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Placement bidding

Your best placement shouldn't get your average bid.

Amazon lets you pay more for the spots where your product actually converts. Advigator works out how much more — per placement, per campaign — and keeps it tuned as new data lands. Same budget, better spots.

  • Multipliers calculated from each campaign's Placement Report history — not guessed
  • A different value for every campaign, not one global guess
  • On by default, re-tuned automatically as new data arrives
amazon.com/s?k=wireless+earbuds Deliver to Seattle All wireless earbuds 2 Cart All Today's Deals Customer Service Registry Gift Cards Sell Advigator 1-48 of over 3,000 results for "wireless earbuds" Department Electronics Headphones Earbud Headphones Customer Reviews & Up & Up Price $10 – $120 Brand Soundcore Jabra Sony Delivery Day Get It Today TOP OF SEARCH +0% empty slot — nobody bid enough for it REST OF SEARCH 0% · baseline (842) $29.99 FREE delivery Thu, Jul 17 (511) $18.50 FREE delivery Fri, Jul 18 OTHER PLACEMENTS Product pages Sponsored ad multiplier +0% Amazon Business B2B buyers only multiplier +0% Sponsored (1,284) $24.99 bid $0.62 +0%

Live illustration — real multiplier values from the Advigator dashboard.

The problem

Most sellers leave every placement at 0%.

Not because 0% is right. Because nobody tells you the right number — and getting it wrong is expensive.

0%

The default costs you money

Top of search converts far better than the rest of the page for most products. At 0% you bid the same there as you do at the bottom — and get outbid for the spot that actually sells.

Nobody knows what to type in

Is 50% right for top of search? 100%? 300%? The honest answer lives in your Placement Report — conversion rate per placement, per campaign — and almost nobody digs it out. So the field stays at 0.

And a wrong guess spikes your ACoS

Most sellers who did try raised top of search on a hunch, watched their ACoS jump, and set it straight back to 0%. The multiplier wasn't wrong as an idea — it was wrong as a number.

How it works

Three steps. None of them yours.

1

Measure each placement

Advigator imports each campaign's Placement Report automatically every 24 hours and compares every placement's conversion rate with rest of search. The question that matters — does this spot sell better, and by how much?

Top of search
2.10×
Product pages
1.03×
Rest of search
1.00×

Conversion rate, compared with rest of search.

2

Turn the gap into a multiplier

Converts better, gets a bigger bid per click — an 89% multiplier turns a $1.64 base bid into $3.10, but only at top of search. The size of the gap decides the size of the multiplier. That's what keeps a higher bid from turning into a higher ACoS.

2.10× CVR +89%
Base bid $1.64
Top of search bid $3.10

Only the clicks worth more cost more.

3

Keep it tuned

New placement data arrives, the multipliers move themselves. You don't get a task, a reminder, or a spreadsheet. It just stays current.

Week 1 72%
Week 2 81%
Now 89%

Same campaign, three updates. You never touched it.

The setting

One setting. That's the whole job.

This is the real setting from the dashboard — it's on for every product by default. Try the three modes: automatic, your own fixed values, or off entirely.

Placement bidding

Adjust your bid per click by placement.

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Placement bidding
Adjust your bid per click by placement.
Campaign type Top of search Product pages Rest of search Amazon Business
Sponsored Products manual 0% 0% 0% 0%
Sponsored Products auto 0% 0% 0% 0%
Sponsored Brands image 0% 0% 0% 0%

Set automatically from placement conversion data. Values shown are current; they'll move on their own as new data arrives.

Swipe the table sideways to see every placement.

Why it's worth it

Same budget. Better placement mix.

Your money moves toward what converts

You're not spending more. You're spending the same money at a better ratio — more per click where the conversion rate justifies it, baseline everywhere else.

Without multipliers

Every placement, one bid.

With Advigator

Bid follows the conversion rate.

It maintains itself

No monthly placement audit. No recurring calendar reminder you'll ignore. The numbers stay current on their own.

