{"id":23922,"date":"2023-05-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/uncategorized\/the-only-9-meta-ad-campaigns-you-need-for-your-ecommerce-brand-in-2024\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T22:16:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T22:16:52","slug":"the-only-9-meta-ad-campaigns-you-need-for-your-ecommerce-brand-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodads.ai\/blog\/the-only-9-meta-ad-campaigns-you-need-for-your-ecommerce-brand-in-2024","title":{"rendered":"The only 9 Meta ad campaigns you need for your eCommerce brand in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"\">With Meta\u2019s ad landscape changing so rapidly, it\u2019s hard to keep track of which campaigns are working.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">At Socioh, we work with 100s of eCommerce brands and ad agencies. Based on our learnings from this consolidated data, here are our top 9 campaigns for Summer 2023.<\/p>\n<h1 id=\"\">Prospecting Campaigns<\/h1>\n<p id=\"\">Top-of-the-funnel campaigns targeting new customers. These campaigns are designed to <strong id=\"\">catch the attention of potential buyers<\/strong> and encourage them to learn more or take action, such as making a purchase.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">While prospecting campaigns may not appear to perform as well as retargeting campaigns in terms of CTR or ROAS, it\u2019s crucial to run them so you always have enough new shoppers to include in your retargeting funnel.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">In fact, at Socioh, we recommend spending 80-85% of your ad budget on prospecting campaigns.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"\">1. Advantage+ Shopping Campaign (ASC)<\/h3>\n<p id=\"\">ASC is Meta\u2019s latest campaign. The idea behind it is twofold:<\/p>\n<ol id=\"\">\n<li id=\"\">To improve targeting based on Meta\u2019s latest AI-based algorithm. This is Meta\u2019s answer to iOS14.<\/li>\n<li id=\"\">To streamline or simplify campaign creation. The advertiser can now focus on the creative, leaving targeting and placement to Meta.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p id=\"\">This campaign is great for testing creatives and scaling spend. All you need to do is define the percentage of your budget you\u2019d like to allocate to retargeting existing customers. The remaining budget will automatically be used for prospecting.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\"><strong id=\"\">Campaign type: <\/strong>Conversion<\/p>\n<p id=\"\"><strong id=\"\">Target audience<\/strong>: Decided by Meta<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">ASC is great for both prospecting &amp; retargeting as it combines both in the same campaign. I recommend starting with this campaign for Prospecting.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\"><a id=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/socioh.com\/blog\/metas-advantage-shopping-campaigns-whats-working-in-summer-2023?utm_source=Soh&#038;utm_medium=blog\">See best practices for ASC campaigns here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"\">2. Broad Targeting<\/h3>\n<p id=\"\">Since iOS14, targeting options that actually work for prospecting campaigns have become far more limited. Broad or open targeting is one of the few that remain effective for almost all accounts.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">In broad targeting, the advertiser does not specify any information while setting up the ad. This gives Meta free reign to use its AI to target anyone that it believes could be your potential customer.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\"><strong id=\"\">Campaign type:<\/strong> Conversion<\/p>\n<p id=\"\"><strong id=\"\">Target audience:<\/strong> Broad\/Open (based on Meta\u2019s AI)<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">If you\u2019d like to narrow your audience, you could layer on interests that are relevant to your brand. We usually recommend at least 3-5 interests, each of which has millions of people. Try not to select narrow interests that have less than 2 million people.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">\u200d<strong id=\"\">Tip:<\/strong> This campaign, along with the Creative Testing retargeting campaign, is great for testing new creatives or for scaling existing top-performing creatives.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">\u200d<\/p>\n<div data-rt-embed-type=\"true\">\n<div class=\"light-orange-bar-text-block\" style=\"padding-bottom: 4px;\">\n<h3>Join a growing community of 4000+ founders and advertisers<\/h3>\n<p>No clickbait. Get only the most current, most relevant insights on advertising and eCommerce.<\/p>\n<p>Once every week.<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"margin: 0; border-radius: 0px !important; background-color: transparent;\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.beehiiv.com\/642b0a57-5172-4987-af8c-76a7bfa479ad?slim=true\" height=\"52\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-test-id=\"beehiiv-embed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>100% free. No spam.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 id=\"\">3. Dynamic Ad, Broad Audience (DABA)<\/h3>\n<p id=\"\">DABA stands for \u2018Dynamic Ads, Broad Audience\u2019. These are feed-based ads that are shown to anyone that Meta thinks is likely to purchase from you.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">This is one of the most effective campaigns to run at the top-of-the-funnel and is favored by ad agencies. I highly recommend running this campaign as part of your prospecting strategy.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">DABA campaigns have become extremely popular since iOS14 as they harness the full power of Meta\u2019s AI and match specific products from your catalog to shoppers browsing for similar products in other stores.