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Dan Head

Founder of AMZ Elite. Amazon intelligence for 7 & 8-figure sellers.

Amazon now sells imaginary products.

Jun 12, 2026

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2 min read

Amazon now sells imaginary products.

They made you reshoot the one with a shadow. Then they put a product that doesn't exist above it.

Dan Head
Dan Head
5% rule killed your Prime deal.

Jun 9, 2026

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2 min read

5% rule killed your Prime deal.

The 5% floor now counts every coupon you ran since May. Most operators found out at the deadline.

Dan Head
Dan Head
Amazon's AI reviewed fake dog poop.

Jun 5, 2026

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3 min read

Amazon's AI reviewed fake dog poop.

Amazon spent $50 billion on AI. The flagship retail application is a fake podcast praising fake poop's "chunky texture." Your repricer needs a compliance attorney.

Dan Head
Dan Head
Amazon killed 3 shortcuts in 90 days.

Jun 2, 2026

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2 min read

Amazon killed 3 shortcuts in 90 days.

Prep services. Commingling. Your automation tools. It's not three stories — it's one strategy. Here's the operator math.

Dan Head
Dan Head
The pee was a metaphor. Mostly.

May 29, 2026

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3 min read

The pee was a metaphor. Mostly.

Bezos sponsored the Met Gala. Protesters left 300 bottles of fake urine at the door. He banned an actor for being too accurate. Meanwhile your SAFE-T claim is "under review."

Dan Head
Dan Head
P&G just moved into your warehouse.

May 26, 2026

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4 min read

P&G just moved into your warehouse.

Amazon Supply Chain Services went live May 4. P&G, 3M, and American Eagle are in the same fulfillment centers your inventory sits in. The fee math hasn't changed yet. It will.

Dan Head
Dan Head
Your reviews are getting a divorce.

May 22, 2026

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3 min read

Your reviews are getting a divorce.

Amazon's review-sharing split finishes May 31. Your 4,000-review listing might be six listings with 40 reviews each. Custody was not discussed in advance.

Dan Head
Dan Head
$41.6B from 31% fewer sellers...

May 19, 2026

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3 min read

$41.6B from 31% fewer sellers...

The marketplace lost 750,000 sellers since 2021. Amazon's Q1 fee revenue didn't notice. Here's what the per-seller math looks like now.

Dan Head
Dan Head
10 feet. The syrup didn't make it.

May 15, 2026

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2 min read

10 feet. The syrup didn't make it.

Amazon's official response: "purpose-built packaging." The packaging was the bottle. The bottle was not built for this.

Dan Head
Dan Head
Parent stock won't save variants.

May 12, 2026

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2 min read

Parent stock won't save variants.

Aggregate stock looks healthy. The fee bills at variant level. The gap shows up nowhere on your dashboard.

Dan Head
Dan Head
Elite Edge Amazon Burn - Greek War

May 8, 2026

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3 min read

Elite Edge Amazon Burn - Greek War

Amazon Names a Customer Experience Workflow After a Greek War.

Dan Head
Dan Head
Elite Edge Amazon Intel -Prime Day moved.

May 5, 2026

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2 min read

Elite Edge Amazon Intel -Prime Day moved.

You didn't.

Dan Head
Dan Head
Elite Edge Amazon Burn - Rufus is dropshipping now.

May 1, 2026

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3 min read

Elite Edge Amazon Burn - Rufus is dropshipping now.

And he's doing it on behalf of a stationery shop in Virginia.

Dan Head
Dan Head
The Elite Edge #5 - The Amazon Intel

Apr 28, 2026

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2 min read

The Elite Edge #5 - The Amazon Intel

$233K Q1 hit most operators missed!

Dan Head
Dan Head
The Amazon Burn — The Elite Edge Issue #4 - 150 sellers declared war on Amazon.

Apr 24, 2026

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3 min read

The Amazon Burn — The Elite Edge Issue #4 - 150 sellers declared war on Amazon.

The Amazon boycott happened. I can't stop thinking about it. 150 sellers. $68 billion. Let's go.

Dan Head
Dan Head
The Elite Edge Issue #3

Apr 21, 2026

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3 min read

The Elite Edge Issue #3

Subject: Amazon just moved Prime Day. Most sellers aren't ready for what that means.

Dan Head
Dan Head
The Burn — Issue #2

Apr 17, 2026

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3 min read

The Burn — Issue #2

Amazon's new "temporary" surcharge, a robotaxi nobody asked for, and six pallets of chocolate protein bars stranded in Kentucky.

Dan Head
Dan Head

AMZ Elite

The Elite Edge Issue #1

Apr 14, 2026

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5 min read

The Elite Edge Issue #1

Subject: What Amazon’s Rufus is doing to your listings right now (and what you don’t know yet)

Dan Head
Dan Head

The Elite Edge

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