Amazon wants your AI flagged… Here’s what’s you need to know…

As of July 27, sellers must add a "contains-synthetic-performer" keyword to image metadata for A+ Content and product images featuring photorealistic AI-generated people. Does not apply to real people (even AI-edited), non-photorealistic people, or images without people.

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TikTok Shop is increasingly enforcing fulfillment metrics like Late Dispatch Rate (LDR), On-Time Delivery Rate (OTDR), and Valid Tracking Rate (VTR), effectively becoming a "fulfillment-performance marketplace" rather than just a social channel. TikTok recommends keeping LDR at or below 4% (enforcement can start above 10%) and OTDR above 80%. Worth auditing your metrics against the thresholds

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With ChatGPT Instant Checkout (4% merchant fee) and Google's "Buy for Me" now live, AI agents favor listings with clean, complete data. Audit your top SKUs for accurate attributes and pricing, test whether your products surface when you ask ChatGPT or Google AI Mode about your category, and confirm your platform supports cart and checkout APIs.

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⭐️Your Products Have Beautiful Names. AI Has No Idea What They Are.: Rob Langenback from 802 joins Ecommerce Fastlane to unpack how AI is reshaping search for Shopify sellers. Shoppers now research in ChatGPT and Claude instead of Google, and Shopify reports AI-driven orders converting at nearly 2x traditional search. His fix: build clean, structured product pages that answer real buyer use cases, and run 10 buyer prompts through ChatGPT to see if you even show up.

⭐️The NEW Way To Run Amazon PPC Ads With AI in 2026: Travis Marziani shares how he handed his Amazon PPC over to AI for 30 days and hit his best ACOS ever. The setup automates the three things that trip up most sellers: harvesting winning keywords automatically, adjusting bids in real time against a target ACOS, and capping budgets so one campaign can't quietly drain your margin. A useful look at where AI ad management is heading for small and mid-size sellers.

⭐️ How I find $1k/day winning amazon fba products with 3 methods (full product research 2026): Jay LaRosa breaks down the exact product research system he uses to find $1K/day Amazon FBA winners. It centers on pairing Keepa's Product Finder (to filter millions of listings down to a few hundred quality leads) with SellerAmp reverse sourcing (working backward from successful sellers to find what they're selling), plus manual retail sourcing for hidden clearance and coupon opportunities. His core message: product research is filtering, not guessing, and consistency is 90% of the battle.