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\"><strong id=\"\">Campaign type:&gt;<\/strong>\u00a0 Dynamic Catalog Ad<\/p>\n<p id=\"\"><strong id=\"\">Target audience:<\/strong>Broad\/Open (based on Meta\u2019s AI)<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">The main difference between this campaign and the Broad Audience campaign is that DABA is a dynamic ad \u2013 it is based on your product catalog or product feed. Learn more about <a id=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/socioh.com\/blog\/what-are-dynamic-ads\">dynamic ads here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">\u200d<strong id=\"\">Tip:<\/strong> Using an enriched or designed product feed can significantly improve the performance of your dynamic ads. Meta\u2019s design options for dynamic ads are fairly limited, but tools like <a id=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/socioh.com\/branded-product-feed-for-dynamic-product-ad\">Socioh\u2019s Branded Catalogs<\/a> can help you get more control over your dynamic creatives and messaging. See <a id=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/socioh.com\/blog\/optimize-your-meta-catalog-ads-examples\">how to optimize your catalog ads with examples from real brands<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"\">4. Creative Testing<\/h3>\n<p id=\"\">This is a <a id=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/socioh.com\/\">Socioh-specific<\/a> campaign, but you can create it yourself in Meta\u2019s business manager.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">The 3 main targeting options that are being used post-iOS 14 are:<\/p>\n<ol id=\"\">\n<li id=\"\">Broad or Open targeting<\/li>\n<li id=\"\">Interest-based targeting<\/li>\n<li id=\"\">Lookalike audiences<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p id=\"\">Typically some combination of these audiences will work well for most accounts. That\u2019s why at Socioh, we have created a CBO campaign targeting all 3 audiences.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">Socioh\u2019s Lookalikes are based on custom audiences determined by our machine-learning algorithm. The seed audience for the Lookalike consists of each store\u2019s best customers and is based on the store own data and purchase history.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">This campaign is ideal for testing new creatives as you target all 3 main audiences, but let Meta decide which audience would work best for that creative.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\"><strong id=\"\">Campaign type:<\/strong> Conversion<\/p>\n<p id=\"\"><strong id=\"\">Target audience:<\/strong> Broad\/Open, Interest-based, Lookalikes of your best customers<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"\">5. Capped Scaling<\/h3>\n<p id=\"\">This is an advanced campaign ideal for experienced marketers and is used to scale your ad spend once you have a proved set of creatives.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">First, select your bidding option. I recommend cost caps over bid caps if you are not a pro advertiser.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\"><strong id=\"\">Bid cap <\/strong>places a hard limit on the maximum spend on acquiring each customer (CAC).<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">With <strong id=\"\">cost cap<\/strong>, the advertiser specifies an average cost per conversion. This gives the ad platform the flexibility to go above your specified budget for some conversion as long as the average conversion cost stays below the cost cap amount.<br \/>\n<a id=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/socioh.com\/blog\/key-facebook-advertising-metrics-you-should-know-meta-analytics-glossary-2023?utm_source=Soh&#038;utm_medium=blog\">See examples here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">Next, select the ad sets or audiences you\u2019d like to target, ideally select audiences that you have already seen success with. Finally, launch the creatives that you have confidence in and would like to scale your spend with.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\"><strong id=\"\">Campaign type:<\/strong> Conversion<\/p>\n<p id=\"\"><strong id=\"\">Target audience:<\/strong>Broad\/Open, Interest-based, Lookalikes of your best customers<\/p>\n<h1 id=\"\">Retargeting Campaigns<\/h1>\n<p id=\"\">These bottom-of-the-funnel campaigns target shoppers who <strong id=\"\">already have some awareness<\/strong> of your brand. This includes your website visitors, social media engagers, email lists, etc.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">Since these campaigns target a qualified audience, they tend to perform better in terms of conversions but are often more expensive than top-of-the-funnel campaigns.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">One potential issue is that you can fatigue this audience if you don\u2019t keep adding to it constantly.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">We recommend spending only about 15-20% of your budget on retargeting ads, and using the rest of your budget to prospect.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"\">6. Full Store DPA<\/h3>\n<p id=\"\">For most accounts, this is the most profitable type of campaign. If you only run one campaign for retargeting, this should be it.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">The Dynamic Product Ad is a carousel ad <strong id=\"\">based on your product feed<\/strong> or product catalog. It shows your site visitors the same products that they have already expressed interest in, which is why it tends to be extremely effective.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">For this campaign, we suggest breaking up your audience into ad sets based on the volume of traffic to your website.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\"><strong id=\"\">Example<\/strong>: A site with a large number of visitors might want to split its traffic into 2 ad sets (cart abandoners for the past 60 days + website bouncers for the past 90 days), while a brand with less traffic could have a single ad set targeting all website traffic for the past 90 days.