It’s the end of the week, but Amazon clearly didn’t get the memo, everything just keeps coming in hot. ♨️
BLACK MARKET
Amazon sellers are waking up to hidden off-Amazon ad spend quietly draining their budgets.
According to My Amazon Guy, some sellers are seeing ROAS below 1% on ads they didn’t even know they were paying for. Worse? You won’t notice until the invoice lands in your inbox. 😬
💸 Now you see it, now you don't
Your ad dollars might be taking an unapproved detour off Amazon.
Sellers also have no clear visibility into where their ads are actually showing up. One seller, Prue Millsap of Beauty by Earth, discovered nearly $300K wasted this way.
📉 Sellers are frustrated
Across Reddit, the chorus is growing louder. Common complaints include:
🚨 Eyes on the prize
Since there’s no true opt-out, seasoned advertisers are building their own defenses like switching to manual campaigns only and building and uploading deny lists of useless domains.
It’s tedious work—and you have to re-upload that deny list every 30 days—but for now, it’s the only way to plug the leak.
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BITES OF THE WEEK
AMAZON NEWS
Amazon just made impulse shopping dangerously easy for Prime members.
According to PPC Land, the new “Add to Delivery” feature lets U.S. customers tack extra items onto upcoming orders with a single tap, no new checkout, no shipping fees, no hesitation.
🛒 Shop ‘til they ship
Prime members will now see a blue “Add to Delivery” button on eligible items. If it fits into their next shipment before it leaves the warehouse, it’s added instantly.
Basically, it’s Amazon’s solution for every “ugh, I forgot to add toothpaste” moment.
📦 Why Amazon’s doing it
The move kills checkout friction while boosting the perceived value of Prime. It gets customers to buy more, faster, while Amazon quietly saves on packaging, fulfillment, and logistics.
And this is NOT random. The new feature dropped days before Prime Big Deal Days (Oct 7–8), a perfect test to see if convenience translates into bigger carts.
🎯 What sellers should watch
This might sound like a small UX tweak, but it could shake up retail media strategies and inventory forecasting.
Amazon just made it even easier for customers to shop impulsively, so sellers better be ready for more unpredictable (but potentially profitable) buying behavior.
SELLER REFRESHER
Amazon’s Manage All Inventory page just got a major makeover, one that actually makes listing management faster, cleaner, and a lot less rage-inducing.
🗂️ The new flow, simplified
This redesign tackles one of sellers’ biggest pain points: finding the right task in a sea of listings.
Instead of clicking through endless tabs, the page now guides you step-by-step minus the clutter.
You can explore the refreshed setup now in Manage All Inventory, and actually feel like Amazon wants you to get things done.
Easily one of the most seller-friendly updates of the year.
