Amazon · PPC

Amazon PPC management that pays for itself.

Sponsored Products, Sponsored Brands, Sponsored Display, and DSP, managed by operators who've spent nine figures on Amazon ads.

Trusted by Amazon sellers and aggregators

Sanzo
Kern's
Jumex
La Costeña
New Star Food Service
Annin Flagmakers
Frame Amo
Crailtap
Gibbon Slacklines
Artaste
Jeff Hamilton
The problem

Most Amazon ad accounts leak 20-40% of their spend.

Broad match campaigns that haven't been harvested in months. Branded terms you're paying to defend when you already own page one. Hero SKUs out of stock but still serving impressions. We've audited hundreds of accounts, the pattern is the same, and the fix is structural.

  • Auto campaigns burning budget on irrelevant search terms because no one has run a negative-keyword sweep in 60+ days
  • Single ad group with 200 keywords, so you can't tell which terms actually convert
  • Branded bids set at default, costing 3-5× more than necessary against no real competition
  • Bid adjustments ignored for top-of-search and product pages, leaving 30%+ CVR placements undervalued
  • Dayparting off, so you spend the same at 3am as at 7pm even though conversion rates diverge 4×
  • Ad spend allocated by historical TACoS rather than current margin and inventory cover
Our approach

We treat Amazon ads as a system, not a campaign list.

Bids are downstream of structure. Structure is downstream of strategy. Before we touch a bid we make sure the account is built to be measured.

01

Phase 1, structure & data hygiene

Single-keyword ad groups for top 20 terms. Auto → broad → exact harvesting funnel. Negative library shared across campaigns. Placement and ASIN reports wired to BI weekly.

02

Phase 2, rule-based bidding & dayparting

Once we have 30+ conversions per keyword, we move to rules. Target ACoS tiers by margin band. Dayparting on top-of-search modifiers. Branded defense at high impression share. Search-term harvest 2× per week.

03

Phase 3, DSP, AMC & new-to-brand

Programmatic and audience-led spend layered on top of the SP/SB engine. AMC custom audiences (PDP viewers, subscribers, lapsed). DSP retargeting with creative rotation every 14 days. In-market and lifestyle prospecting for awareness.

What you get

What's included in PPC management.

  • Account audit with line-item findings in week one
  • Full restructure of Sponsored Products into match-type-specific ad groups
  • Sponsored Brands video and headline campaign builds
  • Sponsored Display product and audience targeting
  • Negative keyword and ASIN library, updated weekly
  • Search-term harvest cadence (twice weekly)
  • Bid management by margin tier and inventory cover
  • Dayparting and placement modifier optimization
  • Brand defense and competitor conquest campaigns
  • Weekly performance report with TACoS, NTB, and share-of-voice
  • Monthly strategy review with category benchmarks
  • DSP and AMC management on Growth and Scale tiers
How we work

Our 90-day PPC engagement.

We assume nothing about your account. The first 30 days are diagnostic and restructure. Days 30-60 stabilize CVR and bid efficiency. Days 60-90 we scale the winners and layer DSP if margin supports it.

Days 0-30

Audit & restructure

We rebuild the account so it can be measured.

  • Full audit deck delivered week 1
  • Campaign restructure into match-type ad groups
  • Negative-keyword sweep across all match types
  • Branded defense bids right-sized
  • Placement and ASIN reports wired up
Days 30-60

Stabilize CVR & bids

We move from rebuild to optimization.

  • Search-term harvest 2× per week
  • Bid management by margin tier
  • Dayparting enabled where conversion variance >2×
  • Top-of-search and product page modifiers tuned
  • Branded video and storefront traffic ads live
Days 60-90

Scale & layer DSP

Profitable campaigns get more budget; DSP and AMC come online for upper-funnel.

  • Hero SKUs scaled to target TACoS
  • Sponsored Display audience targeting live
  • DSP retargeting launched (Growth+)
  • AMC custom audience reporting (Growth+)
  • Monthly strategy review with category benchmarks
Proof

What our PPC engagements typically deliver.

−32%
Average TACoS reduction in first 90 days
2.4×
Sponsored Brands video CTR vs. account baseline
18%
Average new-to-brand rate on managed accounts
FAQ

Questions executives actually ask.

What's the difference between Sponsored Products, Brands, and Display?

Sponsored Products are keyword and ASIN-targeted ads that appear in search and on product pages. Sponsored Brands are headline banner ads with logo and copy reserved for Brand Registered sellers. Sponsored Display targets shoppers on and off Amazon with audience segments. A healthy account runs all three with separate budgets and goals.

What is a good ACoS for Amazon PPC?

It depends on margin. For a 40% gross margin SKU, break-even ACoS is 40%, anything below is profitable on the ad sale alone. We target a TACoS (total ad spend ÷ total revenue) of 8-15% for established SKUs, and we'll spend above break-even ACoS on launches to buy rank.

How long until Amazon PPC starts working?

Auto campaigns gather data within 7-14 days. Profitable scaling typically takes 60-90 days as we harvest search terms, build out exact-match structure, and stabilize bids. Brands that already have reviews and a converting listing see results faster.

Do you take a percentage of ad spend?

No. We charge a fixed monthly retainer scoped to catalog size and ad spend tier. We never mark up media, you pay Amazon directly through your own account, and we bill for the labor that manages it.

Will I keep ownership of my Amazon account?

Yes, always. We work as authorized users inside your Seller Central. You can revoke access at any time and we hand over full campaign structure, naming conventions, and reporting playbooks at offboarding.

Do you manage Amazon DSP?

Yes, on our Growth and Scale retainers. DSP requires a $35K+ monthly media commitment to be efficient, so we usually layer it in after we've stabilized Sponsored Ads.

Want a free PPC audit?

We'll pull your last 60 days of Sponsored Ads data, score it against our internal benchmarks, and send back a written audit with the top 10 fixes. No call required, no obligation.