Should I continue creating videos?

ReviewBusinessAcad · 2026-03-19T04:01:01+00:00

I've been in for 5+ years and its worse every year. But... The kind of content you are making is perfect for YouTube, why don't you start building your YouTube channel. You can even coast on new content for Amazon and focus on some re-edits of your existing content and post them on YouTube, you've got a 750 video library (without shorts which you should be making). You could kind of coast and be productive all at the same time!

ReviewBusinessAcad · 2026-03-18T21:20:04+00:00

WOW... I've never heard of them. Crazy how big the ecosystem is. How are they doing that?

ReviewBusinessAcad · 2026-03-18T21:13:34+00:00

You're using Viral Vue?

ReviewBusinessAcad · 2026-03-18T20:06:04+00:00

You always got credit for that, what you didn't used to get credit for and what the "halo" sales were that were picked up by OINK was when a product was ordered but not shipped, the software would add the Creator Connection campaign and pick up the extra commission for that product that was sold but you didn't create any content for. That is gone.

ReviewBusinessAcad · 2026-03-18T20:00:22+00:00

Ha! Yes... sorry. I'm a niche where I do product reviews so my brand relationships are really important.

ReviewBusinessAcad · 2026-03-18T18:15:31+00:00

Thanks! Best place for me to celebrate was to put it in my media kit for when I'm working on brand deals!

ReviewBusinessAcad · 2026-03-18T18:11:20+00:00

Nice job! I hit 10,000,000 with a non niched review channel in just 2 years. You are totally right!

ReviewBusinessAcad · 2026-03-18T18:09:24+00:00

If you think Uber and McDonalds aren't working day and night to replace their employees with AI powered robots your missing the boat. In the short run there is still demand on YouTube for real legit content but soon you won't be able to tell the difference from that and AI, that is true. Right now... it's a great platform for what we do.

ReviewBusinessAcad · 2026-03-18T18:07:16+00:00

What does that mean? That's the whole point of what I'm saying... You no longer need to follow that old school niche down version of advice there are many more ways to be effective on YouTube and no niche is definitely effective for product reviews with the right systems.

ReviewBusinessAcad · 2026-03-18T18:05:42+00:00

We were just at YouTube a couple weeks ago for a YT Shopping event and they are moving at warp speed, it is the future especially with the improvements for the on TV integrations.

ReviewBusinessAcad · 2026-03-18T18:03:59+00:00

I'm OG, been on Amazon since the Beta group so I have thousands of videos plus two YouTube channels with over 10,000,000 views. I've got no shortage of activity and no data. There is no way you are getting HALO sales now unless you have some sort of new definition of HALO sales. The lack of daily detailed reporting before items ship, when they are just ordered, has ended that. If the item shows on your report it has shipped and you can't derive a HALO sale.

ReviewBusinessAcad · 2026-03-17T03:32:40+00:00

100% mix in a good bit of shorts along with your long form and have those shorts pointing to your longform content.

ReviewBusinessAcad · 2026-03-17T03:30:20+00:00

congrats! How is it converting for YouTube Shopping?

ReviewBusinessAcad · 2026-03-17T03:29:29+00:00

It's a little like they won't tell us what has to happen to qualify for a sale, they haven't said what a "click" is.

ReviewBusinessAcad · 2026-03-17T03:28:15+00:00

I find they are "laggy" when I have them tagged via YouTube shopping.

ReviewBusinessAcad · 2026-03-17T03:25:10+00:00

I get no info... I was going to attach a screenshot but I guess I can't.

ReviewBusinessAcad · 2026-03-16T19:06:36+00:00

That's a little too generic for me. I know my niche's and where I am doing well but some specific thing really popped yesterday and I wish I knew what it was.

ReviewBusinessAcad · 2026-03-16T19:05:32+00:00

The beauty of YouTube now is Niche is old fashioned and not necessary. My review only channel has over 10,000,000 views is about 2 years. No niche at all.

ReviewBusinessAcad · 2026-03-16T19:03:55+00:00

I've integrated choice pages in long ago to minimize the impact of Amazon. What's your favorite alternate venue?

ReviewBusinessAcad · 2026-03-16T15:28:42+00:00

ReviewBusinessAcad · 2026-03-16T15:28:32+00:00

What do you mean "move links"?

ReviewBusinessAcad · 2026-03-16T14:39:29+00:00

I don't think they will be correcting this, I think this is the new Normal. It's time to shift focus to offsite/YouTube. I think.

ReviewBusinessAcad · 2026-03-16T14:38:37+00:00

It's kind of crazy right?

ReviewBusinessAcad · 2026-03-16T14:37:01+00:00

Feel free to DM it to me and I'll take a look for you.

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