𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬: 𝐀 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐀𝐂𝐎𝐒 𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐀𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲.
Your Walmart Ads report shows sales.
Your ACOS looks acceptable.
Your campaigns are generating orders.
But are those sales actually profitable?
Here's...
🚨 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐏𝐂 𝐁𝐢𝐝 𝐈𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐀𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐝 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠
A keyword can have a $𝟏.𝟎𝟎 𝐛𝐢𝐝 and still become much more expensive at the auction.
Why?
Because your base bid is only the starting point.
Consider...
𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬: 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐎𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐀𝐝𝐬—𝐨𝐫 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐍𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬?
A few days of poor performance.
ACOS goes up.
Sales slow down.
And suddenly, bids are cut, keywords are paused, and campaigns are...
🚨 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐏𝐂 𝐂𝐓𝐑 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐆𝐨 𝐔𝐏 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐆𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐒𝐄
This is a metric I watch carefully.
Because a higher CTR 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭.
More shoppers are clicking.
But what happens after the...