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Amazon Ads is a pay-per-click (PPC) advertising platform that allows businesses to promote their products on the Amazon marketplace and reach a highly targeted audience. With Amazon Ads, businesses have the opportunity to increase their return on advertising spend (ROAS) and decrease their advertising cost of sale (ACOS) by targeting specific keywords and demographics. In addition, Amazon Ads can help businesses increase their lifetime value (LTV) by driving more traffic to their product listings and increasing their visibility on the Amazon marketplace.

First, the Supreme Court ruling in South Dakota v. Wayfair meant that states could require sellers to collect taxes based on sales rather than just physical presence. Most states quickly took advantage and introduced new “economic nexus” laws.

In 2018 in the U.S. alone, total ecommerce sales on marketplaces are worth $473 billion, with a projected increase to as much as $526 billion in the next year. According to data from the U.S. Census Bureau, in the first quarter of 2018 ecommerce accounted for 9.3 percent of total sales in this country.