
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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