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Guides and Research for Amazon Brands

The thinking behind the weekly Retail Flywheel report: the five levers that run an Amazon brand, the research under the Ratings lever, and diagnostics you can run today. Written from firsthand marketplace experience, with the numbers shown.

Free tool
Star Rating Calculator: What Is Your Next Star Worth?

Enter your rating, review count, and revenue. See how many 5-star reviews it takes to reach your target rating, and the conversion and revenue lift on the way there.

Interactive tool · 2 minutes · No email required
Free tool
Sales Drop Diagnostic: Traffic Problem or Conversion Problem?

The interactive version of the sales-drop fork. Enter sessions and conversion from Seller Central; get the verdict, the causes to check in order, and your estimated revenue gap.

Interactive tool · 1 minute · Runs in your browser
Free tool
Star Rating Calculator: What Is Your Next Star Worth?

Enter your rating, review count, and revenue. See how many 5-star reviews it takes to reach your target rating, and the conversion and revenue lift on the way there.

Interactive tool · 2 minutes · No email required
Diagnostic
Why Are My Amazon Sales Down? Find the Leaking Lever in Five Minutes

When sales fall off a cliff, run one check before you change anything: did sessions fall, or did conversion fall? That fork, then the five most common causes with what to check for each.

Published July 2026 · 8 minute read
Diagnostic
Why Did I Lose the Amazon Buy Box? Five Checks, in Order

One look at your own listing tells you which of three situations you're in: outcompeted, ineligible, or a Buy Box nobody holds. Then five checks, each with the number to pull and the threshold that matters.

Published July 2026 · 8 minute read
Diagnostic
Why Are My Amazon Reviews Not Showing Up? Six Causes, in Order

Most missing reviews are a delay, a filter, or a counting difference you can verify in two minutes. The six causes in order, what to check for each, and which removals you can't get back.

Published July 2026 · 7 minute read
Framework
The Growth Loop: The Five Levers Every E-Commerce Business Runs On

Operations, Pricing, Assortment, Visibility, and Ratings, run as a weekly loop that compounds. Benchmarks for each lever, and where to start when one is leaking.

Published June 2026 · Updated July 2026 · 12 minute read
Original research
Amazon Listing Accuracy: What 3,725 Reviews Reveal

Across 7 brands in 4 categories, 40 to 55% of 1-star reviews traced to listing accuracy rather than product failures. Three case studies, each with the fix and the dollars at stake.

Published May 2026 · Updated July 2026 · 15 minute read
Original research
What Pet Wellness Reviews Actually Complain About

The complaint taxonomy from 1,638 reviews of one pet wellness brand: efficacy leads at 44.5% of negatives, yet 53% of negative reviews trace to the listing or ops rather than the product.

1,638 reviews · 9 complaint categories · $240K worked example

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