Techmadeazy · 22 Oct 2026 · Techmadeazy
Your product is great yet AI still does not recommend it. Often that is a data problem, not a product problem. AI engines build answers from what they can read about you-
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Advertising · 21 Oct 2026 · Abhiraj AggarwalCarousel
The BFCM Amazon discounts window ended yesterday & If you missed it then this isn't for you Amazon just ran a two day rehearsal for Black Friday with Prime Big Deal Days ran October 6 and 7.
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AI search and shopping · 20 Oct 2026 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
Ask three AI engines the same shopping question and you get three different brands. A recent report I read compared ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, and Google AI Mode on shopping queries. They agreed on the same brand only about 17% of the time.
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Techmadeazy · 15 Oct 2026 · Techmadeazy
Most AEO agencies are built for B2B software. We started somewhere else, in ecommerce.
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Amazon operations · 13 Oct 2026 · Abhiraj AggarwalCarousel
A pet brand we onboarded grew Amazon revenue 45% in the same five months, a year apart, with no new product and no viral moment. January to May 2025 was 2,640 units and $140,782. January to May 2026 was 3,537 units and $203,635.
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Techmadeazy · 12 Oct 2026 · Techmadeazy
Buyers used to search, open ten tabs and compare. Now many of them ask ChatGPT, Gemini or Amazon's shopping assistant one question and read one answer that names three or four brands.
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Amazon operations · 12 Oct 2026 · Abhiraj AggarwalCarousel
$0.32 a unit sounds like nothing. On a product that earns $2.50 a unit, it is 13% of your Q4 profit. That 32 cents is the average increase in Amazon's FBA peak fulfillment fees, which start on October 15 and run to January 14.
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AI search and shopping · 8 Oct 2026 · Abhiraj AggarwalCarousel
Amazon blocked Meta's Muse shopping agent on September 20, after earlier taking Perplexity to court over its shopping agent. Amazon's own assistants, Rufus and Buy for Me, still get full access to your listing.
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Amazon operations · 7 Oct 2026 · Abhiraj AggarwalCarousel
Six dates between now and November 2 can hit your Amazon margin, your listings or your payouts. I put them in one carousel so you can save it and check each one against your account this week.
Read on LinkedIn →Amazon operations · 24 Sep 2026 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
What if getting a clear read on your Amazon numbers took one sentence instead of five dashboard clicks? That's the real story behind what Amazon announced at Accelerate 2026 this week.
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AI search and shopping · 22 Sep 2026 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
Amazon just released its own AI connectors for seller data, and quietly made a chunk of paid seller software redundant.
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Walmart · 21 Sep 2026 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
Most sellers find out their return rate is a problem when the refunds have already eaten the quarter's margin. Walmart just gave you a way to see it coming.
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Advertising · 20 Sep 2026 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
Sponsored Brands just went from choosing three products to stick under a logo, to deciding how you merchandise your entire range inside the ad.
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AI search and shopping · 19 Sep 2026 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
Ask ChatGPT about your brand by name, and your own website gets cited most of the time. Ask it "who's the best in this category," and that number collapses.
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Walmart · 18 Sep 2026 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
Walmart just made the Walmart+ badge reachable in 14 days instead of whatever longer window you were used to.
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Amazon operations · 17 Sep 2026 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
For years, one bad FBM listing could put your entire account at risk. That's no longer how Amazon has been enforcing it.
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Amazon operations · 14 Sep 2026 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
Something I have highlighted before yet still see resurfacing time and time again. A review that breaks Amazon's guidelines can be removed.
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AI search and shopping · 12 Sep 2026 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
Read till the end if you're a Amazon UK brand owner. I have notices a change in Amazon shoppers behaviour globally but specifically in the UK.
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Amazon operations · 10 Sep 2026 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
October 12 is the date Amazon decides whether you're a real UK business or just VAT-liable by default. Amazon has changed how it verifies UK establishment, and the window to respond is short.
