A+ Content is the section that Amazon customers reach when they scroll down past the Gallery images and the text descriptions in your listing. You as a seller can have either Standard or Premium A+ Content (see eligibility requirements), and you want to have Premium by all means.
If you’re not yet eligible for Premium, see our Guide on Standard A+ Content to get started.
We’ll discuss all the modules Premium A+ Content content and share some insight on how to use them wisely so that you sell more on Amazon. Insight comes from experience: in 15 years in content creation for online marketplaces, we’ve done more than 1,000 Amazon projects, many of them with Premium A+ Content.
In Premium A+ Content, the images are larger and wider than in Standard. They’re much more visually appealing, and according to Amazon’s calculations, implementing Premium A+ content may increase your sales by up to 20%.
Also, in Premium, the images follow one another with no gaps, so you can build a fluent visual column where all the graphical elements flow from top to bottom as if it’s a custom-designed landing page. We know how to make it look stunning.
Another benefit is that Premium A+ Content has a mobile version. As all sellers know by now, most Amazon browsing is done on mobile devices, and it’s precious to have an opportunity to make images for the mobile version separately. The mobile modules are smaller (800×600 pixels as opposed to 1,464×600), but we can arrange elements on them a bit differently for optimal performance on smartphone screens.
One more thing before we dive in:
When you submit your A+ Content to Amazon, a human moderator will review it before it is shown to customers. Amazon enforces strict rules on what is permissible there, so to ensure compliance, let’s review some key prohibitions. (Go to the A+ Content Guidelines for comprehensive details; the following are key points with expert comments from us.)
A+ Content is your additional chance to captivate shoppers, so you want to create new visuals for it. If your budget is tight, do the 3R thing: reusing, recropping, and repurposing. You can work with the images you already have and add just a little bit of new images. We’ve done this for our clients, and we confirm that it’s a viable strategy.
These two symbols, ® and ™, are directly prohibited in A+ Content. If one of the USPs of your product is that it’s made of a trademarked material or, say, features a technology that’s registered, you want to emphasize it on the Gallery images and in text in your Feature Bullets, but for A+, the characters will have to be removed. Clearly, the material or the technology still make up a strength of your product, and we’ll try to stress them in A+ as much as elsewhere.
You can’t say anything about promotions, bonus items, or special offers in A+ Content. Amazon will only let you have your A+ Content as a truthful description of what your product is like: no marketing tricks are allowed. Also avoid words like “free” and “affordable,” and no calls to action like “add to cart,” “buy now,” “shop with us,” or “get yours now.”
There are ways to get around this ban. If you’re selling a kit with something extra included (effectively a bonus that your competitors don’t offer), you can mention it as an “extra item” because it makes up a Unique Selling Proposition (USP), and you don’t want the shoppers to miss it.
If your product is “recyclable” or “ecological” and you want to state it in A+ Content, be prepared to show certificates or other documents that prove your statement. Otherwise, don’t use these words: Amazon is highly allergic to them. The words “eco-friendly,” “biodegradable,” and “compostable” are simply prohibited, and you can’t use them either on images or in text.
If you have certification from a reputable organization that you want to boast about, we’ll surely add the organization’s logo to one of the images in the Gallery images, but in A+ Content, it’s banned. Your competitors’ logos are banned, too.
Amazon says it can make exceptions in cases where the use of someone else’s logo is “logical or beneficial.” So if you must, you can give it a shot. If it’s not critical, you better stay on a safe side and omit logos that aren’t your own.
You can’t show Amazon reviews from shoppers (or, in fact, any reviews) in A+ Content. Even if you have a lot of positive feedback from your customers, A+, sadly, is not where you can brag about it. Nor can you use any of Amazon’s graphical elements, like their logo, buttons, and UI elements.
Amazon sets the minimum text size for A+ Content at 16 pixels, and it might be tempting to include extensive text to detail all of your product’s benefits. But we know from experience that 16 pixels is way too small (practically illegible on mobile devices), so we advise using significantly larger text.
