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🛑 Attention Amazon Sellers

Amazon is taking action against Vine review merging, as reported by Or Samosh:

“had about 10 sellers reach out recently (last few days) with different types of suspensions tied to this. Some flagged for review manipulation, others for ASIN creation abuse”

Beware, folks. What worked yesterday may not work tomorrow and, what’s worst, put your account on the line!

📰 What you need to know

👉 72h prior to the new ownership deadline, Amazon launches a bid to buy TikTok. If Amazon acquires TikTok they’d finally have the horsepower on social they’ve been trying to gain for so long with failed experiments.

👉 China, Japan and South Korea are planning a free trade agreement and to jointly respond to US tariffs.

Tariff escalations may lead to increased costs for goods imported from Asia to the U.S. If you’re sourcing from China, Japan or South Korea make your move sooner than later.

👉 If my spider senses are right, Rufus/ChatGPT's behavior with transactional content mirrors customer behavior when using any eCommerce search engine:

• Engagement (time per session, page views, CTR, CVR...)

• Highest AOV

• Long-term loyalty

Check the stats! 53% of Shoppers are using Generative AI Tools like ChatGPT and Amazon RUFUS, according to an Adobe Survey of 5,000 U.S. consumers.

👉 Rufus now answering conversational trigger words like "How to...", "What is...", "Why does..." or "When...", as spotted by Ritu Java

👉 Do you run an Amazon agency or service-based business? Last week, I published a spreadsheet featuring 168 service providers for Amazon sellers. If you're not on the list, drop a comment on this post and I'll add you!

👉 How to generate killer images for your listing using Perplexity Deepseek R1 + ChatGPT

👉 Loved this test: can buying a niche Facebook group be a more sustainable and profitable alternative to Amazon ads?

💡 Pro Tip: translate any video content with lip-sync

⚒️ Software & Services

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• DSP Prime: get customized growth plans and execution you need to make sure DSP is working for you, not against you. Want a free DSP plan? reply to this email and you got it!

• DataFi is a fully customizable profit analytics dashboards for Amazon, Walmart, Shopify, Target etc