Amazon Becomes the Largest Shopping Engine

Amazon Product Ads

Amazon sent a blast email out this morning announcing its Product Ads program.

I’ll have lots of comments on this before the end of the week, but I at least wanted to spread the news. With Amazon Product Ads, merchants can now list products on Amazon and drive consumers back to their sites as opposed to having to buy through Amazon. That’s a BIG change.

From the email

Product Ads is an advertising program designed to give customers seamless access to products available on web sites external to amazon.com. As a seller, you simply upload your catalog and set your cost-per-click bids. We will then display highly targeted ads for your items on select amazon.com product and search pages. Customers can click over to your web site and purchase the product directly from you. Product Ads uses a cost-per-click model, and there are no monthly fees. You only pay for clicks generated by your ads. You can manage how much you spend by setting a daily budget.


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CoreyCreed said

I got in earlier today. I posted some information about how it works at http://www.thejunglemap.com/post/186 if you want to check it out.


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vic_berggren said

Brian, what are some of the details on the cost side of the program?


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afreydin said

Hey Brian,

I’ve had about 2 months worth of experience with Amazon’s Product Ads product. The cost is a bit higher (in the electronics vertical) than other CSE’s but I expected a higher conversion rate due to great placement.
After advertising for about 1.5 months, I have seen just 2 orders come through. Don’t think I’ll try it again unless they change how the ads are being displayed or lower their CPC’s due to poor conversion rate.


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