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Ecommerce PPC Management

Most ecommerce brands don't have a traffic problem. They have a profitability problem. Ad costs keep climbing, attribution gets murkier with every platform update, and Performance Max can feel less like a campaign and more like a black box you're asked to trust. What you actually need is a paid media partner that understands the numbers behind your numbers, and treats your media budget with the same care you would.

Platform81 is a UK paid media agency with deep experience running ecommerce accounts across Google Shopping, Performance Max, Meta, TikTok, and the wider marketplace ecosystem. We work with you to make every pound of spend trace back to genuine commercial outcomes. Not just impressions and clicks, but real revenue and healthy margins.

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Ecommerce PPC done the Platform81 way

EXPERIENCED PAID MEDIA SPECIALISTS

Our paid media team has spent years inside ecommerce accounts, from emerging DTC brands to retailers spending six figures a month. That experience shows up when Performance Max starts cannibalising organic, when an iOS update breaks your attribution, or when a peak season needs a six-week build-up rather than a scramble the week before Black Friday. You get a team that’s already seen the problem, knows the fix, and brings the playbook with them.

DATA FOUNDATIONS FIRST

The most common reason an ecommerce account underperforms isn’t the bidding strategy. It’s broken data underneath. A feed full of warnings, conversion tracking that double-counts, attribution settings that flatter one channel at the expense of another. Before we touch budget, we make sure the numbers in front of you are real. Once the foundation is solid, optimisation actually moves the needle.

BUILT AROUND COMMERCIAL GROWTH

Every brand has a different definition of growth. For some, it’s a higher blended ROAS. For others, it’s launching into new categories, expanding internationally, or improving customer lifetime value. We start by understanding your commercial reality: your margins, your repeat purchase behaviour, your acceptable customer acquisition cost. Then we build campaigns around that, rather than around whichever metric makes a slide deck look strongest.

What's included in our Ecommerce PPC service

Google Shopping & Performance Max

Google Shopping drives the majority of paid revenue in most ecommerce businesses, and Performance Max has reshaped how it’s managed. We structure asset groups by margin and intent, layer in audience signals that improve targeting quality, segment your feed so hero products and long-tail SKUs get appropriate budget, and exclude brand traffic where it’s quietly inflating reported performance. PMax rewards brands that feed it properly, and we make sure yours is one of them.

Google Search Ads

For high-intent product and category searches, traditional search ads continue to earn their place. We build account structures that cleanly separate brand, generic, and competitor traffic, set bidding strategies appropriate to each, and write ad copy that speaks to what customers genuinely weigh up: price, delivery, returns policy, and the specifics of your proposition.

Meta Ads (Facebook & Instagram)

Paid social is where you build awareness among customers who didn’t know they needed you yet. We run full-funnel campaigns spanning cold prospecting, mid-funnel engagement, retargeting, and dynamic product ads. Creative testing is structured and continuous, because Meta’s algorithm consistently rewards brands that keep their asset library fresh and varied.

TikTok Ads

TikTok performs best for brands that show up natively rather than running broadcast-style ads. We work with you to develop creative suited to the platform (Spark Ads, founder-led content, UGC, short-form storytelling) and pair it with conversion tracking robust enough to handle the platform’s measurement quirks.

Product Feed Management

A weak feed will undermine even the most sophisticated bidding strategy. We optimise product titles for search visibility, restructure attributes, build custom labels for margin-based segmentation, and create supplemental feeds where they earn their place. If your Merchant Center is flagged with warnings or your products keep getting disapproved, sorting that comes before anything else.

Conversion Tracking & Analytics

A surprising number of ecommerce accounts run on broken or misconfigured tracking. We audit and rebuild GA4 setups, implement server-side tracking where it’s needed, configure Meta CAPI correctly, and reconcile data between platforms so you can trust the numbers you’re making decisions on.

