Steven Pope

Basically, people are going to ignore the discontinuation of Amazon's prep services.

This is obviously going to be, I think, much more impactful for sellers who haven't already switched over to manufacturer barcode.

But if you have not, it's a big thing that I've already seen several sellers come through to me, completely forget the fact that

this was a thing.

Amazon released this news months and months ago, and guess what?

It is definitely going to hurt you at the end of the day.

So you're likely restocking from the holidays, might end up forgetting the fact that you can no longer send in products and have Amazon label it for you.

And so therefore you're going to be left with inventory sitting at the door and not having anything go on.

So definitely if you are somebody who is sending in that inventory reminder to you that Amazon discontinued that prep service and you are going to have to label everything yourself or pay the consequences.

Unfortunately.

Number two, ignoring the fee squeeze.

This is, I think, a very, very common one.

We saw bid prices and PPC in general get more expensive in 2025 than any year in history.

I think in 2026, we're going to see more of this happen.

The biggest one is the fulfillment increases.

So again, Amazon is in March going to be essentially going through and increasing all of their fulfillment fees.

I did an entire video breakdown, which you can check out either in the description or somewhere around here, you can click on it and go watch that video where I break down every single one of the different fees that Amazon is going to be coming out with for their fulfillment and FBA this year now.

And so that is one of the major things I would go look for.

If you are somebody who is really focused on increasing profitability this year, then that is going to be a key and crucial, crucial area for you to look through.

The third is keyword stuffing, the Cosmo penalty.