Stop Amazon from wasting your ad spend

June 2nd, 2025

Summary: Kevin King explores how to sell to win with the 5 levels of market sophistication, Amazon's AI upgrade for understanding customer search intent, and strategies to prevent Amazon from wasting your advertising budget on ineffective off-Amazon placements.

Key Points Discussed:

• The 5 levels of market sophistication and how to position products accordingly


• MaryRuth's Level 4 strategy with dissolvable strips vs traditional gummies


• Barrière's Level 5 approach using story and design for vitamin patches


• Amazon's AI upgrade that interprets negation queries (e.g., "no laces" → "slip-on shoes")


• How to analyze and block off-Amazon ad placements for better spend efficiency


• Using the Amazon deny list to control where your ads appear


• Copywriting insights from $200M+ in email revenue


• America's record customs revenues reaching over $22 billion in May

Links Mentioned:

• Misfits webinar "The Wizard of Ads"


• Amazon Science doc on negation query rewriting


• BDSN Mystery Link


• Amazon Ads deny list template


• IP Moat - counterfeit protection

Hot Picks:

• Amazon inventory management lets vendors sell fake supplements


• Amazon rolls out demographic data at the ASIN level for sellers


• Amazon limits how sellers can message buyers


• How Amazon FBA changed the e-com logistics playbook

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