TACOS Tuesday - Amazon Ads Tactics

Where are your customers actually shopping and is your brand showing up there? In this episode of TACOS Tuesday, Hamish Conway sits down with marketplace expert Alvin Jap from Samsung to unpack what it really takes to expand into new marketplaces without damaging the retail relationships you’ve already built. With experience spanning retail, Kimberly-Clark, Amazon and now Samsung, Alvin brings a u...

Over 50 brands registered for our recent Amazon Marketing Cloud (AMC) Masterclass, and the replay was originally shared exclusively with those who joined us. But the insights were too valuable to keep behind closed doors. In this 13-minute cut, Hamish Conway and Sebastian Hargreaves take you beyond ACOS and ROAS, using real Amazon brand data to show why understanding what happens after the first s...

Are you making the right Amazon decisions or simply making decisions with incomplete data? In this episode of TACOS Tuesday, Hamish Conway explores why metrics like ROAS, ACOS and TACOS only tell part of the story, and how asking better questions can lead to smarter, more profitable growth decisions. Discover how Amazon Marketing Cloud (AMC) can uncover deeper insights into customer behaviour, lif...

What if everything you thought you knew about winning Amazon Prime Day was wrong?  In this episode of TACOS Tuesday, Hamish Conway and Sebastian Hargreaves analyse exclusive Prime Day data from multiple Amazon Australia brands to reveal what actually drove stronger sales, higher organic growth and more profitable Amazon advertising. You'll discover why brands that invested before Prime Day out...

Amazon is evolving faster than ever, and AI is transforming the way brands build, scale and compete. In this episode of TACOS Tuesday, Hamish Conway is joined by entrepreneur, Amazon seller and AI innovator Michael Fenech to explore the strategies, mindset and technology shaping the future of eCommerce. From launching successful Amazon brands and building one of Australia's largest Amazon sell...

Amazon Australia is changing fast, and if you're still measuring success by ROAS alone, you could already be falling behind. In this episode of TACOS Tuesday, Hamish Conway and Sebastian Hargreaves unpack exclusive first-half 2026 Amazon Australia advertising data from a portfolio generating more than $11 million in monthly Amazon sales. By comparing the same 14 brands across H1 2025 and H1 20...

What does it take to build a premium Amazon brand that can outperform some of the biggest names in the world? In this special guest episode, Hamish Conway is joined by Victoria Skik, Global Marketplace Manager at Honeysticks, to reveal the strategies behind one of New Zealand's most successful global Amazon brands. Discover why understanding your customer is still the biggest competitive advan...

Think your Amazon Ads are performing well? You could be leaving thousands in untapped revenue on the table without even realising it. In this episode of TACOS Tuesday, Hamish Conway and Sebastian Hargreaves unpack the six critical Amazon Ads mistakes they consistently uncover during brand audits and why even high-performing brands are making them. Discover why outdated strategies, poor campaign st...

Prime Day can generate weeks or even months worth of sales in just a few days, but only if your advertising strategy is ready. In Part 2 of our Prime Day series, Hamish Conway and Sebastian Hargreaves dive into the Amazon Ads playbook behind some of the biggest shopping events of the year. Learn the costly mistakes brands make, how customer behaviour shifts throughout the event, when to increase (...

In this episode of TACOS Tuesday, Hamish Conway and Sebastian Hargreaves continue their deep dive into Amazon Marketing Cloud (AMC), focusing on how brands can better understand and grow customer lifetime value. They explore how cohort analysis, cross-sell paths, and time to second purchase reveal what customers actually do after their first order and how these insights can shape smarter advertisi...

Unlock the hidden layer of Amazon growth most brands are completely missing. In this episode of  TACOS Tuesday , Hamish Conway and Sebastian Hargreaves kick off a powerful three-part series diving into customer analytics with Amazon Marketing Cloud (AMC)  and why the smartest brands are quietly outperforming everyone else. From understanding whether your growth is truly sustainable, to uncovering...

Prime Day can be one of the biggest revenue opportunities on Amazon or one of the fastest ways to destroy margin if you get it wrong. In this episode, Hamish Conway and Sebastian Hargreaves break down the three critical phases of Prime Day preparation, including how to analyse historical performance, identify which products are worth promoting, and avoid costly mistakes around inventory, profitabi...

