We have been managing Amazon Sponsored Products for some of our clients and we are seeing really good progress in sales. If you have not looked into this, it is very easy system to learn with lot less complications compared to that of Google Adwords. So, give it a go!
Update
You will find above question as a part of Official Amazon Sponsored Ads guide. We checked with Amazon whether this was true they came back to us with the answer below.
I would like to confirm that you are bidding against yourself in that the computer would need to decide which of the two campaigns to select so in that regard it does place both of the campaigns against each other to decide which one to display.
It also factors in a buyer’s previous searches, Browse Nodes, Bids, Seller and Browse Node Ratings and click-through-rates to make the decision but in these cases, your product will still display so you are not being penalised.
We were recently asked few questions by one of our clients regarding testing return on ads involving same ASIN in different ad types and also using same keywords on different ASINs. This is popularly known as A/B testing. Here’s specific question and answers:
- Does two ads compete if same ASIN is on manual ads and automatic ads?
> Yes the two ads will compete for the system to show one of them. This means that the system will chose one, which will be done randomly, therefore you will only be generating Impressions once and any click will be only charged once.
- Does two ads compete if same keyword is on different ASIN?
> Yes the two ads will compete for the system to show one of them. This means that the system will chose one advert based on a number of factors. Some of these factors are feedback on the item, price, availability, buyer previous searches and a few more. The system will decide which advert to show which is a higher probability of resulting in a purchase.
- Does two ads compete if same keywords on same ASIN?
> Yes the two ads will compete for the system to show one of them. This means that the system will chose one advert based on a number of factors. Some of these factors are feedback on the item, price, availability, buyer previous searches and a few more. The system will decide which advert to show which is a higher probability of resulting in a purchase.
Please do try this out and let the system help you decide which one is the best. If you have further questions please feel free to get in touch.