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Revolutionise Your Amazon Game in 2023 with Helium 10, Keepa, and Camel Camel Camel

Whether you love it or hate it, analysing data plays an essential role in understanding the full picture of your product’s success on Amazon. Since Seller Central doesn’t have every piece of relevant information ready to download, we have invested in third-party tools to ensure we keep track of everything. After asking our brand managers which tools they use most often and for what data, we have narrowed down three killer tools that we recommend to anyone selling on Amazon.
How To Smash 2023 on Amazon

The Secret Sauce to Smash Amazon - Full Funnel Advertising

It’s fair to say that the vast majority of Sellers will have, at the very least, dabbled in the world of Sponsored Products ads to boost the visibility of their products and drive more sales. However, this is just one facet of Amazon’s Advertising suite and tends to operate towards the bottom of the marketing funnel. If you are looking for growth in both incremental sales and market share, it’s vital to introduce upper-funnel ad formats into your advertising mix. Let’s look at your options and the best way to use them.
How To Smash 2023 on Amazon

Perpetua Review: How Ad Tech Can Help Your Sales Skyrocket

Many people can feel a bit twitchy about the AI revolution sweeping the globe. However, we’re here to tell you why you should stop worrying and love our new robotic overlords (well, in the context of Amazon Ads at least…)
How To Smash 2023 on Amazon

The Best Amazon PPC Software Tools: 2023 Recommendations

Amazon PPC software tools can greatly help manage ads and campaigns, but choosing which tool to use can be a tough task. Keep reading for our top 5 Amazon PPC tool recommendations as well as everything you need to know about them.
How To Smash 2023 on Amazon

Amazon’s A9 Algorithm & SEO Beyond the Basics in 2023

In this article, we'll take a closer look at Amazon's A9 algorithm and how it impacts your search engine optimisation (SEO) strategy.
How To Smash 2023 on Amazon

How To Set Up Your Amazon Inventory SKUs, Including FBA & MFN & Prepare for Launch

So far in our blog series, we have touched on many techniques that will help you smash 2023 on Amazon, whatever your goal. However in this next topic, we want to take you back to the basics.
How To Smash 2023 on Amazon

How to Manage Your Amazon Returns & Optimise Your Shipping Settings for Success

With Amazon sellers having to live up to the high standards Amazon has set for its customer experiences, it is crucial that they meet strict requirements and deadlines for responding to requests in their returns process. In this article, we’ll take you through Amazon’s expectations of sellers when it comes to handling returns, the returns process, and how to optimise your shipping settings for selling success.
How To Smash 2023 on Amazon

Advertise Food Products on Amazon: Navigating the New HFSS Policy

With new HFSS (High Fat, Salt and Sugar) UK regulations having come into effect on 1st October, impacts were seen immediately on Amazon UK, with a significant number of advertising campaigns archived as a result, due to Amazon applying restrictions at the total category level. To this day, businesses and brands across Amazon remain heavily impacted by this new legislation.
Seller Support

Analysing & Planning Your Amazon Deal Events Like A Boss + 2023 Key Dates Calendar

Christmas time can be a very hectic period for sellers. But what should you do now all that is over? In this blog, we will go through; how to analyse Q4 events, how to deal with excess inventory, and we have some free downloads to help you plan the next events coming throughout 2023.
How To Smash 2023 on Amazon

Planning For a Successful Q4 Starts in Q1

It may be a surprise to you that often, Amazon sellers make more sales in Q4 than they do in Qs 1,2 and 3 combined. With Q4 being so critical to sellers' success, proactivity is key. That’s why - believe it or not - preparation for this busy time of high traffic, visibility, and order fulfilment levels, ideally needs to start in Q1.
How To Smash 2023 on Amazon

How To: Publish a Book on Amazon for Free

Have you always dreamt about publishing a book, and sharing your literary works with the world but are stuck on where to start? With Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing, your dreams can quickly turn into a reality, and in this article, we tell you exactly how to do it.
How-to

Amazon’s Outlet Page: Feature Your Products on The Deals Page with the Biggest Discounts!

