Advertising platform and retail media
Amazon Ads
Sells sponsored ads on Amazon's store and programmatic display, video, audio and streaming-TV ads, now managed in Amazon Ads Agent.
Amazon Ads covers sponsored ads, charged per click with no minimum spend, and programmatic buying formerly run in Amazon DSP. Amazon says Amazon DSP is now part of Amazon Ads Agent, announced at unBoxed 2026, and that existing programmatic pricing, self-service or managed, carries over. The Amazon Ads API lets advertisers and software partners manage campaigns in code at no extra fee.
Where it shines
- Sponsored ads are charged per click with no minimum spend.
- The Amazon Ads API carries no extra fee beyond campaign costs.
Check before signing
- Managed-service advertising with an Amazon account executive typically requires a minimum spend; Amazon's pages cite $50,000 and say it varies by country.
- Amazon DSP has been folded into Amazon Ads Agent (announced September 2026), so product names and screens are changing.
What it offers
- Objectives
- Conversion (sales and e-commerce)Brand awareness
- Disciplines
- Digital advertisingSearch (SEO and paid search)
- Markets
- Global
Technical details
- Category
- Advertising platform (buying, DSP, ad management)
- AI features
- AI agents
- Deployment
- Cloud (SaaS)
- Pricing model
- Usage-based
Something is listed only when it can be checked. A connection we could not confirm is left off, and Find your stack then credits a public API at half weight.
Our six checks
- TransparencyMet
Amazon states that sponsored ads are cost-per-click with no minimum spend, and a $1.00 minimum daily budget for Sponsored Products.
- InterfacesMet
The Amazon Ads API is a REST API with no extra charge for its use; access requires an application.
- DeliveryNot assessed
Amazon Ads Agent and DVA+ were announced in September 2026 and are rolling out; delivery not yet assessed.
- ConsentNot assessed
Not assessed from the sources read for this listing.
- DataNot assessed
Data terms were not reviewed.
- Commercial termsNot assessed
Sponsored ads have no minimum spend; managed-service programmatic buying typically requires a minimum spend that varies by country.
Not assessed is not a failure — it means we have not checked yet. Methodology
Evidence
Sources
- Sponsored Products — Amazon Ads, accessed 2026-10To re-check
- FAQs: advertising questions and resources — Amazon Ads, accessed 2026-10To re-check
- Amazon DSP: now part of Amazon Ads Agent — Amazon Ads, accessed 2026-10To re-check
- Amazon Ads API: manage advertising programmatically — Amazon Ads, accessed 2026-10To re-check
- Amazon reboots ad business, emphasizes agentic — MediaPost, accessed 2026-10To re-check
Every attribute
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Identity
Fit
Capabilities
Commercial
Trust
The community
- "Looks right" confirmations
- 0
- Community experiences
- 0
- Community rating
- Not applicable
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Profile shape
- Disciplines
- 33
- Reach
- 100
- Connectors
- 0
- Features
- 0
- Price clarity
- 100
- Criteria shown
- 33
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