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<item><title>When to Hire an Amazon Agency (and When Not To)</title><link>https://wespark.co/blog/when-to-hire-an-amazon-agency/</link><guid>https://wespark.co/blog/when-to-hire-an-amazon-agency/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>An agency pays off when you can name the number that is wrong, the margin can fund the work and the fix needs more than one lever. Here is how to tell.</description><category>Pricing &amp; choosing an agency</category></item>
<item><title>When Is Amazon DSP Worth It? Budget, Audiences and Fit</title><link>https://wespark.co/blog/when-is-amazon-dsp-worth-it/</link><guid>https://wespark.co/blog/when-is-amazon-dsp-worth-it/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>DSP is worth it when Sponsored Ads are efficient, audiences are large enough to retarget and budget clears the minimum with room to test. How to judge fit.</description><category>Amazon PPC</category></item>
<item><title>Switching Amazon Agencies: A Handover Checklist</title><link>https://wespark.co/blog/switching-amazon-agencies-checklist/</link><guid>https://wespark.co/blog/switching-amazon-agencies-checklist/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Changing Amazon agencies without losing rank, data or a week of spend takes a planned handover. The checklist, from exports and access to the overlap week.</description><category>Pricing &amp; choosing an agency</category></item>
<item><title>Suppressed Amazon Listing: Why It Happens and How to Fix It</title><link>https://wespark.co/blog/suppressed-amazon-listing-fix/</link><guid>https://wespark.co/blog/suppressed-amazon-listing-fix/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>A suppressed listing is hidden from search, not blocked. Where to find the reason, the common causes and fixes, and how to stop ads wasting money meanwhile.</description><category>Account health &amp; operations</category></item>
<item><title>Sponsored Products vs Sponsored Brands vs Sponsored Display</title><link>https://wespark.co/blog/sponsored-products-vs-sponsored-brands-vs-sponsored-display/</link><guid>https://wespark.co/blog/sponsored-products-vs-sponsored-brands-vs-sponsored-display/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Sponsored Products carries most accounts; Brands and Display earn their place after it. What each ad type does, where it shows and when to add it.</description><category>Amazon PPC</category></item>
<item><title>How to Shift Amazon Sales from Paid to Organic (TACoS Control)</title><link>https://wespark.co/blog/shift-amazon-sales-from-paid-to-organic/</link><guid>https://wespark.co/blog/shift-amazon-sales-from-paid-to-organic/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Lowering TACoS means growing organic sales faster than ad spend. Rank on the terms that matter, taper paid support in steps and read the organic share weekly.</description><category>Strategy &amp; growth</category></item>
<item><title>Scaling Amazon Ad Spend Without Losing Efficiency</title><link>https://wespark.co/blog/scaling-amazon-ad-spend-safely/</link><guid>https://wespark.co/blog/scaling-amazon-ad-spend-safely/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Scaling Amazon ad spend works in steps, only where ACoS holds and stock allows. The order to add budget, the step size, the stock rule and the signs of a ceiling.</description><category>Strategy &amp; growth</category></item>
<item><title>Q4 Amazon PPC Strategy: Black Friday to New Year</title><link>https://wespark.co/blog/q4-amazon-ppc-strategy/</link><guid>https://wespark.co/blog/q4-amazon-ppc-strategy/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Q4 is a six-week sequence, not one event. How to plan stock, budgets and bids across Black Friday, the December shipping cutoff and the post-Christmas surge.</description><category>Amazon PPC</category></item>
<item><title>Prime Day PPC Strategy: Before, During and After</title><link>https://wespark.co/blog/prime-day-ppc-strategy/</link><guid>https://wespark.co/blog/prime-day-ppc-strategy/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Prime Day is won in the four weeks before it. The stock, rank and budget checks to make in advance, how to bid during the event and how to step down afterward.</description><category>Amazon PPC</category></item>
<item><title>How to Optimize Amazon Listings for Rufus and COSMO</title><link>https://wespark.co/blog/optimize-amazon-listings-for-rufus-and-cosmo/</link><guid>https://wespark.co/blog/optimize-amazon-listings-for-rufus-and-cosmo/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Rufus and COSMO read your listing for meaning, not just keywords. How to write titles, bullets, A+ Content and attributes that answer real questions and rank.</description><category>AI search: Rufus &amp; COSMO</category></item>