Here's everything you need to know to feature products on Amazon's Outlet page, a highly discounted deals page perfect for Shoppers to find big discounts, and for Sellers to recover value from overstocked FBA items this Q4.
Deals Planning

Which deal type should I run on Amazon during Q4?

With Q4 in full swing, many Amazon sellers hope to bank on upcoming deal events but need help deciding which deal type to use. Selecting the most appropriate deal type for your listings is essential, which is why at Sitruna, we're here to help you determine the most suitable type for your brand.
How-to

How To Prepare for Q4 Success as an Amazon Seller

With Q4 lasting between October to December and encompassing several key dates, read to find out what to consider and how to achieve sales success as an Amazon seller.
Deals Planning

Amazon Optimisation: The Need For A Profit-Focused Approach To Amazon Sponsored Product Ads

Amazon's PPC marketing platform allows you to increase the visibility of your products and drive additional traffic to your listings. It's a key component in the toolkit of all Sellers, however, it's vital to take the right approach as costs can mount up very quickly and drive down profit.
Amazon Advertising

SITRUNA Methodology: Profit Not A.C.R.O.N.Y.M.S.

When it comes to your business, we keep things transparent and honest. Here's how we keep you informed on every little detail of your profits.
Reporting

Is Your Account Retail Ready? Audit And Expert Optimisations To Drive Success On Amazon

Selling on Amazon can be a complex process with many moving parts. Our Profit Accelerator audits ensure that your account is in the best possible shape and is fully “retail ready”. We’ve developed a comprehensive checklist of the factors that have the biggest impact from our experience selling our own brands, and we use this to carry out a detailed health check of your account.
Copywriting & SEO

Seller Support Rage? Expert Technical Support Is Just A Click Away

Stuck in Seller Support limbo? We're here to help. We’ve had thousands of clients come to us with one-off technical problems that, in the most extreme cases, had been sitting with Seller Support for weeks or even months.
Seller Support

Stand Out From The Crowd: Learn How To Leverage Amazon A+ Content and Storefronts To Increase Profit

A+ Content allows you to tell your customers why they should be buying from your brand. It’s vital to get across your brand’s personality and unique selling points. Our creative experts work with you to optimise this user experience for the highest possible conversion rate.
Amazon Graphics

7 Steps to Amazon Sponsored Product (PPC) Success

The PPC experts in our team have come from an agency background and have worked with large eCommerce clients like Canon, Tesco, Hobbycraft, and Toys R Us to define and build PPC strategies, and run the PPC activity for our own products, giving us a testing ground for innovations and new ideas. Here are seven fundamental steps across all our clients.
Amazon Advertising

Amazon Brand Analytics: Leverage A Data-Driven Approach To Increase Your Profits

Understanding exactly who is buying your products, what they do after viewing your listing, and what else is in their baskets, as well as getting to the bottom of your customers' age, gender, and income bracket means you can take your listing strategy and product design to the next level. Here's how to dig into your analytics to make decisions about your target audience that are based on facts, rather than assumptions.
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How to Sell Alcohol on Amazon: 9 Steps to Success

Selling alcohol on Amazon can be a minefield of red tape. We’ll take you through the steps of this process, and if you need to chat further about this please do get in touch.
How-to

How to Sell Small Items on Amazon: 6 Steps to Success

Selling small, inexpensive items on Amazon brings profitability challenges. We can take you through ways to leverage Amazons programme specifically for small and light items. If you have any questions on how this programme can work for your business, our consultants will be happy to advise you, so please do get in touch.
How-to

Seller Account Suspended? What to Do If Your Amazon Account Gets Suspended

If you think Amazon account suspension is rare, think again. Amazon will suspend any account that is flagging a problem. In this guide, our Commercial Director takes you through how to identify that your account has been suspended, how to appeal and resolve it, and how to prevent Amazon account suspension.
Seller Support

