D13 Running out of stock
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- FBA cover < 30 days
- Restock in time?
- Keep ads; tighten to exact + defence; pause discovery to slow velocity
- FBM backup?
- Enable FBM offer; keep rank alive
- Raise price +10–15% to stretch stock; pause all but branded / ranking terms
- Create shipment plan (template); update restock report
- On restock: relaunch mini-lifecycle (2 weeks) to recover rank
- Days of cover ≥ 30 · rank recovered within 14 days
What you get: rank protected through the gap and recovered within about two weeks of restock.
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