0 manual edits

Per campaign type

Sponsored Products and Sponsored Brands don't behave the same. They don't get the same multiplier either.

SP manual89%
SP auto81%
SB image159%

Never stale

Placement performance drifts with season, competition and your own listing. The multipliers drift with it.

No conflict with your bids

Placement multipliers sit on top of your base bid. Advigator optimizes the base bid too — so the two stay consistent instead of fighting each other.

Automated bid optimization
Base bid $1.64
× Top of search +89%
Effective bid $3.10

You stay in control

Automatic isn't a black box.

Placement bidding is on by default for every product, because Automatic is right for most accounts most of the time. But some sellers prefer their own numbers — and that's fine. Switch to Custom and set a fixed multiplier for each campaign yourself, or disable placement bidding entirely. No data lost, no re-onboarding.

Read how the multipliers are calculated
Set your own values with Custom
Switch to Custom and set a fixed multiplier for each campaign. Advigator applies them and stops touching them.
Per-campaign control
Whether Advigator calculates them or you type them, multipliers are set campaign by campaign — never one blanket number.
Or turn it off completely
Don't want placement adjustments at all? Disable the feature and every placement simply gets your base bid.
Every change is visible
The current multiplier is always on screen. Nothing changes in a place you can't see.

Where it fits

One part of a tuned account.

Placement bidding decides where your money lands. It works best next to the rest of Advigator, which decides how much you bid, how much you spend, and what you target.

Who gets the most out of it

Sellers running Sponsored Products or Sponsored Brands with enough click volume for placement data to mean something — and anyone whose placement multipliers have been sitting at 0% since the campaign was created. If that's you, this is the cheapest improvement available. You're not raising budget, you're just aiming it.

FAQ

The usual questions.

What exactly is a placement multiplier?
Amazon lets you raise your bid per click depending on where the ad shows: top of search, product pages, rest of search, or Amazon Business. A multiplier of 89% on top of search means a $1.64 base bid becomes $3.10 when you're competing for that first row — and stays at $1.64 everywhere else.
Do I have to set anything up?
No. Placement bidding is on by default for every product, and your Placement Report data is imported automatically every 24 hours. If you'd rather set your own fixed values — or turn the feature off — the setting is one click away.
Will this make me spend more?
Your daily budget is still your daily budget — Amazon won't spend past it. What changes is the mix — a larger share of that same budget goes to the placements where your product converts better, and less of it is wasted on the placements that don't. If you want to control total spend rather than distribution, that's budget allocation.
I raised top of search once and my ACoS exploded. How is this different?
That's the classic story, and it usually means the multiplier was a guess. Advigator calculates it from your campaign's own Placement Report history — the bid only goes up in proportion to how much better that placement actually converts. The more expensive click is paid for by the higher conversion rate. That's what keeps ACoS in line.
How often do the multipliers change?
They're recalculated as fresh placement data comes in — your Placement Report is imported automatically every 24 hours. If a placement's conversion rate holds steady, the multiplier barely moves. If it shifts, so does the number. There's no schedule to remember and nothing to trigger by hand.
Why are some placements sitting at 0%?
Because 0% is the correct answer there. A multiplier is only worth paying when a placement converts better than rest of search. If product pages convert about the same, they get about the same bid. Automatic doesn't inflate numbers to look busy.
What if my campaign is brand new?
Multipliers need placement data to be meaningful, so a fresh campaign starts conservative and sharpens as clicks and conversions come in. You're never worse off than the 0% you'd have left it at.
Can I set the values myself?
Yes. Switch to Custom and set your own fixed multiplier for each campaign — Advigator applies exactly what you set and leaves it alone until you switch back to Automatic. And if you'd rather have no placement adjustments at all, you can disable the feature entirely.

Stop leaving your multipliers at 0%.

Placement bidding is on from day one — Advigator finds the right value for every multiplier and keeps it updated as your data changes. It's the same budget you're already spending, aimed better.