First Principles | Elite Amazon Growth for DTC Brands

Operational Excellence

We're not an agency that learned Amazon from a course. We've been in the trenches — bootstrapping our own brands from zero to multiple 7-figures exit, managing 7 & 8 figure portfolios, and solving the exact problems you're facing right now. We break down success on Amazon to its core drivers, no BS vanity metrics or random KPIs for the sake of sounding professional. While there are a million things to optimize on Amazon, we help you identify and focus on the ones that actually move the needle.

Our Growth Program Produces Million-Dollar Results For Brands We Work With

Our turnaround playbook always starts with first principles.

(Think: Like a surgeon removing the root cause instead of prescribing painkillers.)

We challenge assumptions and rebuild from what we know is actually true

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Transparency

Clear data visibility

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Clarity

Strategic insight

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Focus

Priority alignment

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Targeted Action

Execution precision

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Outstanding Results

Exponential growth

We begin with the macro view of your brand on Amazon:

Assess the competitive landscape
Identify core growth drivers
Cut the noise
Define clear, measurable goals

Then we zoom in to the micro level:

Verify and quantify what's actually moving the needle
Put every process under the microscope
Eliminate what's holding you back
Identify your largest pain points and highest-leverage ROI opportunities

This creates a crystal-clear roadmap where we multiply your success while eliminating the distractions and destructive patterns silently killing your growth.

The truth? The lowest-hanging fruit often has the most profound impact on your business - it's just hidden in the shadows.

That's where we come in.

Our bottom-up approach ensures you get the fundamentals right first - building from foundational truths, not industry myths.

So when it's time to scale, you stand on solid ground - not trip over weak foundations while reaching for exponential growth.

START WITH A FREE GROWTH ANALYSIS

The First Principles System

The exact framework we use to scale DTC & Amazon Brands

STEP 1: Click & Conversion Architecture

CTR +25-40% · CVR doubles

→Engineered buyer psychology
→Conversion funnel to turn strangers into buyers in seconds
→Each funnel step triggers a specific emotional response → addresses a specific pain point → earns the right to show the next one
→Built from thousands of purchase sessions and A/B tests across hundreds of products
→It's also the single thing most agencies never touch.

STEP 2: Strategic Profit Architecture

Hidden margin recovered

→True contribution margin rebuilt per SKU - COGS, Fees, Return Rates, Ad Attribution - all modelled
→PPC strategy built on this - not vanity ROAS targets
→Continuous stress testing against real margin thresholds & fine tuned as competitors shift
→Strategically align ads with launches, deals, ranking pushes, seasonal shifts
→This isn't set-and-forget. It's an always-on strategic operation most agencies aren't equipped to run.

STEP 3: Algorithmic Compounding

Organic Rank Climbs, Ad Spend Drops

→Organic rank is compound interest. Get above market average — even by 1% — and the algorithm starts compounding for you.

The Flywheel

Higher CTR & CVR

Better Organic Rank

More Free Traffic & Higher Sales Velocity

Lower Ad Dependency

Higher Margins & Domination

→This is where $10K/month products become $100K/month products.
→Most brands never activate this because they quit at "good enough." The algorithm doesn't compound "good enough." It compounds excellence.

Flywheel only activates after Pillars 1 and 2 are locked in.

Without them, you're pushing a boulder uphill.

With them, momentum does the work for you.

The First Principles Advantage

We specialize in DTC brands that want Amazon to match their primary channel's performance.

Holistic Business Integration

We don't work in silos. We integrate and preserve your brand equity and authority by leveraging your existing DTC assets & operations into a unified cross-channel strategy that multiplies results.

Amazon-Native Optimization

Our team consists of only top multi 7-figure founders / 8 figure operators that live and breathe Amazon. We understand the platform's algorithms and systems at a level generic agencies and hired talents can't match.

Data-Driven Decisions

We leave out all the guesswork of "what should work" - instead we monitor your data in real time, optimize continuously and make decisions based on what works for your products and not what hypothetically should be the case.

Profit-First Approach

We optimize for actual profitability, not awareness or fame. Every decision is backed by contribution margin analysis and sustainable growth modeling.

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Case Studies

+$64'000

Extra Profit Per Month

They Were Spending $77K a Month on Ads. The Problem Had Nothing to Do With Their Ads.

The Problem

$77K/month in PPC, High TACOS, flat sales. More spend wasn't moving the needle.

Root Issue

The listing was built around what the brand wanted to say, not what buyers needed to see to convert.

+$56'000

Extra Profit Per Month

$420K a Month in Revenue. Barely Breaking Even. The Answer Was Hidden in Plain Sight.

The Problem

$420K in monthly revenue, 28% TACOS, and only $33K left over at the end of the month. The business was working hard and going nowhere.

Root Issue

60% of SKUs were contribution margin negative after all real costs, and a handful of winners were covering for all of them.

+$45'000

Extra Profit Per Month

A Brand That Was Winning Everywhere. Except Where the Money Was.

The Problem

Strong brand, proven product, $280K/month on Shopify. Amazon CVR sat at 6% and Hero SKU ACOS at 58%.

Root Issue

DTC creative and messaging brought to Amazon without adapting to the platform's fundamentally different buyer behavior.

+$117'000

Extra Profit Per Month

From Vanity Metrics and Invisible Losses to $117K Additional Profit With the Same PPC Agency

The Problem

Paying $8K/month agency fee on $120K ad spend with no visibility into actual profitability or campaign effectiveness.

Root Issue

Agency optimizing for vanity metrics (sales, impressions, clicks) while contribution margin declined month over month.

Brands That Took Control of Amazon

"We tried two other Amazon agencies before working with First Principles, and the difference was night and day. Instead of just increasing our ad budget, they actually dug into what wasn't working. They found structural problems in our campaigns that we didn't even know existed. Within four months, they cut our wasted ad spend by 40% and our profit margins doubled. It's been incredible."

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Sarah M.

Founder, Beauty Brand ($3M/yr)

"Honestly, I was skeptical because we'd already spent tens of thousands with another agency. But in the first week alone, they showed me exactly why our ROAS was stuck. Things like campaign architecture and margin-aware bidding that our previous agency never even brought up. We're now at 4.8x ROAS and actually making money on Amazon for the first time."

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David K.

CEO, Supplement Company

"What really stood out to me was how focused they were on actual profit instead of just revenue numbers. They took the time to identify which three products had the best margins and built our entire Amazon strategy around those. That approach added over $300'000 to our bottom line this year. Easily the best money we've spent on growing the business."

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Aaron H.

Co-Founder, Home Goods

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Our Proven
Amazon System
Increases Sales,
Maximizes Profits
and Scales Predictably.

Operational Excellence

Our Growth Program Produces Million-Dollar Results For Brands We Work With