What does an Amazon DSP agency do?
An Amazon DSP agency plans, buys and optimizes programmatic ads on Amazon’s demand-side platform, reaching shoppers on and off Amazon with display, video, audio and streaming TV. The work is audience building, lookback windows, audience negation and measurement. Incrementum Digital runs Amazon DSP as a separate service alongside Amazon advertising management.
Do I need an agency to run Amazon DSP, or can I run it myself?
Amazon offers a self-service option and a managed-service option. Self-service display campaigns have no minimum campaign spend and no management fees, and price on CPC and vCPM. Amazon’s managed service typically requires a minimum spend of $50,000, which can vary by country. An agency earns its place on audience strategy, negation and measurement, not on the buying alone.
What does an Amazon DSP management agency do month to month?
An Amazon DSP management agency builds and refreshes audiences, sets lookback windows, negates audiences that are not converting, rotates creative across display, video, audio and streaming TV placements, and reports on DSP metrics rather than borrowed Sponsored Products ones. The recurring work is audience and measurement work, not just placing the buy.
How do I choose the best Amazon advertising agency for DSP?
Ask what job the DSP budget is being hired to do, how it will be measured, and over what horizon, then get the answer in writing before launch. Ask which metrics they report on, because DSP judged on Sponsored Products metrics will always look bad. Ask what would make them tell you not to run DSP at all. An agency that cannot answer that last one is selling inventory, not strategy.
Should one agency run both my Amazon advertising and my DSP management?
Usually yes. Agencies that specialize in both Amazon advertising and DSP management can sequence the two correctly, because DSP should not scale while Sponsored campaigns are still capped by budget. Split across two agencies, nobody owns that call, and the DSP team has no reason to tell you the cheaper channel is not finished yet. At Incrementum Digital, DSP is a separate service that sits alongside Amazon advertising management, with Amazon Marketing Cloud and Sponsored TV inside ads-only management where they fit the account.
What is the minimum spend for Amazon DSP?
Amazon’s managed-service option typically requires a minimum spend of $50,000, and that figure varies by country. Self-service display has no minimum campaign spend and no management fees. Agency fees are separate, and Amazon does not publish agency fee structures.
Is Amazon DSP worth it for a mid-market brand?
Amazon DSP amplifies an advertising operation rather than repairing one. It is usually worth it for brands doing $5M to $50M on Amazon that are already consistently profitable on Sponsored ads, have enough detail page traffic to build retargeting pools, and can absorb slower payback. If Sponsored campaigns are still hitting budget caps, cheaper volume is still on the table and DSP can wait.
We are already running Amazon DSP and it is not working. Can you fix it?
Often, and the first step is diagnosing which of five failures is in play: no defined job for the budget, judging results from inside the 14-day attribution window, scaling DSP while Sponsored campaigns are still budget-capped, driving cold traffic to listings that cannot convert it, or running DSP without the inventory to meet the demand. Most DSP budget we are asked to rescue was lost in one of those five ways.
What is the difference between Amazon DSP and Sponsored ads?
Sponsored Products and Sponsored Brands buy intent, meaning shoppers who already searched. Amazon DSP buys audiences, including people who have never searched for your brand, and reaches them off Amazon as well as on it. Sponsored Display is now part of Amazon’s wider display ads offering, and existing Sponsored Display campaigns continue to run.
Do I have to sell on Amazon to use Amazon DSP?
No. Amazon DSP is open to brand advertisers, ad agencies and tool providers, whether or not they sell on Amazon. Sponsored Products, by contrast, requires a professional seller, vendor, book vendor, KDP author or agency account.
What audiences can Amazon DSP target?
Amazon groups DSP audiences into three types: Amazon audiences built from first-party buying, browsing and streaming signals; advertiser audiences built from your own inputs such as product relevance and remarketing; and third-party audiences. For most mid-market consumer brands the workhorse is advertiser audiences, built from your own detail page views and purchases.
Where do Amazon DSP ads appear?
On Amazon and across the open web, in display, video, audio and streaming TV placements. Amazon-owned inventory includes Prime Video, IMDb and Twitch, alongside third-party publishers.
How is Amazon DSP measured?
On its own metrics: detail page views, add-to-cart, branded lift, halo ROAS, and the new-to-brand set, including new-to-brand purchases, percent of purchases new-to-brand and cost per new-to-brand purchase. Amazon applies a 14-day attribution window to new-to-brand metrics, so reports pulled inside that window understate performance.
How soon will I see results from Amazon DSP?
Not in month one, if results means ROAS. The 14-day new-to-brand attribution window means early reports are incomplete, and DSP payback is slower than Sponsored Products by design. We agree the evaluation horizon in writing before launch so the first month is judged on the right thing.