Oink Workflow: Find Winning Products for Amazon Creator Connections

A few weeks ago, I spent an hour on a private call with Fizz, the founder of Oink, and it completely changed how I approach Amazon Creator Connections.

He walked me through his exact daily workflow, showed me how he finds products that actually sell, and how he uses Oink to automate the stuff most creators are still doing manually (or not doing at all).

This post breaks down that workflow so you can plug it straight into your own Amazon Influencer strategy.

TL;DR: The Oink Workflow in One Glance

Here’s the short version of what I learned from Fizz (Oink’s founder):

• A brand messaging system that’s actually personalized (not spam).
• A product vetting feature that shows which ASINs are worth your time before you request samples.
• A new search workflow that lets you search Amazon.com directly and instantly see which products have Creator Connections campaigns.
• A simple daily routine that takes ~1 hour per day and focuses on the highest-ROI actions.
• One underused step (submitting video links + messaging brands) that brands desperately want creators to do—and almost nobody does.

If you want the details, keep reading.

The Brand Messaging System That Isn’t Spam

Most creators fall into one of two buckets:

1. They never reach out to brands.
2. They send generic spam that gets ignored.

Fizz showed me how to set up message templates in Oink that are personalized for each brand and product while still being fast to send.

Oink uses placeholders like {Brand Name}, {Product Name}, and [ASIN] so each message is auto-filled as you send it—no manual copy/paste.

The Brand Message Structure That Works

Here’s the basic structure:

1. Quick intro + credibility
   • Who you are (e.g., “Platinum creator,” “1,500+ videos,” “YouTube review channel”).
   • Immediately get to the point: “I’m looking for collaboration opportunities and saw your [Product Name]. I’d love to make a high-quality shoppable video to help boost your sales. I can have the video made within 7 days of receipt. Here’s the ASIN for reference: [ASIN].”
2. Make it stupid-easy to send you product
   • Lead with: “If this sounds good, you can send the product to:”
     and then paste your full shipping address in a clean, copy/pasteable format.
3. Add proof without being pushy
   • Link your Amazon Storefront and YouTube channel: “Here’s my Amazon Storefront and YouTube channel if you’d like to see examples of my work: [links].”

Why this works:

• You’re targeting specific products, not just asking “do you have stuff to send?”
• You reduce friction by giving your address upfront.
• You provide social proof without a 10-paragraph brag reel.

And once your template is set up inside Oink, sending a fully personalized message to any brand takes seconds.

The Product Vetting Feature That Changes Everything

If you’ve ever requested a bunch of products… only to have them sit there making zero Creator Connections money, this is the fix.

There are 420,000+ campaigns (and growing) inside Creator Connections. Most of them are not worth your time. Think “Party Woo balloons that will never convert.”

Fizz showed me Oink’s “Check Product Opportunities” button. This is where the magic happens.

What “Check Product Opportunities” Does

When you click it on any campaign, Oink:

• Scans all ASINs in that campaign (some campaigns have 1,000+ products).
• Shows you:
  • Which products are actually selling (units per month).
  • How many videos are in the upper carousel.
  • How many placement opportunities are available.

What I Look For

Here are the filters I personally use:

• Sales volume: Products with 100+ units per month (the more, the better).
• Carousel saturation: Upper carousel with as few videos as possible (ideally zero).
• Placement opportunities: Green “placement opportunities” = there’s room for your video.

Skip Creator Connections Search and Search Amazon.com Instead

This is one of the biggest quality-of-life boosts Oink adds.

The problem with Creator Connections search: You can only find campaigns if the brand happened to put your exact search term in the campaign title. It’s clunky and limiting.

Oink’s solution: Let you search Amazon.com like normal, and then tell you which products on that page have Creator Connections campaigns.

New Feature! Find Creator Connection Products AND Message the Brands from Amazon.com!!!

The Amazon + Oink Workflow

1. Search on Amazon
   • Search for any product type: “flashlights,” “balance balls,” “Christmas trees,” whatever.
   • Or go straight to Best Sellers lists.
2. Oink scans the page automatically
   • It adds badges to products that have Creator Connections campaigns.
3. Oink builds a data table at the bottom of the page
   Sorted by units sold per month, top to bottom:
   • Sales data (units/month)
   • Upper carousel video count (brand vs. influencer)
   • Lower carousel video count
   • Commission rates
   • Days left in campaign
   • Campaign links and ASINs
4. Click any product in the table
   • Oink scrolls the page to show you the exact product you’re analyzing.

Now you’re not “hoping to stumble” onto a good campaign. You’re targeting products that you already know are selling.

Two Ways to Request Products

From that table, you can:

• Use “Request Selected Products”: Sends your message template to all selected brands at once.
• Use “Open All Selected in Windows”: Opens each product in a new tab so you can manually vet them first.

The Smart Filtering Built In

Oink also protects you from shooting yourself in the foot:

• Cross-checks your storefront: Filters out ASINs you’ve already made content for.
• Warns on duplicate brands: So you don’t spam the same brand multiple times.
• Only shows products with CC campaigns: Everything else gets filtered out.

