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ACoS calculator

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Break-even ACoS calculator

Your break-even ACoS is your profit margin before ads — the most you can spend per ad sale before it loses money. Enter your price, cost and fees to see it, plus the target ACoS that keeps the margin you want.

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Manufacturing + freight to Amazon, per unit.

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Most categories are 15%.

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Per-unit pick, pack and ship.

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Used to work out your target ACoS.

Break-even ACoS40.0%Spend above this on ads and the ad-driven sale loses money.
Pre-ad profit / unit$11.99
Target ACoS to keep 20% margin20.0%
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Why break-even ACoS is the number that matters

Most sellers track ACoS against last month, not against the point where ads stop paying for themselves. Break-even ACoS fixes that. It is the ceiling: spend more than this per sale and you are buying revenue at a loss. Set your target a few points below it, leave room for the margin you want to keep, and you have a goal that is tied to your actual economics rather than a competitor’s.

Once you know your target, the next questions are how your account performs against your category and whether your overall account is profitable after every cost. Use the benchmark comparison and the profit and TACoS calculator next.

FAQ

Common questions

Break-even ACoS is the advertising cost of sales at which an ad-driven order makes exactly zero profit. It equals your profit margin before ad spend: price minus product cost, Amazon referral fee and fulfillment fee, divided by price. Run ads above this ACoS and each ad sale loses money; run below it and you keep the difference.

Hit your target ACoS on autopilot

Knowing your target ACoS is step one. Autron holds your campaigns to it automatically, adjusting bids continuously so your ACoS does not drift when the auction moves.