My number one tip going into 2023: SELL ON AMAZON. I have to scream it for the purist in the back. DTC ISNT A THING. SELL WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO BUY. OR ELSE PAY ZUCK EVEN MORE AND LOSE SALES TO SOMEONE WHO IS ON AMAZON.

This is making our heads hurt. Also feels like this could lead to Amazon reducing "free" inventory space allocations so they can put more in the auction. marketplacepulse.com/articles/amazo…

The Second Amendment was never intended to permit mass slaughter.

Schools were closed in 2020. Who was president then?

Customer return highlight for today: The remaining 1/3rd of one of our Grown Ass Man Co. Shampoo Bars. Yes. They used 2/3rds of a 4 oz. bar. Returned the final 1.3 ounces. Resell as "slightly used"? Whaddaysay?

Wait are expensive watches the New ecomm bro lambos? Asking for a friend.

I will believe Amazon knows AI from a hole in the ground when they stop suspending pesticide-free products as pesticides.

A big mistake I see talking to newer folks in Ecom is: Chasing marginal revenue vs. chasing multipliers If you’re doing $5k/mo, you don’t need a referral program or chat widget or a merch line when you’re selling desk lamps You need product market fit, good creative, and an

Biden: we’re going after hate speech and antisemitism GOP: we feel attacked

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Wow. White flag of sorts from X. Helps revenue short term, but lowers their ceiling significantly. Also: We need to see if we can exclude X from display ad buys. searchengineland.com/x-twitter-goog…

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Google announce AI image tools for Performance Max Tuesday. Meta announced AI image tools for ads Oct. 4. Amazon announced theirs Sept. 13. But the rollouts won't be finished until early 2024 for Google and Meta. Who has the tools live on their accounts? Early impressions?

Proof that a govt wall won't stop lawless invading illegals

Trump's pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services said during the campaign that he would stop research on drug development and infectious diseases for 8 years. What could possibly go wrong?

1/ X's algorithm was changed in mid-July 2024 to systematically boost Republican-leaning accounts and Elon Musk's own account following his endorsement of Donald Trump, according to a newly released computational study of engagement from the Queensland University of Technology.⬇️