMMERCE SHOP APP PUBLISHED MAY 17, […]
May 17, 2026

If you want to drive external traffic to your Amazon listings as […]
Feb 17, 202206 · 18 posts
Product video, UGC, Sponsored Brands video and creative direction, from briefing through to the cut that performs.


Black Friday is 11 weeks out and your creative deadline is not Black Friday. The full asset inventory, the batching m...
Sep 7, 2026

Home / Blog / CONTENT & AUTHORITY FOUNDER CONTENT PUBLISHED MAY 26, […]
May 22, 2026

Videos are a massive deal in the online world today. All demographics […]
Jan 15, 2024

Improve your Amazon Marketing and make a product video for your listing. […]
Mar 18, 202207 · 17 posts
Sponsored Products, Brands and Display: campaign structure, bidding, search-term work and reporting against profit rather than ACoS alone.
AI for Amazon PPC in 2026 - where it actually beats humans (bid optimization, keyword harvesting) and where humans st...
Jul 9, 2026

Sponsored Ads can only get a brand so far. DSP is the next layer — full-funnel, audience-based, programmatic. Here's ...
May 25, 2026

Creating effective product video is a critical part of any Amazon seller’s […]
Dec 2, 2023

If you’ve been seeing your Amazon PPC Return on Ad Spend (RoAS) […]
Mar 1, 202208 · 15 posts
Validating a product and getting it to rank: demand research, keyword maps, launch sequencing, reviews and the first 90 days.


Your buyers already wrote your listing copy. The six-category coding framework, the sampling method, and why AI summa...
Sep 11, 2026

Launching a new product on Amazon requires careful planning and execution to […]
Jan 5, 2024

Are you an aspiring Amazon seller looking to maximize your sales and […]
Dec 2, 2023

If you want to invest big money into launching a new product […]
Jul 13, 201609 · 14 posts
Main images, image stacks, infographics and lifestyle shots: what to shoot, how to brief it, and what each image has to do.


Reshoots are almost never a photography failure. The nine sections of a complete brief, the Amazon specs it must carr...
Sep 10, 2026

14 specific Amazon product photography mistakes that destroy click-through rate and conversions — with the exact fix ...
May 4, 2026

AI product photography cuts testing costs, lets smaller brands compete with big ones, and directly lifts CTR, CVR, an...
Apr 24, 2026

This blog will discuss 10 Amazon product photography tips and strategies to implement when planning your next product...
Aug 16, 202210 · 7 posts
TikTok Shop and social selling: shop setup, creator affiliates, LIVE, Spark Ads and the operational traps nobody warns you about.


Every TikTok Shop fee in 2026: referral commission, affiliate cuts, shipping and payout timing, with a worked margin ...
Sep 20, 2026

TikTok Shop April 2026 8 min read How to Build TikTok Shop […]
Apr 7, 2026

If your TikTok Shop isn’t getting traffic, sales, or creator posts, the […]
Apr 2, 2026

In the ever-evolving world of e-commerce, staying ahead of the game is […]
Dec 6, 202311 · 6 posts
Selling beyond Amazon: Walmart Marketplace ranking, WFS, Walmart Connect ads and listing quality on the second-largest US marketplace.








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