Billion Dollar Sellers

Amazon to Shut Down Sellers for Using Some AI Tools

Date: February 23rd, 2026
Summary: Kevin King covers Amazon's new AI Agent Policy that could get sellers shut down, how Amazon and Shopify now account for 50% of all U.S. e-commerce, the hidden influence of AI on shopping decisions, Reddit's new AI-powered shopping feature, and the latest hot picks.
Key Points Discussed:
Amazon and Shopify now account for roughly 50% of all U.S. e-commerce
Social shopping stats: Instagram leads at 37%, TikTok at 30%
Amazon's new Business Solutions Agreement section 19 and AI Agent Policy (effective March 4th, 2026)
Warning: your account is your responsibility when using third-party tools
"Dark Search" — AI's hidden influence on shopping decisions is bigger than analytics show
About 10% of product discovery is already happening via LLMs
Reddit testing AI-powered shopping feature in search results
Stack Influence platform for micro-influencer collaborations
Links Mentioned:
Ecom Mastery AI Nashville (use coupon code "Nashville" for 20% off)
Marketplace Pulse: Amazon and Shopify Are Now Half of U.S. E-Commerce
Kiri Masters: Dark Search article
DragonFish — AI visibility for brands
Stack Influence Platform (10% off by signing up this month)
Hot Picks:
Amazon dethrones Walmart as world's biggest company by sales
TikTok Shop halts plan to make sellers use TikTok's fulfillment
The real costs compared of selling on Amazon, Walmart and TikTok Shop
Walmart's ad business grew 46% to $6.4B in 2025
Stump Bezos Answer: 23% of all online orders can be attributed to email marketing
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Why Your Amazon AI Seller Prompts Leave $ on the Table

Date: February 19th, 2026
 Summary: Kevin King discusses why Amazon sellers should stop writing AI prompts and start writing briefs, the five parts of an effective AI brief, the OpenClaw AI agent platform acquired by OpenAI, Prime Day potentially moving to June, and creating free Sponsored Brand Video ads.
Key Points Discussed:
Why AI briefs outperform prompts for Amazon sellers
The 5 parts of a brief that actually works: context, objective, constraints, reference material, and deliverable format
How to create free Sponsored Brand Video ads using Amazon Creative Studio and Canva
Amazon GMV growth and the shift toward third-party sellers
OpenClaw: the open-source AI agent platform acquired by OpenAI and what it means for sellers
Jay Margaliot's 5-Day AI Brand Ambassador Challenge
Prime Day may be moving to June 2026
Review velocity now more important than total review count for Amazon ranking
Links Mentioned:
E-com Mastery AI Nashville (April 8-12) - Save 20% with code "Nashville"
Free PPC Audit with Chris Rawlings
How to Make Amazon Sponsored Video Ads in Canva Tutorial
GetReviews - QR Code Review Funnels (15% off with code BDS15)
OpenClaw Tutorial
I Built a Team of 9 AI Agents to Run My Amazon Business
Jay Margaliot's 5-Day AI Brand Ambassador Challenge ($97)
Hot Picks:
TikTok wants your Amazon listings - list with Amazon URL now
Shopify says they are best positioned for AI shopping
Reminder: Amazon flat file templates expire next week
Review velocity more important than # of reviews for Amazon rank
Stump Bezos Answer: By late 2025, Amazon's margin on selling physical products was close to 7%
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Do You Make These Selling Mistakes in English?

