Uploading, tagging, and optimizing your videos

⬆️ Where uploads happen

On desktop: open your storefront (amazon.com/shop/yourhandle while signed in) and click Create content, then Post (video and photo). That opens the uploader at amazon.com/create/post, where you drag in or select up to 50 media files at once: videos as MP4 or MOV under 5 GB each, photos as JPEG or PNG under 20 MB each.

That 50-file limit is your batching friend: an entire week's filming session can go up in one drag. After the files upload, each video gets its title, thumbnail, and product tags, which is what the rest of this module covers.

On your phone, the Amazon Creator mobile app is the fastest path from footage to live video: sign in, choose upload, follow the prompts.

🏷️ Tagging: the step that determines your earnings

When you upload, you tag the product(s) shown in the video. Tagging is not paperwork; it is literally how Amazon decides which product pages your video appears on and which sales you get credited for.

• Tag the exact product you reviewed. Search by the product name or paste the ASIN (the 10-character ID in every Amazon product URL, like B0ABC12345).
• Watch out for variations: if the product has sizes and colors, tag the exact variation you show when the listing structure allows it, and know that Amazon groups some variations under one parent listing.
• Tag every product that appears if your video covers more than one (comparison videos can earn from both pages).
• Do not tag unrelated popular products to chase traffic. It fails review, and shoppers who feel baited do not buy.

• Find the ASIN of one product I own from its Amazon URL

✍️ Titles that get clicks on a product page

Your title shows in the video carousel on the product page, next to other creators' videos. The shopper is deciding which one to watch. Generic titles ("My review!") lose to specific ones:

• "Honest review after 6 months of daily use"
• "Testing it on frozen fruit: does it survive?"
• "Watch this before buying the larger size"

Formula: the question a buyer has + the promise you answer it. Keep it under about 60 characters so it does not truncate.

• Write titles for my first three videos using the question-plus-answer formula

🖼️ Thumbnails

Amazon lets you pick or upload a thumbnail. Clear product shot, good light, minimal text. If the auto-generated frame is sharp and shows the product, it is fine: do not burn 20 minutes per video in a thumbnail editor.

📆 Upload cadence: steady beats heroic

The library effect is the entire business model: every uploaded video is a little earner that compounds. A sustainable target for a beginner:

• Weeks 1 to 4: 3 to 5 videos per week (from your weekly batch session)
• Once comfortable: 5 to 10 per week if you are treating this as a real income stream

One caution: quality still gates everything. A hundred careless videos that fail review or bore shoppers earn less than thirty good ones.

• Upload my first batch and tag each product carefully

✅ Do this now

Upload at least one video today (or the day your onsite approval lands) with a specific title and a correct product tag.

Module 7: making your storefront worth visiting.