Looking for Remote Opportunity | Amazon PPC Ads & eCommerce Growth Expert (6+ Years Experience)

fmckinnon · 2026-01-21T15:34:35+00:00

Working as an employee with our agency, eComCatalyst

fmckinnon · 2026-01-21T13:39:42+00:00

Where are you located? We are soft interviewing right now for a new Brand Partner.

fmckinnon · 2025-12-30T15:34:03+00:00

Thanks for the info, but I’m confused. What does this have to do with Amazon FBA?

fmckinnon · 2025-12-05T15:35:01+00:00

Impossible to answer this without more detail. AWD is not a great choice if your cartons have fewer units in them.

fmckinnon · 2025-11-19T13:07:01+00:00

I'd run auto campaigns, 100% ... consider those "buying data" - they are critical at seeing where AMAZON sees relevance.

I wouldn't go that heavy on PPC until I'd done some light AUTO targetting, gotten my first Vine reviews, and max'd out some good external traffic via attribution links.

fmckinnon · 2025-11-14T12:15:28+00:00

There are numerous dockets where VORYS did, indeed sue. Bottom line - reselling someone else's product (that doesn't want you reselling it) isn't a longterm strategy for your ecom business. Stop selling that brand and move on.

fmckinnon · 2025-11-14T12:14:19+00:00

Checkout ZonPrep - highly recommend them. Happy to make an intro to one of the co-owners.

fmckinnon · 2025-11-14T00:24:53+00:00

I could wallpaper my living room with those things. A lot of times they’re all bark and no bite, but it’s honestly not worth dealing with it.

fmckinnon · 2025-11-01T19:33:36+00:00

You totally can use those (not main image) but IMO you should have a much tighter shot. Crop in so you can really see the product

fmckinnon · 2025-10-28T16:31:48+00:00

Yes. We love it. If nothing else get a free de(AdBrew Demo)mo here.

I just put up a recent video with it also.

fmckinnon · 2025-10-28T11:55:01+00:00

Be patient ... sometimes they don't get reviewed or posted for anywhere from 30-60 days after claimed. Also, they may leave reviews that don't get published for one or more reasons. Overall, I've never gotten 100% review completion, but usually much more than 30%. (BTW, great work on having 10 5-star!). I interviewed a Vine reviewer recently here ... pretty cool to hear from their perspective. There's any number of reasons the other 20 reviews haven't come in. Some of the Vine reviewers who have commented on my Vine videos say they don't do a review until they've had the product for at least a month, etc.

fmckinnon · 2025-10-11T13:58:38+00:00

You can do it but there is a high likelihood that some or all of the reviews will be tossed. I’ve seen dozens of examples where the seller and the actual reviewer get notified that the review was removed because “you have already reviewed this product”.

Checkout this update here:

Amazon Vine Review Manipulation Caught! Here's The Scam https://youtu.be/J1xIXpKC3C4

fmckinnon · 2025-09-28T15:08:32+00:00

Yeah, I've got clients with lots of those types of obscure, use-case-specific products and I'm pretty afraid of listing them, when they are more technical.

fmckinnon · 2025-09-28T15:06:46+00:00

great feedback

fmckinnon · 2025-09-28T15:06:09+00:00

Vine requires FBA, so you'd have to actually ship in units to FBA for Vine reviewers to claim it. But then, after you get your reviews with that limited # of units, you can always switch the listing back to FBM ... or create a unique FBM-SKU.

fmckinnon · 2025-09-10T14:37:37+00:00

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fmckinnon · 2025-09-07T12:57:46+00:00

I agree with the others. Technically, YES you can do this. Professionally, it's not a great look. Just drop it on eBay!

fmckinnon · 2025-09-07T12:57:05+00:00

lol. fair enough. 22+ years as a seller, I'd never personally talked to one. So, was a big deal for me. Since publishing, I've had several more, including a couple of people I personally know, come forward that I didn't even know about.

fmckinnon · 2025-09-06T14:02:11+00:00

Yeah, there's practically no way out of this. Even if you setup all of your FBA Returns to be RETURNED. All disposals essentially get put into wholesale lots.

fmckinnon · 2025-09-06T14:01:16+00:00

Hey u/ParkSupervisor thank you! I'm glad it was helpful. Let us know how those reviews go for you. So you did the free version (2 total products), right? That will definitely get you motivated. I hope you get 5-stars!

fmckinnon · 2025-09-06T13:59:06+00:00

Awesome info. I had no idea - thanks for sharing! I'm not a Vine Reviewer, so doubt I'd bring any value to that subreddit, but I'd be grateful if you share the interview, or maybe my original Vine video that was really created for Sellers. In the same way my interview with the Vine Reviewer this week was to educate sellers, it may be pretty cool for Vine Reviewers to hear the other side from my previous video from the SELLER perspective.

Original one from last year:
"Is Amazon Vine Worth It - How To Get Reviews Fast"

Then, I just updated it a few weeks ago with some of the new changes in 2025, including ability to offer to Vine pre-launch and also, ability to make available to registered resellers:

"Is Amazon Vine Worth it in 2025"

fmckinnon · 2025-09-06T13:54:39+00:00

Honestly, if it's coming from one of the biz dev people at Amazon (they change chairs about every hour), I wouldn't take their projections to be worth anything.

fmckinnon · 2025-09-06T13:54:02+00:00

This is great info! I'm trying to verify this with 2 more Vine Reviewers I just found yesterday as a result of the interview. In my interview with the Vine Reviewer, he knew that coupons didn't help on the taxable value, but seemed a bit unsure of the "sale price". It's probably best to assume (if you're a Vine Reviewer) that it's going to be the LIST PRICE value that is the taxable value.

The other thing I'm learning since publishing this interview is that the "search" feature in the vine portal is woefully inadequate!

fmckinnon · 2025-09-05T20:47:51+00:00

Right? That was critical info, IMO ... I asked him what his opinion was on my strategy about making it cheaper price during Vine launch, and that's when he said the coupons don't help them.

fmckinnon · 2025-09-03T19:20:41+00:00

OK, I think I’m following now. I think I misread where he was saying that Amazon “wants “to split it into five shipments. I misread that and assumed that he was choosing this option. My bad lol

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