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The Amazon PPC Branded Defense ROAS Blind Spot Most Sellers Miss
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In this episode of Performance Marketing with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dig into a specific and costly blind spot in Amazon PPC: the branded defense campaign. Lucas explains why sellers often treat brand terms as a guaranteed win, only to find that aggressive defense can cannibalize organic sales and inflate cost-per-click without lifting total profitable revenue. He walks through a real case: a mid-tier supplement brand spending $80,000 per month on branded defense with a 2,500 percent attributed ROAS, but netting only $12,000 incremental profit after accounting for organic cannibalization. The hosts discuss structural bid strategies, the one-to-three month attribution gap, and why the average ROAS goal of 300 to 500 percent may be too low for defense campaigns. They also explore when defense is actually necessary — on launch dates, during competitor attacks, or after ad-copy changes — versus when it's just a comfort blanket. Plus, a brief segment on how listener support keeps the show ad-free.