Amazon Listing Guide: Best Practices for Best Sellers

What is an Amazon Listing?

When you shop for a product on Amazon, offer details such as price, rating, and product features are displayed on the product detail page, which is also referred to as the Amazon listing.

These product details are provided by the Amazon seller or vendor so shoppers can easily evaluate product offerings. If multiple sellers offer the same product, Amazon combines the data from those offers on one product detail page to reduce duplications and avoid overwhelming the shopper. Sellers of that product can add information to the detail page or request a review of the listing if the information included is incorrect. For sellers who have a registered trademark, enrolling in Amazon Brand Registry allows for more control over Amazon listing pages that use their brand name.

Keep reading to learn about the many parts of an Amazon listing, or skip to one of these topics to learn more.

Anatomy of an Amazon Listing

When it comes to product detail pages, there are a lot of pieces to consider. Knowing how to structure your listing content can save you time and help you make more money on Amazon. A well-structured listing that is appealing to shoppers will get more conversions than a sloppy, unorganized listing. Everything from proper spelling and sentence structure to detailed product images can impact your conversion rate.

Here's an illustration showing the basic structure of an Amazon listing:

If you’re the sole seller of your product, you have more control over some aspects of your listing than you would if you had a shared one. There are some things you may feel like you have little to no ability to influence, but we’ll share what you can do to improve your listing (and ideally your Amazon ranking) throughout this guide.

For now, let’s take a closer look at each of these elements and the Amazon listing guidelines you need to know. We’ll explain the purpose of each one and share best practices for how to create a good Amazon listing.

The product title is one of the first things shoppers see when searching for your item, so it needs to be a good one. The best Amazon product titles begin with the product's name and include top keywords to help features stand out.

A strong product title should be descriptive enough to give a sense of what to expect from the item before a shopper even clicks over to the product detail page to learn more.

The Amazon title guidelines state that you should:

Use standard text with no special characters
Include product-identifying information
Capitalize the first letter of each word except for prepositions, conjunctions, or articles
Use numerals instead of spelling out numbers
Display the number of items included in bundles
Add punctuation like hyphens, forward slashes, commas, ampersands, and periods for readability
Abbreviate measurements
Include size and color variations in the titles for child ASINs, but not for the main title

You may not:

Use all caps
Use special characters !, $, ?, _, {, }, ^, ¬, and ¦ unless they are part of the brand name
Include pricing information
Add subjective or promotional phrases such as “Hot Item,” “Best Seller,” “Sale,” “Free Ship,” or “100% Quality Guaranteed”
Display your seller name as the brand or manufacturer unless your product is private label

Your Amazon listing character limit will depend on your product category, but 200 characters (including spaces) is often standard for product titles. However, shorter, more succinct titles are largely preferred by shoppers. Avoid repetitive phrases.

Most categories allow for up to five bullet points for highlighting your top product features to customers. The length of your Amazon listing bullet points can also vary from category to category. Amazon recommends keeping your bullet points between 10-255 characters for readability and search indexing.

You should begin each bullet point with a capital letter. Write in fragments instead of full sentences, and separate phrases featured in the same bullet with semicolons. Ending punctuation is not allowed, and neither are hyphens, symbols, periods, special characters, emojis, or exclamation points. Write all numbers as numerals and spell out measurements. Pricing, promotional, or company information is prohibited.

Some categories will include additional bullet points generated from other ASIN attribute data. For example, the shoe category might show heel height. These cannot be removed from the listing, but the values may be edited in your Seller Central account.

The product description allows you to provide a more detailed overview of the product. Keep it concise, honest, and focused on unique properties as well as the features and benefits of the product.

You have up to 2,000 characters for this field. While you’re given more real estate to market your products, keep these Amazon product description guidelines in mind:

Write in complete sentences with proper grammar and punctuation
Do not include your seller name, email address, website URL, or other company-specific information
Do not provide details about competitors or other products that you sell
Promotional language like “Sale” or “Free Shipping” is prohibited
HTML formatting is no longer allowed

For a more general understanding of the Amazon listing guidelines, the Quick Start Style Guide is a great resource to bookmark. You'll also need to become familiar with Amazon's product detail page rules.

