#163 - Trump's Tariffs Won't Save American E-commerce, How To Find Trending Products, and more
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Trump's Tariffs Won't Save American E-commerce
Aggressive China-specific tariffs announced and rapidly escalated by the Trump administration will not reverse the fundamental dynamics that have led Chinese sellers to dominate U.S. e-commerce marketplaces. Despite promises that tariffs will help American businesses, historical evidence shows they simply make products more expensive for American consumers while failing to shift market share to domestic sellers.
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Amazon is making it easier to try using deals and vouchers to create additional demand for your products. Amazon are making several changes that are designed to make it easier to test deal and vouchers strategies by giving you more control on deal duration, lowering up-front deal costs, and making deals and vouchers fees performance-based so they are better aligned with your business.
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How To Find Trending Products In 2024
Identifying trending products before they peak is tricky. If a product is too easy to find, it's likely already popular, and you won't have the first-mover advantage when entering the market. However, you can consistently identify emerging products before they peak by taking a more strategic approach to product research. In this post, we'll walk you through a simple yet effective strategy to consistently identify under-the-radar trending products.
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Good to Know
Amazon asks sellers for feedback on tariffs as e-commerce market braces for fallout
Amazon is reaching out directly to sellers for input on how President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs are impacting their businesses, suggesting the e-commerce giant is gathering data as sellers rethink pricing, inventory and more. On Monday, Vanessa Hung, the founder and CEO of Online Seller Solutions, an e-commerce agency that helps brands grow their online businesses, posted a screenshot of an email on LinkedIn that one of the agency’s clients received from Amazon. The email included detailed questions about the effects of tariffs on sourcing, pricing, logistics and more.
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At Jungle Scout, we’ve always been the go-to source for Amazon data. But as the marketplace evolves and our customers scale, so must we. That’s why we’re excited to unveil a bold new brand direction—one that aligns with our vision, sharpens our product identities, and better serves the diverse businesses that rely on us for strategy and growth. As Jungle Scout has grown, so has our customer base. What started as a solution for individual Amazon sellers has evolved into a suite of tools trusted by global brands, agencies, and retailers.
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Amazon emails sellers to gauge how Trump’s tariffs are impacting their businesses
Amazon is reaching out to sellers to see how President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs are impacting their businesses. The email asks how the “current U.S. tariff situation” has affected sellers’ sourcing and pricing strategies, logistics operations and plans to ship goods into Amazon warehouses. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said last week that sellers may have to pass the cost of tariffs onto consumers.
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Market share of leading retail e-commerce companies in the United States in 2023
According to estimates, Amazon claimed the top spot among online retailers in the United States in 2023, capturing 37.6 percent of the market. Second place was occupied by the e-commerce site of the retail chain Walmart, with a 6.4 percent market share, followed in third place by Apple, with 3.6 percent. Amazon has long dominated the e-commerce market as the world’s favorite online marketplace. In 2022, company hit over half a trillion U.S. dollars in net sales. The United States is by far Amazon’s most profitable market, as the U.S. branch generated over 356 billion U.S. dollars in sales in 2022.
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Some top Amazon sellers recently got an unexpected shock after increasing their prices to offset added costs from President Trump’s tariff war: The online retailing giant penalized their listings. But this week, several of those same top sellers told Fortune that Amazon seems to have reversed itself—and is now letting them raise prices, without penalty, by as much as 25%. “Something happened,” said the CEO of a home furnishings brand that sells $50 million to $100 million of merchandise annually on Amazon. “[W]e got almost all of our Buy Boxes back.”
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Exclusive: Chinese suppliers are offering U.S. Amazon sellers a tariff solution—but it’s not legal
President Trump's China tariffs are not just roiling the operations of Amazon sellers and other U.S. retailers big and small. They're also upending the businesses of Chinese manufacturers and distributors supplying goods to the U.S. from the other side of the world. Now some of these suppliers are trying to keep their businesses humming by offering a simple—but illegal—solution to U.S. Amazon sellers: lying about the value of the Amazon merchandise you are importing to the U.S. in an effort to lower the duties you'll have to pay under the new slate of tariffs.
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Amazon's massive book sale competes with indie sellers on Independent Bookstore Day
Readers, patronizing their local shops for annual Independent Bookstore Day, are once again participating, perhaps unknowingly, in a competition between indie book stores and commerce giant Amazon. The holiday, created 12 years ago to promote local businesses in the same vein as Record Store Day, has become a nationwide boon to independent sellers, including more than 1,600 participating stores and online retailers.
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Shopline Partners With Amazon to Add Buy With Prime for Merchants
E-commerce software provider Shopline is looking to turbo charge in the U.S., teaming up with Amazon to give its merchants access to new fulfillment options through Buy With Prime. Shopline merchants using the Buy With Prime service can either ship to Amazon fulfillment centers or use their existing Fulfilled by Amazon inventory to bridge the last mile between seller and shopper. The new relationship will also allow Shopline merchants to use Amazon-powered checkout even if the company is not currently an Amazon seller.
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Tips and Tricks
How to Build an Amazon Store: A Step-by-Step Guide
In the world of online retailing, few companies can compete with the size and reach of Amazon. In Q4 2024 alone, the company generated nearly $188 billion in net sales, thanks to the millions of retailers and individuals using the platform to sell products across the U.S. and globally. Thanks to Amazon’s massive customer base and seller success tools, businesses that open an Amazon storefront have the opportunity to establish a more robust and immersive brand experience and reach a much wider audience than on their company website alone.
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Repricing Software for Amazon Sellers: What Actually Works in 2025
Navigating international sales and Amazon’s competition can be tricky. Repricing software represents an e-commerce superpower for sellers, helping them remain nimble and competitive in this volatile marketplace. What will actually be effective in 2025 can make or break a seller’s success. Below, you can see how repricing software is changing in 2020 and what sellers need to be aware of.
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Common Mistakes Amazon Sellers Make Without Account Management Support
These days, being an Amazon seller means more than listing a product and waiting for orders. It’s a fast-paced, highly competitive space where small mistakes can quickly spiral into major problems, like account suspension or lost revenue. Yet, many sellers continue to navigate the platform without proper guidance or expert help. Whether you’re a learner or managing a growing storefront, working without professional support can leave you vulnerable to costly errors.
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The Ultimate Guide To Monitoring Amazon Competitor Prices
Amazon is a deceptively complex place to sell. It’s a competitive market with multiple sellers competing for prime positions on product pages. One of the most influential levers they can pull is product pricing, which makes the pricing landscape on Amazon ever shifting and highly dynamic. Sellers who want to succeed in the long term must continuously stay informed on competitor pricing information, adjusting where necessary to find the optimal price — one that competes without sacrificing profit.
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Podcasts
Amazon Search Query Performance & Split Testing Workshop
What if a slight tweak could skyrocket your Amazon sales? Join us as we unpack the transformative potential of Amazon’s Search Query Performance data with our special guest, Destaney Wishon of BTRmedia. Together, we shed light on the often-overlooked metrics like conversion and click-through rates (CTR) that can dramatically boost revenue when optimized. Picture this: a mere 4% increase in conversion rate translates into an additional $1,200 in sales for a $30 product. These insights are as vital as traditional PPC, keyword research, and AI advancements in scaling your Amazon-selling success.
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