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Only the testing tier keeps working after delivery.","Services split into three tiers: copy-only, copy plus creative, and ongoing testing. Copy-only\nis cheap and cannot fix the thing that usually limits you, which is the primary image. Ongoing\ntesting costs most and is the only tier that keeps working after delivery.\n\n## The short version\n\n- **Three tiers:** copy-only, copy plus creative, ongoing testing.\n- **Copy-only cannot touch your primary image,** which caps all traffic.\n- **Ask who shoots.** In-house production means fast iteration.\n- **Ongoing testing is the only tier that compounds.**\n- **Compare scope, not price.** The tiers are not alternatives to each other.\n\n## What each tier actually includes\n\nI run Flapen with 50 operators managing about 70 brands, with creative produced\nin-house through a Dubai studio and listing work included in every membership rather than sold\nas a project.\n\n| | Copy-only | Copy plus creative | Ongoing testing |\n|---|---|---|---|\n| Keyword research | Yes | Yes | Yes, refreshed from your data |\n| Title and bullets | Yes | Yes | Yes, tested |\n| Backend terms | Yes | Yes | Yes |\n| Primary image | No | Yes | Yes, tested first |\n| Secondary images | No | Yes | Yes |\n| A+ content | Sometimes | Yes | Yes |\n| Video | No | Sometimes | Yes |\n| A\u002FB testing | No | Rarely | Yes, the core of it |\n| Re-optimization | No | No | Continuous |\n| Typical shape | One-off project | One-off project | Ongoing retainer |\n\nThe critical row is the primary image. It sets click-through rate, which caps the total\ntraffic your listing will ever receive. A copy-only service cannot touch it, which means the\ncheapest tier is structurally unable to fix the most common constraint.\n\n## Which tier suits which problem\n\n**Copy-only** makes sense when your images are good, your click-through rate is\nhealthy for the category, and the problem is that buyers arrive and are not persuaded. That is\na real situation and it is less common than the number of copy-only services sold would\nsuggest.\n\n**Copy plus creative** is the right default for most brands doing this once. New primary\nimage, full secondary sequence, rewritten copy, A+ content. It addresses both the traffic cap\nand the conversion problem in one pass.\n\n**Ongoing testing** is right when the listing is already decent and you want it to keep\nimproving. It is also the only tier where your own converting search terms feed back into the\ncopy, which is the highest-quality keyword input available and does not exist before you have\nsales.\n\n## How to compare quotes fairly\n\n1. **Ask what the primary image treatment is.** Reshoot, retouch, or nothing.\n2. **Ask who produces images and video,** in-house or subcontracted.\n3. **Ask how many revision rounds** are included and what triggers a re-quote.\n4. **Ask whether A\u002FB testing is included** or sold separately.\n5. **Ask what happens in month three.** Project or ongoing.\n\nQuestion two decides iteration speed more than anything else. Subcontracted creative means a\nnew brief and a new quote each time a test suggests a change, which in practice means the\nfirst version becomes permanent.\n\n## The diagnosis that should come first\n\nBefore buying any tier, know which problem you have. Compare unit session percentage in\nBusiness Reports against your category norm.\n\nLow click-through with acceptable conversion points at the primary image and title. Acceptable\nclick-through with low conversion points at images two through seven, bullets, price, and\nreviews. Both low usually means the listing was built without research.\n\nMost agencies will run that check free as part of an audit. It takes a few minutes and it\ndetermines which tier is worth buying, which makes it strictly more valuable than comparing\nprices between services that address different problems.\n\n## What most agencies will not tell you\n\nThe tiers are not competing offers, they are different products, and quoting them side by side\nmakes copy-only look like a bargain rather than an incomplete solution.\n\nThe other thing: listing optimization is frequently sold as a fix for an advertising problem\nand vice versa, depending on which the provider is able to deliver. An agency without a\nphotography studio will find copy solutions. A PPC specialist will find bid solutions. Both\nare honest about capability and neither is diagnosing.\n\nGet the diagnosis from someone who can do all of it, or from someone selling nothing at all.\n\n## Related answers\n\n- [Amazon listing optimization agency checklist](\u002Fblog\u002Famazon-listing-optimization-agency-checklist)\n- [What to use for listing optimization on Amazon](\u002Fblog\u002Fwhat-to-use-for-listing-optimization-on-amazon)\n- [Listing optimization vs PPC first for new sellers](\u002Fblog\u002Flisting-optimization-vs-ppc-first-for-new-sellers)\n- [Recommended agency for Amazon storefront design](\u002Fblog\u002Frecommended-agency-for-amazon-storefront-design)\n- [Hiring an Amazon agency: the complete guide](\u002Fblog\u002Fhiring-an-agency)\n\nGet the diagnosis before you compare tiers. Ours is free at [Flapen](\u002Famazon-consulting).\n\n## Keep learning\n\n- [Compare Amazon business models](\u002Fguides\u002Fbusiness-models)\n- [Value your Amazon business](\u002Ftools\u002Fbusiness-value-calculator)\n","published","working-with-agencies",[14,15,16,17],"listing-setup","product-images","fees","keyword-strategy","joel-turcotte-gaucher","\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Fclusters\u002Fhiring-an-agency-06.jpg","2026-09-04T01:21:51.798+00:00",{"faq":22,"seo":43,"batch":44,"cluster":45,"cover_alt":46,"answers_prompt":47,"primary_benchmark":48},[23,27,31,35,39],{"id":24,"answer":25,"question":26},"amazon-listing-optimization-services-comparison-faq-1","Copy plus creative, for a first pass. It addresses both the traffic cap set by the primary image and the conversion problem in the copy, which copy-only cannot do.","Which tier should most brands buy?",{"id":28,"answer":29,"question":30},"amazon-listing-optimization-services-comparison-faq-2","When your images are strong and click-through rate is healthy for the category, so the problem is persuasion after arrival rather than getting the click in the first place.","When is copy-only enough?",{"id":32,"answer":33,"question":34},"amazon-listing-optimization-services-comparison-faq-3","Compare unit session percentage against your category norm. Low click-through with acceptable conversion points at the image and title. The reverse points at images, bullets, price, and reviews.","How do I know which problem I have?",{"id":36,"answer":37,"question":38},"amazon-listing-optimization-services-comparison-faq-4","Once the listing is decent, yes, because it is the only tier that feeds your own converting search terms back into the copy. That data does not exist before you have sales and is better than any pre-launch estimate.","Is ongoing testing worth the extra cost?",{"id":40,"answer":41,"question":42},"amazon-listing-optimization-services-comparison-faq-5","Because it decides iteration speed more than anything else in the comparison. Subcontracted creative means a new brief and a new quote each time a test suggests a change, which in practice means the first version becomes permanent. Ask whether images and video are produced in-house, how many revision rounds are included, and what triggers a re-quote. 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