Billion Dollar Sellers

How Fake Amazon Reviews Actually Work

Date: Monday, October 6th, 2025
Summary: Kevin King exposes the sophisticated world of fake Amazon reviews, discusses Amazon's new partial refund policy for Q4, introduces the BDSS Oracle AI tool, covers OpenAI's Sora 2 commerce strategy, and reveals a major Keepa update for tracking competitor inventory.
Key Points Discussed:
Introducing the BDSS Oracle: AI trained exclusively on vetted Amazon experts
Amazon's expanded FBA partial refunds without returns starting October 1st
Inside investigation: How fake review networks actually operate
OpenAI's Sora 2 as a commerce platform competing with TikTok Shop
Keepa's new feature to view entire historical product catalogs by seller ID
Listing Optimization AI: New tool for Amazon image generation
Stack Influence platform for micro-influencer product seeding
The shift from organic search to AI-powered search traffic
Links Mentioned:
Try the BDSS Oracle (Limited Time Public Access)
Watch: How Fake Amazon Reviews REALLY Work - Ecom Crew Investigation
Listing Optimization AI - 50 Free Images/Month
Stack Influence Platform (10% off this month)
Blueland Micro Influencer Case Study
Keepa Product Finder Tool
BDSN Mystery Link of the Day
Hot Picks:
Amazon starts charging sales tax on Ad spend
Meta to sell targeted ads based on data in your AI chats
Why TikTok's $33B Shop is wake-up call for B2B commerce
What Amazon shippers should prioritize this peak season
Stump Bezos Answer: 95% of companies say they get no return from investing in AI
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ChatGPT now drives 20% of Walmart traffic

Date: Thursday, October 2nd, 2025
Summary: Kevin King discusses ChatGPT's transformation of e-commerce, Scott Deetz's Dream 100 induction, creating Amazon image variations with AI, Black Friday's declining dominance, and generating unlimited UGC content without monthly subscriptions.
Key Points Discussed:
ChatGPT now represents 20% of Walmart's referral traffic with 50B monthly product searches
Direct purchasing through ChatGPT launching with Etsy and 1M+ Shopify merchants via Stripe's Agentic Commerce Protocol
Scott Deetz inducted into Dream 100 after advising on $600M+ in exits with 80% at above-market multiples
Black Friday/Cyber Monday weekend dropped from 10% of Q4 orders (2019) to approximately 7% (2023-24)
AI workflow for creating multiple Amazon listing variations using ChatGPT and Canva
Upcoming live training on generating unlimited AI UGC videos for under $0.50 per video
Q4 Holiday Playbook strategies from Levanta
Fraser Smeaton's $50M Halloween costume business capturing 15% annual revenue in 4 days
Links Mentioned:
Market Masters Hot Seat Registration (only 5 spots left)
Market Masters Audience Member Registration
Market Masters AMA Video
Levanta's Q4 Holiday Playbook
Halloween Costumes Business Episode #465
BDSN Mystery Link
ChatGPT Merchants Portal
Golden Seller Awards
BDSC Live Event - AI UGC Training (Wed, Oct 8, 1:00 PM CDT)
Hot Picks:
TikTok Shop tops 500,000 US-based sellers
Amazon listings experience drop in Google search visibility
AI search visits surging in 2025
Got FBA in your name? Amazon will reject you from ASP portal
SmartScout shows you where links to Amazon products come from
Stump Bezos Answer: The average user spends 108 minutes daily on TikTok
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How to save $6,000+ in Amazon fees next month

