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    The Amazon seller calendar, run as a campaign.

    Strong sellers don't chase single sale days. They run each season in three moves: prepare before demand builds, scale while shoppers buy, analyze to win the next round. Here's H2 2026, laid out for an operator.

    every season below is still ahead or in flight
    Always-on principles

    How we operate the ad account through every season.

    • 01Structure beats spend. Split campaigns into branded defense, category targeting, competitor conquesting, and retargeting. You cannot manage what you cannot separate.
    • 02Defend your brand first. Branded terms are your cheapest, highest-converting traffic. During events competitors bid on your name, so keep brand defense funded before anything else.
    • 03Build the retargeting flywheel early. Pool Sponsored Display and DSP view and add-to-cart audiences in October so November retargeting is large, warm, and cheap.
    • 04Protect budgets at peak. Set automated budget rules so winning campaigns never go dark mid-day when CPCs spike. A capped campaign is lost ranking.
    • 05Harvest, then graduate. Run auto and broad campaigns to find converting search terms, then promote winners to exact-match manual and negate the waste.
    • 06Watch TACOS, not just ACOS. Total ad cost of sale tells you whether spend is lifting organic rank or just renting sales.
    Inventory & deal deadlines

    Demand seasons mean nothing if you're out of stock.

    Amazon sets FBA holiday inbound cutoffs and deal submission deadlines fresh each year, usually announced in late summer. Holiday cutoffs typically fall in early-to-mid November.

    Confirm the current published dates in Seller Central before you plan shipments — and keep an event-week buffer so you don't sell out mid-event and lose the ranking surge you paid to build.

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    Operator's view

    H2 seller planning timeline

    What the calendar above translates into, month by month, for the team actually running the account.

    July
    H2 kickoff
    Post-Prime-Day audit, Back-to-School ramp begins, harvest Prime Day search terms into evergreen.
    August
    Back-to-School peak (US)
    Push BTS exact-match campaigns, refresh A+ with BTS imagery, confirm Q4 inbound POs are placed.
    September
    The unglamorous month
    Inbound holiday FBA, submit BFCM deals, run Labor Day, begin building retargeting audience pools.
    October
    Prime Big Deal Days + Halloween
    Fall Prime Day execution, Halloween seasonal cut on Nov 1, Canadian Thanksgiving long weekend.
    November
    Peak
    Early-November ramp, FBA inbound cutoff, BFCM execution. Budget protection and brand defense first.
    December
    Gifting → Boxing Week
    Gifting creative through shipping cutoffs, then digital gifts, then Boxing Week / Year-end push (especially CA).
    Want us to run it for you?

    We operate this calendar for brands on Amazon and Walmart.

    From BTS through Boxing Week — inventory, deals, creative, PPC, DSP, and the post-event audit that makes next season better. Book a free 30-minute strategy call and we'll show you what we'd do with H2 on your account.

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