So how was Prime Week 2025? It depends on who you ask. Amazon didn’t release numbers—just repeated its usual “best ever” line. Analyst reports were mixed: Momentum said it was down, Adobe said it was up. Our take? Prime Week was up 10–15% compared to 2024. However,...
Latest Status: The long-standing question about whether or not Amazon will be happy collecting taxes on behalf of 3rd party sellers is officially over. It started way back in 2018 with Washington, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Minnesota, and Connecticut. ...
April 2025: It’s springtime, so Amazon’s is hard at work releasing and updating the AMS platform. Amazon ad revenue continues to grow at double digit rates and is on a $70 billion dollar run rate for 2025. There continues to be a flood of new changes to try continue...
Here’s a quick reminder why the A in AI stands for Artificial. Amazon’s new AI recommendation system wants to reclassify the Surfer Dudes beach toy on the right as Alpine Skis. Funny right? Except they’re going to do it automatically if the brand doesn’t respond to...
Feb 14 2025 - New Beta May Takes on Google for "True" Product Research: Amazon is currently testing a new feature they're calling "Shop brand sites directly," which aims to expand its product offerings by including items not sold directly by Amazon. When customers...
Hard to believe it's been 8 years since Amazon announced Launchpad a custom program that helps start-ups “launch, market and distribute” new products on Amazon. What is amazon launchpad? The program is really a re-skinned version of Amazon's Vendor Express, but it's...
New Update: July 2024: Amazon sellers have recently had mini-heart attacks when they see the dreaded 'risk of deactivation' This is now going to be an annual event; Amazon is requiring some (but not all) sellers to recertify the details from 2023's original...
Jan 24 Update: Walmart today rollout out their new brand portal for 3rd party sellers as well as wholesale customers. Very similar to Amazon's Brand Registry ("Walmart Brand Registry Lite")Per Walmart: The system will likely have to catch up to Amazon's more...
Webinar Held March 2023 (Recording available) We knew it was going to be a rough year for brands on Amazon. Their ecommerce growth hit the brakes last year, with 1P sales actually down for the 4th quarter making it the first time in Amazon’s history that ecommerce...