For each image in A+ Content, you can include a brief description (no more than 100 characters) that was previously known as “image keywords” but is now called alt-text. This is for those who rely on screen readers to access your listing audibly instead of visually.
Alt-text is factored into Amazon’s indexing (it affects search algorithms and plays a role in what appears when people search on Amazon). Historically, sellers would overload this text with keywords (the practice is called keyword stuffing and is intensely disliked by Amazon) rather than genuinely describing the images. You shouldn’t do it. When preparing alt-text, we ensure it provides an accurate depiction of the image and add no more than one relevant keyword per description.
Now, we’re done with what we can’t do. Time to check what’s unrestricted. Let’s consider each available module.
The best choice, for a good reason. It’s just as big and wide as it gets: perfect to capture your potential customers’ attention. We can build entire Premium A+ Content with just this module alone in some cases. It’ll be a beautiful gapless canvas showcasing all of your product’s strengths clearly and boldly.
This module is worse than the previous one. Text here can be formatted, true, but it’s still most likely to look ugly. A general note on adding texts: we’ll always prefer to write something right on the image graphically instead of using Amazon’s textboxes. In the first case, we can use our client’s brand fonts and make it all look pretty. That’s better than textual blocks on images. Besides, in the mobile version of this module, the text will go beneath the image and break the gapless flow from one image to another. Esthetically, we don’t want that.
Definitely use this module if you can. Videos are engaging and build trust in your potential customers.
A video you add to your Premium A+ Content can have a cover: an image the shopper sees before they click on the Play button. It doesn’t have to be a frame from the video—you’re free to use any kind of graphics and text in this cover image. We always make covers for the videos so that this module becomes a full-scale part of your A+ Content visually.
The thing to remember here is that this module is the only one that doesn’t have a mobile version. On mobile devices, the cover will be the same as on desktop. So we can’t use small texts here: they won’t be readable on phones.
We rarely use these because content-wise there are better options. But if you want to show up to six product features in one image AND you want this module to be interactive (on desktop only, though), you can give it a try.
In the mobile version, hotspots will be gone; instead of them, you’ll have a simple image carousel (see below) and separate images for each hotspot.
The difference between this module and Premium Hotspots 1 is that the second one has numbers for hotspots, ugly border around the image, and an optional paragraph of text with a heading above the image. The image also looks smaller on desktop, compared to the ‘Hotspots 1’. All the rest is exactly the same. Considering the differences, you should choose the Premium Hotspots 1 option over this one.
That’s a slider carousel. Sliders are great because they allow adding a maximum of six pictures in one module instead of just one. We use this module quite a lot. This carousel has textboxes, too, and they look horrible. We never use them.
To clearly show the shoppers that this is a slider that they can swipe to see more, we can write something like “Click here” right on the images.
There’s just one downside to this excellent module: in the mobile version, the navigation dots are placed under the picture instead of above, as they are in the desktop version. This disrupts the flow of the A+ content—unless you use a white background, which we sometimes resort to just because of this issue. Amazon designers, if you’re reading this, please fix this UI mistake.
As designers, we primarily see the transparent black stripe at the top of this module. It can ruin the image. If we want to make it work, we need to use some black elements on the image, which is not always a good idea. Again, it depends on the concept we choose for the way your Premium A+ Content is going to look.
What’s good about this module is that it shows headings for all the images included in it (a maximum of five). It can be very relevant: for instance, we used this module in a listing about a pack of coffee capsules with different flavors, so the customer can see the names of all the flavors right away.
Never use this module. On phones, it’s just repelling.
As we explained, texts upon images will never look good. It’s always better to add any text graphically than use Amazon’s textboxes.