Your product detail page is equivalent to your real estate, i.e. your house, that you're selling. Before you ever send traffic to it, which you inevitably want to do, it needs to look its absolute best. Think about the end goal. It's to sell the real estate right? So you have the house cleaned, repainted, staged, and then someone comes and takes really great pictures of the listing so people can get a feel for the house before they set up a showing.

Once they arrive on site, they want to be wowed into buying the home, hopefully seeing very little if any downside. That's exactly how your product detail page should be. You want to attract people to the listing and once they're sold on it, without anything negative glaring at them, they complete the purchase. Before anything else can be done well, you have to make sure your product listing is actually ready to convert the visitors to the page.

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Each Amazon product detail page is required to have at least one product image. Amazon recommends providing six images and one video. The first image displayed on the product page is the main image, which is also the image customers see in search. This image can only include the product you’re selling on a white background, with the product filling the image frame.

Additional images can focus on specific features, different environments, the product in use, and more.

The Amazon image guidelines vary for some product categories. You can find specific details on each category’s product page style guide.

Amazon Image Guidelines for Main Product Photos

There are many image requirements for your main photo, also known as the hero image. Chief among them are:

Images must have a pure white background with RGB color values of 255, 255, 255
Images should be professional photographs of the product
Props or accessories that aren’t included with the item may not be used
No text, logos, borders, color blocks, watermarks, or other graphics can be placed over the product or in the background
Products must be shown outside of their packaging

Amazon Product Video

Adding a product video to your Amazon listing page is a great way to help buyers better understand product features and benefits. All videos must meet Amazon’s Community Guidelines. Acceptable file formats are .mov and .mp4 in the highest available quality, up to 1080p and not exceeding 5GB. Your video can be displayed on the product detail pages for multiple associated ASINs.

According to the Amazon product video guidelines, videos should also:

Only include claims supported by evidence
Never lead viewers away from Amazon
Not infringe on the intellectual or property rights of others
Not contain defamatory or derogatory statements about competitors
Not include prices, promotions, discounts, or other time-sensitive information
Not feature health claims, medical claims, or medical advice
Not share controversial, political, sensitive, or sexually suggestive content

As of June 2023, you can add video content to your product pages if you’ve been selling on Amazon for three months or longer. Both brand-registered and non-brand-registered sellers have this ability. Adding video content can help you boost sales, improve conversions, and decrease returns.

Amazon Search Terms

Amazon search terms are terms that you want to target on the "backend" of your listing, which is why they're also known as Amazon backend keywords. These keywords are never customer-facing. While they're hidden from the public's view, Amazon's search algorithm uses them to help shoppers find your products. Backend keywords are entered into the “generic_keywords” or “search terms” fields when an ASIN is listed or updated on Seller Central.

To use Amazon search terms effectively, you must:

Use all lowercase letters
Separate words only with spaces
Include synonyms, spelling variations, abbreviations, and singular or plural words
Keep the length under 249 bytes
Not include articles, prepositions, or other short words like “and,” “by,” “for,” “the,” or “with”
Not include ASIN numbers, brand names, offensive terms, profanity, subjective claims (“best,” or “cheapest”), and temporary statements (“new,” or “on sale now”)

Historically, there have been five or more search term fields for you to fill out. Amazon has started to combine them into one to reduce redundancy. So, instead of seeing a separate Amazon subject matter field, for example, you may just see this:

A+ Content

A+ Content is a feature available to vendors and third-party sellers enrolled in the Amazon Brand Registry. If you have access to A+ Content, you can enhance your product description with custom paragraph headers, images, unique layouts, bulleted feature lists, and a product comparison chart. You can also provide additional brand content through carousel displays, links to other products, a link to your Amazon brand store, and image/text cards.

Well-designed A+ Content improves the customer experience and increases brand awareness. According to Amazon, A+ Content can encourage repeat purchases and even increase sales by an average of 5%.

Shipping Options

Buyers see delivery options on the product detail page. Items that are eligible for Amazon Prime tend to be preferred since Amazon customers appreciate the fast and free shipping that they’ve come to expect.

Many Amazon sellers utilize the Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) program to fulfill orders quickly. If you fulfill your own orders or work with a 3PL, you’ll want to have a process in place to get your product to buyers quickly to stay competitive. All things being equal, shipping speed can cause you to lose a sale if a competitor has the same product available faster.