Amazon Sellers: Updated FBA Inventory Limits

There are many benefits of using the fulfilled by Amazon (FBA) programme, however, as of April 2021, Amazon has put in new inventory limits that could impact your business. Follow this guide to see how we have worked with third-party warehouses to help navigate these restrictions.
Fulfilment

How to use Amazon Sponsored Brand Video Advertising

How to stand out from the crowd? Or more to the point, how to stand out on a competitive Amazon listing page? It’s a question every seller has to solve. Our Amazon Experts take you through ways to get more from your Amazon ads.
Amazon Advertising

The 4 Ways To Optimise Your Amazon Listings

In a marketplace that's as competitive as Amazon, your listings could be the difference between your products being discovered, or them sitting on the seventh or eighth page. In this guide, our expert takes you through the best practice tips you should follow when writing Amazon product listings.
Copywriting & SEO

2021 Amazon Prime Day For Sellers: What More Can You Do?

This year's Amazon Prime Day is taking place between Monday 21st June - Tue 22nd June, and whilst it's too late for you to set up any of your products as deals now, there are still loads of ways you can benefit from Prime Day. If you need any take taking advantage of the next Amazon Prime Day, please get in touch with us, we would love to help.
Deals Planning

How to Prepare For Q4 on Amazon

Q4 is a great opportunity for Amazon sellers to boost sales and profits, but with this comes a lot to think about and much to do. We let you in on everything you need to prepare to make this a successful time for your business.
How-to

Preparing Stock for Q4

Balancing the juggling act of maintaining stock inventory, without being overstocked can prove tricky. With the added demand pressures of Q4, here's our guide on how to keep on top of stock and inventory during this busy period.
Fulfilment

How to Prepare Your Amazon PPC Campaigns for Black Friday & Cyber Monday

During the most important period of the year, businesses will be doing everything they can to make up their long tail and have their best Q4 to date. Our Amazon experts guide you through the best ways to optimise your PPC strategy for a fruitful holiday season.
Amazon Advertising

How to Access and Use Category Listing Reports

When optimising your listing content, it can be helpful to have a starting point to build on. Most of the time it would be what you already have on the live detail page. So, this is where downloading your category listing report may prove useful. You can start off with your existing titles, bullet points, descriptions and search terms, and optimise from there.
Reporting

Key Sales Dates for Amazon Sellers to Prepare For

As sellers, there are certain key dates around the year to be aware of and prepare for. Many sellers already prepare for the Christmas period, however, other key dates may be worth thinking about as these could be relevant to your brand. Here are dates we think sellers should keep in mind.
Deals Planning

Seller vs Vendor - Which Is Right For You?

Your first step to selling on Amazon is to decide whether you want to be a vendor or a seller; i.e. if you want to sell to Amazon (vendor) or sell on Amazon's marketplace (as a seller). There are pros and cons to both, summarised below:
How-to

Regular optimisations to make for Amazon PPC Success

Once you have set up your Amazon PPC campaigns there are regular optimisations that you will have to undertake to get the most out of your campaigns. Below is a list of optimisations that you should undertake on a regular basis.
Amazon Advertising

New Amazon Premium A+ Content Feature: Do or Don’t?

With 9.7 million Amazon sellers worldwide, it’s fair to say that competition is rife. Now, more than ever, marketing products to stand out is paramount, and the premium A+ content feature is one way to give sellers that edge. Say goodbye to basic aesthetics and say hello to Amazon’s new strategic content tool that gives storefronts an eye-catching boost, increasing the chance of sales. Sounds good, right?
Amazon Graphics

How To Expand into Amazon EU: Fulfilment Methods Explained

Want to expand your product selection out of the UK and into Europe but aren’t sure where to start? Read below to understand each fulfilment option available to you!
Fulfilment

Amazon Dictionary: Detail Page Sales & Traffic by Child Item Report

As an Amazon seller, you may have familiarised yourself with the business reports, found in Seller Central. These reports offer data for sellers to analyse key aspects of their businesses. You can find the business reports located under the main tab > reports> business reports.
Reporting

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