<item><title>How to Win the Amazon Buy Box (and Keep It)</title><link>https://wespark.co/blog/how-to-win-the-amazon-buy-box/</link><guid>https://wespark.co/blog/how-to-win-the-amazon-buy-box/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>The Buy Box, now the Featured Offer, goes to the offer Amazon rates best on landed price, fulfillment and seller metrics. What decides it and why it vanishes.</description><category>Account health &amp; operations</category></item>
<item><title>How to Improve Amazon Click-Through Rate (CTR)</title><link>https://wespark.co/blog/how-to-improve-amazon-ctr/</link><guid>https://wespark.co/blog/how-to-improve-amazon-ctr/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>CTR is decided on the search results page: main image, title opening, price, rating and badges. Where to measure it, which lever to fix first, and how to test.</description><category>Listings &amp; Amazon SEO</category></item>
<item><title>How to Improve Amazon Conversion Rate (CVR)</title><link>https://wespark.co/blog/how-to-improve-amazon-conversion-rate/</link><guid>https://wespark.co/blog/how-to-improve-amazon-conversion-rate/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Conversion rate is unit session percentage in Business Reports. The eight levers that move it, in the order they usually matter, and how to read each.</description><category>Listings &amp; Amazon SEO</category></item>
<item><title>How to Choose an Amazon Agency: 12 Questions to Ask First</title><link>https://wespark.co/blog/how-to-choose-an-amazon-agency/</link><guid>https://wespark.co/blog/how-to-choose-an-amazon-agency/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Twelve questions that separate Amazon agencies with a process from agencies with a sales deck: team, audit, reporting, pricing, contract terms and exit.</description><category>Pricing &amp; choosing an agency</category></item>
<item><title>How to Check If Your Amazon Listing Is Indexed for a Keyword</title><link>https://wespark.co/blog/how-to-check-amazon-listing-indexing/</link><guid>https://wespark.co/blog/how-to-check-amazon-listing-indexing/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Indexed means eligible to appear, not ranked. Three ways to test indexing, from the search-bar check to Search Query Performance.</description><category>Listings &amp; Amazon SEO</category></item>
<item><title>The First 90 Days with an Amazon Agency: What Should Happen</title><link>https://wespark.co/blog/first-90-days-with-an-amazon-agency/</link><guid>https://wespark.co/blog/first-90-days-with-an-amazon-agency/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>An honest timeline for a new Amazon agency engagement: what happens in weeks one to two, what you should see by day 30, and which results take the full 90 days.</description><category>Pricing &amp; choosing an agency</category></item>
<item><title>Expanding to New Amazon Marketplaces: Order, Costs and Pitfalls</title><link>https://wespark.co/blog/expanding-to-new-amazon-marketplaces/</link><guid>https://wespark.co/blog/expanding-to-new-amazon-marketplaces/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Which Amazon marketplace to enter next, what it costs before the first sale, and the mistakes that turn expansion into a loss. A practical order for US brands.</description><category>Marketplaces</category></item>
<item><title>A Competitor Is Undercutting You on Amazon: What to Do</title><link>https://wespark.co/blog/competitor-undercutting-on-amazon/</link><guid>https://wespark.co/blog/competitor-undercutting-on-amazon/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>A cheaper competitor does not always need a price cut. How to decide whether to match, differentiate or defend, based on margin and where you are losing.</description><category>Strategy &amp; growth</category></item>
<item><title>Wasted Ad Spend on Amazon: How to Find It and Stop It</title><link>https://wespark.co/blog/amazon-wasted-ad-spend/</link><guid>https://wespark.co/blog/amazon-wasted-ad-spend/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Wasted spend hides in five places: non-converting terms, self-competition, over-funded discovery, placements and pages that cannot convert. How to find each.</description><category>Amazon PPC</category></item>
<item><title>Amazon Variations: When to Merge, Split or Leave Alone</title><link>https://wespark.co/blog/amazon-variations-parent-child/</link><guid>https://wespark.co/blog/amazon-variations-parent-child/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Variation families pool reviews and traffic, but Amazon only allows them for one product in different sizes, colors or counts. When to merge or split.</description><category>Listings &amp; Amazon SEO</category></item>