Amazon displays a star rating on the search results page as well as on the top right side of each product detail page. This star rating shows the average rating previous customers have provided for a given product. Shoppers often look to overall star ratings when comparing products on Amazon. The star rating displayed is between one and five stars, with five being the highest possible rating.

84% of Amazon sellers feel that reviews are extremely / very important to their Amazon business

More detailed ratings and written product reviews are available at the bottom of the listing page. Reviews can be left by anyone, but Amazon gives more weight to Verified Purchase Reviews (reviews that were left by someone who bought the item from Amazon) and Vine reviews (reviews that were provided by a member of the Amazon Vine reviewer program). Reviewers can provide written reviews, photos, and/or videos along with their star ratings.

Amazon reviews have a strong impact on your product’s search ranking. Your star rating is also very noticeable on ads and in search results along with the product title, price, promotions, and shipping options.

In a recent survey, eComEngine found that 84% of Amazon sellers feel that reviews are extremely or very important to their Amazon business. The search ranking benefits are just one reason sellers prioritize getting Amazon reviews.

Seller Feedback Score

Although the Amazon seller feedback score isn’t a prominent piece of the product detail page, it’s important to know how it impacts a listing. Seller feedback can be accessed from the “Sold by” hyperlink just above the return policy or by hovering over “Other sellers on Amazon.”

Buyers can provide feedback ratings and comments regarding their order experience. This is a key metric for overall Amazon account health, impacting everything from eligibility for certain programs to sales rank.

Amazon expects third-party sellers to deliver an exceptional customer experience. If several negative feedback ratings appear, it can seriously impact a seller’s ability to be successful in selling on Amazon. If a buyer reports an issue related to purchasing from you, take the time to troubleshoot and try to prevent the problem from occurring for future orders.

Customer Questions and Answers

Customers can ask questions about a product right on the Amazon listing page. Other customers can chime in with their experiences but as a seller, you should also be monitoring and answering (when appropriate) any new questions that arise. For example, you should be able to provide detailed information regarding dimensions, color, etc. If you receive these types of questions, make sure your listing content provides clear details for any other shoppers who might have similar questions.

Customer questions and answers also contribute to your Amazon search rankings. Top keywords often appear in this section, increasing your overall keyword density for topics related to your products. Answering these questions in a timely manner shows your commitment to the customer experience and benefits the product search ranking, so it’s a win-win!

There are two main paths for listing a product on Amazon. The first is to match to an existing product listing, which you must do if the product already exists on Amazon. The second is to create a new product listing for a product that is not on Amazon. You’ll add the details and Amazon will create a new product detail page.

You can use the interactive Add a Product feature from the Inventory drop-down menu in your Seller Central account to add products individually. It allows you to match to an existing product listing or create a new product listing as needed. If you have a Professional selling account and want to work offline, you can use an inventory template.

When matching to an existing Amazon listing, you’ll need to have your offer details ready to go. Start by searching for the product within the Find your products in Amazon’s catalog section of the Add a Product page. You can search by a product identifier like a UPC, EAN, JAN, or ISBN for more accurate search results. When you find the product you want to sell, click Show variations (if applicable). Then select the item’s condition, click Sell the Product, and enter the offer details. Click save. That’s it!

Amazon has also released generative AI capabilities to help sellers create and optimize listing content. These tools help sellers build more thorough descriptions, titles, and listing details.

Creating a Listing on Amazon

If you’re selling a product that isn’t already listed in Amazon’s catalog, you need to know how to create a new listing on Amazon. Before you get started, you’ll need to have several details on hand:

Product identifier (often a UPC, EAN, JAN, or ISBN)
Offer details (condition, quantity, price, and shipping options)
Product details (title, brand, description, images, and category)
Keywords and search terms you plan to use

You’ll start from the Add a Product page and click 'I’m adding a product not sold on Amazon'. (Note that this does not apply to Amazon Handmade listings.) Then you have two options for how to create a new listing on Amazon: search for the product category and click the Search icon button or browse Select a Product Category to find the category that matches the product you’re selling. Finding the right category for your product is key because it helps buyers find the item! Check out our Amazon categories list and learn more about selecting a category in this Amazon category guide.

After choosing the category, you’ll enter the required information on the Vital Info and Offer tabs. Then save your changes to complete the process. It typically takes about 15 minutes for your detail page to be published on Amazon.

