In case you missed it: 𝗔𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲! Ok, I'm being dramatic, and I actually like this change to a point. Portfolio budgets are now allowed to give excess budget to out of budget campaigns. This now acts similarly to Google's "shared budgets" where you can link campaigns together. This will be incredibly helpful if you run a very granular campaign structure (single KW for example). This also makes it easier to scale spend during holidays like Cyber Weekend. The downside? You can't stop Amazon from giving excess budget to poor performing campaigns. What do you think of this change? Like it? Hate it? Think it's another cash grab designed to get you to spend more money? #amazon #amazonppc #amazonads #amazonadvertising
The new portfolio budget feature can be useful for scaling, but the downside is that it could waste budget on under performing campaigns. It’s a great tool if managed well, but without control over where the excess goes, it could lead to wasted spend.
Thanks for pointing out the downside am agree on that But it's will be our choice to choose this option or not or we just can keep all performanig campaigns in one portfolio and can utilize this feature for that portfolios
There should definitely be a rule or KPI for Amazon to allocate unspent budgets to other campaigns. Without proper guidelines, it could end up being more harmful than helpful.
This is great news! I've been waiting for a feature like this for a long time. It will make it much easier to manage my campaigns and ensure that I'm not missing out on potential sales. Mike Frekey
Helping Amazon agencies scale more efficiently with AI and Automation | 7+ Years agency experience and still going
4wInteresting observation about portfolio budgets. As someone deep in the Amazon ad space, I see this as a double-edged sword. Yes, it enables better scaling during high-velocity periods, but the lack of control over poor-performing campaigns is concerning. The real challenge isn't just excess spend – it's the potential for unnoticed performance degradation if you're not actively monitoring these campaigns. We've seen cases where automated budget redistribution masked serious listing issues until significant ad spend was wasted. Curious - have you found any effective workarounds for controlling spend on underperforming campaigns within portfolios?