$100M+ in Amazon ad spend, managed. Ten years on Amazon. One simple shift changes how every Amazon account scales.  Sebastian Hargreaves walked brands through it at Retail Fest 2026 on the Gold Coast. Seb walks through how to calculate target ACoS from contribution margin, how to set the right bid, and how to diagnose a sales drop properly. It's always one of three things. Live Q&A on SKU...

n this episode of TACOS Tuesday, Hamish Conway breaks down the latest Amazon Australia 2025 ASIC filing results and what they quietly reveal about where the market is really heading. Beneath the surface of the numbers, there’s a much bigger story unfolding around growth, competition, and shifting consumer behaviour. If you’re selling on Amazon (or even just watching from the sidelines), this episo...

On this episode of Tacos Tuesday, Sebastian Hargreaves sits down with Hamish Conway for a rare, behind-the-scenes conversation marking 10 years in the Amazon game. What starts as a look back quickly unfolds into a candid exploration of how it all began, the pivotal decisions that shaped the journey, and the moments that nearly broke it. Along the way, Hamish unpacks how dramatically the Amazon lan...

Most brands think they understand their Amazon performance… but they’re often only seeing the surface. In this final episode of the Amazon Marketing Cloud (AMC) series, Hamish Conway and Sebastian Hargreaves dive into the attribution and acquisition insights that reveal what’s really driving growth on Amazon. They explore organic vs paid first touch, new-to-brand vs repeat customers by ASIN, full-...

This is part two of  How to Set Quarterly Objectives for Amazon Growth , where the focus shifts from planning to execution. Hamish Conway and Sebastian Hargreaves unpack how Amazon brands can turn quarterly goals into day-to-day action using weekly scorecards, leading indicators, and a practical decision-making framework for Amazon Ads. The episode shows how to diagnose performance issues faster,...

In this episode of  TACOS Tuesday , Hamish and Seb unpack how high-performing Amazon brands actually plan for growth without relying on guesswork or wishful thinking. They walk through how to set clear quarterly objectives, translate revenue goals into realistic ad spend and efficiency targets, and create alignment between strategy, execution, and accountability. The conversation dives into the th...

Creative quality is one of the biggest levers behind strong Amazon ad performance and in this episode, we dig into exactly why. Drawing on insights from two of our most popular conversations, we unpack what separates ads that convert from those that simply burn budget, how creative aligns with real shopper intent, and why video and image-led formats are becoming impossible to ignore. If you’ve eve...

Hamish and Seb wrap up 2025 with an insight-packed conversation reflecting on the biggest shifts that defined Amazon this year, from their predictions that played out to how AI, AMC, shopper behaviour, and Amazon’s own platform moves changed the way brands win. They dig into the real impact of deal-event strategy, tariff turbulence, the rise of third-party sellers, Amazon’s unexpected Google Shopp...

Hamish and Seb break down the final numbers from Australia’s Black Friday event now that the attribution window has closed, revealing surprising shifts in traffic, conversions, and where the real sales growth came from. They unpack why ad-driven results outpaced organic performance, how deal tagging and product mix influenced outcomes, and what these trends say about Amazon AU’s rapidly maturing m...

In this episode, Hamish and Seb break down the early Black Friday performance across Amazon Australia and reveal the trends shaping one of the biggest sales periods of the year. They explore how traffic, page views, and conversions shifted during the event, why higher-value products surged, and what the data suggests about CPCs, ad strategies, and return on spend. You’ll also hear how smart Amazon...

In this episode, Hamish goes solo and draws on over 10 years of Amazon agency experience to unpack the real-world challenges and surprising joys that come with managing brands on a platform as powerful and unpredictable as Amazon. With Seb away, he dives into the realities of dealing with Amazon’s systems, supporting clients through the chaos, juggling team capacity, and navigating the ever-shifti...

In this episode of TACOS Tuesday, Hamish and Seb break down the real stages of an Amazon product launch using 12 months of actual data, showing how TACOS, ACOS, and conversion rates naturally shift as a listing matures. They reveal why early numbers can be misleading, when a product typically turns profitable, and the key signs your offer may need a tweak. If you want a clearer, more realistic vie...

In this episode of  Tacos Tuesday , Hamish Conway is joined again by Mark Gray from CrescoData to explore how agentic AI and shopping agents are reshaping the future of online retail. Mark draws on over two decades of e-commerce experience to explain how automation and AI-driven decision-making are transforming how consumers shop and what that means for brands today. From product data enrichment t...