Posted by Wes Beckwith

What is Helium 10?

If you are an Amazon Seller and you have not heard of Helium 10, you really should spend more time looking into 3rd party tools to help you drive the Amazon Marketplace.

Helium 10 has been around since early 2016 when they launched with 7 tools.

• Trendster – Trend Analyzing Tool
• Magnet – Keyword Research Tool
• Misspellinator – Misspelling Extractor
• Frankenstein – Keyword Processor
• Scribbles – Listing Optimization Tool
• 5K Checker – Keyword Checker
• Brand Gate Checker

Today Helium 10 has added many more tools, that quite frankly, I use every day to assist clients in finding new keyword terms, better focus their advertising while exploring new keyword phrases and more.

Helium 10 has been adding tools more frequently in 2019 as well as significantly improving their existing tools like Scribbles and Cerebro.

They also have a fantastic Chrome Extension plugin that if you are not using it, you are really missing out on some tremendous free data.

If you want to skip to the focus of this article, go ahead and skip down to the June 2019 update section. But I felt it was important to cover the Chrome plugin briefly, as I recently had a few clients tell me they were not using the “Review Downloader.”

Helium 10’s Chrome Extension

Let’s take a look at the functionality of the Helium 10 Chrome Plugin, and you can decide if you want to install it if you have not already.

Once you install the tool, it is available at the top right with your other extensions or plugins in Chrome.

As you can see, the available tools are:

• Xray – Amazon Product Research
• ASIN Grabber
• Profitability Calculator
• Inventory Level
• Review Downloader

Some tools will work in a “Category” on Amazon while others will only work on a Product Detail Page.

For example, in the below image, I am looking at a Search Result page for one of my favorite hobbies, my DJI Mavic Pro drone.

What do these tools do?

Xray – Amazon Product Research

This tool can be used on a Category, Search Result, or Product Detail Page. It will show you, with the best accuracy it can using external Amazon data, what the following details are for the product(s) shown.

• ASIN
• Brand
• Title
• Category
• BuyBox
• Number of Sellers
• FBA or FBM
• Price
• FBA Fee’s
• Number of Unit Sales per Month
• Sales Rank Preview
• Revenue for this Product or Variation per Month

Now, as I mentioned above, this data is pulled in from several sources, and I would advise you to use the details as a guide and not a concrete statistic.

Below is a preview of an Xray snapshot.

ASIN Grabber

This tool is similar to Xray, but it is not designed to show as much detail. If you don’t need FBA fees, the number of sellers, etc.

I use ASIN grabber to get a snapshot of my items category for a specific date. Let’s say you are running some social media campaigns and want a snapshot of your product’s performance and the competition before your campaign and after. This is an excellent use for ASIN Grabber.

Other events I would suggest to use ASIN Grabber for, Prime Day, or any other seasonality time frame for your business.

Here is a look at ASIN Grabbers details.

Profitability Calculator

As the title says, this tool shows you the pricing structure and Amazon fees for a specific ASIN.

This is a handy tool if you are investigating selling something similar and want to check profitability margins. Maybe you sell a similar product and want to compare your FBA fees with another seller’s item.

Inventory Level

The Inventory Level tool can be utilized on the Product Detail page to see the sellers inventory in stock at Amazon. This tool will also let you know if the seller has a “Max Order Quantity” set.

For the below image, I selected an ASIN that had multiple sellers.

Review Downloader

This tool is very powerful and really underused in the Seller Community, in my opinion. I use this tool daily when working on my listings optimization or researching new keywords, etc.

As you can see here in the tool, you can specify a date range to pull in the review detail, as well as filtering your results by:

• Only Verified Purchases
• Only Helpful
• Only With Images
• Only With Videos

I think it is also important to note that after setting up the filters you want, it gives you a percentage for the reviews 1 Star through 5 Stars right here in the tool preview.

If you don’t set filters, the Review Downloader tool will extract and download all the reviews for this ASIN.

This is a powerful tool! If you are not using it, you are missing out on areas of Amazon that can help you improve your listings and give you a distinct advantage over the competition.

The Latest Update – June 2019?

Now let’s get to the fun stuff, the reason I felt writing this article was necessary.

Helium 10 has added another little addition to the Chrome Plugin today, and I absolutely love it! Check out the image below, see the “Evaluation result” icon in blue next to the products images. That’s the new feature I want to discuss today.

Let’s dive deeper into this new feature of the Helium 10 Chrome Plugin. As you can see in the below image, the tool’s score above 7.7 out of 10 is scoring you on the completeness of your product. This is a great reminder of things you can easily do to improve your listings ability to convert clicks to sales on Amazon.

This product listing scored a 7.7 out of 10 with the below-suggested corrections to score higher.

• Number of Images
• Title Character Count
• Description – Fewer than 1000 Characters

While this information might seem like a no brainer for some sellers, I find it valuable when looking at competitors. It now gives me a quick snapshot into their listing without having to click further. This is just another time-saving feature for me, bravo Helium 10!

For others, this new feature can help remind you to jump into Seller Central, and edit that listing more. Take a little time to complete your description, add more images or work on your title more.

NOTE: If you have brand registry, the Evaluation Tool does loo k for Enhanced Brand Content or A+ Content, see below.

Other Cool Features of the Helium 10 Plugin

Did you know…

Yes, the Xray, ASIN Grabber, and other tools screens block your view of the Amazon product screen or search result screen while you are doing research. This tool works in the browser, that’s the nature of the tool. But, did you know… if you want to temporarily see through the tools page, click and hold the blue top title bar, the screen will turn transparent, allowing you to see the details behind it.

Additional Tools of the Plugin:

Also, when you install the plugin, you will see it introduces a few really nice features like being able to see a products BSR or Best Seller Rank as well as a Revenue Calculator (just below the main products bullets/images).

As you can see below, you can look at the BSR as well as products price over time in intervals of 24 Hours, 7 Days, 30 Days, 90 Days or All Time.

NOTE: If you subscribe to the full Helium 10 suite of tools, you can quickly access the Inventory Levels, Xray, Listing Optimizer (Scribbles) and Profitability Calculator from the top of this BSR tool, right above the time filters (24 Hours, etc.).

Lastly, and this is a tool I just can’t live without now. Adding the Helium 10 plugin also adds a handy feature that shows the Category Rank, ASIN, Sellers and FBA/FBM details above listings on Category or Search Results pages.

See below for an example of these details on a search result page.

Lastly, if you don’t like seeing some of these items by default in your Amazon browsing experience, you can adjust what you see by clicking on the Settings Gear in the lower right corner of the Helium 10 Plugin. Simply click the gear to the right of the plugin’s version (here 4.2.1).

When you click on this gear, you will be presented with the below screen where you can toggle off and on the following features.

• The extended information on the search page that we just discussed above.
• The Listing Health Score – the New “Evaluation result” item
• BSR Graph – The Graph we discussed above in Other Cool Features

Want to know more about Helium 10?

• https://crushtrk.com/?a=1989&c=188&p=r&s1=

If you have questions about selling on Amazon, optimizing your listings and advertising campaigns to peak performance, please contact Prime Guidance for a free account consultation at info@primeguidance.com.

About the Author –

Wes Beckwith is a Sr. Consultant at Prime Guidance with more than 15 years of experience in digital marketing, driving success through SEO, vertical marketing, and design. Wes has a diverse background from web advertising to Apple Engineering/Analysis, and Amazon Marketing giving him a broad perspective into Amazon’s algorithm.