Trending Topics

How a Foreign-Trade Zone Helps You Manage U.S. Tariffs. Defer duties, reduce costs, and protect your business from volatile tariff changes with a Foreign-Trade Zone. Discover how FTZs work, find out if they're right for your business, and learn how an FTZ can improve your bottom line. dfwairport.com

How to reach the #1 page on Amazon collaborating with Micro-Influencers. Sending free products to social media influencers and driving external traffic using the platform Stack Influence which automates influencer collaborations at scale (thousands of collabs a month), brands like Magic Spoon, Unilever, and Blueland have been able to get to #1 page positioning on Amazon and increase their recurring monthly revenue as high as 13X in only 2 months. Get 10% off signing up this month. stackinfluence.com

Most sellers rely on ads to grow. But lately, that growth comes at a higher price. ROAS is inconsistent. CPCs are rising. And scaling often means overspending. Levanta’s Affiliate Shift Calculator helps you explore a smarter mix—by modeling what would happen if you reallocated a portion of your ad spend into affiliate marketing. It’s a free, expert-built forecast based on your own inputs—not guesswork. You’ll see how affiliate could impact your revenue, ROAS, and efficiency—before spending a dollar. levanta.io

Sales Growth Strategies

The Smartest Sellers Are Quietly Rebuilding Their Supply Chains Right Now. While everyone else waits to “see what happens,” smart Amazon sellers are already making moves—quietly adjusting, sourcing smarter, and locking in their next competitive edge. If you're selling on Amazon—or planning to—you’ve probably felt the pressure of the new tariffs. Costs are up. Uncertainty is in the air. And it’s tempting to freeze. voltagedm.substack.com

Amazon's New Ungating - Approve and then Regating in less than 10 days. I'm a seasoned (20 year+) seller. This brand required 10 units to ungate, which I purchased directly from the brand. Provided the brand invoice, shipment notification, delivery notification, and pictures of the product and was approved ten days ago. We listed our products and today went to ship them and suddenly we were RE-GATED in the brand. sellercentral.amazon.com

How to Beat Competitors on Amazon: 7 Proven Pricing Strategies? These seven pricing strategies are built for sellers who want real results. Each one is practical, backed by real examples, and focused on protecting your bottom line. sellerlabs.com

eCommerce Trends

ChatGPT Shopping Is Coming. Several sources reported finding the Shopify-related code on April 20, 2025, beginning with Alexey Shabanov’s article in TestingCatalog. Shabanov displayed screen captures of the code and speculated that OpenAI might have an affiliate relationship with Shopify. The article also noted that ChatGPT already has some ecommerce capabilities in its Operator research agent, including the ability to book travel and order groceries. practicalecommerce.com

Finding Your Zone of Possibility for Amazon PPC Rankings. We’ll break it all down — how to spot real rankable opportunities, why your conversion rate is your secret weapon, and how to build smart, isolated keyword budgets that actually make sense. adbadger.com

Our recommendations may include complimentary tools & resources and paid ones. We may receive part of the commission when you click through some of the links on our site/email and end up signing up/registering or purchasing. Cruxfinder makes diligent efforts to obtain accurate and timely information, however, Cruxfinder is not liable to any party for any loss or damage caused by errors or omissions in this newsletter, whether or not such errors or omissions result from negligence, accident or any other cause. We are not affiliated, associated, authorized, endorsed by, or in any way officially connected with Amazon.com, Inc., or any of its subsidiaries or its affiliates.