When Oink is scanning, the extension shows “Checking…”, then flips to “Done” when it finishes. If Amazon lazy-loads more products as you scroll, Oink automatically goes back to “Checking” and scans the new items.

Pro tip: Click the category link on a product to jump straight to the Best Sellers page for that category. Oink will automatically scan those best sellers for Creator Connections campaigns too.

The Daily Oink Workflow That Actually Works

I asked Fizz what he does every single day. Here’s the routine he shared and the one I’m now following.

Twice a Day: Midday and Before Bed

Each session (about 5 minutes), he runs:

1. “Today’s Sales CC Cross Check” in Oink: Catches same-day shipping orders.
2. Auto-accept new campaigns: Oink can automatically accept campaigns for products people already bought through your links.
3. “Storefront CC Cross Check”: Another pass for those same-day shipping orders.
4. “Storefront Fetch” (every couple of days or after new uploads): Pulls in new products tied to your recent content.

Total time: ~10 minutes per day across two short sessions. I go through my daily Oink process in more detail here.

Daily Product Pipeline Work

On top of those quick checks:

• Use the product vetting tool to find and request new samples.
• Keep your pipeline full of high-velocity, low-competition products.

Why run everything twice a day?

Because Prime orders can ship in 2 hours. If someone buys through your link in the morning and the order ships in the afternoon, you miss the window to get Creator Connections credit unless you ran your checks twice.

The One Hour Per Day Essential Workflow

Fizz’s recommendation if you only have one hour per day for Creator Connections:

1. Today’s Sales (twice daily)
2. Storefront Fetch (twice daily)
3. Product Pipeline / Vetting (daily)
4. Storefront Health Check (To revive “dead” content by retagging it to active parent ASINs.)

The Thing Almost Nobody Is Doing (That Brands Really Want)

According to Fizz, he estimates less than 7% of creators are submitting video links to the campaigns they accept.

Most creators:

• Get accepted to a campaign.
• Make a video.
• Never submit the video URL back in the campaign dashboard.

Brands hate this. They complain about it constantly.

Fizz’s Move (That I Stole Immediately)

As soon as he submits a video link, he sends a quick brand message: “Just submitted my video for [Product Name]. I’d love to collaborate on other products of yours.”

I’ve been testing this, and my hit rate for getting more samples from the same brands has been over 50%.

Why it works:

• You’re one of the few creators actually following through.
• You’re communicating.
• You’re making it easy for brands to send you more products.

Important note: The video URL you submit does not have to match your original storefront YouTube channel. Amazon mainly uses that original channel to verify that you’re a real creator. The links you send to brands can be from whichever channel you’re actually using to promote their products.

What’s Changed Since 2023 (It’s Not the Strategy)

I’ve been pretty transparent about my “2023 approach” to the Amazon Influencer Program. When I joined AIP, I made over $1,000 in my first month. My philosophy has been: maximize earnings per hour. That meant skipping anything that felt too time-intensive.

Fizz pointed out something important:

• The strategy hasn’t really changed.
• The saturation has.

TikTok is still running “Become an Amazon Influencer” ads. More people are joining every month. The products that used to convert easily now have multiple videos battling for the same carousel spots.

The new bottleneck is not video creation. It’s product pipeline. You need a steady flow of products that:

1. Are actually selling.
2. Don’t have a saturated carousel.
3. Have Creator Connections campaigns with solid commission rates.

Trying to find those manually now is borderline impossible. That’s why a tool like Oink isn’t just “nice to have” anymore… it’s basically table stakes if you want to stay ahead of the crowd.

My Big Takeaway

I’d been using Oink for a few months now. But to be honest? I was using maybe 20–30% of what it could do.

• I ran Today’s Sales and Storefront Fetch.
• I called it good.
• I wasn’t vetting products before requesting them.
• I wasn’t fully using the brand messaging system.
• I definitely wasn’t searching Amazon.com directly to discover campaigns.

After this call, I’m restructuring my approach around one idea Fizz said: “The closer you get to zero videos in the carousel, the longer you’ll have visibility before someone pushes you out.”

That’s the game now:

1. Find products early.
2. Get your video in the carousel before everyone else.
3. Make your money while you have clear visibility.
4. Repeat tomorrow.

Turn Creator Connections Into a System (Not a Gamble)

At this point, the creators who win with Creator Connections aren’t the ones guessing which products might work. They’re the ones who:

• Know which products are actually selling
• Avoid overcrowded carousels
• Run a simple daily workflow to keep their pipeline full

That’s exactly what Oink is built to do. You can use the basic version for free, but the Pro features are what unlock the full workflow:

• Faster scans
• Today’s Sales fetch
• Auto-accept for qualifying campaigns

👉 Get Oink here… Use code JARED for 10% off when you sign up.

After you join, hop into the Oink Facebook Group. Fizz is active there and regularly shares tutorials, updates, and walkthroughs.

Then start requesting products and run the workflow you just read. The sooner you turn this into a system, the sooner your Creator Connections income becomes predictable instead of random.