Amazon Keyword Performance Trends — Doudlah Farms

Analysis of Doudlah Farms' Amazon keyword performance as of early February 2026, covering brand purchase trend momentum, the impact of a cornmeal stock-out, and competitive positioning against the Amish brand. Drawn from the ^[1].

Overview

Doudlah Farms' Amazon presence is recovering and strengthening. ROAS reached 3.42, driven primarily by organic sales growth rather than paid advertising. Return rates hit a record low of 153 units despite rising sales volume. The weekly search query report shows meaningful gains in brand purchase trend for high-volume keywords, with one notable setback tied directly to an inventory stock-out.

Keyword Performance by Product

Popcorn — Strong Momentum

• Brand purchase trend nearly tripled compared to prior periods for the "popcorn" keyword (200,000+ monthly search volume).
• Doudlah Farms holds #1 sponsored position and #5 organic position for "organic popcorn."
• Old World brand also appears in the top sponsored row.
• Organic ranking sits on the second row for both Doudlah and Old World — room for improvement, but competitive.

Insight: The tripling of brand purchase trend on a 200K/month keyword is a significant signal of growing brand recognition. Sponsored dominance is converting; the next lever is improving organic rank to reduce reliance on paid spend.

Cornmeal — Stock-Out Impact

• Brand purchase trend dropped by approximately half for cornmeal organic keywords.
• Root cause: inventory stock-out removed the listing from active competition during the measurement window.
• Recovery action taken: Bids were increased on cornmeal organic keywords and related red-flagged terms to rebuild brand purchase trend ranking.

Insight: Stock-outs cause compounding damage — lost sales plus ranking regression that requires paid spend to recover. This reinforces the importance of the ^[2] discussed in the same call (2–4 month target, shipped/receiving column inclusion).

Gluten-Free Cornmeal — Packaging Gap

• A 2-star review flagged the absence of a gluten-free claim on cornmeal packaging.
• Complication: cornmeal is processed in a facility that also handles wheat flour, creating cross-contamination risk that may prevent a certified gluten-free claim.
• Action: Gilbert to share the review with Carly (warehouse/operations manager) to evaluate whether any labeling update is feasible.

Competitive Positioning — Amish Brand

• Amish brand has dropped significantly in organic ranking for "organic popcorn" — pushed off the main organic results page entirely.
• Possible cause: enforcement action for claiming "organic" without certification (noted as a prior concern).
• 30-day and 90-day sales are flat — no growth trajectory. A December spike reversed.
• Doudlah Farms currently outranks Amish by a wide margin in organic search for this keyword.

Insight: The competitive window is open. Amish's organic ranking collapse and flat sales trend represent an opportunity to capture displaced search demand, particularly if Doudlah can improve its own organic rank from row 2 to row 1.

Overall Amazon Account Health (Context)

Key Decisions & Actions

• Bids increased on cornmeal organic keywords to recover brand purchase trend lost during stock-out.
• Gluten-free packaging review initiated — Gilbert to loop in Carly.
• Inventory controls tightened (separate workstream) to prevent future stock-outs from causing ranking regression.

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