<item><title>Amazon Unit Economics: Finding the Margin That Can Fund Growth</title><link>https://wespark.co/blog/amazon-unit-economics-profit-margin/</link><guid>https://wespark.co/blog/amazon-unit-economics-profit-margin/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Profit per unit, per ASIN, is the number every Amazon decision depends on. How to build it from fees, returns and promotions, and turn it into ACoS targets.</description><category>Strategy &amp; growth</category></item>
<item><title>The Amazon Title Formula That Ranks and Converts</title><link>https://wespark.co/blog/amazon-title-formula/</link><guid>https://wespark.co/blog/amazon-title-formula/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>A title has two jobs, indexing and the click. Here is the word order we use, the limits Amazon enforces, and the first 80 characters that decide both.</description><category>Listings &amp; Amazon SEO</category></item>
<item><title>Amazon Storefront Best Practices: Pages, Tiles and Traffic</title><link>https://wespark.co/blog/amazon-storefront-best-practices/</link><guid>https://wespark.co/blog/amazon-storefront-best-practices/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>A Brand Store earns its place as the landing page for Sponsored Brands and outside traffic. Page structure, tiles that convert, source tags and Store Insights.</description><category>Images, A+ &amp; Brand Store</category></item>
<item><title>Amazon Storage Fees and Overstock: Reading the IPI, Acting Early</title><link>https://wespark.co/blog/amazon-storage-fees-and-overstock/</link><guid>https://wespark.co/blog/amazon-storage-fees-and-overstock/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Excess FBA stock costs you three times: monthly storage, aged-inventory surcharges and a lower IPI. How to read the reports and clear overstock before fees bite.</description><category>Account health &amp; operations</category></item>
<item><title>Amazon Stock-Out: The Damage It Does and How to Recover</title><link>https://wespark.co/blog/amazon-stockout-recovery/</link><guid>https://wespark.co/blog/amazon-stockout-recovery/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Running out of stock on Amazon costs more than the missed orders. What a stock-out does to rank, ads and the Buy Box, and the two-week recovery plan we run.</description><category>Account health &amp; operations</category></item>
<item><title>Amazon Sponsored TV: Is It Worth It for Your Brand?</title><link>https://wespark.co/blog/amazon-sponsored-tv/</link><guid>https://wespark.co/blog/amazon-sponsored-tv/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Sponsored TV puts your video on streaming screens with no minimum spend. Worth testing when your listing converts, your video suits TV and you can measure lift.</description><category>Amazon PPC</category></item>
<item><title>Amazon Seasonal Planning: The Calendar We Work From</title><link>https://wespark.co/blog/amazon-seasonal-planning-calendar/</link><guid>https://wespark.co/blog/amazon-seasonal-planning-calendar/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>The Amazon year has four planning windows, each starting six to ten weeks before the event. The calendar we run every account against, and what happens in each.</description><category>Strategy &amp; growth</category></item>
<item><title>How to Read the Amazon Search Term Report (and Act on It)</title><link>https://wespark.co/blog/amazon-search-term-report/</link><guid>https://wespark.co/blog/amazon-search-term-report/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>The search term report shows what shoppers typed before they clicked. Which columns matter, the five sorts we run every week and the action each one leads to.</description><category>Amazon PPC</category></item>
<item><title>Amazon Sales Dropped Suddenly? A Diagnosis in Six Checks</title><link>https://wespark.co/blog/amazon-sales-dropped-suddenly/</link><guid>https://wespark.co/blog/amazon-sales-dropped-suddenly/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>When Amazon sales fall off a cliff, the cause is almost always one of six things. Here is the order to check them in, and what each looks like in the data.</description><category>Strategy &amp; growth</category></item>
<item><title>Amazon Rufus Listing Checklist: 15 Things the AI Assistant Reads</title><link>https://wespark.co/blog/amazon-rufus-listing-checklist/</link><guid>https://wespark.co/blog/amazon-rufus-listing-checklist/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Rufus answers shopper questions from your title, bullets, attributes, A+ text, reviews and Q&amp;A. Fifteen checks that make a listing answerable and lift sales.</description><category>AI search: Rufus &amp; COSMO</category></item>
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