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Amazon operations · 29 Aug 2026 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
Your organic rank can slip this month without a single change to your price, your ads, or your reviews. Amazon's updated Listing Quality Dashboard is now moving real rank and Buy Box eligibility on live catalogs.
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AI search and shopping · 28 Aug 2026 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
That AI-generated model in your lifestyle images is now a compliance flag, unless you've labeled it. As of late July, Amazon has been requiring sellers to tag any product image or A+ Content that features a photorealistic AI-generated person specifically.
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Amazon operations · 26 Aug 2026 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
On September 3, a lot of sellers are going to lose access to the exact people managing their account and most don't know it's coming. Amazon is retiring the old "invite process" for delegating Seller Central access.
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Amazon operations · 25 Aug 2026 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
The most important Amazon change this quarter wasn't a fee or a fulfillment threshold and you might have missed it. It was a contract edit which may have quietly broken how you financed your Q4 inventory.
Read on LinkedIn →Amazon operations · 15 Aug 2026 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
Most sellers think a one-star review is just something to live with. That's not how Amazon's review policy actually works. Amazon doesn't remove reviews because they're negative. It doesn't keep reviews just because they're negative either.
Read on LinkedIn →Advertising · 14 Aug 2026 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
Amazon just expanded Sponsored Products in two directions at once. Most sellers only noticed one of them.
Read on LinkedIn →Advertising · 4 Aug 2026 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
Yesterday, a fast-growing brand with 180$K MRR asked me to scale their Amazon ads. I hopped on a Zoom call, looked at their account, and told them to hold off increasing their spending a single dollar more without a structured plan.
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Amazon operations · 13 Jul 2026 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
Amazon is launching a New Selection Program 2026 on July 30. It's a solid offer: fee credits capping your referral to 10%, $125 in coupon and Vine credits, free storage and returns for 120 days.
Read on LinkedIn →Amazon operations · 9 Jul 2026 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
Amazon just quietly launched something that could kill your MOQ problem overnight. Virtual Multipacks are in beta.
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Amazon operations · 8 Jul 2026 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
Amazon just quietly made a change that will permanently disrupt the Buy Box.
Read on LinkedIn →Amazon operations · 8 Jul 2026 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
Amazon just quietly rewrote the rules for FBM sellers in the UK and it's a preview of what's coming everywhere else. Starting July 15, default handling time gets capped at zero-day or one-day only. No more 2-3 day buffers to hide behind.
Read on LinkedIn →Advertising · 1 Jul 2026 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
One of our board game clients just came out of Prime Day 2026 with 100% sales growth vs last year Same category. Same competitors. Different preparation. The listings were overhauled 90 days before Prime Day opened.
Read on LinkedIn →AI search and shopping · 25 Jun 2026 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
Amazon is rewriting your product titles soon... Starting July 27, titles drop to 75 characters. Don't act and Amazon's AI picks the keywords that survive. The non-obvious move: A new "Item Highlights" field (125 chars, searchable) launches alongside the cut.
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Amazon operations · 4 Jun 2026 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
Prime Day 2026 is the first one that can quietly lose you money. June 23 to 26. The badge is back. So is a rule most sellers haven't read. Your deal price now has to beat your lowest price from the last 30 days. Coupons included. Ran a 10% coupon all spring?
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AI search and shopping · 29 May 2026 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
US advertisers will spend $71.98 billion on retail media in 2026. AI shopping agents that bypass traditional search and browse behaviour reduce the value of sponsored product placements, display ads, and keyword advertising.
Read on LinkedIn →AI search and shopping · 19 May 2026 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
Your pet brand's next customer isn't Googling. They're asking ChatGPT: "We just adopted an anxious rescue, what do we actually need for week one?" That's not a search query. That's a buying conversation.
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Amazon operations · 14 May 2026 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
A new ASIN with 30 Vine reviews outsells a new ASIN with 30 organic reviews. Same product. Same listing. The reason is not what most sellers think. It is not that Vine reviews are more trusted.