Date: Monday, September 29th, 2025
Summary: Kevin King discusses Amazon's new FBA fee discounts for business pricing, ChatGPT's impact on e-commerce traffic, Amazon's $2.5B Prime settlement, TikTok's $14B US deal, and strategies for leveraging Amazon Business certifications.
Key Points Discussed:
Amazon's new FBA fee discount program for business pricing (started Sept 24)
How to leverage Amazon Business certifications for competitive advantage
ChatGPT topping all retail channels with 11% conversion rate
20% of Walmart's referral traffic now comes from ChatGPT
MaryRuth Organics' $500M/year strategy and TikTok-to-Amazon halo effect
Amazon's $2.5B Prime subscription settlement with the FTC
TikTok's controversial $14B US divestiture deal
Stack Influence platform for micro-influencer collaborations
Links Mentioned:
Market Masters Hot Seat Registration (Save $5,000 by Sept 30)
Market Masters Audience Member Registration (Save $1,000 by Sept 30)
BDSS Market Masters Experience Video
Amazon Business Certifications
US Chamber Small Business Certifications Guide
DragonFish AI Optimization
BDSN Mystery Link
Marketing Misfits: MaryRuth Organics Masterclass
Stack Influence Platform (10% off code: BillionDollarSellers)
Blueland Micro Influencer Case Study
Hot Picks:
Trade War tariff hacking gets creative
How to optimize e-commerce brands for ChatGPT visibility
AI turns Amazon Prime Day into a shopping strategy game
Tai Lopez accused of running $112 million Ponzi scheme
How to turn an average Amazon image into $40K per month ASIN
Have you fired an Amazon agency - there is a better way
Stump Bezos Answer: Temu tops e-commerce sales in Finland and Slovenia.
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83.2% of Amazon sellers optimize for AI wrong

Date: Thursday, September 25th, 2025
Summary: Kevin King discusses AI's impact on Amazon SEO, shares strategies from the Billion Dollar Sellers Club, reviews Q4 preparation tools, and covers industry news including cardboard box demand decline.
Key Points Discussed:
AI's impact on Amazon search optimization and seller strategies
Exclusive tips from the Billion Dollar Sellers Club monthly sessions
Q4 holiday preparation strategies and revenue optimization
TikTok product discovery and GMV Max advertising methods
AI-powered cross-selling and search indexing techniques
Cardboard packaging industry downturn and its e-commerce implications
Search Query Performance analysis tools
Links Mentioned:
Join Kevin for the Market Masters AMA
More info about Market Masters
Join BDSC Today for $9 - Limited to Serious Sellers Only
Download the Full Q4 Holiday Playbook
YouTube: Amazon's AI Doesn't Care About Keywords Anymore
Billion Dollar Sellers Club at 2pm EST
Check out Search Funnel Doctor
BDSN Mystery Link of the Day
Hot Picks:
Amazon attribution guide
Which AI image model converts best for Amazon images
When higher ACOS means higher profit
Stump Bezos Answer: Independent sellers move 5 billion products per year through Amazon's network
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ChatGPT about to launch checkout capability

Date: September 22nd, 2025
Summary: Kevin King discusses ChatGPT's upcoming checkout capability, AI-driven eCommerce traffic growth, Amazon's new seller profit dashboard, and the end of commingled inventory policies.
Key Points Discussed:
ChatGPT Mac app rolling out order flow functionality
AI-driven eCommerce traffic showing explosive growth (4700% year-over-year)
Amazon Accelerate innovations visual summary
Coupon strategy research: percentage vs. dollar-off discounts
Amazon's new Profit Analytics dashboard launch
End of Amazon's commingled inventory practice
New returns management platform features
Links Mentioned:
Market Masters AMA Registration
Market Masters Event Info
Forbes AI-Driven Shopping Article
Amazon Accelerate Visual Summary
BDSN Mystery Link
SellerFest Online Registration
Stack Influence Platform (10% off code: BillionDollarSellers)
Blueland Case Study
Hot Picks:
Amazon opens fulfillment services to Shein, Walmart, Shopify
Pattern raises $300 million in IPO
Amazon Prime Big Deal Days October 7-8
Amazon's big agentic AI bet
You Gotta See This:
I Found a Real Amazon Vine Reviewer… And They Spilled Everything
Stump Bezos Answer: Average cash conversion cycle of an 8-figure eCommerce brand is 92.63 days
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SEO goldmine Amazon sellers should know

