![]() I’ve used Jungle Scout, Helium 10, seller app, and countless other tools. I won’t get into the details of how to use the tool because there are so many tutorials out there. The lower you get in the funnel, the less you need scouting software. Scouting tools help you when you are at the top of the funnel with thousands of different products and categories to choose from. The best time to use Amazon scouting software is to perform research on a product or to find a category or idea. They scrub your personal and company information and then repackage it and sell their software for others to use the data. Knowing this important if you are worried about other sellers finding your product.ĭon’t like the idea of companies selling your data? Well, this is what research tools do. Everyone is permanently walled off from each other. Each seller can only access their own data. If you sell yoyo’s, another seller will not be able to check your sales data on yoyo’s even if they know the ASIN. Gorilla ROI Silo connection to prevent outside access Our service is not dependent on being fed data from other users for the rest of the user base to see and use. No one outside of you can see or find your data. Meaning we provide 1-1 connection access only. Software like Gorilla ROI and accounting tools (think Quickbooks) do not share your data with anyone.This is called “one to many” access.īasic idea of how Amazon research tools collect and provide data It’s open for anyone paying for the software to access, find and analyze your product. Any tool that offers research functionality like inventory lab or paid web app tools will make your product searchable and viewable.Next comes the biggest difference between software tools. The software will scrub, flatten and re-arrange the data so that it can be used.Free chrome addons or paid extensions for scouting and researching require you to feed the software company data. ![]() (It’s fine up to this point because you can sever the connection anytime from seller central to protect your account.).The software will start to download your data via the Amazon API.You give access to the tool and enter your seller ID and authorization token.Scouting and research related tools work like this: But whether they use your data as part of their service to other users. The real fear shouldn’t be whether the software company is going to use your data. ![]() I have found this to be far from the truth. One area I find sellers to be overzealous is in the area of data protection and fear that a software company will steal their product idea. Just straight truth of when and when not to use Amazon research software. There are too many tutorials and even training videos of people wanting to make affiliate sales who post videos and articles on how to use it and why you should. What I’m going to show you is when and when not to use these research tools. Amazon competitor research and scouting tools have changed the way you source and get data, but there comes a risk with using the tool. ![]()
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