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You are a product analyst with 7 years of experience in US and EU dropshipping.
Find me 4 Shopify products with a real shot at working right now.
 
Hard filters:
- Solves a recurring everyday pain (not seasonal, not gift, not novelty)
- Retail $24–$68 (impulse-buy threshold without long deliberation)
- The pain shows up in Reddit complaints within the last 90 days
- Top 3 Amazon listings are under different brands (no dominant player)
- Ships from Spocket or a verified AliExpress US warehouse in under 14 days
- The product's effect can be shown in one continuous camera shot
 
For each product:
1. Specific product name (not "kitchen gadget", not "pet accessory")
2. Wholesale price vs retail price, exact margin %
3. Customer avatar: age, situation, the moment of the day they Google for a fix
4. Why this product works in 2026 specifically, not 2024
5. The angle no competitor is currently using
6. One specific Reddit post that proves the pain is real
 
Generic categories are banned. "Pet accessories" is not an answer.
If your answer could be applied to any other niche, start over.

I'm vetting an AliExpress supplier before launching a store.
Your job is to find everything that's off in their profile.
 
What I'll give you:
- Store profile: name, rating, years on platform, country
- Shipping times listed in the product cards
- 15 most recent reviews, full text
- 6 reviews at 1-3 stars, full text
- If I requested a sample: screenshot of the chat and response times
- If I found the same supplier on Alibaba: link and their product range there
 
Analyze for these signals:
- Review velocity anomalies (10+ five-stars in 48 hours indicates bots)
- Gap between listed shipping time and what real customers report
- A repeating defect in negative reviews (bad stitching, broken seal, wrong color)
- Signs of a rebrand (an older store name appearing in older reviews)
- Mismatch between the AliExpress and Alibaba range (likely a reseller, not a factory)
- DM response speed: under 12 hours is good, over 36 hours is bad
 
Verdict: GO / SAMPLE / SKIP
GO means take it now.
SAMPLE means $15-30 on a test order before committing.
SKIP means don't even start.
Reasoning: 4 sentences max.
 
If SAMPLE or SKIP, give me 2 alternatives with the search terms to find them.

Rewrite a product description for a Shopify product page.
 
What I'll give you:
- Name and the gist in one line
- The raw AliExpress text (as-is, don't edit it)
- 5 reviews: 3 enthusiastic, 2 with reservations
- Customer avatar: age, situation, the specific moment they decide to buy
- Retail price
 
Voice: like a friend in a Telegram chat who bought this thing two weeks ago
and is messaging you in DM about why it turned out better than expected.
Not "introducing our exclusive new product." Not "premium quality."
 
Structure:
- Opening line: the one pain this product addresses. No fluff.
- Context: one specific moment in the customer's day when that pain is sharpest.
- 3 outcome bullets, not feature bullets.
  Wrong: "adjustable height, 8 settings"
  Right: "no more leaning toward the screen, back doesn't kill by 6 PM"
- One paragraph: what this product does NOT do. What not to expect.
  This builds trust harder than any "100% guarantee" line.
- Social proof: 1-2 real quotes from the reviews, no invention.
- CTA: one sentence. No timer, no all-caps, no emojis.
 
Word limit 220. If it reads like a product page, rewrite from scratch.

Write a 40-second vertical video script for TikTok, Reels, and Shorts.
 
Given:
- The product and its single core promise (1 line)
- The target viewer in one phrase
 
Style: UGC, home-shot. Phone camera. No tripod, no lighting setup, no scripted pause.
Background should have stray household items (mug, phone, cables).
This grounds the video in reality.
 
Structure:
0–4s:   Hook. Direct to camera. A specific pain-statement.
        By second 3, the viewer should think "that's me."
5–12s:  Demonstrate the pain. No product in frame yet. Show the moment
        when the annoyance hits. Make it rough, real, uncomfortable.
13–22s: "I tried X and Y, neither worked." Name two real alternatives.
        This builds credibility. Don't lie about those alternatives.
23–32s: The product. One function only. Demo in one shot, no cuts.
33–40s: The outcome. One specific result. CTA in one sentence, no pressure.
 
After the main script, give 5 alternative openers.
Each 2-4 seconds. Each starts with a specific action or situation,
not a question.
 
Banned openers:
- "Are you tired of..."
- "Did you know that..."
- "Introducing..."
- "I found the secret to..."
- "This changed my life..."
- Any dramatic zoom-toward-camera with a whisper

import Anthropic from "@anthropic-ai/sdk";
import express from "express";
 
const app = express();
app.use(express.json());
const client = new Anthropic();
 
const POLICY = `
You are customer support for [Store Name].
Tone: calm, concrete, human. Not saccharine.
 
Hard store policies (do not improvise outside these):
- Shipping: 9-15 business days from dispatch
- Tracking number: sent within 36 hours of dispatch
- Returns: 21 days from delivery, no questions asked
- Refunds: processed within 4 business days of receiving the return
- Address changes: only within the first 90 minutes after order
 
Reply rules:
- Maximum 70 words
- Customer's first name once, at the very start
- If delay is 16+ days: short apology, explain international customs
  in one sentence, offer code SORRY15 (15% off next order)
- If refund request: confirm eligibility, give return warehouse address,
  state the refund timeline
- Never use the phrases:
  "please be patient", "we apologize for the inconvenience", "sorry for the wait"
- Never name competitors
- If the customer is aggressive, threatening chargebacks, or hostile:
  reply with exactly one word, no period: HANDOFF
 
If the request is not covered by the policies above: HANDOFF.
Never promise anything outside these policies.
`;
 
app.post("/inbox-hook", async (req, res) => {
  const { from, name, message, orderId } = req.body;
 
  const response = await client.messages.create({
    model: "claude-sonnet-4-20250514",
    max_tokens: 250,
    system: POLICY,
    messages: [{
      role: "user",
      content: `Customer: ${name}
Order: ${orderId}
Message: ${message}
 
Draft a reply. If outside policy, return exactly: HANDOFF`
    }]
  });
 
  const draft = response.content[0].text;
  const needsAgent = draft.trim() === "HANDOFF";
 
  res.json({
    draft: needsAgent ? null : draft,
    needsAgent,
    from,
    orderId
  });
});
 
app.listen(3000);

You are a former CMO with 8 years in e-commerce. I'm handing you my budget for the week.
Your job: find what I'm doing wrong and say it bluntly.
 
Past 7 days of data:
 
Unique visitors: [X]
Conversion to checkout: [X%]
Average order value: $[X]
Cart abandonment: [X%]
Returning visitors: [X%]
Top 3 products by revenue: [name, revenue, orders, for each]
Top 1 product by returns: [name, orders, return %]
Traffic sources: [TikTok / Meta / organic / email, % breakdown]
Ad spend this week: $[X]
Revenue from paid traffic: $[X]
ROAS: [X]
 
Answer 7 questions. One full paragraph each.
 
1. The single biggest funnel bottleneck right now. Specific number, specific step.
2. Which product I scale this week and why exactly.
3. Which product I pause this week and why exactly.
4. I have 4 hours of changes I can make this week. What do I spend them on?
5. Paid traffic quality: am I paying for the right audience or burning money on the curious?
6. What does my returning visitor % say about product-market fit right now?
7. If I keep this same stack for the next 14 days, what 2 risks become real?
 
Banned: complimenting, reassuring, saying "this is normal for early stage."
If I'm doing something stupid, call it stupid.
No bullet points. Full paragraphs only.