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Advertising · 12 May 2026 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
Eighty percent of Amazon shoppers who view your product do not buy on the first visit. Most sellers do nothing to bring them back. Sponsored Display Views remarketing is the cheapest re-engagement unit on Amazon right now.
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Amazon operations · 11 May 2026 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
Subscribe and Save is possibly the most expensive discount you will ever offer. Most founders think of it as retention. It's actually a 15% margin tax you pay forever on customers who would have bought anyway. Here is the part nobody runs the math on -
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Amazon operations · 8 May 2026 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
A toy brand we audited had 87 ASINs live. 0 had Brand Story enabled. The founder thought it was a vanity feature. Pretty banner. Brand carousel. Nice for the brand experience. Not a revenue driver. Sat unused for two years....
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Walmart · 7 May 2026 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
Walmart Connect CPCs are running at roughly half of Amazon for equivalent placements. Most Amazon brands still treat Walmart as a side project. The auction is shallower. Fewer sellers bid aggressively.
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Advertising · 6 May 2026 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
Your return rate is now a P&L line item, not a customer experience metric. Most apparel sellers have not made the switch.
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Amazon operations · 5 May 2026 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
A golf brand founder DMed me panicked last quarter. Q2 storage cut by 55%. Her team had not added inventory. Had not changed her catalog. Sales were steady. IPI dropped from 470 to 380 in one cycle. Capacity halved. IPI is not a punishment.
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Advertising · 4 May 2026 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
Static bids are the most expensive habit in Amazon PPC. You set them at launch. You optimize keywords, match types, dayparting. The bids stay the same. Meanwhile the auction floor moves every quarter.
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AI search and shopping · 2 May 2026 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
Amazon just quietly added a new ad placement inside Rufus. And right now it costs you literally nothing. Sponsored Products Prompts went live on March 25 2026. Your existing campaigns were automatically enrolled. You didn't have to do a thing.
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Walmart · 1 May 2026 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
A brand came to me four weeks ago with their entire Walmart account suspended after seven months of solid growth. The metric that did it was one they'd never once checked. Walmart introduced a Negative Feedback Rate in early 2026.
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Walmart · 29 Apr 2026 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
A seller came to me convinced Walmart was broken. They'd been live for three months. Barely any traffic. Sales almost zero. Meanwhile their Amazon store was doing fine and their products were genuinely good.
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Advertising · 28 Apr 2026 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
A brand came to me earlier this month doing the best sales numbers of their business. Every month, record revenue. Growing fast. The founder was proud, and rightfully so. Then we looked at the actual numbers.
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Amazon operations · 18 Apr 2026 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
Amazon loves customers. Sometimes a little too much. At your expense. 😅 Here's what's actually happening with returns and most sellers don't find out until it's already costing them thousands:
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Amazon operations · 16 Apr 2026 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
Most Amazon sellers are running hard in a category they've never actually measured. Not measured as in "sales are up." Measured as in is the whole category rising and lifting you with it? Or are you gaining ground because you're actually better?
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AI search and shopping · 14 Apr 2026 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
Amazon just taught its AI to buy things without asking you first. Rufus now has an "Auto Buy" feature where customers set a target price and it automatically purchases when it drops.
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Amazon operations · 13 Apr 2026 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
We took a brand from $300K/month to $1M/month. Not by running more ads. Not by adding more products. By fixing the thing most 7-figure sellers quietly ignore. The brand had decent traffic. Decent reviews. A PPC setup that looked fine on paper.
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Amazon operations · 11 Apr 2026 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
Selling on Amazon without Brand Registry feels harmless at first. Until someone edits your listing overnight. Until a hijacker starts selling on your product. Until a customer buys a fake and leaves the review on your page.
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Amazon operations · 8 Apr 2026 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
Prime Day 2026 is in July. The deal submissions window opened March 24 and closes May 26. You have weeks. Not months. If you aren't preparing 60 days in advance, you are already late. Here's the exact timeline every seller needs on their wall:
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Walmart · 7 Apr 2026 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
Walmart Fulfillment Services is the most underrated move in ecommerce right now. Most Amazon sellers hear "WFS" and think: smaller audience, not worth the setup. That's the wrong frame. Here's what the numbers actually say:
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Amazon operations · 6 Apr 2026 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
Amazon's Big Spring Sale ran March 25–31, 2026. A full week of deals now becoming an annual fixture on the ecommerce calendar. Some brands had their best non-Q4 week of the year. Others got nothing from it. The difference wasn't budget. It was preparation.
