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Amazon Ads

Amazon Ads

Digital AdvertisingDivisionWalled gardenadvertising.amazon.com

Amazon Ads connects brands to high-intent shoppers using unmatched first-party purchase data, enabling full-funnel advertising with closed-loop measurement from impression to purchase.

HQ: Seattle, Washington, United StatesConnections: 254

Last updated Jun 28, 2026 by ATDb automated enrichment · Connections updated Jul 16, 2026

At a glance

Employees
10001+
Revenue
$50B+
Stock
AMZN
176integrations17competitors3corporate family1partners

About

Third-largest digital advertising platform globally, dominant leader in retail media and commerce-driven advertising

Amazon Ads is the advertising division of Amazon, offering a comprehensive suite of solutions including Sponsored Products, Sponsored Brands, Sponsored Display, Amazon DSP, streaming TV ads, and audio advertising. Built on top of Amazon's vast e-commerce ecosystem, the platform gives advertisers access to rich first-party purchase and browsing data from hundreds of millions of active customers worldwide, enabling highly targeted and measurable campaigns across the full marketing funnel. Amazon Ads has grown into the third-largest digital advertising business globally, trailing only Google and Meta. Its unique advantage lies in its ability to close the loop between ad exposure and actual purchase behavior, offering attribution and measurement capabilities that few competitors can match. The platform serves everyone from small independent sellers running Sponsored Products campaigns to Fortune 500 brands executing large-scale programmatic and video strategies via Amazon DSP and Prime Video Ads. In recent years, Amazon Ads has significantly expanded its off-Amazon reach through its DSP, partnerships with third-party publishers, and the growth of its streaming inventory via Prime Video, Freevee, and Twitch. The business generates tens of billions of dollars in annual revenue and is one of Amazon's fastest-growing and highest-margin segments, making it a central pillar of Amazon's overall financial performance and a major force reshaping the global AdTech landscape.

Business model

Marketplace / Self-Serve Advertising Platform

Target market

Enterprise, Mid-Market, SMB

What they offer

  • Sponsored Products

    Cost-per-click ads that promote individual product listings in Amazon search results and product detail pages

  • Sponsored Brands

    Banner-style ads featuring a brand logo, custom headline, and multiple products, appearing in search results

  • Sponsored Display

    Self-service display advertising targeting audiences on and off Amazon based on shopping signals

  • Amazon DSP

    Demand-side platform enabling programmatic buying of display, video, and audio ads across Amazon-owned and third-party inventory

  • Prime Video Ads

    Streaming TV advertising inventory within Prime Video, reaching a large engaged audience

  • Twitch Ads

    Advertising solutions across Twitch's live-streaming platform including video, display, and branded integrations

  • Amazon Attribution

    Measurement solution that tracks how non-Amazon marketing channels contribute to Amazon sales

  • Amazon Marketing Cloud (AMC)

    Privacy-safe, cloud-based data clean room enabling advertisers to perform custom analytics across Amazon Ads signals

  • Audio Ads

    Streaming audio ads delivered on Amazon Music and Alexa-enabled devices

  • Stores

    Free, multi-page brand storefronts on Amazon enabling immersive shopping experiences

Key features

First-party purchase and browsing data from hundreds of millions of Amazon customersClosed-loop attribution linking ad exposure directly to purchase outcomesAmazon Marketing Cloud (AMC) data clean room for advanced analyticsFull-funnel advertising from awareness to conversionCross-channel programmatic reach via Amazon DSPStreaming TV and audio inventory through Prime Video, Freevee, and TwitchRobust self-serve campaign management consoleAPI access for third-party tool integration and automationBrand analytics and audience insightsInternational reach across Amazon's global marketplace footprint

Use cases

Retail and e-commerce brands driving product sales on AmazonBrand awareness campaigns via streaming TV and audioProgrammatic display and video advertising off Amazon via DSPCompetitive conquesting and category targeting for CPG brandsNew product launches leveraging Amazon shopper audiencesCross-channel attribution and measurement for omnichannel marketersAudience retargeting based on Amazon purchase and browsing behaviorSmall business and independent seller growth through Sponsored Products

Customer segments

Amazon third-party sellers (SMB to Enterprise)Consumer packaged goods (CPG) brandsDirect-to-consumer (DTC) brandsRetail and e-commerce companiesEntertainment and media companiesAutomotive brandsFinancial services advertisersAdvertising agencies and trading desks

Tech & specs

Technology stack

Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud infrastructureMachine learning and AI for bidding and targeting optimizationAmazon Marketing Cloud (clean room / data collaboration)Programmatic RTB infrastructure for DSPFirst-party identity graph based on Amazon account dataStreaming ad delivery infrastructure for Prime Video and TwitchAmazon Ads API for programmatic campaign management

Security & compliance

GDPRCCPAIAB TCFSOC 2Privacy-safe data clean room (AMC)

Deployment

Cloud

API

Yes

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