An Amazon PPC software and education company known for Amazon advertising benchmarks like ACoS and cost per click by category.

What does Ad Badger measure?

Amazon-specific ad metrics — ACoS, CPC, and bidding patterns — plus guidance on managing Sponsored Ads to a target ACoS.

How should I use Ad Badger's ACoS benchmarks?

As orientation for an Amazon account; set your real ACoS target from your product margin, since break-even ACoS equals gross margin.

Growth Marketing Glossary

Ad Badger

proper noun

The badger that taught a generation of Amazon sellers what ACoS should look like.

Source mark — Ad Badger

Type: Amazon PPC software & education
Focus: Amazon Sponsored Ads
Known for: ACoS and CPC benchmarks
Primary site: adbadger.com

Forms & parts of speech

Ad Badger · proper noun (a source)

A named publisher of marketing benchmark data.

"Ad Badger is a common reference for Amazon ACoS and bid benchmarks."

What it is

Ad Badger builds Amazon PPC management software and runs a well-known educational program — a podcast, courses, and guides — for Amazon advertisers. Its audience is sellers and agencies running Sponsored Products and related ad types.

What it measures

Its benchmark contribution is Amazon-specific advertising data — ACoS, cost per click, and bidding patterns by category — alongside practical guidance on managing Amazon campaigns to a target ACoS.

Cadence and how to use it

Ad Badger updates its Amazon benchmarks and education regularly. Use its ACoS and CPC references to orient a new Amazon account, while anchoring real targets to your own product margins, since break-even ACoS equals your gross margin.

RGM cites Ad Badger as an Amazon-advertising input in its benchmarks compendium.

Worked example. A seller new to Amazon ads checks Ad Badger's category ACoS references and finds the account's ACoS sits above the typical range.

Rather than copy the benchmark as a goal, the seller sets a target ACoS from the product's actual margin and uses the benchmark only to confirm the account is not wildly out of line. Margin sets the target; the benchmark sets the context.

Failure modes to watch. Adopting a category ACoS benchmark as a target instead of deriving it from product margin; ignoring how category buckets are defined; and applying Amazon benchmarks to non-retail-media channels.

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Common questions

What is Ad Badger?: An Amazon PPC software and education company known for Amazon advertising benchmarks like ACoS and cost per click by category.
What does Ad Badger measure?: Amazon-specific ad metrics — ACoS, CPC, and bidding patterns — plus guidance on managing Sponsored Ads to a target ACoS.
How should I use Ad Badger's ACoS benchmarks?: As orientation for an Amazon account; set your real ACoS target from your product margin, since break-even ACoS equals gross margin.

Related tools & calculators

toolRGM benchmarks compendium

Resources & people to follow

referenceAd Badger — Amazon PPC benchmarks
referenceRGM benchmarks compendium — retail media ranges

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Sources

referenceAd Badger — primary site
referenceCited by the RGM benchmarks compendium
trendsGoogle Trends — "ad badger amazon ppc"