Billion Dollar Sellers

Amazon lets you get reviews before launching

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Date: July 7th, 2025

Summary: Kevin King discusses Prime Day strategy and prep, Amazon's traffic hijacking tactics, new Vine pre-launch reviews, AI's impact on SEO citations, Helium 10's affiliate changes, and Fakespot's shutdown.

 

Key Points Discussed:

  • Prime Day 2025 expanded to 4 days (July 8-11) with competitor events overlapping
  • Sponsored Products dominated 86% of Prime Day 2024 sales - focus there over DSP
  • Amazon bidding on competitor brand terms during Prime Day to hijack traffic
  • New Vine program allows up to 30 reviews before product launch
  • Google AI Overviews cite Reddit (21%), YouTube (19%), Quora (14%) - not brand sites
  • Helium 10 changing affiliate structure from lifetime commissions to upfront payments
  • Fakespot fake review detector shut down July 1st after Mozilla acquisition
  • Tariff deferment strategies and direct shipping solutions

    • Links Mentioned:

    • Live AI webinar registration (July 10th)
    • Stack Influence Platform (10% off code: BillionDollarSellers)
    • Prime Day 2025 PPC Bootcamp | SSP #676
    • Helium 10's Prime Day checklist
    • BDSN Mystery Link of the Day
    • Portless tariff deferment solution
    • Stack Influence micro-influencer case study
    • #393 - Combating Fake Reviews in the World of E-Commerce with Ming Ooi

      • Hot Picks:

      • Despite tariffs, Amazon has not seen prices appreciably go up
      • TikTok's second round of massive layoffs reveals toxic culture in USA
      • Brands turn to tariff engineering to avoid higher import taxes

        • Stump Bezos Answer: Google AI Overviews cite Reddit most - 21% of the time

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