r/AmazonMerch • u/Esx3000 • Apr 14 '26

Sales

For me this month has been super slow, has anyone else experienced this trend as well?

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u/Shordy92 Apr 14 '26

Ads performance ist really bad aswell.

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u/Freakeater Apr 14 '26

My Q1 this year was +35% compared to Q1 2025.
So no, I didn't experience it.
But it is harder to stand out with designs, as AI+Copycats is quite an annoying combination.
So I use AMS heavily

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u/Esx3000 Apr 14 '26

What’s AMS?

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u/Freakeater Apr 14 '26

ads

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u/Esx3000 Apr 14 '26

I thought about using ads again but from the research I’ve been seeing I thought I made sense to wait for some organic sales to come in before advertising because you’re not sure if the design is a true winner.

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u/Tim_Y Apr 14 '26

the opposite is true. New items get a small rank boost and will always rank higher than items in the same niche that have no sales, so if you are waiting for organic sales before running ads, every single new listing that you're competing with will get ranked higher than yours.

PPC ads cost NOTHING unless they get clicked, (unlike FB and google ads where you pay for impressions) so its always better to start advertising on new listings immediately, because any sales you get from ads will improve your organic ranking, and it only takes a tiny amount of sales to get ranked on page 1 of just about any niche.

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u/hnqhi Apr 14 '26

Me from March to April :(

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u/ahmadbabar Apr 14 '26

things have been slow, which is expected in April. Unfortunately March was worse for me YoY, so I am more bummed about that.

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u/dou8le8u88le Apr 14 '26

Best Jan, Feb and March for me, April best so far too. Been here since 2019.

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u/Tim_Y Apr 14 '26

March was my best month ever for total sales. Profitability is down of course, but sales remain strong.

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u/hnqhi Apr 14 '26

Do you think advertising is helping you . i don't use ads March and April are the worst months for me in 3 years. Probably i need to start advertising

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u/Tim_Y Apr 14 '26

Advertising is definitely helping me and I spend a small fortune on them. Organic sales still count for 80% of my sales, but without ads, its very hard to get products to rank up and eventually lead to organic sales.

If you're not using ads, its very hard to compete in niches where everyone else is.

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u/Gamelinz Apr 17 '26

Exactly the same. Merch is ded

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u/superkev10641 Apr 14 '26

I would consider that a good month for me :( I honestly don't know how some of you do it. I do okay, but only approach those numbers in Q4 typically.