Listing a Product in Multiple Marketplaces

You can make your Amazon listing available across multiple Amazon marketplaces during the listing process. Select the marketplace you wish to list your product on and follow the same process to match to an existing listing or create a new listing. You’ll need to provide information such as the price in local currency for each additional marketplace.

If a product detail page doesn’t exist in the marketplace you’re adding a product to, Amazon will automatically attempt to translate and build a page for you. The process can take up to 48 hours. You’ll have the ability to suggest content changes in the local language after the page is created. Finding a reputable native translator can make it much easier to optimize your listing in the local language and avoid any cultural miscommunication.

How to Merge Listings on Amazon

You can create a new variation family by combining listings within your catalog, as long the new variation family meets Amazon’s guidelines for a variation relationship. Simply download the category template for your category from the Product Classifier. Check the Valid Values tab within the template to find out what variation themes are available. If there are no variation themes listed, you won’t be able to create a product with variations in that category.

Create parent and child SKUs in the inventory template. For the parent item, you’ll need to enter values for all required fields, including SKU which must be unique. Some sellers find it helpful to add “-parent” to the end of the parent SKU for easy identification. You’ll leave the Parent SKU field blank and then enter “parent” in the Parentage column and a valid value in Variation Theme. Leave all non-required fields blank.

For each child item, you’ll need to enter values for required fields, making sure to use the parent’s SKU in the Parent SKU field. Enter “child” in the Parentage column and “variation” for the Relationship Type. You’ll also need to add the same Variation Theme that you used on the parent ASIN.

Check out this guide if you experience any listing matching errors.

Optimize Your Amazon Listing

If you want a great Amazon listing that gets plenty of traffic, sales, and positive reviews, you need to optimize your product detail page with relevant keywords for your item. This will lead more consumers to your listing and show Amazon that your product is worthy of a higher search ranking. You can use Manage Your Experiments to run A/B tests on various aspects of your listing.

Add A+ Content

Your Amazon product page design can convince people to purchase or cause them to look elsewhere. By default, standard product descriptions use plain text and do not support images. With the A+ Content feature Brand Registry users can add additional text and image formats for more informative and visually appealing product pages.

Have Professional Product Photos and Video

While it’s possible to shoot and edit your images and video, you’re often better off leaving this to an expert. Low-quality creatives can look cheap or fake and turn shoppers away.

In 2022, Amazon began making images viewable from the search results page, meaning shoppers don’t have to click into your Amazon listing to scroll through your images. It also started beta testing shareable product images on desktop browsers, which you can see below.

Design Compelling Infographics

Infographics combine text and images to visually represent data in a more digestible way. A good Amazon product infographic highlights key item features, answers common customer questions, shares important size and material information, and more. Infographics have been shown to improve sales and conversion rates and help prevent negative reviews.

Increase Your Positive Reviews

Nearly 80% of shoppers read Amazon reviews before purchasing. Having little (or no) reviews on your Amazon listing can make an item look untrustworthy to consumers, who don’t want to spend their money on a product with a poor reputation. Politely urging your customers to leave a review after every purchase with software such as FeedbackFive by eComEngine can help you increase your ratings and improve your product and brand reputation.

Keep Your Inventory Available

Even temporarily going out of stock can cause you to lose the Buy Box or drop in Amazon’s search results. Amazon FBA is arguably the most efficient approach to inventory management, although you'll still need to closely monitor your stock levels and send in the right shipments to Amazon. RestockPro by eComEngine can tell you what to restock and when to avoid stockouts and maintain your profitability.

Why is Amazon Product Listing Optimization So Important?

Every month, there are approximately 2.45 billion visits to Amazon.com. Shoppers can find what they’re looking for in a number of ways, but the vast majority will use the search bar located at the top of the homepage. Shoppers conduct their searches by entering exact words, phrases, or keywords associated with the product. Amazon’s search algorithm takes the query into consideration and returns results it has deemed to be appropriate.

Thus, Amazon product listing optimization is the process of optimizing or enhancing product listings to help them rank higher in organic (non-sponsored) search results.

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Having optimized content isn’t just about keyword stuffing or ensuring that the copy is SEO-friendly. You also need to pre-empt any questions potential customers may have and include the answers in the copy. At the same time, the content needs to be skimmable and easily digestible. There’s so much more to listing content than just describing the product.

