Amazon PPC Auto Campaign structure for Growth and Control - Step by Step Tutorial
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Learn how to properly structure your Amazon auto campaigns for better control and scalability. In this video, I walk through the exact setup I use to create precise, laser-focused automatic campaigns that give you complete control over your ad spend and performance.
Instead of lumping all targeting types together in one campaign, I show you how to separate close match, loose match, substitutes, and complements into individual campaigns. This structure gives you the ability to adjust bids with precision, run effective search term harvesting, and scale campaigns that are working while cutting back on those that aren't.
I cover the complete campaign setup process, from selecting the right products to group together (always by product families, never mixing unrelated items), to choosing between Amazon and beyond or Amazon Business placements depending on your B2B sales percentage. You'll see exactly how to set up bid adjustments, why you should always use fixed bids for new campaigns, and the critical step of negating your brand name in phrase match across all non-branded campaigns.
This video is for anyone running Amazon PPC who wants better visibility into where their ad spend is going. Whether you're managing sponsored products campaigns for a single product or an entire catalog, this four-campaign auto structure will give you the control you need to optimize performance and grow profitably.
Key topics covered: Amazon automatic campaign structure, sponsored products setup, bid strategy selection, targeting group separation, product grouping best practices, negative keyword implementation, campaign bidding strategies, placement optimization, and B2B campaign considerations.
Contents: 0:00 Introduction to Auto Campaign Structure 0:49 Campaign Setup and Product Selection 1:41 Setting Bids by Targeting Group 2:47 Negative Keywords and Brand Protection 3:23 Bidding Strategy Selection 4:13 Creating Separate Campaigns for Each Match Type
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Transcript
Frequently asked questions
Why should you create separate auto campaigns for each targeting type instead of combining them all in one campaign?
When all four targeting types (close match, loose match, substitutes, complements) run in a single campaign with a single default bid, Amazon allocates spend across them without your control, and the higher-performing types tend to consume most of the budget while others get little to no traffic. Separating each into its own campaign lets you set individual bids for each type, see clean performance data per targeting method, scale the ones that work, and cut back on the ones that do not, without one type dragging down another.
What are the key setup rules for a properly structured Amazon auto campaign?
Group products by product families, not by mixing unrelated items. Use fixed bids for new campaigns rather than dynamic up-and-down bidding, which gives Amazon too much control over spend. Negate your brand name in phrase match across all non-branded auto campaigns so branded traffic is handled by dedicated branded campaigns and does not inflate auto campaign results. If B2B sales represent 10% or more of your business, create separate Amazon Business auto campaigns in addition to your standard ones. Leave placement adjustments at default for new campaigns until you have enough data to make informed changes.
What bid strategy should you use for a new Amazon auto campaign and why?
Use fixed bids when launching a new auto campaign. Dynamic up-and-down bidding gives Amazon the ability to increase or decrease your bids based on its own conversion probability predictions, which removes your control over spend early in a campaign's life before you have data to validate the algorithm's decisions. Fixed bids keep your cost per click predictable while you gather search term data, and you can switch to dynamic down-only bidding once you have established performance benchmarks to work from.
