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Data and analysis from real Amazon accounts. Strategies, trends, and tools for Amazon sellers. Page 4.


Product Launch
How to Calculate Profit Margins for Amazon FBA Before You Launch
Most Amazon sellers calculate profit margins wrong because they miss half the costs. Here is the full P&L framework we use across 300+ brand launches at Flapen, including the exact margin thresholds that determine whether a product is worth your capital.
Joel Turcotte Gaucher

Listing Optimization
Amazon Product Photography: What Actually Drives Clicks and Conversions
Your primary image is the single highest-leverage element on your Amazon listing. Here is how to evaluate, shoot, and optimize product photos that actually improve CTR and conversion rate, whether you shoot them yourself or hire a team.
Joel Turcotte Gaucher

Advertising
When to Expand Beyond Amazon: The Sequenced Platform Strategy
Most sellers diversify too early and bleed cash across channels. Here is the exact expansion sequence we use at Flapen: Amazon US first, then other marketplaces, then Shopify, then retail. Data-driven criteria for when to move to each stage.
Joel Turcotte Gaucher



Advertising
Why Your Amazon Advertising Is Not Working and How to Fix It with Data
Most Amazon sellers set one ACOS target and wonder why their ads stop working. Here is the operator-level advertising audit framework we use across 300+ brands at Flapen to diagnose, fix, and scale PPC profitably.
Joel Turcotte Gaucher


Listing Optimization
Amazon Product Images That Actually Convert: What Operators Get Right About Main and Lifestyle Photos
Most Amazon sellers treat images as decoration. Operators treat them as conversion infrastructure. Here is how to build an image set that drives clicks and sales using data, not guesswork.
Joel Turcotte Gaucher

Getting Started
The 10 Mistakes That Kill New Amazon Sellers Before They Start
Most Amazon sellers fail not because they chose the wrong product. They fail because they asked the wrong question from the beginning. Here are the 10 mistakes I see after launching 300+ brands and how to avoid every one of them.
Joel Turcotte Gaucher