E3 What changes with your monthly budget
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- Under $1k / month · Focus
- 1 hero ASIN only
- Auto + 1 exact campaign (5–10 terms) + branded
- No SB / SD; all effort on CVR (listing, images)
- KPI: ACoS in band · page-1 on 3 terms
- $1k–5k / month · Build
- 1–3 parents
- Full SP set per B13 · SB video on hero
- Weekly search-term engine · graduation loop
- KPI: TACoS trending down · 5–10 ranked terms
- $5k–20k / month · Scale
- Portfolio per parent
- SP + SB (collection, video, spotlight) + SD retargeting
- Placement & day-parting optimisation · A/B testing programme
- KPI: revenue growth at flat TACoS · NTB %
- $20k+ / month · Full funnel
- Multi-parent, multi-market
- + Sponsored TV / DSP · AMC audiences
- Custom attribution · incrementality tests · brand metrics
- KPI: brand search growth · blended profit · market share
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