5 Hidden Issues Killing Your Ad Performance

5 Hidden Issues Killing Your Ad Performance

From The PPC Den: Amazon PPC Advertising Mastery by The PPC Den

February 27, 2026 · 36 min · Episode 371

About this episode

This episode discusses hidden operational issues affecting Amazon ad performance with insights from Elizabeth Greene of Junglr.

Are your Amazon sales dropping and your ACoS skyrocketing? Before you take a sledgehammer to your PPC campaigns, you need to look under the hood of your business. In this episode, Michael sits down with Elizabeth Greene from Junglr to discuss why the biggest threats to your Amazon advertising performance usually have nothing to do with your ads. They break down the exact weekly "push-pull" diagnostic report they use to uncover 5 hidden operational issues that are secretly draining your ad budget and killing your profit margins. We’ll see you in The PPC Den! 🦡 Highlights ​​ 00:00 - Intro 02:15 - Why Non-PPC Issues Are Your Biggest Ad Problem 04:00 - The "Push-Pull" Report: Junglr’s Weekly Diagnostic Flow 12:27 - Issue #1: Inventory & The "45-Day Coverage" Sweet Spot 18:43 - Issue #2: Hidden Buy Box & Regional Shipping Problems 22:51 - Agency Scope of Work: Should Ad Agencies Fix Operations? 27:34 - Issue #3: How Pricing Changes Destroy Sales Velocity 33:12 - Issue #4: Catalog Chaos & Variation Splits Wasting Ad Spend 35:00 - Issue #5: Why High Return Rates Secretly Kill Your Profitability 🦡 Resources & Links 🦡 GET AD BADGER ➡️ Find Michael Erickson Facchin — Ad…

People in this episode

Host: Michael Erickson Facchin

Guest: Elizabeth Greene

Topics covered

  • Amazon advertising
  • PPC performance
  • operational issues
  • ad budget
  • profit margins
  • inventory management
  • sales velocity

Keywords

  • ACoS
  • push-pull report
  • inventory coverage
  • buy box
  • pricing changes
  • catalog chaos
  • return rates

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Junglr, Ad Badger

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