Seven boxes, fifty characters each, no commas needed and no words repeated. Most authors fill them in ten minutes with obvious genre terms, then wonder why the book only surfaces for its own title. Those boxes are the only place you can be found without using a single character of your title, subtitle or author name — and they are usually wasted.
What you receive
- All seven slots filled with researched phrases, each within the character limit and unique across the set.
- No duplication with title, subtitle, series or author name — Amazon already indexes those, so repeating them wastes capacity.
- Intent matching: phrases a buyer types when ready to purchase, not phrases that describe the book to a librarian.
- A paste-ready sheet with each slot and its character count, plus the reasoning in one line per slot.
- A review pass after two weeks, replacing slots that produced no impressions.
How the slots are chosen
- Map the field. List every phrase a reader might use for this book, from one word to four.
- Test the competition. Discard anything whose first page of results is all established bestsellers.
- Pack without waste. Phrases are combined where they share words — the slots are a character budget, not seven sentences.
- Check policy. No other authors’ names, no trademarks, no claims the book does not deliver.
The packing trick most people miss
Because Amazon matches on combinations rather than requiring exact phrases, a slot like cosy christmas romance small town covers a surprising number of queries without spending a character on “and” or a repeated genre word. Seven well-packed slots can hold twenty or more distinct concepts. Conversely, one slot containing “christmas romance, holiday romance, festive romance” wastes half its capacity repeating a word Amazon already has from the other words in the same slot.
What gets a listing suppressed
Competitor titles, author names you do not own, and misleading claims are the three ways authors get a book pulled from search. It is not worth the risk: a suppressed listing loses its reviews and its history, and reinstatement is slow. We will tell you plainly when a phrase you want is off-limits, and offer a compliant alternative that reaches the same reader.
Reading the reports you already have
KDP’s business reports show sales by marketplace, not by keyword, which is why most authors conclude they cannot measure keywords at all. They can: a fortnight before and after a change, compare impressions and the share of orders from non-branded searches. It is crude, but it distinguishes a slot that is working from one that is invisible, and that is enough to improve the set over three or four iterations.
Pricing
| Tier | Scope | Price | Was | You save |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | 1 ebook | $10 | $20 | |
| Professional | 5 ebooks | $60 | $65 | |
| Bulk / Authority | 10 ebooks | $100 | $100 |
Frequent questions
Do I need commas between keywords?
No. Spaces are enough, and skipping the commas frees characters for another word.
Should I include misspellings?
Rarely. Amazon handles common misspellings itself, and the characters are better spent on a real phrase.
Can I see the keywords my competitors use?
No — the backend is private. What we can do is infer the phrases from their titles, categories and the searches they appear in.
Fill my seven slots — send the title, genre and a link to the listing.