#747 – 3 Sellers Share What’s Working Now on Amazon, Walmart, and TikTok Shop

In this episode of the Serious Sellers Podcast, Bradley Sutton sits down with three entrepreneurs at the Ecomm Mastery AI event in Nashville to unpack very different paths to e-commerce growth. From a toy brand built around functional products for kids, to a niche supplement company scaling through Amazon and TikTok Shop, to a lawn and garden brand navigating Vendor Central, 3P selling, Walmart, and AI-driven advertising, this conversation covers a wide range of seller experiences.

First, we hear how one founder combined an engineering background from MIT, toy industry experience, and digital marketing skills to build the kids’ toy brand Quiggly that hit $850,000 in its first full year. Her hero product, a functional toy spray mop, came from identifying long-tail keyword demand around Montessori-style toys and creating a standalone product customers were already searching for. Her biggest lesson: product-market fit matters more than launching a wide product catalog.

Next, Bradley talks with a supplement brand owner who has been selling on Amazon since 2016 and later saw major growth through TikTok Shop. He shares how niching down, solving the customer’s “next problem,” and building AI-focused content systems helped drive traffic from LLMs and answer engines. From schema markup to press releases, Reddit research, and modular blog content, his strategy shows how brands can start preparing for the future of search.

Finally, we hear from an experienced e-commerce director managing large lawn and garden brands across Vendor Central, Amazon advertising, and Walmart. She breaks down the operational differences between 1P and 3P, how Born to Run works, why content contributions can be difficult for brands, and how tools like Pacvue, Amazon Performance Plus, Brand Plus, and Claude are helping her team improve advertising and listing optimization. The episode closes with a clear reminder: whether you’re launching your first product or managing millions in revenue, success comes from understanding your customer, validating demand, and adapting quickly to new tools and platforms.

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In episode 747 of the Serious Sellers Podcast, Bradley, Kim, Damon, and Sadie discuss:

• 00:00 – Introduction
• 01:13 – Turning Experience Into An Amazon Brand
• 04:06 – Building An $850K Toy Business
• 06:09 – Finding Demand With Helium 10
• 11:24 – Launching With PPC And Long-Tail Keywords
• 17:48 – Building A Niche Supplement Brand
• 22:30 – Scaling Through COVID And TikTok Shop
• 24:30 – Winning By Solving Customer Problems
• 25:53 – Driving Traffic With AI And AEO
• 30:47 – Managing Multi-Million-Dollar Amazon Brands
• 34:00 – Comparing 1P And 3P Selling
• 37:08 – Optimizing Ads And Listings With AI

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