Both Jungle Scout and Extension are part of Jungle Scout! They each work in their own way to get you to the end goal of finding profitable products to sell and then managing your business.
Each tool can be purchased and/or used on their own, but they work best when used together.
The main differences between the two are where you use them, how you search, and what data you receive from that search.
Jungle Scout is accessed from your internet browser like you would any other website.
Jungle Scout is where you can start your product research and narrow down what you will sell. In Jungle Scout you can use filters to pinpoint products in Amazon's catalog that meet your criteria. You tell it what you want to see by inputting the data and products listings are returned.
Jungle Scout ➡️ Enter data in filters → Receive Amazon products listings that match criteria.
Jungle Scout is also your main hub as it has many more uses and features other than product research, including; supplier and keyword research, building listings, running promotions, automatic email campaigns, and Jungle Scout’s Training Academy! It's quickly growing into an all-in-one tool for those starting out as well as existing sellers to manage their businesses.
Extension and Extension Lite are accessed from an Amazon search results page. You search a product or keyword on Amazon, run the extension and then are given the data about each product. It's a super fast and easy way to get data for a lot of products at once.
Extension ➡️ Search a product on Amazon using keywords → Receive data about those products.
Use them together to get the maximum benefit!
Extension and Jungle Scout work very well together as they allow you to access information in different ways. Both are useful in finding and then validating a product opportunity.
First, you find a product idea with Jungle Scout based on your criteria. Then you validate the entire market for that type of product with the extension by gathering all data for all similar product listings.
Then you use Jungle Scout's other features to help with the rest of the selling process. You can find a supplier, set up and optimize your listing, launch your product and manage your business all from within the Jungle Scout app!
❓ Want to learn more about each tool? Make sure you visit the Extension section of the Help Center, here and Jungle Scout articles, here.