Date: February 16th, 2026
Summary: Kevin King discusses a century-old copywriting trick that still drives conversions today, compares selling costs across platforms, reveals TikTok's hidden halo effect on Amazon sales, highlights the Great Compression in Amazon's marketplace, and shares tools for agency owners and micro-influencer marketing.
Key Points Discussed:
The power of the word "these" in headlines and how open loops drive clicks and conversions
How to apply Maxwell Sackheim's copywriting principle to Amazon ad headlines, A+ Content, and email subject lines
Selling cost comparison across ChatGPT, Amazon, TikTok Shop, and Walmart
TikTok's hidden halo effect: 62.5% of TikTok-driven sales convert on Amazon and retail, not TikTok Shop
nReach's Agency Advisor GPT for Amazon agency valuation and exit planning
Amazon now recommending competitors on listings with a "Frequently Returned" badge
Stack Influence platform for automated micro-influencer product seeding
Amazon's Great Compression: less than 2% of sellers now drive 50% of all US third-party GMV
E-com Mastery AI event in Nashville, April 8-12
Links Mentioned:
E-com Mastery AI - Nashville, April 8-12 (save 20% with code "Nashville")
Workmagic TikTok Halo Effect Case Study
Full Report from EcomCrew
nReach Agency Advisor GPT
Stack Influence Platform (10% off by signing up this month)
Blueland Micro Influencer Case Study (13X ROI)
Hot Picks:
Amazon's growth in Germany and UK outpaces US marketplace
Walmart readies cross-border shipping to Mexico and Canada for sellers
Amazon now beating eBay in Australia with 60 million monthly visits
Google launches agentic commerce with Etsy and Wayfair
Shopify's revenue rises 30% in 2025
Stump Bezos Answer: 69% of Amazon's total GMV ($830 billion in 2025) was driven by third-party sellers using Seller Central.
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Your Logo May Be Costing You Sales

Date: February 12th, 2026Summary: Kevin King discusses how Chinese factories are going direct via TikTok Shop, why your brand logo may be hurting conversions, the AI shopping wars between Big Tech and Amazon, TikTok Shop's January leaderboard trends, and a new tool that lets you manage Amazon Ads through ChatGPT or Claude.
Key Points Discussed:
Chinese factories bypassing middlemen and selling direct through TikTok Shop
How TikTok discovery drives Amazon search traffic (halo effect)
How to audit Amazon PPC campaigns using bulk files and pivot tables
Top 100 online retailers in Europe and the fragmented e-commerce landscape
TikTok Shop January leaderboard: mid-ticket beauty and apparel dominating
Hector MCP: managing Amazon Ads data inside ChatGPT or Claude
Why descriptive brand logos outperform abstract ones for unfamiliar brands
AI shopping wars: Google, OpenAI, Shopify, and others teaming up against Amazon
Answer Engine Optimization as the next frontier for product discovery
Links Mentioned:
Ecom Mastery AI - Nashville, April 8-12
How to Audit Amazon PPC Campaigns Using Bulk Files and Pivot Tables (The PPC Den Podcast)
Hector MCP - Talk to your Amazon Ads data inside ChatGPT or Claude
Hot Picks:
QVC is on the brink of bankruptcy
Estée Lauder sues Walmart.com over fake Chinese products
Amazon will KILL your business if you move from 1P to 3P
Stump Bezos Answer: A record $29.1 billion is expected to be spent on Valentine's gifts this year.
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How to optimize your Amazon biz with DSI

Date: February 9th, 2026
Summary: Kevin King covers how to use Amazon's Downstream Impact (DSI) framework to find your highest-value product, Amazon's Q4 2025 earnings highlights, Rufus AI hitting $12 billion in incremental sales and what it means for sellers, an AWD vs 3PL cost calculator, TikTok's new Halo Performance Tool that tracks off-site Shopify sales, and Amazon opening its ad platform to AI agents via MCP.
Key points discussed:
How to calculate Downstream Impact (DSI) for your Amazon business using a 3-step process to find your "gateway drug" ASIN
Amazon Q4 FY2025: $213 billion revenue, 3P seller services at $53 billion, advertising at $21 billion for the quarter
Rufus AI generated $12 billion in incremental sales with 300+ million users and 60% higher conversion rates
The shift from keyword stuffing to Noun Phrase Optimization for AI-powered product discovery
AWD vs 3PL cost calculator for SKU-level financial modeling
TikTok's Halo Performance Tool tracking off-site Shopify sales from TikTok content
Amazon Ads MCP Server now in open beta, enabling AI agents to manage ad campaigns via natural language
Links mentioned:
Ecom Mastery AI Event PDF
EcomMastery.AI - Jon Derkits
AWD vs 3PL Cost Calculator
Stack Influence - Micro-Influencer Platform
Hot picks:
Best ecom conferences to attend in 2026
Amazon has a new leader of 3P Seller Partner Services
AI is now citing YouTube as its source more than Reddit
Stump Bezos answer: 26 million Americans are expected to call in sick the day after the Super Bowl.
Parting shot: "Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything." — George Bernard Shaw
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The "AI" lie in most Amazon software tools

