helloassist · Amazon, D2C & ecommerce consulting

The growth team your brand can't afford to hire — on a retainer you can.

Strategy, listings, advertising, and account operations across Amazon, your D2C site, and the wholesale channels in between. Run by operators who've owned the P&L — measured in revenue and contribution margin, not screenshots.

EngagementFlat monthly retainer
Brand size$1M–$50M GMV
CadenceWeekly review · QBR · Slack
AuditFree · 30 pages · 30 minutes
Pillar 01 · Marketplace

Amazon & marketplace

The flagship channel for most brands we run. Listings, ads, ops, cases, brand registry, and inventory — managed against contribution margin.

Amazon US/EUWalmartFaireTikTok Shop
Pillar 02 · D2C

Shopify & D2C

Your own site, your own data, your own retention loops. PDP rebuilds, CRO, subscription, post-purchase, and the lifecycle email and SMS underneath.

ShopifyKlaviyoCROSubscription
Pillar 03 · Paid & lifecycle

Paid media & retention

Amazon DSP, Meta, Google, TikTok — and the lifecycle email and SMS that turns a first purchase into a second. Run as one funnel, not three silos.

Amazon DSPMetaGoogleEmail/SMS
01 / FLAGSHIPMost brands start here

Full-service channel management.

One retainer, one operator, one P&L view across Amazon and your D2C site. Listings, ads, ops, creative, cases, lifecycle, and the weekly review your CFO already wants.

RETAINER · ALL-IN

The whole channel, run by one team.

Most brands try to stitch this together with a listing agency, a PPC agency, a creative shop, and a freelance ops person. We replace all four with a senior brand lead, the specialists they need, and a flat monthly fee.

  • Listing & SEO optimization
  • PPC & DSP management
  • A+ Premium & brand store
  • Creative direction & production
  • Catalog & case management
  • Inventory & restock planning
  • Brand registry & enforcement
  • Weekly contribution-margin review
From $7.5k / mo · no ad-spend percentage90-day commitment
01
One senior brand leadA 10+ year operator in your Slack, who knows your catalog, your forecasts, and your CFO's red lines.
DEDICATED
02
Specialists on callPPC, design, copy, ops, and brand registry — pulled in for the work, not stacked into the retainer.
POOLED
03
Reported against contribution marginSKU-level COGS, fees, ad spend, and returns rolled into a number you can take to your board.
WEEKLY
04
Flat monthly feeNot a percentage of ad spend. Our incentive is your margin — not your budget.
PRICING
02 / SERVICES10 individual offerings

Or hire us by the discipline.

If you already have an operator and just need a unit of the work — listings, PPC, design, brand protection — we run individual disciplines too. Same operators, same standards, smaller scope.

01 / LISTINGSMost popular

SEO & listing optimization

Title, bullets, description, backend keywords, and the indexing strategy underneath. Written by people who've watched the page convert, not a content farm.

  • Keyword research & rank tracking
  • Title, bullet & description rewrites
  • Backend search-term optimization
  • Variation parents & canonical fixes
FROM $1.5K / SKUBrief us
02 / ADVERTISINGMost popular

PPC & DSP management

Sponsored Products, Sponsored Brands, Sponsored Display, and Amazon DSP — managed against TACoS and contribution margin, tuned weekly, not "set and forget."

  • SP / SB / SD weekly tuning
  • Amazon DSP & off-Amazon retargeting
  • Search-term harvesting & negation
  • Bid & budget reallocation by margin
03 / DESIGNProject

Creative & A+ Premium

Hero images, infographics, A+ modules, brand store layouts, and 30-second PDP video. Briefed by the operator, art-directed against the conversion target.

  • Hero & lifestyle photography direction
  • Infographic & comparison modules
  • A+ Premium module builds
  • Brand store & storefront layouts
FROM $4K / BRANDSee sample work
04 / CATALOGRetainer

Catalog & case management

Seller and Vendor Central case work, suppression recovery, variation surgery, and the back-of-house cleanup that keeps the channel from quietly costing you money.

  • Case filing & appeals (SC/VC)
  • Listing recovery & suppression fixes
  • Variation parent surgery
  • Catalog hygiene & image compliance
FROM $2K / MOTalk to ops
05 / BRANDProject

Brand registry & enforcement

Brand Registry, trademark filings, hijacker takedowns, IP complaints, and the paperwork hygiene that protects your buy-box and your margin.

  • Brand Registry enrollment
  • Trademark & ASIN protection
  • Hijacker & counterfeit takedowns
  • Project Zero & Transparency setup
FROM $1.5K / PROJECTFile a takedown
06 / INVENTORYRetainer

Inventory & restock planning

Demand forecasts, shipment plans, and IPI / OTDR protection — sized to your lead times, your cash position, and your seasonality, not Amazon's defaults.

