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Amazon Top Terms

Here are the top 10 most searched keywords on Amazon. This data was taken from Amazon between February 26th and March 11th. Check out the terms that made the $$$ this past week!

With Easter just around the corner, it's not surprising to see "rolling egg holder for refrigerator" appear as a popular search term in this week’s top terms. As many families prepare for Easter egg decorating and hunting activities, having a convenient and safe way to store and transport eggs is crucial.

It's clear that the popularity of this keyword has translated into a significant increase in sales on Amazon. With products related to this search term going from selling 9 units per day to 76 units per day in just the last two weeks.

Public Webinar

How to Launch a New Product the Right Way

Before you spend your hard-earned money on launching a new product, there are some data you should have available on hand:

• The keywords your competitors are missing
• Your competitors’ successful sponsored keywords
• A list of products with high keyword and consumer demand
• Your target product’s average search volume, monthly revenue, price, and review count

All of this data is available in one convenient tool: Helium 10.

Even if you’ve already tried out Helium 10, you need to be updated on the changes and advanced techniques so you can use the tool exactly how it’s designed for. 

This March 29 at 11 AM (PST), no other than Helium 10 Senior Brand Evangelist Carrie Miller will give you these practical tips.

The webinar is open to everyone, but we’re limiting the number of attendees so our guest can entertain your questions.

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Shopify's Improved Fulfillment Network

Almost a year after Shopify acquired Deliverr, execs have determined that it is the key to a more flexible and cost-effective fulfillment model that benefits both its merchants and customers. The new system utilizes multiple small networks with fewer SKUs, which is overall a lot less capital intensive. 

To do this, Shopify will be working with various third parties, including carriers and last-mile delivery providers. This results in an “elastic warehouse capacity” that doesn’t burden the company with fixed costs and assets that may turn unusable in the future.

Deliverr provides the software and network that makes this possible. It also helps predict demand and places the items close to the point of demand. This translates to faster delivery for the buyer and reduced costs for the seller.

In an interview, Shopify’s president emphasized that their fulfillment network is different from that of Amazon that uses a single network for millions of SKUs. With the new model, the company has access to multiple networks that they can adjust accordingly based on demand.

Walmart’s Effort to Increase Ad Revenue

Most of Walmart’s sales come from groceries. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, but the company does have to sell more vegetables and gallons of milk to significantly increase their revenue because of the relatively narrow margins.

This is why the management has determined that it should exert more effort towards other sources of income, and they’re looking at business-to-business activity, ads, and third-party seller fees. Insider Intelligence predicts Walmart’s ad revenue to grow up to 42% in 2023.

Ultimately, third-party sellers will bear the brunt of these changes, but Walmart did provide access to fulfillment technology and services that were not available to merchants before. It also helps that more businesses are able to sell on Walmart after it opened its doors to non-US vendors in 2021.

This is not unlike Amazon’s move in recent quarters. With e-commerce sales slowing down, it continues to increase fees, making it more expensive to sell on the platform and that much harder to break even.

Walmart Prepares to Close All Stores in Portland

Walmart may be the king of brick and mortar, but it’s been losing a lot of its castles lately. It recently closed 8 stores in five states, and now, it’s wrapping up the last of its shops in Portland, Oregon.

Its last two stores located at East Port Plaza and Hayden Meadows will officially close on March 24.

One of the reasons cited is the stores are no longer meeting financial expectations, but of course, it’s not as simple as that. Theft is also a problem, and the company had warned about possible price increases last year because of shoplifters.

This issue does not directly relate to its e-commerce arm, but those losses have to be compensated by another revenue source, which can affect seller fees Walmart imposes on its merchants.