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Associate Marketing Manager
eCommerce Nurse

How to Optimize Your Amazon Listing

If you know how to use Amazon keywords properly, you can drive more traffic to your product listings, boost brand visibility, and improve sales and conversions. The best Amazon listings are optimized in all of these areas:

Title

Write a clear, concise title with at least one primary keyword and add a few more popular terms throughout. Remember the more than 98 million Amazon customers who shop on mobile - shorter titles (60-80 characters in length) will perform much better for this crowd. And while you may see other sellers keyword stuffing, this tactic can actually hurt your rankings and get you into trouble with Amazon.

Bullet Points

Position relevant keywords near the beginning of your product feature bullet points. There’s no need to repeat what was already used in the title. Use Amazon keywords to describe the product details most important to buyers and include key information that distinguishes you from competitors.

Product Description

Continue to incorporate relevant keywords that will help sell your product into your product description. Expand on the product benefits and share other pertinent information that you couldn’t include elsewhere. This is a great opportunity to get creative and close the sale for anyone still on the fence about buying.

Search Terms

Use generic keywords for your Amazon search terms optimization. If you have the opportunity to fill out multiple keyword attributes, the Amazon subject matter field is widely considered the most important. Keep your keywords in logical order and don’t repeat them.

Images and Video

Your Amazon product photos and video should also be of the highest quality possible. Make your images large enough to be eligible for the zoom experience and show different angles of the product with it featured in realistic settings. What pain points will your product solve for people? Videos should be 30 seconds or less and not too salesy in nature.

Reviews

An Amazon product detail page performs at its peak when it has a large number of positive product reviews. This gets you more sales and also reassures customer-obsessed Amazon that you’re worth rewarding with the Buy Box and a higher search ranking. Plus, when customers land on an optimized product page, they’re much more likely to be fully informed of what they’ll be receiving, which naturally leads to more satisfied reviews.

Price

Your product should be priced competitively for its category - not too high or too low. With so many similar products being sold on the marketplace, having a strong pricing strategy that secures your spot in the Buy Box is imperative. This can significantly impact your cash flow and the overall growth of your business.

How to Find Amazon Keywords

Before you can optimize your listing, you first need to perform Amazon keyword research. This will help pinpoint the right keywords for your products. Here are a few top strategies:

Use the Amazon search field. When you start typing into the search box, Amazon’s autocomplete feature will attempt to finish the phrase. This can help you hone in on what shoppers commonly search for.
Try an Amazon keyword tool. There are several on the market, so you’ll want to do your homework. This type of software will have all sorts of search data that will give you a clear idea of what you need to be ranking for.
Take a look at competitors. Compare your product search terms with those of your closest competitors. What keywords do they include that you might be missing? A reverse ASIN lookup can be very helpful.

Once you’ve selected and started implementing your keywords, it’s important to track your keyword rankings and continue to make adjustments as necessary.

ASIN Piggybacking

ASIN piggybacking occurs when someone becomes an ‘additional seller’ on your listing and sells the same product – under the same ASIN – for less money. It’s important to note the differences between this and traditional reselling. While reselling on Amazon is an accepted practice, piggybacking overwhelmingly is not. Why? Because as the other seller attempts to capitalize, or piggyback, on your success, they often resort to selling cheap knockoffs instead of genuine items to contend with their lower price tag.

You can check for piggybackers by going to the “Other Sellers on Amazon” box on your listing. Just remember, it could be a legitimate reseller. Either way, you’ll want to take a closer look.

Listing Hijacking

A listing hijacking is when another seller starts selling a counterfeit version of your product on its Amazon detail page, typically at a much lower price that allows them to claim the Buy Box. Then, when customers receive the poor-quality imitation item, they respond with a negative review on your listing. As the process repeats itself, your brand reputation will suffer, as will your Best Seller Rank and account health metrics which could put your entire business at risk.

If you have other sellers on your listing and an unauthorized reseller has taken over the Buy Box for your private-label product, this suggests you have a hijacker on your hands. Other warning signs are listing changes that you didn’t initiate and an increase in negative reviews.

