Sponsored Display

Sponsored Display is a display advertising solution designed for all businesses,1 whether they sell in the Amazon store or not. Using machine-learning and multi-format creatives, Sponsored Display helps businesses reach customers wherever they spend time, across the Amazon store plus thousands of apps and websites.

Who can use Sponsored Display?

For customers who sell in the Amazon store

If you sell in the Amazon store, Sponsored Display ads are available to sellers enrolled in Amazon Brand Registry, book vendors, vendors and agencies with clients.

For businesses that don’t sell in the Amazon store (beta)

Whether you sell pizzas, cars or theatre tickets; or you offer educational programs, home repairs or fitness classes – all businesses2 can start using Sponsored Display today. Learn more

Why should I use Sponsored Display?

With minimal campaign inputs and flexible cost structures to fit different needs, Sponsored Display is available for any business to get started in minutes. Sponsored Display can help advertisers discover, reach and engage the right audiences in the right context across their shopping journeys.

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Activate Amazon’s exclusive inventory

Meet customers as they stream, shop, browse or game by being present across a wide array of channels like product detail pages, owned and operated sites like Twitch and IMDb, and third-party destinations.

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Engage the right audiences in the most relevant contexts

Activate audiences built from shopping and streaming signals and leverage multi-format, dynamically-optimized creatives to convey the right message.

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Drive new demand for your business

Drive conversions, page visits or reach if you sell in the Amazon store. If you don’t sell in the Amazon store, drive visits to your website, or boost visibility of your business.

How do I create a Sponsored Display campaign?

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Log into your account, click “Create campaign” and choose Sponsored Display. Give your campaign a name.

Step 3

Choose your settings: Define your start and end dates, daily budget, outcome setting and audiences.

Step 4

Select your creative: Add your brand logo, custom headline and image or video. Choose your products to advertise if you sell in the Amazon store, or a landing page such as your website if you don’t sell in the Amazon store.

Step 5

Launch your ad: Select “Launch campaign”. And just like that, you’re ready to go.

Where do Sponsored Display ads appear?

Sponsored Display ads can be found in many locations across the Amazon store plus thousands of apps and websites. For example, placements can be found on the Amazon homepage and product detail pages, owned and operated sites like Twitch and IMDb, and third-party destinations. Placements are automatically selected based on your targeting tactic and optimized to help drive your desired outcome.

FAQs

How do I run a Sponsored Display campaign?

Sponsored Display ads are run through the Amazon Ads console and Amazon Ads API.

How much does Sponsored Display cost?

Sponsored Display supports cost-per-click (CPC) as well as cost-per-thousand viewable impression (vCPM) pricing options with no minimum campaign spend requirements. You can specify your daily bid and budget, and change your bid or pause your campaign whenever you want.

Should I add keywords to my Sponsored Display campaign?

No. Sponsored Display uses rich shopping and contextual signals to help advertisers reach relevant audiences.

How can I measure results from my Sponsored Display campaign?

The results you measure will depend on the objective you’re trying to achieve. For example, if your objective is to drive awareness and you sell in the Amazon store, you may want to measure new-to-brand sales, branded searches and video view metrics. If your objective is to increase consideration and you sell in the Amazon store, you may want to measure detail page views and clicks. If your objective is to increase sales and you sell in the Amazon store, you may want to measure attributed orders and ROAS.

What is the difference between Sponsored Display audiences and contextual targeting? Can I use them together?

Both help you reach relevant audiences. Contextual targeting allows you to target specific products and/or categories of detail pages on Amazon to help drive consideration or sales. Sponsored Display audiences allows you to use Amazon’s rich shopping and streaming signals to help grow your business. Contextual targeting can be used in conjunction with Sponsored Display audiences. Use contextual targeting to help generate detail page traffic, and then Sponsored Display audiences to reengage audiences and help secure missed sales opportunities or further cultivate brand loyalty.

What type of creative formats does Sponsored Display support?

If you sell in the Amazon store, Sponsored Display supports static images and video creatives. If you don’t sell in the Amazon store, Sponsored Display supports static images.

Where are customers taken when they click on my Sponsored Display ad?

Customers may be taken to a product detail page on Amazon if you sell in the Amazon store or an external website if you don’t sell in the Amazon store.

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1, 2 Subject to certain Amazon Ads’ policies and restrictions available here.