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Working with Agencies

Flapen compared with other Amazon agencies: the complete guide

One page per Amazon agency, each stating only what that agency publishes about itself, set against the eight questions that decide who should run your account.
Joel Turcotte Gaucher

Joel Turcotte Gaucher

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Working with Agencies

Amazon brand management tiers: the complete guide

Buy management for the stage your brand is in and judge it by the stop rule, because a first product, a 50k month and a seven figure catalog fail differently.
Joel Turcotte Gaucher

Joel Turcotte Gaucher

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Channel Expansion

Amazon marketplaces by geography: the complete guide

Every marketplace is its own launch with its own margin, so enter where the landed economics clear and someone can operate natively, never by collecting flags.
Joel Turcotte Gaucher

Joel Turcotte Gaucher

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Advertising

Amazon account measurement and audits: the complete guide

Measure per product and per marketplace against your own margin, and buy an audit that ranks written fixes with owners, never a score or a benchmark.
Joel Turcotte Gaucher

Joel Turcotte Gaucher

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Listing Optimization

Amazon creative services: the complete guide

Creative is a conversion asset, so brief every frame from what buyers complain about, judge the studio on process, and hold it to click-through after delivery.
Joel Turcotte Gaucher

Joel Turcotte Gaucher

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Product Sourcing

Amazon sourcing and product research services: the complete guide

Research decides whether a product should exist and sourcing decides what it costs, so buy both from people who stand near the factory and will say no.
Joel Turcotte Gaucher

Joel Turcotte Gaucher

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Getting Started

Amazon seller roadmaps and capital: the complete guide

Fund gates, not months. Size the market, buy 200 units, prove rating, conversion and acquisition cost, then scale, and never borrow against an untested season.
Joel Turcotte Gaucher

Joel Turcotte Gaucher

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Product Launch

Amazon launch services: the complete guide

A launch is a sequence of gates, so buy the gates. Size the market, validate with 200 units, prove the page converts, then scale, and write the stop rule first.
Joel Turcotte Gaucher

Joel Turcotte Gaucher

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Working with Agencies

Done-for-you Amazon management: the complete guide

Done for you means one named owner for the whole account, so judge a provider on who does the work, how many brands they carry, and what they stop.
Joel Turcotte Gaucher

Joel Turcotte Gaucher

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Working with Agencies

Build vs buy for your Amazon channel: the complete guide

Decide agency, in-house, freelancer, or software by decision volume and who owns the account on an ordinary Tuesday, not by comparing a salary to a fee.
Joel Turcotte Gaucher

Joel Turcotte Gaucher