Product Analysis

What do you think about investing in products that are new to Amazon and have little history?
New products always add more risk. When we do our product research, we rely quite a bit on the history of the product. It allows us to see trends with the p...
Fri, 28 Aug, 2020 at 11:19 PM
What does it mean when there is only 1 seller on the listing. Is that product okay to move forward with?
When there is one seller, it could mean they are the exclusive seller for the brand. This means they have the right to sell the product, but you as a seller...
Fri, 28 Aug, 2020 at 11:23 PM
How can I check if I'm ungated or what the requirements are for ungating for a specific product?
When you log into seller central, you can click Catalog at the top left and enter the ASIN you want to look up. It will then pull up the product and sa...
Fri, 28 Aug, 2020 at 11:30 PM
If there is no Buy Box, who gets the sales?
When there is no buy box, there is no buy box rotation.  Instead, the customer must go to the "See All Buying Options" page and select what se...
Tue, 6 Apr, 2021 at 5:42 PM
How can I figure out how many products a seller/competitor has?
The simplest way to see how much product a competitor has is to use what we call the "999 Trick". There are also various free and paid tools that ...
Tue, 8 Sep, 2020 at 9:11 PM
The FBA Revenue Calculator has a new field related to storage, what is this?
Amazon recently added a new field to its FBA Fee Calculator asking how much inventory you will store on average (image below). This allows Amazon to give yo...
Tue, 8 Sep, 2020 at 9:39 PM
Is there a certain number of competitors (excluding Amazon) on a listing we should aim for or avoid? Or does this not matter and/or depend on how much the product is selling?
Around 9 or 10 may be too many competitors, but it also depends on the product. If the history consistently shows a steady price and it moves fast enough to...
Tue, 8 Sep, 2020 at 9:40 PM
AMZscout and JungleScout are showing different numbers. What do I do?
In the end, a sales estimator is just that, an estimation. No estimator is going to be perfect, and so we must take the information available to us to ma...
Sun, 27 Sep, 2020 at 9:20 PM
How do I know if a product is a Private Label product?
If there are more than 1 FBA sellers on the listing, then there's a good chance it is NOT a private label product.  Most private label products on A...
Sun, 27 Sep, 2020 at 9:52 PM
Should I stay away from colognes and perfumes?
A core part of the ALGO Model is to sell what already sells (and is profitable). So if you come across profitable fast-selling colognes or perfumes, you wil...
Fri, 8 Jan, 2021 at 9:39 PM