Thursday, September 18th, 2025
Summary: Kevin King discusses understanding Amazon customer awareness stages, canonical URL optimization for SEO, TikTok's deal to stay in the US, and creating high-converting shoppable videos.
Key Points Discussed:
Eugene Schwartz's five stages of customer awareness and their application to Amazon selling
Canonical URL optimization using AI for better SEO performance
TikTok's deal structure to remain operational in the United States
Blueprint for creating winning shoppable videos with Hook-Story-Proof-CTA formula
Case study of screen protector brand using the shoppable video framework
Category-specific adaptations for different product types
Market Masters event details for November 13-17 in Austin
Links Mentioned:
Market Masters Event Registration
The Profitable PPC Challenge ($27 early bird)
Nicholas Scalice - What Are the 5 Stages of Awareness?
The $2.5 Billion Pitch Formula | Pitch Expert Forbes Riley
TikTok Shop Insights Newsletter
BDSS Dream 100 Member
TrueOps Free Audit
BDSN Mystery Link
Symphony Assistant AI Tool
BrandsMeetCreators
Hot Picks:
Top Amazon sellers agree TikTok Shop can be explosive
Fulfillment options compared: Amazon, Walmart and Shopify
Amazon demand shifts toward essentials
Amazon experience drop in Google visibility
Amazon launches new shoppable collections module
Stump Bezos Answer: USPS delivered the most in 2024: 6.9 billion parcels
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Holy cow! Build an agentic multichannel e-com store in minutes

Date: Monday, September 15th, 2025
Summary: Kevin King discusses Flash AI's revolutionary shopping assistant that could transform e-commerce discovery, Stack Influence's micro-influencer platform for Amazon ranking, and GenStore.AI's AI-powered multichannel store creation platform.
Key Points Discussed:
Flash AI's agentic commerce platform and its impact on Amazon sellers
How AI shopping assistants are changing product discovery and price transparency
Stack Influence platform for automating micro-influencer collaborations
GenStore.AI's AI agents for building complete e-commerce stores in minutes
Leo Sgovio's Amazon AI Checkout concept for seller empowerment
SellerFest Online conference featuring AI-driven Amazon strategies
ChatGPT's dominance in AI shopping tools according to Omnisend survey
Links Mentioned:
Flash AI Shopping Assistant
Stack Influence Platform (10% off code: BillionDollarSellers)
Secret Method to Avoid IP Complaints on Amazon (YouTube)
GenStore.AI Platform
SellerFest Online Registration
Leo Sgovio's Amazon AI Checkout Article
Seattle Accelerate VIP Dinner Registration
MDS Event (code: king100)
BDSN Mystery Link
Hot Picks:
Why live shopping is the new affiliate marketing
TikTok Shop encourages sellers to embrace weekend streaming
Walmart's 2025 AI and fulfillment strategy revealed
Stump Bezos Answer: Shopify's GMV was $292.3 billion in 2024
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The impending marketing revolution for Amazon sellers

