Stop Amazon from wasting your ad spend

June 2nd, 2025
Summary: Kevin King explores how to sell to win with the 5 levels of market sophistication, Amazon's AI upgrade for understanding customer search intent, and strategies to prevent Amazon from wasting your advertising budget on ineffective off-Amazon placements.

Key Points Discussed:

• The 5 levels of market sophistication and how to position products accordingly
• MaryRuth's Level 4 strategy with dissolvable strips vs traditional gummies
• Barrière's Level 5 approach using story and design for vitamin patches
• Amazon's AI upgrade that interprets negation queries (e.g., "no laces" → "slip-on shoes")
• How to analyze and block off-Amazon ad placements for better spend efficiency
• Using the Amazon deny list to control where your ads appear
• Copywriting insights from $200M+ in email revenue
• America's record customs revenues reaching over $22 billion in May

Links Mentioned:

• Misfits webinar "The Wizard of Ads"
• Amazon Science doc on negation query rewriting
• BDSN Mystery Link
• Amazon Ads deny list template
• IP Moat - counterfeit protection

Hot Picks:

• Amazon inventory management lets vendors sell fake supplements
• Amazon rolls out demographic data at the ASIN level for sellers
• Amazon limits how sellers can message buyers
• How Amazon FBA changed the e-com logistics playbook

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