Out-of-Stock PPC Decisions with Claude for Amazon Sellers

What they did

After a day of 116% ACOS ($137 spend, 4 orders) caused by a stockout, the seller asked Claude whether to pause ads on 6 OOS ASINs. Claude first said pause all 6. The seller pushed back that they were about to restock, gave Claude each ASIN's restock ETA, and Claude re-split the decision into three tiers.

How it went

Per the author, Claude's revised rule was: restock ETA ≤3 days, don't pause; 4-7 days, judgment call per ASIN; more than 7 days, pause. 'Pause all 6' became 3 different actions.

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Worth knowing

The first answer was wrong for the account until the seller supplied context Claude didn't have (restock ETAs). The author frames it as a two-way conversation, not autopilot.

Copy-paste prompt

My ACOS spiked because some advertised ASINs are out of stock. For each ASIN below I'm giving the restock ETA in days. Recommend, per ASIN, whether to keep ads running, pause, or make a judgment call, using this logic: ETA ≤3 days keep running; 4-7 days decide per ASIN using its daily spend and ranking importance; >7 days pause. Explain each call in one line.
ASIN | daily ad spend | restock ETA (days)
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