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Underperforming Ad Budget Cutter

Finds Amazon ads running above their own ACoS target with conversion rate slipping below their own baseline, and cuts the daily budget by the percentage you set.
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7 steps
Amazon
READS
Your ad data
LOOKS FOR
Ads above their own ACoS target with fading CVR
PRODUCES
A reduced daily budget on each confirmed loser
YOU
Review the cuts, and redeploy the freed spend
Overview

What it looks at, what it flags, what comes back, what you can change.

What it looks at
Active ads, twice over
  • Recent performance: ACoS, target ACoS, CVR, spend, daily budget
  • A longer window, for each ad's own conversion baseline
  • Amazon, on the marketplace you choose
What it flags
Two tests, both of which have to fail
  • ACoS above that ad's own target, not an account average
  • Current CVR fallen below its own baseline
  • Spend above the floor you set, so there is data to act on
What comes back
Confirmed underperformers, with the cut applied
  • Each ad's ACoS excess and CVR drop, as percentages
  • Current daily budget beside the new one
  • Sorted by how far above target the ad is running
What you can change
Four settings, per run
  • Minimum spend and cut percentage
  • Marketplace and lookback window
  • Changed on a run without editing the skill

Which ads are burning above target, and by how much

Ad performance, two windows · sample

Sample figures. Your own numbers appear the first time the skill runs.

Run Settings
The four things this skill asks you to set.
Min spend
The minimum ad spend over the window before an ad can be flagged. Recommended: $100. Raise it on noisier accounts.
Budget cut pct
How much of the daily budget to remove from a confirmed underperformer. A whole number between 1 and 100.
Marketplace
Which Amazon marketplace to analyse. Scopes every data pull, so US and UK ads are never mixed.
Lookback days
How far back to read current performance. Longer on lower-traffic accounts, so the signal is real rather than noise.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I cut budgets on Amazon ads that are running above target ACoS?

This skill reads each active ad's recent ACoS against that ad's own target, confirms conversion rate has degraded against its longer baseline, then applies a reduced daily budget to the ads that fail both tests. You set the cut percentage as a whole number between 1 and 100.

Does this pause ads or just lower the budget?

It lowers the daily budget only. Ads keep running at the reduced budget, which is why a small cut percentage works as a throttle rather than a shutdown.

Why does it compare conversion rate to a 90-day baseline?

A wider window smooths out short-term fluctuation, and it gives each ad its own reference point. That way an ad that is expensive but still converting at its normal rate is not flagged — only ads whose conversion quality has actually degraded.

Will it cut ads with barely any spend?

Will it cut ads with barely any spend?

Can I review the cuts before they go live?

The budget update is permanent once applied, so review the run before approving it. The returned table shows every flagged ad with its current budget beside the new one.

Can I run this across multiple client accounts?

Yes. The marketplace and threshold settings are set per run, so you can point the same skill at different accounts and tailor the floor and cut percentage to each.

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Use cases
Campaign Optimization
Find wasted spend

Some of your spend goes to targets that never convert. You find it when you have an afternoon, which is not most afternoons.

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Find your winning and losing campaigns

Some campaigns carry the account and some quietly drain it. This sorts which is which, and what to do about each.

Ads
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