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Marketplace Bookkeeping Resources

Guides, how-tos, and product updates for sellers on Amazon, Faire, eBay, and Walmart.

Amazon PPC Series

Multi-part guides — read in order or jump to the topic you need.

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Series 1

The Weekly PPC Operating System

A repeatable weekly cadence for Amazon Sponsored Products — Summary, Optimize, Protect, Grow, Restructure, and Watch — instead of reactive daily bid tweaks.

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Series 2

Stop the Waste: Search Term Negatives

When to negate, when to wait, and when never to block — hero exact keywords, two-week patterns, broad sprawl, and AUTO vs MANUAL waste.

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Series 3

Grow Without Breaking ACOS

Bid vs budget vs auto-group multipliers, CVR decay gates, placement strategy, harvest paths, and seasonal scaling windows.

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Restructure: When Amazon PPC Problems Are Architecture, Not Bids
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Restructure: When Amazon PPC Problems Are Architecture, Not Bids

Term-level tweaks won't fix overlapping campaigns, sprawl factories, or multi-week zero-order campaigns. Know when to pause, audit structure, and rebuild.

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Monthly Ad Budget Control vs. Bid Optimization
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Monthly Ad Budget Control vs. Bid Optimization

Amazon ROAS optimizes campaigns. Simentri's budget control engine watches your monthly ad spend — projected pace, alerts, and explainable trim actions.

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Grow: When to Raise Bids vs. Budgets on Amazon PPC
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Grow: When to Raise Bids vs. Budgets on Amazon PPC

Scaling winners means picking the right lever — keyword bid, daily budget, auto-group multiplier, or harvest — without breaking ACOS.

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Protect: Defend Brand Terms, Hero Keywords, and Buy Box Before You Grow
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Protect: Defend Brand Terms, Hero Keywords, and Buy Box Before You Grow

Not every zero-order term should be negated. Learn when to protect core keywords, fix listing issues, and guard Buy Box before scaling spend.

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Optimize First: Cut Waste Before You Scale Amazon PPC
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Optimize First: Cut Waste Before You Scale Amazon PPC

Raising bids on a leaky account compounds losses. Learn the waste levers — negatives, bid lowers, placement review, sprawl cleanup — and when to use each.

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Why Weekly Beats Daily for Amazon PPC
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Why Weekly Beats Daily for Amazon PPC

Daily bid tweaks react to noise. A Saturday-ending weekly cycle gives you enough signal to optimize, protect, grow, and restructure with confidence.

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Zero-Order Search Terms: Block, Fix the Listing, or Wait?
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Zero-Order Search Terms: Block, Fix the Listing, or Wait?

Blanket negation kills good traffic. Learn when to block, route, fix your listing, split dual-intent terms, or wait — before you add another negative keyword.

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You're Not Bad at PPC — You're Bad at Having 4 Hours Every Monday
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You're Not Bad at PPC — You're Bad at Having 4 Hours Every Monday

A real Amazon PPC weekly review takes 3–4 hours. Simentri Ad Insights compresses it into a 15-minute prioritized action queue across Summary, Optimize, Protect, Grow, and Restructure.

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15–25% of Your Ad Spend Probably Has Zero Orders
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15–25% of Your Ad Spend Probably Has Zero Orders

Campaign ACOS can look fine while search terms quietly burn budget with zero sales. Here's how to find every zero-order leak — and how Simentri ranks them by dollar impact.

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Faire Accrual Accounting: Automate Revenue Recognition in QuickBooks
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Faire Accrual Accounting: Automate Revenue Recognition in QuickBooks

Faire pays per order on 30- or 60-day terms after shipment. Without accrual accounting, your revenue lands in the wrong month every time. Here's how Simentri fixes it automatically.

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How to Check if Amazon Owes You Money: FBA Reimbursements Guide
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How to Check if Amazon Owes You Money: FBA Reimbursements Guide

Amazon loses and damages FBA inventory more often than most sellers realize — and only reimburses sellers who find the discrepancies and file claims. This guide shows you how to check, step by step.

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How to Record Amazon Sales in QuickBooks Online
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How to Record Amazon Sales in QuickBooks Online

Amazon pays out via biweekly settlement reports that bundle sales, fees, refunds, and more into a single deposit. Here's how to record them accurately in QuickBooks Online.

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Introducing Simentri: Automated Marketplace Bookkeeping for Amazon, Faire & eBay
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Introducing Simentri: Automated Marketplace Bookkeeping for Amazon, Faire & eBay

Manual reconciliation of marketplace orders is time-consuming and error-prone. We built Simentri to eliminate that work entirely — automated bookkeeping for Amazon, Faire, eBay, and Walmart.

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