Date: February 5th, 2026
Summary: Kevin King discusses why 99% of "AI" in Amazon tools is actually just rule-based automation, how to extract Amazon reviews using Apify, Google's Nano Banana Pro for listing images, Adam Heist's discovery of hidden Amazon data, and why gaming ads offer an attention arbitrage opportunity over social media.
Key points discussed:
Why 99% of "AI" in Amazon software tools is actually rule-based automation
How to extract Amazon reviews now that Helium 10 has removed that feature
Using Google's Nano Banana Pro for studio-quality Amazon listing images
Adam Heist's method for finding hidden Amazon data
LLM referral traffic has the lowest average order value of any channel
Gaming ads vs social ads: the attention arbitrage opportunity
Smart Scout's new AI Scorecard feature for Amazon COSMO optimization
Links mentioned:
Apify - Marketplace of specialized data scrapers for Amazon review extraction
AI for Ecom Newsletter - Jo Lambadjieva's newsletter
Voc.ai - Review extraction tool
Nano Banana Pro Guide - Chris Rawlings' step-by-step guide for AI listing images
Adam Heist's Video: I Found Where Amazon Hides the Real Data
AppLovin - Platform for gaming ads
Smart Scout - AI Scorecard and AI Visibility Monitor
Ecom Mastery AI featuring BDSS - April 8-12 in Nashville
Hot picks:
Zuckerberg teases agentic commerce is coming to Meta
Walmart allows some sellers to incentivize reviews
TikTok is radically reshaping product discovery for the beauty industry
Amazon sellers are facing new compliance challenges
Stump Bezos answer: Amazon delivered 8 billion same or next day packages in the USA in 2025 (out of 13 billion worldwide).
Parting shot: "Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success."
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Math behind winning Amazon search rankings

Date: February 2nd, 2026
Summary: Kevin King breaks down new data on Amazon search rankings, explains how to calculate revenue potential for ranking higher, and dives deep into how Amazon sellers can win in the age of AI with Answer Engine Optimization (AEO).
Key points discussed:
New data from Smart Scout on Amazon search position click and sales share
How to calculate revenue potential using Amazon's first-party data
Why AI citations are the new currency and backlinks are dying
How Rufus, ChatGPT, and Google Gemini discover products
The shift from traditional SEO to Answer Engine Optimization (AEO)
Why ChatGPT needs Amazon more than Amazon needs ChatGPT
How Amazon's Rufus AI is changing product discovery
Links mentioned:
Watch the AI search webinar replay
Jon Derkits newsletter on calculating ranking revenue potential
Wall Street Journal article on businesses manipulating ChatGPT results
DragonFish - AEO optimization company
GEO Bundle Builder tool by Leonardo Sgovio
Stack Influence - micro-influencer platform
Hot picks:
TikTok Shop is now the UK's 4th largest beauty retailer
China to US freight rates dropped 12% to West Coast in January
Search is having its new haircut, new me moment
Stump Bezos answer: ChatGPT ads are projected to top $25 billion by 2030
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These Amazon pricing dead zones are costing you $