Monitoring your product listings for new sellers and tracking your reviews can help you spot suspicious activity like this much sooner. SellerPulse has specially designed features to help you do this and much more.

Activate the number of offers change (hijacker detection) alert to be notified whenever a new seller is added to your listing. You’ll get access to plenty of useful intel about the new offer, including the product’s price, condition, Buy Box ownership status, and seller rating, which you can use to investigate the matter and possibly build your case. The alert also includes the seller's name and address.

Once you’ve identified this issue (with help from SellerPulse!), you can address the problem head-on by sending a cease and desist letter to the hijacker, making a test purchase to obtain proof that the product is a counterfeit, and reporting the infringement to Amazon. The tool will also tell you when the number of offers for your listing has decreased.

Something else you'll want to pay attention to is if the content of your listing has changed. Hijackers often manipulate listing details to make the product more difficult to discover in search results or deceive buyers about its true nature, leading to negative ratings. They may also attempt to render the listing ineligible for advertising or frame it as non-compliant, causing Amazon to suppress or deactivate it.

Listing content alerts notify you of changes to your product's title, main image, or brand name. This also includes if it has been labeled as "adult" by Amazon. These modifications could potentially indicate that a hijacker is targeting your listing. If you did not authorize these changes or if the updated listing contains inaccurate information, taking immediate action becomes crucial to prevent dissatisfied customers and a potential loss of sales.

Hijackers can also swoop in and seize control of the Buy Box for your product. With a staggering 82% of sales coming through the Buy Box, this is a matter of utmost importance. SellerPulse's Buy Box alerts keep you in the loop by instantly notifying you of any changes to a Buy Box that you have an offer on. You'll quickly know when you've won or lost it (to another seller or Amazon), or if Amazon has suppressed a Buy Box that you were winning due to pricing discrepancies on other sites. The suppressed Buy Box alert includes details about competitive pricing. Quickly analyze your Buy Box status and see your losing offer details compared to winning offer details with the Buy Box report. Use this valuable intel to decide whether to compete for the Buy Box and what to do to improve your offer.

For proactive reputation management, FeedbackFive makes it easy to sort, filter, and analyze your reviews for new trends or sudden changes. All FeedbackFive features are included with SellerPulse plans! Get text and/or email alerts for negative reviews so you never miss something you need to know about. In these situations, it's much better to be proactive!

Amazon Product Not Showing Up in Search

When your Amazon product is not showing up in search, it means that your listing has been suppressed. Amazon will suppress listings that do not meet certain standards. As a result, anyone searching for a keyword related to your product will not see your listing appear on Amazon's search result pages.

Why is My Amazon Listing Suppressed?

Listing suppression can happen for several different reasons. However, these Amazon listing violations are often to blame:

Missing main image or non-compliant product images
Incomplete, invalid, or missing product details
Promotional statements and/or prohibited product claims
Undefined category type
Character limit misuse

Other times, Amazon may suppress your listing for more serious reasons such as potential counterfeiting, safety complaints, or violations of Amazon’s selling policies.

For every minute that your Amazon listing is suppressed, you could be losing revenue and new customers who rely on search and browse to find products. Your Inventory Performance Index (IPI) score may also be impacted.

Routinely checking your product pages for possible suppression can help you stay on top of this problem, which often takes place without your knowledge. The Amazon Listing Quality Dashboard can also help you see which of your product pages are at risk of being suppressed. To fix your issues, you'll need to go to the Manage Inventory page in Seller Central.

Listing Suppression Alerts in SellerPulse

When your listings are search-suppressed, you need to know about it as soon as possible. Resolving the issues quickly is the only way to try and make up for all that you lost while your listings weren’t readily available to buyers.

Unfortunately, Amazon doesn’t notify you when your listings are search-suppressed - but SellerPulse does. With the software’s listing suppression alerts, you can easily stay informed when any of your listings suddenly stop showing up in search.

Watch the short video below to learn more about these alerts:

Boost Your Best Seller Rank

Having a higher sales velocity will increase your Amazon Best Sellers Rank, which both buyers and sellers often look at to gauge product popularity and demand. Getting a Best Seller badge can be difficult, but the extra visibility and credibility it brings can be a real boost to your traffic and sales. Encouraging customers to leave reviews and optimizing your Amazon product listings are smart ways to increase sales and secure a top spot.

