Date: February 26th, 2026

Summary: Kevin King discusses why your Amazon listings and A+ content may be losing shoppers, a major remap of the Amazon Affiliate Ecosystem, free Sponsored Product ads inside Rufus conversations, Google's upgraded Pomelli AI image tool, and designing listings for scanners instead of readers.

Key Points Discussed:

• Amazon Affiliate Ecosystem remapped into a 5-layer creator journey model
• Sponsored Products Prompts: Amazon is placing SP ads inside Rufus conversations for free during beta
• How to download and study your SP Prompts Report for free competitive intelligence
• Google Labs' Pomelli Photoshoot feature for free AI-generated product imagery
• Why shoppers scan listings in F-patterns and Z-patterns and how to design for it
• The three-step listing content sequence: Scan, Read, Save/Buy
• Direct mail still delivering $12 ROI for every $1 spent
• Asia's D2C revenue share is just 1% compared to North America's 15%

Links Mentioned:

• 2026 Ecommerce Seller Survey
• Jesse Lakes' Amazon Affiliate Ecosystem LinkedIn Post
• Ecom Mastery AI Event (Nashville, April)
• PickFu - Sign up free, use code BDSN2026 for $100 credit
• Marketing Misfits: Direct Mail Isn't Dead (It's Thriving)
• Ritu Java's AI for Ecom Newsletter
• Pomelli by Google Labs (free AI product image tool)

Hot Picks:

• How to use Rufus to check price history, find deals & auto buy
• The $10 trillion state of e-commerce
• Amazon rules product discovery, for now
• TikTok Shop U.S. GMV grew 68% in 2025 to hit $15.1 billion

Stump Bezos Answer: Sparky product baskets are 35% larger than normal

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Date: February 23rd, 2026

Summary: Kevin King covers Amazon's new AI Agent Policy that could get sellers shut down, how Amazon and Shopify now account for 50% of all U.S. e-commerce, the hidden influence of AI on shopping decisions, Reddit's new AI-powered shopping feature, and the latest hot picks.

Key Points Discussed:

• Amazon and Shopify now account for roughly 50% of all U.S. e-commerce
• Social shopping stats: Instagram leads at 37%, TikTok at 30%
• Amazon's new Business Solutions Agreement section 19 and AI Agent Policy (effective March 4th, 2026)
• Warning: your account is your responsibility when using third-party tools
• "Dark Search" — AI's hidden influence on shopping decisions is bigger than analytics show
• About 10% of product discovery is already happening via LLMs
• Reddit testing AI-powered shopping feature in search results
• Stack Influence platform for micro-influencer collaborations

Links Mentioned:

• Ecom Mastery AI Nashville (use coupon code "Nashville" for 20% off)
• Marketplace Pulse: Amazon and Shopify Are Now Half of U.S. E-Commerce
• Kiri Masters: Dark Search article
• DragonFish — AI visibility for brands
• Stack Influence Platform (10% off by signing up this month)

Hot Picks:

• Amazon dethrones Walmart as world's biggest company by sales
• TikTok Shop halts plan to make sellers use TikTok's fulfillment
• The real costs compared of selling on Amazon, Walmart and TikTok Shop
• Walmart's ad business grew 46% to $6.4B in 2025

Stump Bezos Answer: 23% of all online orders can be attributed to email marketing

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Date: February 19th, 2026

Summary: Kevin King discusses why Amazon sellers should stop writing AI prompts and start writing briefs, the five parts of an effective AI brief, the OpenClaw AI agent platform acquired by OpenAI, Prime Day potentially moving to June, and creating free Sponsored Brand Video ads.

Key Points Discussed:

• Why AI briefs outperform prompts for Amazon sellers
• The 5 parts of a brief that actually works: context, objective, constraints, reference material, and deliverable format
• How to create free Sponsored Brand Video ads using Amazon Creative Studio and Canva
• Amazon GMV growth and the shift toward third-party sellers
• OpenClaw: the open-source AI agent platform acquired by OpenAI and what it means for sellers
• Jay Margaliot's 5-Day AI Brand Ambassador Challenge
• Prime Day may be moving to June 2026
• Review velocity now more important than total review count for Amazon ranking

Links Mentioned:

• E-com Mastery AI Nashville (April 8-12) - Save 20% with code "Nashville"
• Free PPC Audit with Chris Rawlings
• How to Make Amazon Sponsored Video Ads in Canva Tutorial
• GetReviews - QR Code Review Funnels (15% off with code BDS15)
• OpenClaw Tutorial
• I Built a Team of 9 AI Agents to Run My Amazon Business
• Jay Margaliot's 5-Day AI Brand Ambassador Challenge ($97)

Hot Picks:

• TikTok wants your Amazon listings - list with Amazon URL now
• Shopify says they are best positioned for AI shopping
• Reminder: Amazon flat file templates expire next week
• Review velocity more important than # of reviews for Amazon rank

Stump Bezos Answer: By late 2025, Amazon's margin on selling physical products was close to 7%

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