You’re Not Out of Stock, So Why Are Your Sales Down?

May 29
16 mins

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Episode Description

Ever noticed your Amazon sales dropping and immediately blamed your ads? We all do it! In this episode, Michael and Campaign Manager Olena reveal a massive secret about what is really killing your sales.

It turns out you do not have to be completely out of stock to lose money. Just having a lower inventory drops your conversion rate and your sales velocity. Olena actually brought the receipts for this one. She stacked daily Business Reports and Inventory Ledgers to prove this crazy theory with hard data.

When she looked at the numbers, she found something wild. One client could never break $9,600 a day in sales with low stock. But they always hit over $10,000 when fully stocked. Why does this happen? It is all about the Amazon algorithm and delivery times. When your stock is low, it does not go down equally everywhere. This means longer delivery times in certain states, which hurts your regional conversions.

We’ll see you in The PPC Den!

🦡 Highlights ​​ 

  • 00:00 - Intro

  • 01:41 - Creating the FBA report

  • 02:29 - Why everyone blames PPC

  • 03:38 - How to pull the data

  • 05:40 - The low stock impact

  • 06:37 - High vs. low inventory zones

  • 07:47 - Regional delivery and conversion rates

  • 08:24 - The $10k sales case

  • 09:23 - Testing the second account

  • 12:11 - Results from the second account

  • 14:51 - Running the analysis

  • 15:43 - Looking beyond PPC

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Host and Executive Producer: Michael Erickson Facchin

Guest Co-Host: Olena Shmaiun

Senior Producer: Nancy Lili Gonzalez

Podcast Coordinator & Graphic Designer: Sofiia Podash

Video and Audio Editor: Pedro Moreno

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