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The Amazon Seller’s Guide:
Building Strategy, Building
Sales
Tristen Stawicki, Senior Client Strategy Manager, ChannelAdvisor
Copyright 2018 ChannelAdvisor | Confidential 1
Your New Amazon Strategy
• Improve your product listings
• Find the right keyword combinations
• Increase chances of Buy Box wins
• Fine-tune Sponsored Products
Copyright 2018 ChannelAdvisor | Confidential 2
Improving Product Listings
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Pillars for an Effective Listing
• Titles
 Follow Amazon’s formula
 Use effective and accurate keywords
• Description
 Customize for the Amazon shopper
 Paragraph format
• Bullet Points
 Use all five bullets
 Keep bullets brief and descriptive
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• Images
 At least four images
 Minimum 1,000 pixels for zoom
 High resolution and alt views
• Search Terms
 Not in product title
 Proofread
The Anatomy of a Search
Result
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Search Results
• 3 categories of shoppers
 Browse
 Search
 Filter
• How to increase search rankings?
 Relevancy
 Sales History
 Customer Experience
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Example of Effective Search Terms
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Example of Effective Search Terms
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The Amazon Buy Box
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Winning the Buy Box
• Build your seller metrics
 Order defect rate
 Pre-fulfillment cancelations
• Eliminate negative feedback
 On products and seller ratings
• Maintain competitive pricing
 Algorithmic Repricer
• Provide excellent customer service
 Reduce A-to-Z guaranteed claims
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Advertising with Amazon
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Sponsored Products and Headline Search
Sponsored Products
• Automatic targeting
 Importance of stellar product data
• Manual Targeting
 Testing potential keywords and search terms
Headline Search
• Brand registry required
 Banner ad
 Test broad keywords
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Key Takeaways
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Recap
• How to improve product listings
 Product data pillars
• How to find the right keyword combinations
 Use Amazon’s formula for titles
 Include product features like color, size, brand and quantity
• How to increase chances of Buy Box wins
 Seller metrics, dynamic and competitive pricing strategy
• How to fine-tune sponsored products
 Conduct A/B testing
 Use a mix of automatic and manual campaigns
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The Amazon Seller's Guide: Building Strategy, Building Sales

  • 1. The Amazon Seller’s Guide: Building Strategy, Building Sales Tristen Stawicki, Senior Client Strategy Manager, ChannelAdvisor Copyright 2018 ChannelAdvisor | Confidential 1
  • 2. Your New Amazon Strategy • Improve your product listings • Find the right keyword combinations • Increase chances of Buy Box wins • Fine-tune Sponsored Products Copyright 2018 ChannelAdvisor | Confidential 2
  • 3. Improving Product Listings 3Copyright 2018 ChannelAdvisor | Confidential
  • 4. Pillars for an Effective Listing • Titles  Follow Amazon’s formula  Use effective and accurate keywords • Description  Customize for the Amazon shopper  Paragraph format • Bullet Points  Use all five bullets  Keep bullets brief and descriptive Copyright 2018 ChannelAdvisor | Confidential 4 • Images  At least four images  Minimum 1,000 pixels for zoom  High resolution and alt views • Search Terms  Not in product title  Proofread
  • 5. The Anatomy of a Search Result 5Copyright 2018 ChannelAdvisor | Confidential
  • 6. Search Results • 3 categories of shoppers  Browse  Search  Filter • How to increase search rankings?  Relevancy  Sales History  Customer Experience Copyright 2018 ChannelAdvisor | Confidential 6
  • 7. Example of Effective Search Terms Copyright 2018 ChannelAdvisor | Confidential 7
  • 8. Example of Effective Search Terms Copyright 2018 ChannelAdvisor | Confidential 8
  • 9. The Amazon Buy Box 9Copyright 2018 ChannelAdvisor | Confidential
  • 10. Winning the Buy Box • Build your seller metrics  Order defect rate  Pre-fulfillment cancelations • Eliminate negative feedback  On products and seller ratings • Maintain competitive pricing  Algorithmic Repricer • Provide excellent customer service  Reduce A-to-Z guaranteed claims Copyright 2018 ChannelAdvisor | Confidential 10
  • 11. Advertising with Amazon 11Copyright 2018 ChannelAdvisor | Confidential
  • 12. Sponsored Products and Headline Search Sponsored Products • Automatic targeting  Importance of stellar product data • Manual Targeting  Testing potential keywords and search terms Headline Search • Brand registry required  Banner ad  Test broad keywords Copyright 2018 ChannelAdvisor | Confidential 12
  • 13. Key Takeaways 13Copyright 2018 ChannelAdvisor | Confidential
  • 14. Recap • How to improve product listings  Product data pillars • How to find the right keyword combinations  Use Amazon’s formula for titles  Include product features like color, size, brand and quantity • How to increase chances of Buy Box wins  Seller metrics, dynamic and competitive pricing strategy • How to fine-tune sponsored products  Conduct A/B testing  Use a mix of automatic and manual campaigns Copyright 2018 ChannelAdvisor | Confidential 14