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Free Amazon PPC Bid Calculator

Knowing your break-even ACoS is the difference between scaling profitably and losing money on every click. Enter your price, costs, conversion rate, and target ACoS — we'll compute your max profitable bid and your target bid for healthy margin growth.

Inputs

Referral + FBA. Use the FBA calculator if unsure.

Your goal. Lower than break-even = profit. Higher = buying ranking.

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Break-even ACoS
36%

Above this and you lose money on the click. Gross profit per sale: $8.99.

Max profitable bid
$0.90

Highest CPC at which you break even at your conversion rate.

Target bid
$0.62

Bid to hit your target ACoS of 25% at your conversion rate.

Workflow

Three steps.
Zero friction.

  1. 01

    Enter selling price, product cost, and Amazon fees (referral + FBA).

  2. 02

    Enter your historical conversion rate (Seller Central → Reports → Business Reports).

  3. 03

    Enter your target ACoS — lower than break-even = profit, higher = customer acquisition.

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Context

Why a wrong bid bleeds an Amazon account in 48 hours

Amazon PPC is a second-price auction with auto-bid suggestions that are almost always too high. Sellers who accept Amazon's "suggested bid" without doing this math routinely run 60-80% ACoS on launch campaigns — sometimes profitable for ranking, usually not.

The math is simple: your break-even ACoS is your gross profit margin. If a $24.99 product costs $8.50 to make and $7.50 in Amazon fees, your gross profit is $8.99 — 36% margin, so 36% break-even ACoS. Spend less than that on ads per sale and you're profitable. Max bid = price × conversion rate × target ACoS — if CR is 10% and target ACoS is 25%, your max bid is $24.99 × 10% × 25% = $0.62.

Bid higher than break-even only when you're buying ranking (launch phase, post-stock return, seasonal). The moment ranking is achieved, drop bids toward target ACoS or organic sales will start to subsidize your ad losses.

FAQ

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