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Amazon ACoS Calculator

Advertising Cost of Sales — instantly measure how efficiently your Amazon PPC spend generates revenue. Get a performance rating and personalised optimisation tips, free forever.

< 15%
Excellent ACoS
20–30%
Industry Average
Free
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Formula
ACoS = (Ad Spend ÷ Ad Revenue) × 100
Ad Spend
$500
Ad Revenue
$2,000
Result
25.00%
→ Good performance
ACoS Calculator
Advertising Cost of Sales · Free Tool
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Your ACoS
%
Performance ScoreEnter values above
ROAS Equivalent
Industry Avg
20–30%
Target
< 15%
Enter your Ad Spend and Ad Revenue to see your ACoS and performance rating.
Formula: ACoS = (Ad Spend ÷ Ad Revenue) × 100

ACoS Benchmarks

Excellent
Top-tier PPC efficiency
≤ 15%
Good
Healthy, profitable campaigns
16–25%
Fair
Margins under pressure
26–35%
High
Unprofitable — review urgently
> 35%

What is ACoS?

Advertising Cost of Salesis the percentage of ad-attributed revenue spent on ads. It's your primary signal for PPC profitability on Amazon.

ACoS = (Ad Spend / Ad Revenue) × 100
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How to Use This Calculator

01

Enter your Ad Spend

Input the total amount you spent on Amazon PPC campaigns for the period you want to analyse (day, week, month).

02

Enter your Ad Revenue

Add the total revenue attributed to those ads. Find this in your Amazon Seller Central reports under Campaign Manager.

03

Click Calculate

Instantly see your ACoS percentage, a performance rating, and a personalised tip to improve your campaigns.

6 Ways to Lower Your ACoS

Add Negative Keywords

Cut wasted spend by adding irrelevant search terms as negatives. This alone can reduce ACoS by 15–30% within weeks.

Use Bid-by-Placement

Adjust bids for top-of-search, rest-of-search, and product pages separately. Top-of-search often converts 2–3× better.

Segment by Match Type

Run Exact, Phrase and Broad in separate campaigns. Broad finds new terms; Exact captures intent. Separate budgets = cleaner data.

Optimise Listing CTR

A higher click-through rate lowers your effective CPC. Improve your main image, title, and price to drive more organic clicks alongside ads.

Schedule Ads by Hour

Run dayparting reports to identify peak conversion hours. Pause or reduce bids during low-converting hours to stretch your budget further.

Focus Budget on Winners

Identify your top 20% of keywords that generate 80% of revenue. Increase their budgets and reduce or pause everything else.

Understanding ACoS in Depth

ACoS is the core profitability metric for Amazon PPC. Unlike ROAS — which shows a multiplier — ACoS frames performance as a percentage, making it easy to compare against your net margin.

Break-even ACoS is the point where ad spend exactly equals ad profit. If your net margin is 30%, your break-even ACoS is 30%. Any ACoS below that means your ads are profitable.

Break-Even Formula
Break-Even ACoS = Net Margin %
e.g. 30% margin → profitable if ACoS < 30%
1
ACoS vs TACoS
ACoS only counts ad-attributed revenue. TACoS divides ad spend by total revenue (organic + paid), giving you a broader view of ad halo effects on your whole business.
2
ACoS vs ROAS
ROAS and ACoS are inverses. ROAS = 1 ÷ (ACoS / 100). A 25% ACoS = 4× ROAS. Use ACoS for Amazon-native analysis; use ROAS to compare across channels.
3
Launch vs Mature Products
New products often run a high ACoS intentionally — sacrificing short-term profit to win ranking and reviews. Mature products should target an ACoS well below their net margin.

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