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As the title suggests, when searching for WiiM on Amazon US, products from other brands appear at the top of the list.
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The same keyword search on Amazon JP shows a WiiM banner and the top results are all WiiM products.
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Is this difference due to the fact that WiiM does not pay for advertising in the US? Or is it due to the fact that I'm accessing the site from Japan?

When I search for WiiM amp, the first thing that comes up is Sonos amp. I am a little frustrated..
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For me in the US a single word wiim search on AMZ puts 14 WiiM products on top of the list.
 
For me in the US a single word wiim search on AMZ puts 14 WiiM products on top of the list.

If so, it could be due to the fact that I'm accessing from Japan by chrome browser. This is a bit odd as previously the WiiM products would have been listed higher.

Do you also see a large WiiM logo and photo?

Thanks
 
I'm no expert as you know, but maybe clearing your browser cache might help?

I tried clearing the cache for the whole period. Unfortunately, could not solve the problem. But thank you 🙂

It is possible to find all products from the WiiM Store, so I will give up and see what happens.
 
In my experience nothing helps against Amazon's search algorithm. It's known to be the most refined in the world ...

... just not the way you want it. :P

Everything can make a difference (this time the audiophile saying is true): Amazon can and will alter the results based on the device you are using (mobile or desktop, iOS or Android, Windows, MacOS or Linux, ...), app or browser (which one?), your geographic location, the Amazon site (or Country selection) you're using, your individual product search and browsing history, the time of the day (literally!), your screen resolution (as part of a fingerprint to identify you if you're not logged in and try to avoid cookies and other means of local storage) and plain everything they know about you.

On top of that come sponsored products, which may or may not be clearly identified based on legislation, and search and sort options you might have really applied yourself.

The German Amazon page displays a link to a help page explaining some (few) of these known mechanisms.

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(To show a localised/translated version of this page you must set the Amazon language on amazon.de according to your preferences, see below.)

The WiiM store banner (marked as sponsored). didn't show until I changed the Amazon language setting to English.

This screenshot was taken from Firefox for Android, not logged in, system language set to German, Amazon language set to English (which mostly means automated translation).

I suppose you're pretty bored by now. So here comes a little fun game to get you over the day: In a web browser of your choice, try to scroll to the bottom of the Amazon page of your country, so you can even find and use the language selector while not logged in.

That should keep you busy for a while. :P
 
In my experience nothing helps against Amazon's search algorithm. It's known to be the most refined in the world ...

... just not the way you want it. :P

Everything can make a difference (this time the audiophile saying is true): Amazon can and will alter the results based on the device you are using (mobile or desktop, iOS or Android, Windows, MacOS or Linux, ...), app or browser (which one?), your geographic location, the Amazon site (or Country selection) you're using, your individual product search and browsing history, the time of the day (literally!), your screen resolution (as part of a fingerprint to identify you if you're not logged in and try to avoid cookies and other means of local storage) and plain everything they know about you.

On top of that come sponsored products, which may or may not be clearly identified based on legislation, and search and sort options you might have really applied yourself.

The German Amazon page displays a link to a help page explaining some (few) of these known mechanisms.

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(To show a localised/translated version of this page you must set the Amazon language on amazon.de according to your preferences, see below.)

The WiiM store banner (marked as sponsored). didn't show until I changed the Amazon language setting to English.

This screenshot was taken from Firefox for Android, not logged in, system language set to German, Amazon language set to English (which mostly means automated translation).

I suppose you're pretty bored by now. So here comes a little fun game to get you over the day: In a web browser of your choice, try to scroll to the bottom of the Amazon page of your country, so you can even find and use the language selector while not logged in.

That should keep you busy for a while. :P
In my country we don't have Amazon locally but can bye from other countries. When searching for WiiM products on the web outside Amazon I get multiple results from multiple local retailers, most of them to a lower price than I see on e.g. Amazon.de.

Do you all just bye from Amazon or can you also get WiiM products from retailers directly to a better price?

I got my WiiMs with 3 years of warranty 15% below Amazon prices.
 
In my country we don't have Amazon locally but can bye from other countries. When searching for WiiM products on the web outside Amazon I get multiple results from multiple local retailers, most of them to a lower price than I see on e.g. Amazon.de.

Do you all just bye from Amazon or can you also get WiiM products from retailers directly to a better price?

I got my WiiMs with 3 years of warranty 15% below Amazon prices.
no idea about the prices, but within a few kilometers I find local dealers offering the wiim product range. that is the way I buy things.
 
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