https://easeamazon.com/blog.html Notes from inside the workbook: inventory planning, lead times, and the order-by dates that decide whether a brand is in stock. en Sun, 02 Aug 2026 12:57:35 +0000 tools/gen_feed.py https://easeamazon.com/blog/3000-campaigns-is-a-problem.html https://easeamazon.com/blog/3000-campaigns-is-a-problem.html Sun, 29 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Most large Amazon PPC accounts have thousands of campaigns but only dozens worth managing. Apply the 70% buy box filter to find which campaigns actually matter. https://easeamazon.com/blog/forecasting-software-under-forecasts.html https://easeamazon.com/blog/forecasting-software-under-forecasts.html Sun, 29 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 AI forecasting tools systematically under-forecast bestsellers because of how they're trained. 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The diagnostic pattern for integration failures in software stacks. https://easeamazon.com/blog/california-only-rule-prime-day.html https://easeamazon.com/blog/california-only-rule-prime-day.html Sun, 29 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 For Prime Day FBA prep, always ship from your fastest-checking, lowest-cost warehouse first. For a client brand with 7 warehouses, that meant California every time. https://easeamazon.com/blog/50-50-shipment-split-strategy.html https://easeamazon.com/blog/50-50-shipment-split-strategy.html Sun, 29 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 When Amazon caps your FBA shipment size before Prime Day, the 50/50 split across two weekly windows gets inventory in without exceeding per-send supply limits. https://easeamazon.com/blog/four-factor-root-cause-margin.html https://easeamazon.com/blog/four-factor-root-cause-margin.html Sun, 29 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 A structured diagnostic for weekly margin drops: sessions, conversion rate, ACOS, and out-of-stock status. 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How large brands work around inventory caps, staged shipments, and Prime Day prep. https://easeamazon.com/blog/first-call-supply-chain-is-wrong.html https://easeamazon.com/blog/first-call-supply-chain-is-wrong.html Sun, 29 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Clients describe their ideal-state operation, not what's really running. The questions that surface hidden warehouses and customs problems before they become scope creep. https://easeamazon.com/blog/detention-charges-make-amazon-pay.html https://easeamazon.com/blog/detention-charges-make-amazon-pay.html Sun, 29 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Amazon will reimburse carrier detention charges at FBA fulfillment centers if you file with proper documentation. Here is exactly what to submit and how. https://easeamazon.com/blog/customization-kills-forecasting.html https://easeamazon.com/blog/customization-kills-forecasting.html Sun, 29 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Standard forecasting breaks when every order is custom. Component-level forecasting and AOV trend signals keep a $1.2M/month custom brand in stock. https://easeamazon.com/blog/google-sheets-command-layer.html https://easeamazon.com/blog/google-sheets-command-layer.html Sun, 29 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 How moving automation rules into Google Sheets creates systems non-technical teams can maintain. The architecture behind a client's n8n stack. https://easeamazon.com/blog/cpg-supply-chain-from-scratch.html https://easeamazon.com/blog/cpg-supply-chain-from-scratch.html Sun, 29 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 A former client's supply chain spans a Mexican date farm, two 3PLs, and 7 channels including Amazon, UNFI, and Target. The real operational picture. https://easeamazon.com/blog/amazon-warehouse-routing-wrong.html https://easeamazon.com/blog/amazon-warehouse-routing-wrong.html Sun, 29 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Amazon's inbound routing algorithm optimizes for its own network, not your freight costs or supply limits. 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