This module is similar to the ‘Premium Single Image with Text,’ but it functions as a carousel, allowing to add 2-6 images or videos. When it comes to images, we’d choose the ‘Simple Image Carousel’ 99 times out of 100. However, with videos, the decision isn’t as clear-cut.
That’s the only opportunity to add several videos in one module, but it comes at a price: the text to the right. We’ll only use it if your product has several features that need to be explained at length with words. On mobile devices, the texts will go below the videos.
These are good for products that require long textual descriptions. Normally, shoppers don’t read large blocks of text on Amazon, but your case may be an exception.
For instance, if you’re selling a face cream and you want to list all of its ingredients, use this module and accompany it with an image: it’s better than wasting a whole module on plain text.
Same as Premium Single Image with Text, but with a video instead of an image.
You can use this module, featuring to medium-sized images, headline, and text under each one of them, if your product has a lot of minor features that need to be mentioned separately. In most cases, we’ll go big and make large images instead of small ones, using one of the carousel modules: large ones are more eye-catching.
Similar to the ‘Dual Images & Text’ module, this one features four small images, a headline, and text. As you’ve probably noticed, we’re not big fans of Amazon’s generic textboxes. Premium A+ Content offers better alternatives. However, for some projects, this module might still be relevant.
Comparison Table Type 1 is especially popular (it’s similar to the Comparison Chart module in Standard A+ Content). It gives you a rare chance to insert links to other products you have, including the ‘Add to Cart’ button right under each version. It’s a precious opportunity to engage potential customers. Yes, you can add links to your other products in the Brand Story module, but this option is also great, since people are usually interested in comparisons.
Amazon restricts this module to one instance only per each Premium A+ Content.
Type two offers a more flexible format for listing your products’ features without the rigid structure of a common comparison column on the left. This is ideal when your products are quite different from one another and need to be highlighted individually. However, it does have a drawback—you can’t include “Add to Cart” buttons, which limits immediate conversions compared to the first type. Additionally you can only fit 2 or 3 products in this module, compared to up to 7 products in Type 1. Still, this layout works well for detailed feature breakdowns where a direct comparison isn’t necessary.
Type three of the Premium Comparison Tables is not recommended due to its poor UI design. It doesn’t offer the same user-friendly layout or functionality as the first two types. The design limitations make it less effective for showcasing products or engaging customers. For these reasons, we suggest avoiding this option and sticking to the first two, which offer far better opportunities for promoting your products.
Throughout this article, we keep saying that images are more important for your A+ Content than texts, but this module is something of an exception. For some reason, people love the Q&A format: perhaps they feel like they’re being talked to personally. Anyway, this module is popular and effective, and you should use it. Keep in mind that there’s a maximum of five questions: focus on the most important benefits your product can bring.
However, since this module doesn’t require any design work, you can easily fill in the text yourself. So, if you’re ordering Premium A+ Content design from an Amazon product photographer or designer, make sure they focus on other design elements. This way, you can decide which module to use later without wasting resources on something you can handle independently.
We avoid using the Premium Text module. If you need to add more text, there are plenty of other areas in your listing for that. Since you have access to Premium A+ Content, it’s better to prioritize visuals and make the most of the premium format, rather than using a module for plain text.
We generally disregard the Premium Technical Specifications module, but there are a few specific cases where it might be useful. If you need to provide a large amount of structured textual information—like listing which mobile phones a gadget is compatible with—it could come in handy. Additionally, if you’re legally required to disclose certain product specifications, this module ensures that the text remains optimally readable on both large and small screens. Otherwise, it’s usually better to focus on more visually engaging content.
If you have access to Premium A+ Content, congratulations, you’re going to sell more. (If you’re not there yet, see our Guide on Standard A+ Content.)
Try to fill your Premium A+ Content with maximally big images, and you can make them into one continuous visual story because there won’t be any gaps between them. Don’t use textboxes: all textual information should be provided graphically right on the images, except for maybe the Q&A module.
We hope it helps. Thanks for reading!
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