PPC
Amazon dayparting: what the budget rules actually allow
Amazon's schedule rules can only raise budgets and bids, never lower them. What that leaves you able to do by hour, and what is not worth the setup.
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September 2026
PPC
Amazon PPC strategy: what changes as the account grows
Four jobs in a fixed order, for brands past £20,000 or $50,000 a month. Which job is your constraint changes with the account; the list does not.
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How to lower ACOS without killing sales
Three ways to bring ACOS down, why the fastest one is usually a mistake, and the check that tells you whether the number is falling for the right reason.
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August 2026
Creative
Amazon listing optimization: what actually moves conversion
Conversion is orders divided by sessions, so half the number is who arrives. How to tell a listing problem from a traffic problem before rewriting anything.
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When Amazon DSP is worth it, and when it is not
DSP pays when demand already outruns sponsored ads and the margin can carry prospecting. The conditions to meet first, and why it is never a rescue.
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We're now listed in the top 10 agencies by Nova
RippleEffect sits at number 8 in Nova's ranked directory of 119 Amazon agencies, with a review page covering fees, services and fit.
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Amazon agency red flags, from an agency
The red flags you can check before signing: hidden prices, fees tied to ad spend, guarantees, ad-sales reporting and who owns the account. The published guides disagree on the rest.
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What an Amazon account audit should actually cover
Five areas every audit claims to cover. What separates a useful one from a lead magnet is priority order, a number against each finding, and which problems to leave alone.
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Branded vs non-branded Amazon PPC: how to split the budget
Published guidance puts branded spend anywhere from under 10% to 25% of the budget. A narrower question settles it: what is your branded spend buying that you would not get anyway?
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Amazon agency vs in-house: the UK cost maths
In-house only pays past $15m to $20m a year on Amazon. Below that the problem is not the fee but that one hire cannot cover the job. The UK salary maths.
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What is a good TACOS on Amazon?
TACOS divides total ad spend by total sales, organic included. Benchmarks run from 5% to 20% and cite nothing, so the right number comes from your margin.
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What Amazon agencies actually cost in the UK
Typical UK retainers run £1,500 to £5,000 a month, US agencies $1,500 to $5,000 and up. Which of three fee structures the number sits inside matters more than the number.
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Pricing you can model in ten seconds
No discovery call needed. Set SKUs, marketplaces and monthly sales on the pricing page and the fee is on screen before you have spoken to anyone.
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July 2026
Creative
The main image is the ad
At thumbnail size, next to six competitors, the main image is the ad. Why pack-shot thinking loses the click, and what to design for instead.
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June 2026
Strategy
Buying growth is easy. Holding efficiency is the job.
Spend enough and any account grows. The job that survives a budget review is growing while efficiency holds, and the two need different decisions.
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