What Amazon PPC management costs
Three flat monthly tiers by ad-spend band. No software fee underneath, no percentage of your spend. Promotion coordination is included at every tier. Every engagement runs a 90-day initial engagement, then continues month-to-month.
Tier 1
Core weekly management
- Weekly engine cycle + change execution
- Monthly written brief + monthly call for the first 90 days, then quarterly
- Promotions: promotion-calendar coordination and fee watch
- Change ledger, async brief, and the month-1 audit included
Tier 2
Adds event-window execution
- Weekly engine cycle + change execution
- Biweekly written brief; 30-minute monthly call
- Promotions: adds event-window execution and a Day-N deal dashboard
- Change ledger, async brief, and the month-1 audit included
Tier 3
Adds Prime / BFCM coverage
- Weekly engine cycle + change execution
- Weekly written brief; monthly strategy call
- Promotions: adds Prime and BFCM war-room coverage
- Change ledger, async brief, and the month-1 audit included
Flat, published, never a percentage of your spend · onboarding included · 90-day initial engagement, then month-to-month
Standard pricing begins at $1,297. Any tier, first three qualified brands only.
The numbers, in plain sentences
Tier 1 is $1,297 per month for up to $10,000 a month in ad spend, and includes weekly Amazon PPC management, promotion coordination, and a client-visible change ledger. Tier 2 is $1,997 per month for $10,000 to $30,000 a month in ad spend, and adds event-window execution and a Day-N deal dashboard. Tier 3 is $2,997 per month for $30,000 to $60,000 a month in ad spend, and adds Prime and BFCM war-room coverage. Every tier is flat, never a percentage of your spend, and includes the month-1 audit. Right now the first 3 qualified brands can start on a 90-day founding pilot at $997 per month; standard pricing begins at $1,297.
Every tier delivers
- The weekly engine cycle: our engine drafts the changes worth making, a human reviews every one against your guardrails, and it ships
- A client-visible change ledger - a running record of every change we made and why
- An async operating brief delivered on your tier's cycle
- Promotion coordination - calendar review, fee and reference-price checks, inventory-readiness, and a post-event summary
- The month-1 audit - a commercial baseline built from a fresh connect, included, not a separate paid assessment
- The Tier-1 communication floor - a written brief and a call every month for the first 90 days, then quarterly
Your tier is set by your ad-spend band today. The tier driver is under a 90-day workload study and may shift toward catalog or operating complexity; bands are revisable and any change is prospective-only. Onboarding is included; there is no setup fee. Changes are prospective-only.
Which tier am I?
Your monthly ad spend sets your tier today.
| Monthly ad spend | Tier | Price | Promo depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under $3K | Not yet - come back when it pays for itself | - | - |
| $3K-$10K | Tier 1 | $1,297/mo | Promotion-calendar coordination and fee watch |
| $10K-$30K | Tier 2 | $1,997/mo | Adds event-window execution and a Day-N deal dashboard |
| $30K-$60K | Tier 3 | $2,997/mo | Adds Prime and BFCM war-room coverage |
| Over $60K | TESMO full-service | - | - |
Not yet - your own time or a good tool will do.
Promotion-calendar coordination and fee watch
Adds event-window execution and a Day-N deal dashboard
Adds Prime and BFCM war-room coverage
TESMO full-service.
Your tier is set by your ad-spend band today. The tier driver is under a 90-day workload study and may shift toward catalog or operating complexity; bands are revisable and any change is prospective-only.
Where AdCadence sits
Never a percentage of your spend - fixed within a published tier.
| Model | Buyer burden | Pricing model | Human judgment | Promotion coordination |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DIY software | High | Subscription | You provide it | Usually separate |
| Freelancer | Medium | Flat or hourly | Varies | Varies |
| Traditional agency | Low | Often % of spend or retainer | Included | Often fragmented |
| AdCadence | Low | Published fixed fee | Human-reviewed | Included within defined scope |
- Buyer burden: High
- Pricing: Subscription
- Human judgment: You provide it
- Promotions: Usually separate
- Buyer burden: Medium
- Pricing: Flat or hourly
- Human judgment: Varies
- Promotions: Varies
- Buyer burden: Low
- Pricing: Often % of spend or retainer
- Human judgment: Included
- Promotions: Often fragmented
- Buyer burden: Low
- Pricing: Published fixed fee
- Human judgment: Human-reviewed
- Promotions: Included within defined scope
AdCadence sits in the gap: accountable human judgment, ads and promotions on one rhythm, a published price, and no percentage-of-spend conflict.
