Learn 3 common mistakes in Amazon PPC dayparting that reduce sales and profitability, and how to optimize bids for better conversion rates.
Key Takeaways
- Dayparting should focus on conversion rates, not just traffic volume.
- Higher evening traffic often means lower quality, less profitable clicks.
- Boosting bids during daytime hours can increase sales and reduce ACoS.
- Mobile shoppers convert better, impacting optimal dayparting strategies.
- Automated bid strategies can perpetuate ineffective dayparting if not carefully managed.
Summary
- Many Amazon advertisers misuse dayparting by basing bids solely on hourly sales volume trends from Seller Central.
- Chasing high traffic periods like evenings often leads to higher ACoS due to lower conversion rates despite more clicks.
- Daytime hours generally yield higher conversion rates as shoppers are more trigger-happy and decisive.
- Mobile shoppers tend to convert better than desktop users, influencing time-of-day performance.
- B2B-focused keywords may see stronger daytime conversion rates due to business hours shopping behavior.
- Increasing bids during high-conversion daytime hours can shift spend and sales curves to improve overall sales and lower ACoS.
- Automating bids without understanding conversion dynamics can reinforce poor dayparting strategies.
- The podcast emphasizes focusing on quality traffic, not just volume, to optimize PPC performance.
- Examples and case studies show how shifting bids to daytime hours improves profitability.
- A future episode will dive deeper into the relationship between CPC, conversion rate, and ACoS.
Chapters
- 00:00Introduction to common dayparting mistakes
- 01:11Misconception: Basing bids on hourly sales volume
- 02:06Traffic vs. conversion quality in PPC
- 03:15Daytime vs. evening shopper behavior
- 04:11Impact of mobile vs. desktop shoppers
- 05:14Case study: shifting bids to daytime hours
- 07:11Results: improved sales and stable ACoS
- 09:47Summary and final thoughts on dayparting











