What’s your TACoS benchmark this quarter — and has tariff pressure changed what acceptable looks like for you?
With tariffs hitting landed costs and the 3.5% FBA surcharge now live, I’m curious how people are thinking about their TACoS targets right now.
Most sellers I talk to are still managing purely to ACoS. But TACoS (total ad spend / all revenue, not just ad-attributed)...
Tariffs are squeezing margins — here’s what to actually cut vs. hold on Amazon PPC
With tariffs hitting many import-reliant sellers at 30–60% cost increases, a lot of sellers are asking whether to cut Amazon PPC to offset the margin hit.
Quick answer: cut the right stuff, don’t cut everything.
**Why you can’t just “pause ads” to...
Tariffs are squeezing margins — here’s what to actually cut vs. hold on Amazon PPC
With tariffs hitting many import-reliant sellers at 30–60% cost increases, a lot of sellers are asking whether to cut Amazon PPC to offset the margin hit.
Quick answer: cut the right stuff, don’t cut everything.
**Why you can’t just “pause ads” to...
Rant: I just went off at Chat Support like a Karen
It’s just one thing after another. I can’t handle dealing with these people. They’re about as useful as an appendix. Are they even literate? They just copy and paste the same canned response for every issue. At this point, i’m welcoming the AI chat support overlords....
Rant: I just went off at Chat Support like a Karen
It’s just one thing after another. I can’t handle dealing with these people. They’re about as useful as an appendix. Are they even literate? They just copy and paste the same canned response for every issue. At this point, i’m welcoming the AI chat support overlords....
#513 – Goodbye to this MAJOR advertising payment update (For now..) | Weekly Buzz 4/15/26
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We’re back with another episode of the Weekly Buzz with Helium 10’s Senior Brand Evangelist, Shivali Patel. Every week, we cover the latest breaking news in the Amazon, TikTok Shop, Walmart, and E-commerce space, talk about Helium 10’s...
Amazon Shipping has been holding Rs 7,618 of my COD money for 50 days. 5 failed disbursements. RBI complaint. Consumer court. Still nothing. Anyone else faced this?
I use Amazon Shipping for COD orders. Since February 26, 2026, Rs 7,618 in COD remittances have not been credited to my bank account despite 5 separate disbursement attempts by Amazon’s own team.
Each time Amazon confirms payment with a UTR number. Each time the bank...
Amazon Shipping has been holding Rs 7,618 of my COD money for 50 days. 5 failed disbursements. RBI complaint. Consumer court. Still nothing. Anyone else faced this?
I use Amazon Shipping for COD orders. Since February 26, 2026, Rs 7,618 in COD remittances have not been credited to my bank account despite 5 separate disbursement attempts by Amazon’s own team.
Each time Amazon confirms payment with a UTR number. Each time the bank...
Shipping issues. Or my being dumb
Hi, im trying to sell low priced items on Amazon and shipping FBM (I do shipping) but I’m running into a small problem. I can only buy shipping once I make a sale, so I only know how much shipping will be then. But I need to know how much shipping costs do I know how...
Shipping issues. Or my being dumb
Hi, im trying to sell low priced items on Amazon and shipping FBM (I do shipping) but I’m running into a small problem. I can only buy shipping once I make a sale, so I only know how much shipping will be then. But I need to know how much shipping costs do I know how...