Excel at Amazon SEO

Customers must be able to find your products before they can buy them. So, we can’t understate the importance of having a strong Amazon search engine optimization strategy enough. Building your Amazon listings around the most relevant keywords for your products will naturally bring in bigger audiences.

Ramp Up Your Advertising

Amazon’s advertising business is one of the most highly regarded in eCommerce. You have a variety of ad formats to choose from, but Sponsored Product ads are often the most sought-after placements as they’re so nicely (or cleverly) positioned at the top of Amazon’s search results.

Create an Amazon Storefront

One of the biggest perks of the Brand Registry is your ability to create a branded storefront on Amazon. This popular feature allows customers to browse your product catalog from one place, making it much easier to cross-sell, upsell, and promote new products. Your Brand Store can even serve as the landing page for some of your sponsored advertising.

Run Pricing Promotions

Everybody loves a good deal, especially on Amazon. Make sure you own the Buy Box and that the promotion is attractive enough without hurting your bottom line. There are a number of ways to promote products on Amazon, including social media promo codes, percentage-off or buy one, get one free promotions, coupons, Lightning Deals, and Prime Exclusive Discounts.

Master Your Marketing

As an Amazon seller, you may not send marketing or promotional emails or redirect anyone away from the site. But that doesn’t mean you can’t do any marketing whatsoever. You can (and should) build email lists and send social media traffic to your Amazon product details page. Influencer and micro-influencer partnerships have proven to be very lucrative for brands, as has affiliate marketing.

Improve Your Amazon Reviews

It can be a real struggle to drive traffic to new Amazon listings, so you’ll want to ramp up your review efforts right after launching. Poor reviews will also negatively impact your ad performance as ratings are prominently featured on all Amazon advertisements. To see a better return, it’s highly recommended that you be retail-ready with at least 15 customer reviews and a star rating of 3.5 or higher before you begin running ads.

You have a few different ways to contact buyers to request product reviews. The most successful methods include Amazon’s Request a Review button and third-party software that connects to the Amazon API, like FeedbackFive.

Thousands of Amazon sellers in multiple marketplaces use FeedbackFive to ask for product reviews and analyze their written and one-tap ratings. The tool is simple to set up and gives you access to in-depth analytics about the impact of your campaigns and how customers perceive your products. Armed with this knowledge, you can begin to make smarter, more profitable business decisions. Watch the video below to learn more!

Need More Help?

Creating, controlling, and managing your Amazon listings can feel like a full-time job. If you’re in need of expert guidance and assistance, you can find Amazon-approved third-party software and services dedicated to these tasks in the Selling Partner Appstore.

Another excellent resource is eComEngine’s own partners page. We’re deeply committed to your success and are happy to connect you with an Amazon consultant, agency, or service that can help!

The product images included in this guide were sourced from Amazon.com.

How many items can I list on Amazon?

You can list and sell as many items as you’d like. Amazon does require you to choose an Individual or Professional selling plan when you create an account. With an Individual plan, you’ll pay $0.99 per item sold plus additional selling fees. If you plan on selling more than 40 units a month, upgrading to a Professional plan ($39.99 month plus additional selling fees) will waive that per-item fee and save you some money.

Can I add a video to my Amazon listing?

Yes! While the ability to upload product videos was previously limited to vendors, all brand owners now have this opportunity. Note that your video may not appear on your product page if you have more than six photos displayed in your image gallery.

How many keywords does Amazon allow?

Every product category has specific guidelines for the number of characters that can be used in the title and/or bullet points. While there is no maximum number of keywords allowed, whatever terms you use must fit into those character limits.

How can I add images to my Amazon product description?

Only sellers who are brand registered can create an enhanced product description with additional image formats. The A+ Content feature allows you to add images and text into 5-7 different content modules that make the product description section of the detail page much more dynamic.

How to edit an Amazon listing?

To edit the details of an existing Amazon listing, you’ll need to navigate to the Inventory > Manage Inventory menu. Filter to show all of your products in Active status and find the listing you want to edit. Select Edit from the far-right dropdown and use the links at the top of the page to edit the Amazon listing.

What keywords should be included in a product listing?

Conducting keyword research for your individual product will help you find relevant terms that shoppers are searching for. Include top keywords about your specific product type as well as the item's size, construction, and quantity.