"Promotions included" - bounded, out loud
Coordination is included at every tier. Depth is what's tier-gated.
Included in every tier
- Promotion-calendar review
- Fee and reference-price checks
- Inventory-readiness check
- Advertising-budget coordination for deal weeks
- A post-event summary
Higher tiers add
- Deal and coupon submission
- Event-window monitoring
- Day-N reporting
- Expanded communication cadence
- Prime and BFCM coverage
Excluded or separately scoped
- Seller Support case management
- Eligibility appeals
- Listing and creative production
- Complex pricing strategy
- Inventory planning beyond advertising throttling
- Emergency war-room work outside published event coverage
If inventory is the real problem. Throttling ads around a stockout is included here. Inventory planning itself is not - it is a different discipline, and it is what our sister company StockCadence does: Amazon inventory planning and FBA replenishment for brands at the same scale. Same operators, same standards, a separate service. stockcadence.com
Published price, one fit check, then you're running
Three steps from this page to your first weekly cycle - no discovery call to learn a number.
20-minute fit check
Book a call. We confirm your tier and that AdCadence is the right fit - no discovery call to learn a number, it is on this page.
Commercial Guardrail Pack
An access grant plus a 45-minute session to set SKU roles, margin bands, inventory exceptions, objectives, your promo calendar, and the approval matrix.
First weekly cycle
The engine drafts, a human reviews against your guardrails, changes ship, and the first ledger and brief land - within days.
The term is a 90-day initial engagement, then month-to-month - reasonable because onboarding and optimization take time.
AdCadence isn't the right fit for everyone
We'd rather tell you now - it's routing, not rejection.
When you've outgrown a productized tier
Over $5M in Amazon revenue, spending more than $60K a month on ads, or running Vendor Central or a shared-account structure.
That work is handled by our parent company, TESMO - full-service Amazon channel management for larger and more complex brands. It's a better fit, not a rejection.
If you're spending under about $3K a month
You don't need us yet. At that level your own time or a good tool will do - come back when your spend is big enough that managing it pays for itself. We'd rather send you away honestly than sell you a service you can't yet use.
The fine print, out loud
Is the monthly price really flat?
Yes - a flat, all-in monthly fee by ad-spend band. No software fee underneath, no percentage of your spend, no overage math. Tier 1 is $1,297, Tier 2 is $1,997, Tier 3 is $2,997 a month.
What is the founding pilot?
The first 3 qualified brands can start on a 90-day founding pilot at $997/mo, any tier. Standard pricing begins at $1,297. It is honestly labeled and limited to three brands.
Which tier am I?
Your tier is set by your monthly ad-spend band today: up to $10K is Tier 1, $10-30K is Tier 2, $30-60K is Tier 3. The tier driver is under a 90-day workload study and may shift toward catalog or operating complexity; bands are revisable and any change is prospective-only.
What does promotion coordination include - and what is out of scope?
Included at every tier: promotion-calendar review, fee and reference-price checks, an inventory-readiness check, advertising-budget coordination for deal weeks, and a post-event summary. Higher tiers add deal and coupon submission, event-window monitoring, Day-N reporting, and Prime/BFCM coverage. Out of scope: Seller Support case management, eligibility appeals, listing and creative production, complex pricing strategy, inventory planning beyond advertising throttling, and emergency war-room work outside published event coverage.
Why a 90-day initial engagement?
Amazon's algorithms need a few weeks to settle after changes, and the month-1 audit resets your baseline. Ninety days is the shortest honest window to show real management. After that it's month-to-month - you can cancel before the next billing period.
Do you guarantee a ROAS or ACoS?
No. We manage your account toward agreed commercial guardrails and document every material exception. The change ledger and the guardrail scorecard are the accountability, not a number.
Do I have to switch tools?
No. We bring our own engines and run on your existing access - your ad console and whatever analytics you already have. You do not migrate tools or rebuild campaigns to start.
Why do you publish pricing when most agencies do not?
Because the buying process should not require a discovery call to learn a number. Published pricing keeps us honest about scope and keeps your evaluation short.