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\"><strong id=\"\">Campaign type: <\/strong>Dynamic Catalog Ad<\/p>\n<p id=\"\"><strong id=\"\">Target audience:<\/strong> Pixel-based<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"\">7. BOF Conversion<\/h3>\n<p id=\"\">This campaign can be used as a <strong id=\"\">secondary<\/strong> <strong id=\"\">retargeting experience<\/strong> along with the full-store DPA or as an alternative campaign to the DPA.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">Good reasons to run this campaign:<\/p>\n<ol id=\"\">\n<li id=\"\"><strong id=\"\">Supports all ad formats<\/strong>. With a conversion ad, you can run Videos, images, carousals with a first card or any other ad format that is supported by Meta. Unlike DPAs, conversion campaigns are not restricted to feed-based ads.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol id=\"\" start=\"2\">\n<li id=\"\">Another reason you might want to run a conversion ad is if you <strong id=\"\">don\u2019t have enough SKUs<\/strong> to run an effective DPA but still want to retarget your bottom-of-the-funnel traffic.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol id=\"\" start=\"3\">\n<li id=\"\">\u00a0If you sell products with a longer conversion cycle like luxury items or furniture, you may need to <strong id=\"\">nurture your leads for a longer period<\/strong>. The BOF conversion ad is a great additional campaign in this case. You could use this to address any known objections, build trust, show off user-generated content, or highlight a new customer promo to encourage your audience to convert.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p id=\"\">Again, like in the DPA, we recommend splitting up your audience based on traffic volume.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\"><strong id=\"\">Campaign type:<\/strong> Conversion<\/p>\n<p id=\"\"><strong id=\"\">Target audience:<\/strong> Pixel-based<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"\">8. Product Category<\/h3>\n<p id=\"\">For stores with a <strong id=\"\">number of distinct categories<\/strong> or with more than one dominant category, it makes sense to run a Category retargeting campaign.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">This helps you run focussed ads for each audience segment so you don\u2019t waste your ad budget on non-customers.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\"><strong id=\"\">Example<\/strong>: An apparel brand stocks products for men, women, and children. When they release a new spring collection for women\u2019s dresses, they probably don\u2019t want to retarget past purchasers of men\u2019s shirts. It would be far more profitable to retarget only those shoppers who have viewed women\u2019s dresses in the past 90 days.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\"><strong id=\"\">Campaign type:<\/strong> Conversion<\/p>\n<p id=\"\"><strong id=\"\">Target audience:<\/strong> Pixel-based<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"\">9. Consolidated<\/h3>\n<p id=\"\">This is a great campaign for <strong id=\"\">time-sensitive promotions<\/strong>. When you are running a sale or have a new collection, you want to get in front of as many people as possible.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">The \u2018Consolidated\u2019 campaign combines all your existing warm audiences.\u00a0 This includes your social media engagers, past purchasers, website bouncers, and any email lists you want to retarget &#8211; basically any potential buyer who has shown interest in your brand.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\"><strong id=\"\">Campaign type: <\/strong>Conversion<\/p>\n<p id=\"\"><strong id=\"\">Target audience:<\/strong> Combination of all retargeting audiences &#8211; pixel-based, past purchasers, social engagers &amp; email lists<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">Use a creative that highlights your promotion and run this creative across all your ad sets. You can easily test different catalog designs without losing campaign learnings with Socioh\u2019s <a id=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/socioh.com\/blog\/smart-switch-edit-your-daba-dpa-campaigns-without-losing-learnings\">Smart Switch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"\">Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p id=\"\">These campaigns are the only campaigns any brand needs to get started on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">Here\u2019s a cheat sheet to help you understand and create these campaigns directly on Meta.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">\u200d<\/p>\n<h6 id=\"\">PROSPECTING CAMPAIGNS<\/h6>\n<figure id=\"\" class=\"w-richtext-figure-type-image w-richtext-align-center\" data-rt-type=\"image\" data-rt-align=\"center\">\n<div id=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/goodads.ai\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/646df515e030e79873c041c3_table20120-20920campaigns.png\" alt=\"Table20120 20920campaigns\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/div><figcaption id=\"\">Prospecting campaigns to test in your account<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"\">\u200d<\/p>\n<h6 id=\"\">RETARGETING CAMPAIGNS<\/h6>\n<figure id=\"\" class=\"w-richtext-figure-type-image w-richtext-align-center\" data-rt-type=\"image\" data-rt-align=\"center\">\n<div id=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/goodads.ai\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/646d821f48513cb492751701_Screenshot202023-05-2320at208.17.2720PM.png\" alt=\"Screenshot202023 05 2320at208.17.2720PM\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/div><figcaption id=\"\">Retargeting campaigns to test in your account<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"\">I\u2019d love to hear how these worked for you. Drop comments and questions below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Socioh, we work with 100s of eCommerce brands &#038; ad agencies. 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