  • SKU-level 90-day demand forecast
  • Restock cadence & shipment plans
  • IPI / OTDR / capacity monitoring
  • Stock-out & over-stock guardrails
FROM $1.5K / MORun the numbers
07 / STRATEGYEngagement

Channel audit & strategy

The 30-page audit and the 90-day plan — pulled from your Seller Central, ad reports, and P&L. Free as the entry point; or run as a paid one-time engagement.

  • Full channel audit (free entry)
  • SKU-level forecast & growth plan
  • Pricing, promo & bundle strategy
  • Quarterly business review & deck
FREE AUDIT · $8K STRATEGYBook the audit
08 / D2CMost popular

Shopify & D2C growth

The site you actually own. PDP rebuilds, CRO sprints, subscription & post-purchase, lifecycle email and SMS — run as one funnel with your marketplace business, not a separate silo.

  • Shopify PDP & collection rebuilds
  • CRO testing roadmap (10–12 wks)
  • Klaviyo lifecycle & SMS flows
  • Subscription & post-purchase loops
FROM $5K / MOAudit my site
09 / MULTICHANNELRetainer

Walmart, Faire & wholesale

The next channels after Amazon and your D2C site. Walmart Connect, Faire wholesale, TikTok Shop, and the syndication work that keeps one source of truth across them all.

  • Walmart Connect listings & ads
  • Faire wholesale catalog
  • TikTok Shop launches
  • Cross-channel catalog syndication
FROM $3.5K / CHANNELAdd a channel
10 / TRAININGWorkshop

Operator training & office hours

For brands keeping the work in-house. We coach your team through the same plays we run — listings, PPC, ops — with weekly office hours and a shared playbook.

  • 2-day team workshop on-site or remote
  • Weekly 60-minute office hours
  • Shared playbook & SOP library
  • Optional quarterly check-in audit
FROM $4K WORKSHOPBook a workshop
— Channels we run

Amazon-first. But not Amazon-only.

Most engagements start on Amazon and expand. We treat each channel as its own P&L — same operating cadence, same contribution-margin lens.

PrimaryAmazon USSeller & Vendor Central, FBA, FBM, Brand Registry.
PrimaryAmazon EU/UKDE, UK, FR, IT, ES marketplaces — full PEU reach.
PrimaryWalmart ConnectListings, ads, WFS, and catalog hygiene.
PrimaryShopifyPDP, CRO, subscription, and post-purchase.
PrimaryFaireWholesale catalog & merchandising.
PrimaryTikTok ShopCatalog, creator briefs & live commerce.
AdjacentMeta & GoogleOff-Amazon funnels driving to PDP and DTC.
AdjacentKlaviyo & CRMLifecycle email, SMS & retention loops.
AdjacentAmazon DSPAwareness, retargeting & off-platform reach.
AdjacentTarget PlusBy invite only — listing & ad management.
AdjacentCostco / Sam'sPitch decks & merchandising prep.
On requestMercado LibreLATAM expansion — catalog & ad strategy.
03 / PROCESS4 phases · standardized

Audit → Plan → Run → Review.

Process is the differentiator. Every engagement runs the same four phases — sized to your scope, not ours.

01 / AUDIT

A free channel audit

Read-only access to Seller Central and the last 12 months of ad reports. We come back with a 30-page audit and a 30-minute readout — yours to keep, free, no obligation.

~5 DAYS · FREE
02 / PLAN

A 90-day growth plan

SKU-level targets, ad budget by line, listing & creative refresh schedule, and a contribution-margin forecast you can hand directly to your board.

1 WEEK · KICKOFF
03 / RUN

We run the channel

Listings shipped, ads tuned weekly, cases filed, creative refreshed on a 3-week cadence. A senior brand lead in your Slack — not a junior account manager.

MONTHLY RETAINER
04 / REVIEW

One weekly review

Every Monday: what we shipped, what moved, what's next — against contribution margin, not vanity metrics. Quarterly business reviews with your leadership.

ONGOING · QBR
04 / WHYRun like operators

Run like operators, not like an agency.

The tradeoff between a typical Amazon agency, an in-house ecom hire, or a marketplace platform tool — and where helloassist sits.

Typical Amazon agency
In-house ecom hire
helloassist
Time to first measurable lift
60–90 days
2 quarters
~30 days
Reports against contribution margin
Rarely
Sometimes
Always
Operator-led, not AM-led
No
Depends
By design
Listings, ads & ops under one roof
Sometimes
Multiple hires
Yes
Pricing
% of ad spend
Salary + benefits
Flat monthly retainer
Senior operator on your account
Junior AM
Depends
10+ yr lead
— From the operator's notebook
“The brands that win on Amazon don't have a better agency. They have an operator who runs the channel like it's their P&L.”
helloassist · Field notesFROM A BRAND-OWNER INTERVIEW · 2026
— Start with a free channel audit

Want to know what your channel could be doing?

Send read-only access to Seller Central and your last 12 months of ad reports. We'll come back in a week with a 30-page audit and a 30-minute readout — free, no obligation, yours to keep.

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