Date: January 29th, 2026
Summary: Kevin King covers the AI shopping revolution happening inside ChatGPT, unlocking Amazon's $35 billion B2B opportunity, why Google Shopping just became more critical for AI visibility, 2026 Amazon pricing dead zones that could be costing you money, and a free image analysis tool.
Key Points Discussed:
AI shopping revolution: people buying products directly inside ChatGPT
AEO webinar with Norm Farrar on positioning brands for AI shopping
Amazon's $35 billion B2B opportunity and the six buttons to press
Business Pricing, Quantity Discounts, Case Packs, B2B Advertising, Seller Certifications, Request for Quote, and Business-Only Offers
Marketing Misfits video on what Amazon sellers get wrong about Shopify
Marketplace fee comparison across Amazon, Walmart, TikTok Shop, Etsy, and ChatGPT
BDSS 13 replays and dashboard availability
Google Shopping's critical role in ChatGPT product recommendations
ECatalyst free image intelligence tool for Amazon compliance
2026 Amazon FBA pricing dead zones by category
How to identify and avoid pricing dead zones
Links Mentioned:
AEO Webinar Registration
Webinar Archive
Mr. Prime
Marketing Misfits Video: What Amazon Sellers Get Wrong About Shopify
Billion Dollar Seller Club (BDSC)
ECatalyst Image Intelligence Tool
Mason Merhoff LinkedIn Post on Pricing Dead Zones
Hot Picks:
Amazon plans to cut 16,000 jobs
ChatGPT to charge Super Bowl level ad rates at $60 CPM
Amazon Seller Central now integrates with QuickBooks
eBay bans agentic shopping bots from its platform
Shopify launches its agentic plan for non-Shopify brands
Stump Bezos Answer: Meta earned $813 billion in ad revenue in 2025
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It's over: the last generation of Amazon sellers

Date: January 26th, 2026
Summary: Kevin King discusses the final generation of Amazon sellers, ChatGPT's universal cart shopping feature, Google bringing shopping to the Gemini app, AI answer engine statistics, and highlights from the BDSS 13 Virtual event.
Key Points Discussed:
BDSS 13 Virtual event recap and speaker highlights
AI answer engine source statistics for Walmart Sparky vs Amazon Rufus
ChatGPT's upcoming universal cart shopping feature
Google's Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) and Gemini shopping
The evolution and ending of Amazon seller eras
How AI agents are changing product discovery and purchasing
Preparing for agent-mediated commerce
Links Mentioned:
BDSS 13 Replays - Instant Access ($697)
Join Billion Dollar Sellers Club ($9)
Scot Wingo - Retailgentic
TestingCatalog on X
Free AEO Webinar Registration - January 29th
Stack Influence Platform (10% off)
Blueland Micro Influencer Case Study
Adam Heist's YouTube Video - The Last Generation of Amazon Sellers
Ecom Mastery AI Event
Hot Picks:
The TikTok deal is complete: 5 things you should know
CEO admits tariffs are bumping up prices on Amazon
TikTok sellers cannot do their own shipping as of Feb 25
Stump Bezos Answer: There are approximately 201 million US Prime members
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Why Amazon Blocks Your Product Updates

Date: Thursday 22nd of January 2026
Summary: Kevin King discusses how to turn returns into repeat buyers using returnless refunds, the psychology behind communal relationships with customers, Error 8541 and why Amazon blocks your listing updates, Patent Geyser for affordable provisional patents, and how a seven-figure seller found $14K in hidden cash flow by paying suppliers with credit cards.
Key Points Discussed:
The psychology of returnless refunds and how they build brand loyalty
Seven actionable tactics for implementing returnless refunds strategically
Why early delivery can actually increase return rates
Understanding Error 8541 and Amazon's contribution hierarchy
How to escalate catalog ownership issues with the right language
Provisional Patent Applications and the "patent pending" strategy
Paying international suppliers by credit card to earn rewards and improve cash flow
The cascading benefits of payment platform intermediaries
Links Mentioned:
BDSS 13 Virtual Event
Join BDSC (Billion Dollar Sellers Club)
Free Shopify Book: How to Build a $10M E-commerce Brand
Marketing Misfits Episode: Why Most Paid Communities Suck
Vanessa Hung's OSS Lab Newsletter
Patent Geyser - Provisional Patent Applications
Melio - Pay International Suppliers by Card
Hot Picks:
Amazon tests 30-minute delivery in the UK
Walmart shuffles top leadership as AI reshapes its future
Pinterest adds shoppable TV with Roku partnership
Adobe says 65% of consumers more confident shopping with AI
Stump Bezos Answer: Amazon reaches 652 million app users worldwide.
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