Why Do Only a Few Products Spend Most of the Budget?

This situation is extremely common.

A small group of products often receives the majority of impressions, clicks, and spend.

Understand Why It Happens

Products naturally receive different levels of demand.

Higher-demand products tend to:

  • enter more auctions
  • receive more clicks
  • consume more budget

This is not necessarily a problem.

However, it can create imbalance if other valuable products receive little visibility.

Segment Products Strategically

Consider creating separate product groups for:

  • best sellers
  • high-margin products
  • seasonal products
  • strategic product categories

This provides greater control over bids and budget allocation.

Use Product-Level Analysis

Regularly review:

  • spend
  • conversions
  • CPA
  • COS
  • revenue

at the product level.

Sometimes a small number of products are responsible for most inefficiencies.

Product-level analysis often reveals optimization opportunities that campaign-level reports hide.

Why Is COS Increasing?

A rising COS indicates that advertising costs are growing faster than revenue.

This can happen for several reasons.

Declining Conversion Rate

Users continue clicking products but convert less frequently.

Potential causes:

  • pricing changes
  • weaker demand
  • website issues
  • stronger competition

Lower Average Order Value

Campaign performance may appear stable while revenue declines.

Examples include:

  • increased sales of lower-priced products
  • reduced basket size
  • changing product mix

This often causes COS to increase even when conversion volume remains stable.

Feed Quality Issues

Feed quality influences traffic quality.

Poor product titles, incomplete attributes, or inaccurate categorization can reduce relevance and attract less qualified visitors.

Better feed quality often improves efficiency without increasing spend.


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