Dynamic Remarketing & Retention

Customers rarely buy on the first visit, particularly for higher-consideration purchases. We build remarketing journeys across Google, Meta, and the open web, segmented by behaviour (cart abandoners, product viewers, past purchasers, lapsed customers) so each audience sees a message that matches their stage in the buying journey.

Landing Page Optimisation

Sending well-targeted paid traffic to a weak landing page is one of the most common ways revenue is left on the table. We work with your team (or take it on entirely) to improve load speed, mobile experience, calls to action, and overall conversion rate on the pages handling your most expensive clicks.

Marketplace Advertising

For brands selling on Amazon and other marketplaces, paid placement on those platforms often drives the largest single share of revenue. We manage Sponsored Products, Sponsored Brands, Sponsored Display, and DSP with the same rigour we apply to your owned channels.

Ecommerce PPC Audits

If performance has shifted and you’re not sure why, an audit is the right starting point. We review campaign structure, bidding strategy, feed quality, tracking integrity, audience configuration, and creative performance, and provide a clear document explaining what’s working, what isn’t, and what to prioritise next.

Why brands choose Platform81 as their ecommerce PPC agency

Deep ecommerce experience without rigid templates

Our team brings years of pattern recognition from working across ecommerce sectors: subscription, fashion, beauty, homewares, electronics, food and drink, and B2B with online ordering. We apply what we’ve learned in similar businesses while respecting the specifics of yours, rather than running every client through the same playbook.

Margin-aware, not just ROAS-led

A strong ROAS figure can mask thin margins, high return rates, or weak repeat behaviour. We work with you to understand contribution margin at SKU and category level so we can prioritise the products and audiences that build genuine profit, not just attractive headline numbers.

Full-funnel thinking, not just lower-funnel harvesting

A common pattern in agency-managed accounts is heavy spend on branded and high-intent search, with little investment further up the funnel. That captures demand someone else has built. We balance budget across awareness, consideration, conversion, and retention, so you’re growing your customer base rather than just monetising it.

Active, hands-on account management

Paid media moves quickly, and accounts left to run on autopilot lose money. Our account managers are in your account every working day, monitoring performance, testing new creative, adjusting bidding, and addressing small issues before they become costly ones.

Ecommerce PPC FAQs

Which platforms do you manage?

We manage Google Ads (Shopping, Performance Max, Search, Display, YouTube), Meta Ads, TikTok Ads, Pinterest, Microsoft Ads, and marketplace platforms including Amazon. We’ll recommend the right channel mix based on your audience, margin profile, and growth stage rather than defaulting to a fixed package.

What kind of ROAS should I expect?

That depends on your sector, margin, and average order value. A subscription beauty brand and a high-ticket furniture retailer operate against very different benchmarks. After we’ve reviewed your current performance and goals, we’ll provide a realistic target rather than commit to figures that don’t account for the specifics of your business.

Do you work with Shopify, WooCommerce, and other platforms?

Yes. Shopify, WooCommerce, Magento, BigCommerce, Shopware, and custom builds are all environments we work in regularly. The platform matters less than the quality of your product data, your tracking setup, and your conversion experience, all of which we can work with effectively regardless.

How long before I see results?

Paid media produces results faster than SEO, but it still benefits from a proper runway. You’ll typically see early wins in the first month, including cleaner tracking, improved feed performance, and reduced wasted spend. Meaningful revenue impact usually lands between months two and four as the algorithms gather data and we identify the strongest creative and audience combinations.

Can you take over from our existing agency?

Yes, and we handle agency transitions regularly. We’ll arrange the right access, audit what’s been done previously, identify what to keep and what to improve, and build a clear handover plan so performance is protected through the switch rather than disrupted by it.

What if our conversion tracking is unreliable?

That’s one of the first things we address on any new account. We’ll audit your GA4 implementation, server-side tracking, Meta CAPI integration, and platform-level conversion settings, then reconcile data between platforms so the numbers you make decisions on accurately reflect what’s happening in your business.

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