Continue to check back as we update this article with additional information and test results.
Downloadable reports: Analyze trends in impressions and engagement over time. Select a date range and download a report in your posts dashboard.
Introducing Amazon Posts
Best of all? Amazon Posts is currently free to join. We don’t know whether that will change in the future, so it’s best to get on it now, while you have the chance!
Why should I sign up for Amazon Posts?
As of July, brands can now add multiple products to their Amazon Posts, schedule Posts and download reports to analyze how Posts are performing.
According to our experts at Tinuiti, some of the benefits of Amazon Posts include:
– Dylan Verburgt, Senior Analyst, Marketplaces at Tinuiti said.
“Amazon posts are different than Instagram posts because all Amazon Posts drive traffic to a product detail page. I believe it is important to have some element of product-related info in all posts rather than non-product related lifestyle imagery for brand building purposes as you would commonly see on Instagram.”
What are the benefits for brands that start utilizing Amazon Posts?
At Tinuiti, we are currently running a variety of tests to better understand the value of Amazon Posts. Our early findings indicate:
- Increase Brand Awareness
- Competitor Conquesting (showing up on competitor product detail pages)
- Defend Your Product Detail Pages
- Can Drive Incremental Sales for Free (drives traffic to product detail pages at no cost)
Multi-product posts: Showcase variations of a product or collection of complementary products in your post. Create or edit a posts to add products.
Amazon Posts is still in its early stages, so there isn’t much information around it as of yet. But you can get ahead of the competition if you follow these easy tips.
What happens when I publish on Amazon posts?
Amazon Posts is currently limited to brands that own an AmazonStore on the US Amazon.com site.
- Brand-Owned details page
- Related Brand details page
- Related Post feed
- Category feed
3. Metrics matter. Take full advantage of the metrics that Amazon Posts offers you. Use it to find out whether or not the popular and most engaging products in your feed are actually converting, and what you can do to increase interest.
It’s challenging to build brand loyalty on a platform like Amazon, which highlights the price and speed of delivery above all else. Shoppers who focus on one particular item might not know that your brand has a deep product lineup, and will miss the opportunity to browse your catalog and make a follow-up or related purchase.
Amazon Posts allows brands to duplicate what they’re doing on social media channels like Instagram within the Amazon Marketplace. It can also help your brand stand out from competitors and draw the attention of shoppers.
In a way, it’s even better than traditional social media because you’ll be able to share branded, product-focused content on a platform specifically built for commerce.
New 2020 Features for Posts
If you qualify based on the above criteria, then you can sign up for Amazon Posts by performing the following steps:
Schedule posts: Plan your content in advance by scheduling your posts to go live on a future date. Create or edit a posts and select the scheduling option.
“Beyond the benefits listed above, Amzon Posts provide an opportunity to be less formal with your messaging than you would be in your detail page copy. You can use Amazon Posts to point out the unique benefits of a product using a language that sounds like it is coming from “a friend” rather than a brand.”
2. Post often. There are currently no limits to how much you can post, so fill the Related Products and Product Categories field with as much of your content as possible, before everyone else crowds in.
How do I sign up for Amazon Posts?
That’s why Amazon is testing out Amazon Posts, a new product browsing and discovery experience.
Your brand will not be able to choose which feed your posts will be published on. Amazon will decide that for you, although the category tags you use will help influence its final destination.
- Visit posts.amazon.com
- Sign in using your existing Amazon advertising credentials
- Create your profile
- Verify your brand name
- Upload your brand’s logo
Once those steps are complete, you will be able to publish posts by uploading photos, captioning them, and tagging related products.
How can I make the most of Amazon Posts?
Amazon Posts is a new way to browse and discover products on the Amazon platform. Its function is similar to that of a social media feed. Each brand is allowed to publish a stream of posts (image-only for now) that are curated and controlled by the brand itself.
As you leverage Amazon Posts, you will receive metrics that can help you track engagement for the products in your feed, including clicks, views, and shares. You can use these metrics to assess which items are the most popular and whether this popularity is translating into actual sales.
For now, a branded post will be published to one or more of the following fields:
UPDATE: As of July, brands can now add multiple products to their Amazon Posts, schedule Posts and download reports to analyze how Posts are performing. (See more below)
Amazon Posts: Our Early Findings
All of these posts are instantly shoppable. That means users can go straight to the item’s details page to learn more and add it to their online shopping cart!
- Shorter captions yield higher Engagement Scores (4 to 5 words in total).
- A/B testing is encouraged to determine what types of images and captions work best for each brand.
- Posts can be edited after they have been published.
- There are no limitations to the editing feature – brands can alter the image, the caption, and even the ASIN.
- If the featured product goes out of stock, the Post will not deliver.
1. Amazon Posts functions basically the same way as a social media feed does. Keep posting high-quality content. Content is still king, no matter the format. Post high-quality images and keep your message consistent with the brand.
