Quick Start Guide

Pre-requisites

To use Publishing Performance you must have both:

• A KDP account
• An Amazon Advertising Account (if you don't have an Amazon Advertising account yet, follow this guide)

1. Onboarding Tour

After logging in, you'll see a popup inviting you to take our onboarding tour. This tour guides you through our main features, making it easy to get started and understand how to make the most of Publishing Performance. If you accidentally close the tour, just click the Get Help button in the bottom right corner, then select Welcome Tour from the useful links section to find it again.

2. Look around the dashboard

Our reporting tools offer valuable insights in to the performance of your advertisements, allowing you to gauge their effectiveness and make informed decisions.

Our dashboard gives you a great snapshot of how your ads are doing overall. For more detailed insights, hop over to the My Books page. There, you'll find a breakdown of results by book, including which keywords are really driving sales. View the full guide on reporting here.

When you first sign up, we bring in all your existing advertisements from Amazon Advertising, it can take up to 36 hours for this data to show. Learn more about how Amazon Advertising data works with Publishing Performance here.

3. Advertise your first book

Advertise your first book in just a few minutes! 

To add a new book, click the Add New Book button from your dashboard and follow the 3 simple steps. View the full guide and video walk through here.

Other helpful guides:

• Choosing Your Budget
• Selecting Keywords

4. View results with detailed reports

Now you can sit back and let our AI do the work for you! Once the results start coming in, you can learn more about reporting from our guide.

While the timeframe for seeing results can vary based on several factors, including genre competitiveness and advertising budget, many users begin to notice improvements in their campaign performance within just a few days of using Publishing Performance. Our AI is diligently analyzing your ads and optimizing them for success, we suggest allowing up to 2 weeks before you start to see noticeable results. 

View our FAQs for answers to other common questions.

5. Support

We offer comprehensive customer support to address any questions, concerns, or technical issues you may encounter. Simply click the Get Help button in the bottom right hand corner and click Get More Help enter as many details you can about your request and include screenshots where possible. Our support team will review the details and get back to you promptly. You can also email support@publishingperformance.com directly.