September 11th, 2025
Summary: Kevin King discusses MCPs and their revolutionary impact on Amazon business automation, AI-powered product feeds for discovery platforms, Q4 holiday strategies, and Amazon's upgraded Product Opportunity Explorer tool.
Key Points Discussed:
MCPs (Model Context Protocol) as the "USB-C for business tools" - connecting AI to real business data
How MCPs solve AI hallucination problems by using actual Seller Central data vs. training data guesses
The 2-year competitive window for early MCP adoption before large agencies catch up
Strategic approach: focus on expertise-requiring tasks that don't need creativity
Setting up product feeds for AI discovery on Perplexity, OpenAI, and Google platforms
Using customer language in product descriptions instead of internal/supplier terminology
Q4 holiday strategies for profitable growth despite rising costs
Amazon's upgraded Product Opportunity Explorer with new Insights & Trends tab
Paul Harvey's new free TikTok Shop keyword tool for BDSN subscribers
Links Mentioned:
AMA Registration - Kevin and Norm discuss CMS event and DragonFish AI
Danny McMillan's MCP Deep Dive Guide
Levanta's Q4 Holiday Playbook
Profitable PPC Challenge - $27 Early Bird Registration
Perplexity Merchant Program Sign Up
OpenAI Product Discovery Interest Form
Google Merchant Center
Paul Harvey's TikTok Keyword Tool
YouTube: The Key to Ranking on Amazon in 2025
Hot Picks:
Image editing prompts for Nano Banana
Amazon Code of Conduct compliance guide
TikTok competitor Flip shuts down despite $1B valuation
Stump Bezos Answer: 88 countries have currently suspended postal services to the USA
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The big six CTR factors for boosting Amazon listings

Date: September 8th, 2025
Summary: Kevin King discusses brand voice consistency tools, Amazon marketplace dynamics, Lens Live's impact on sellers, conversion optimization hierarchy, counterfeit goods crisis, and micro-influencer marketing strategies for Amazon success.
Key Points Discussed:
Parsimony's Brand Voice Check Agent for maintaining consistent brand messaging
Single-product seller statistics on Amazon (only 0.15% of million-dollar sellers)
Amazon Accelerate conference networking opportunities and satellite events
Chinese counterfeit goods pipeline impact on legitimate sellers ($108.4B exported to US)
Stack Influence platform for micro-influencer product seeding campaigns
The Big 6 conversion factors: main image (22%), title (18%), price psychology (15%), bullets (12%), gallery images (10%), reviews (8%)
Amazon Lens Live visual search capabilities and competitive implications
Axiom Return Solutions for streamlined returns management
Links Mentioned:
Parsimony Brand Voice Tool Demo
Manus.im Style Guide Creator
Billion Dollar Sellers Club - Shopify Expert Workshop
Stack Influence Platform (10% off code: BillionDollarSellers)
Axiom Return Solutions Call Booking
Billion Dollar Sellers Club Membership ($9)
MerchantSpring Accelerate Events Directory
E-com Triage Accelerate Parties List
Titan Network Seattle Dinner (Million+ sellers)
Hot Picks:
Agentic Commerce Explainer
Walmart Courts European Sellers
Prime Membership Growth Slowdown
Amazon Class Action Lawsuit
Stump Bezos Answer: By 2030 social shopping is expected to be $6.2 trillion
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90% of these Amazon sellers are in danger

Date: September 4th, 2025
Summary: Kevin King discusses critical UK supplement compliance violations, two billion-dollar Amazon strategies (Anker vs Pattern), Gemini 2.5 Flash Image guide for e-commerce, and upcoming Amazon Accelerate VIP dinner event.
Key Points Discussed:
Critical UK supplement listing violations threatening mass suspensions
Pattern vs Anker: Two paths to $1.8 billion on Amazon
Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana) guide for product photography
Compliance requirements for UK supplement sellers
Seattle VIP Sellers Dinner during Amazon Accelerate
TrueOps audit services for finding missed revenue
E-commerce platform market share statistics
Links Mentioned:
Seattle VIP Sellers Dinner Registration
TrueOps Free Audit
Pattern vs Anker Analysis
How to Actually Rank in 2025 Video
Gemini 2.5 Flash Image Guide
E-com Triage Review Removal
Mr. Prime Compliance Services
Mystery Link of the Day
Profit Multipliers Austin Event
Hot Picks:
The European rapper redefining the Amazon seller grind
Value of small parcels sent from China to the U.K. hits £3 billion
Amazon's critical inventory deadlines for 2025 holiday season
Walmart's critical dates for 2025 holiday season
Gen-AI driven traffic to US e-commerce sites up 4700% per Adobe
Stump Bezos Answer: There are 760 million active monthly users of Douyin
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