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AI search and shopping · 5 Apr 2026 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
Amazon's AI assistant Rufus drove $12 billion in incremental sales in 2025 and even more coming through in 2026. Customers who engage with Rufus are 60% more likely to complete a purchase on average.
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Advertising · 23 Jan 2026 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
Ramadan isn’t just a “seasonal spike.” It’s a performance window. And if you treat it like a last-minute creative refresh, you’ll leave real money on the table.
Read on LinkedIn →AI search and shopping · 12 Jan 2026 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
Amazon just made a move that looks small on the surface, but it says a lot about where they’re heading. They’re testing a feature called “Shop Brands Directly.” And yes, it quietly breaks one of Amazon’s longest-standing rules. Here’s how it works:
Read on LinkedIn →Amazon operations · 10 Jan 2026 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
If you sell on Amazon FBA, January 1, 2026 was not just another policy date. It was a real operational line in the sand. Amazon has officially been shutting down FBA prep and item labeling services in the US.
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Amazon operations · 8 Jan 2026 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
1 Fundamental truth I am reminded of time and time again is that while selling on Amazon without Brand Registry is one of those shortcuts that feels harmless at first. It quietly starts costing you time, money, and control later.
Read on LinkedIn →AI search and shopping · 14 Nov 2025 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
Amazon didn’t literally kill keyword optimization… but Rufus just made it a whole lot less important than it used to be. This shift is bigger than most sellers realize. Rufus isn’t pulling results the way Amazon search used to.
Read on LinkedIn →AI search and shopping · 11 Nov 2025 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
I used to spend hours dissecting competitor ads. Now AI does it for me faster, smarter, and with insights I would’ve missed. ChatGPT Atlas is essentially Chrome on steroids for this task right now. Not a paid plug, just genuinely impressed.
Read on LinkedIn →Amazon operations · 8 Nov 2025 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
If you’re selling premium consumables on Amazon, chances are your conversion rate is lower than your category average. it’s not because your product isn’t good. It’s because trust costs money and you haven’t earned it yet.
Read on LinkedIn →Walmart · 29 Oct 2025 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
Walmart won’t “catch up” to Amazon and that’s not a bad thing. The truth is, they’re built on completely different algorithms, incentives, and buyer behaviors. On Amazon, sophistication wins.
Read on LinkedIn →Amazon operations · 27 Oct 2025 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
If your agency isn’t forecasting performance, you’re not scaling. You’re guessing. Forecasting isn’t optional for enterprise brands. It’s how you plan inventory, budgets, and headcount.
Read on LinkedIn →Amazon operations · 25 Oct 2025 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
Amazon just quietly rolled out one of the most important transparency features in years, a “Price History” link directly on the Product Detail Page. Until now, tracking price trends was something only tools like Keepa & the like offered.
Read on LinkedIn →Amazon operations · 24 Oct 2025 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
Amazon’s margin strategy is getting more aggressive and it’s starting to reshape how brands price, ship, and plan. The signs have been there for a while, but over the past year, Amazon’s made one thing crystal clear: profitability now trumps selection.
Read on LinkedIn →Amazon operations · 11 Oct 2025 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
Amazon quietly dropped an update most sellers haven’t noticed and it could be a game-changer for brands dealing with listing enforcement issues. Under Account Health Assurance (AHA), there’s a new feature called Seller Challenge.
Read on LinkedIn →AI search and shopping · 10 Oct 2025 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
I don’t think most people realize how much creative strategy has changed in the last 12 months. You can now: → Have AI watch every viral TikTok, Reel, or Short in your niche and extract the best hooks, angles, and patterns.
