AS 20: Amazon Greyhat Ranking Secret – Ranking with the Corporate Guys

We are strategists. Amazon is a huge chess board. Our products are but pawns in this game. Then there are knights, rooks, and queens…those represent the big corporations, making 10s of millions of dollars. But in the game of chess, a small pawn can take out a queen the queen aka corporation is not being careful enough. And that’s our goal. We will steadily grow our profit margins, because in doing so it allows us to launch more products, increase our volume and distribution.

So what does this all mean?

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Today’s Podcast, episode 20, is Amazon Greyhat Ranking Secret – How my competitor ranks with the corporate guys.

Now I’m not recommending you do or do not do this, however I’ve witnessed my competitor do it and he’s churning out good numbers every month from each of his products, aka 50,000+ a month from a single product.

And so I was curious, how’s this happening, his product isn’t far superior to mine. And so I looked deeper. And in fact, the greyhat secret I discovered is as follows. By the way this can get a bit confusing, so you may need to rewind and play a few times.

What is greyhat you ask?

Greyhat is the probably what you think it is. There’s white hat strategies, which we love, greyhat, which you proceed with caution, and blackhat, is what your doing something you probably should do in order to improve your rank.

The greyhay secret is as follows. Some sellers on Amazon are adding E-books, to their Amazon Seller Listing in addition to their product. They will typically say, their listing + here’s a bonus your e-book.  Now sure that gives you added value. But the secret here lies within.

Advanced greyhatters are using the e-book spot in the title, to do a combination of things. Lets’s say you have a product, and your #1 competitor’s company is called “Safe Prepping”. Now this major company called “Safe Prepping” ranks very well in top 10. As a small guy, the grey hat technique involves half of their brand in the ebook… meaning your e-book is called “Meal Prepping E-Book” and in another part of your title your product includes the word “Safe.”

What David, I’m lost? So basically, what just happened was, my competitor used a corporate name which was a two part word brand, and they put it in spotty areas of their title, without saying the brand all at once. In fact the e-book, or chart pdf you can use, can assist in getting the harder, no so much used words to make sense in their title.

When you add an e-book in your title, it not only provides extra value to customer, you can add an adjective, and even better, part of a corporate name, as the name of your e-book.

In order to demonstrate how this works let’s I want to do a case study. , I will use an actual Amazon listing that I found so if you’re by a computer, you can reference what I’m talking about and listen along.

Go to Amazon Bolt Goods - Meal Prep Containers with Lids (8 Pack, 28 Ounce) BPA-Free Reusable Microwave Dishwasher Freezer Safe - THE ONLY Crack Chip Leak Resistant Food Storage Saver with BONUS Meal Prepping Ebook