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Episode Title: Stop Gambling on Amazon: Building a Sustainable FBA Operating System with AI Tools

Are you running your Amazon FBA business like an operator or a gambler? Most sellers don’t fail because they lack effort; they fail because they are "running blind," unaware of their real margins, reorder points, or which ads are effectively stealing their money. In this episode of the AI Paycheck podcast, host Raje sits down with Amazon operator Mikkel Vang to dismantle the "passive income" myth and replace it with a high-performance Weekly Operator Loop.

Mikkel shares his "failure stack" the five primary reasons sellers collapse: cash flow traps, weak product selection, low-converting listings, unmanaged PPC, and lagging operations. We dive deep into why "vibes" aren't a business strategy and why you must manage your contribution margin not just revenue to survive between payout cycles.

Key Discussions in This Episode:

• The Cash Flow Safety Net: Why you should never reorder without a written plan and why your cash buffer must be measured in weeks of ad spend plus two reorders.
• The Resilience Test: How to select products that survive "Amazon chaos" by avoiding fragile economics and commodity goods with no visible edge.
• Mastering the Listing: Moving beyond generic copy to include "proof"—specific, documented facts about materials, dimensions, and compatibility.
• The Weekly Operator Loop: A 60-minute breakdown of how to audit your inventory risk, margin reality, conversion trends, and PPC health every single week.
• PPC & TACoS: Understanding Total Ad Cost of Sales (TACoS) to ensure your ads are supporting growth rather than eating your profit.

Practical Integration of AI Tools:

We don't just talk theory; we provide a practical stack of AI Tools to help you move faster and with more structure. Mikkel reveals specific ways to use AI Tools as a "drafting engine" for your business, including:

• Market Mapping & Research: Using AI Tools to summarize buyer "jobs-to-be-done" and identify manufacturing-feasible differentiation.
• Review Mining: Converting thousands of competitor reviews into a structured grid of customer complaints and feature requests.
• Listing & Image Storyboarding: Crafting compliant, benefit-first titles and 7-image storyboards that address buyer objections before they happen.
• Operational SOPs: Using AI Tools to turn messy processes into clear, repeatable Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) with quality checks.

Important Compliance Note: While AI Tools are powerful, they must be used responsibly. Never use AI Tools to fabricate claims, fake reviews, or invent compliance marks. Always validate AI-generated drafts with real specs and real margins.

Whether you are struggling with a product that is "paying to sell" due to hidden coupon costs or you are caught in a cycle of stockouts, this episode provides the rules and "if/then" logic needed to stabilize your business and scale with control.

Stop guessing and start operating.

Analogy: Running an Amazon business without a systems-based operating system is like trying to drive a car in the dark without a dashboard; you might be moving fast, but you won't know you're out of gas or heading for a cliff until it’s too late.