Read on LinkedIn →AI search and shopping · 6 Oct 2025 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
Amazon rolled out Adaptive Campaigns last month & its worth a second look. Think Google PMax or Meta Advantage+. These AI-driven campaigns take it further than autos: → Auto = Amazon decides where ads show but you still control bids/placements.
Read on LinkedIn →Walmart · 26 Sep 2025 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
“Buy on Walmart, shipped by Amazon.” Not a headline I expected to see this year but here we are. 😅 Here’s the real signal behind the noise Amazon just made it a lot easier for brands to sell everywhere.
Read on LinkedIn →Amazon operations · 22 Sep 2025 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
I spoke with a brand that had been avoiding Amazon for years. Their reasoning? “We don’t want to risk brand dilution.” The reality? Resellers already owned their listings. Pricing was all over the place. Images were low quality.
Read on LinkedIn →Amazon operations · 18 Sep 2025 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
Amazon just dropped a wave of updates at Accelerate and some are about to reshape how brands operate and advertise. Here’s my breakdown of the ones that matter most Game-Changers:
Read on LinkedIn →Amazon operations · 17 Sep 2025 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
Revenue screenshots don’t tell the full story. I’ve seen sellers proudly share $100K, $500K, even $1M-$10M/month on Amazon. Impressive numbers on the surface. But here’s the uncomfortable truth: A $500K/month account that isn’t profitable is a failing business.
Read on LinkedIn →Advertising · 13 Sep 2025 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
Big update out this week: Starting Q4 2025, Amazon DSP advertisers will get direct access to Netflix’s premium ad inventory. That means you’ll be able to reach premium streaming audiences and tap into Amazon’s shopper data — the best of reach + intent.
Read on LinkedIn →Walmart · 11 Sep 2025 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
Walmart is doubling down. Target is easing off the pedal. Walmart just saw a huge lift in store-fulfilled delivery nearly 50% growth. A third of orders now land at the doorstep in under 3 hours (some in just 30 minutes).
Read on LinkedIn →Walmart · 10 Sep 2025 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
Most brands think Walmart Marketplace is too hard to crack if you’re not already a category leader. This case study proves from AdOrbix proves otherwise.
Read on LinkedIn →Walmart · 9 Sep 2025 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
I can clearly see that Amazon and Walmart are betting big on AI shopping assistants. But right now? Shoppers don’t care. I tested Rufus (Amazon) and Sparky (Walmart). Useful in parts — like pulling reviews instantly when I asked, “Is this sunscreen greasy?”
Read on LinkedIn →AI search and shopping · 2 Sep 2025 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
SEO hasn’t just changed… It’s been reshaped more in the last 2 years than in the previous 20 and there's more coming. And most businesses still haven’t adapted. Here’s the truth: Ranking on Google page 1 isn’t the finish line anymore.
Read on LinkedIn →Amazon operations · 28 Aug 2025 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
Scaling pet brands is something I’m deeply passionate about and this project reminded me why. 🐾
Read on LinkedIn →Amazon operations · 22 Aug 2025 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
The hidden cost of running an eCommerce brand isn’t money. It’s focus. Most founders don’t fail because they have a bad product. They stall because their day looks like this: Jumping between 4 dashboards before breakfast
Read on LinkedIn →Amazon operations · 19 Aug 2025 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
If your Amazon sales are stuck… The problem might not be your product. It’s how you’re spending your ad dollars. Every year at SuperZoo, new insights surface that shape how brands should approach growth if used correctly.
Read on LinkedIn →AI search and shopping · 14 Aug 2025 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
Search is changing fast. It’s not just about Google anymore — I’m seeing shoppers head straight to ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini to decide what to buy. And the thing is… AI assistants don’t give you 10 pages of results. They give you a shortlist.
Read on LinkedIn →AI search and shopping · 11 Aug 2025 · Abhiraj Aggarwal
A recent shift I came across in the Amazon ads space has been hard to ignore… Manual-only bidding is losing ground faster than ever. Strategies that worked earlier don't have the same impact anymore.
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