The Wire · Advertising · September 30, 2026

New Amazon Review acceleration ads

Posted by u/Significant_Sand4848

What is everyone’s thoughts on this?

What sellers replied

u/Jeff-Stelling

bidding for potential reviews, nothing is out of bounds for the amazon money machine Soon have to bid to allow more than 1 image on our listings* *filing a patent for this idea if the amazon bot is reading

u/ambergroveB

has anyone figured out if these cannibalize your normal ad spend or if its a totally separate auction? thats the part thats unclear to me tbh

u/AmazonAPIDeveloper

As an Amazon shareholder, I'm jacked to the tits they found a new ad type. Jacked to the tits.

u/amike7

Would be good for new product launches

u/Far_Nebula7311

So if the customer clicks, I pay a fee and then what if they don't review?

Posted in r/FulfillmentByAmazon. Relevance 74 of 100 for Amazon sellers.

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