Amazon
Amazon listings, written to Amazon's actual rules
Title and Item Highlights are both search inputs. Backend terms are invisible and byte-limited.
Every field, every limit
These are the limits the generator enforces, then re-checks after writing.
| Field | Limit |
|---|---|
| Title | 75 characters |
| Item Highlights | 125 characters |
| Bullet points | exactly 5 · 255 chars each |
| Description | 2000 characters |
| Backend search terms | 249 bytes |
How Amazon search actually works
- Since 27 July 2026 general-category titles are capped at 75 characters. This is the single biggest change in Amazon listing practice in years, and most listing advice still assumes 200.
- Title formula that fits the cap: Brand + Product Type + Primary Differentiator or Size/Variant. Typically 45–65 characters.
- Secondary detail — materials, certifications, pack counts, use cases, filterable attributes — belongs in Item Highlights, not the title.
- Item Highlights is searchable and Amazon says it is not ranked below the title, so it is real keyword space, not a caption.
- Only the first 1,000 bytes across all five bullets are indexed, so front-load the keyword-bearing bullets.
- Backend search terms are indexed but invisible. Never repeat a word already in the title — it wastes the byte budget.
- Put likely misspellings and synonyms in backend terms, never in the title.
What gets a listing suppressed
- A title over 75 characters gets rewritten by Amazon's AI without your approval, and undoing it needs a support case.
- Backend terms one byte over 249 cause Amazon to silently drop EVERY backend keyword on the listing.
- No promotional language anywhere: 'free shipping', 'sale', 'best seller', 'money-back guarantee'.
- No competitor brand names or comparative claims.
- No special characters or emojis in bullets.
- No contact details, URLs or requests for reviews.
- No medical or therapeutic claims.
Selling somewhere else too?
The same photo produces a different listing for each. Different keywords, not the same ones reshuffled.