By adding as many locations as possible to your campaign, you gain more insight into the performance in the target area. That way you can make bid adjustments to reduce the cost per conversion at locations that are too expensive.
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Bid adjustments on CPA or ROAS
With the latest adjustments in this script, it is possible to calculate the bid adjustments based on CPA or ROAS. The CPA or ROAS of a location is compared to the CPA or ROAS of the corresponding campaign.
Settings
In the script you can only adjust the following things:
LOG: Specify whether the script should report the intermediate steps by adjusting the value to 'true'.
DATE_RANGE: The script looks at the statistics over this period.
MINIMUM_CONVERSIONS: Set a minimum number of conversions for a location. If a location has less conversions, we won't set a bidadjustment.
MINIMUM_CONVERSIONVALUE: Set a minimum conversionvalue for a location. If a location has less revenue, we won't set a bidadjustment.
MINIMUM_COST: Set a minimum amount of cost for a location. If a location has spend less, we won't set a bidadjustment.
MINIMUM_CLICKS: Set a minimum number of clicks for a location. If a location has less clicks, we won't set a bidadjustment.
KPI: Calculate the bidadjustment based on 'CPA' or 'ROAS'.
CAMPAIGN_LABEL: Select campaigns by using a label.
MAX_BID: The bidadjustment will not be higher than this. 1.3 = +30% or 2 = +100%.
MIN_BID: The bidadjustment will not be lower than this. 0.75 = -25% or 0.5 = -50%.
Scheduling: To generate sufficient data we advise to run the script once a day or once a week.
The script
// Copyright 2021. Increase BV. All Rights Reserved.
//
// Created By: Tibbe van Asten
// for Increase B.V.
//
// Created: 20-07-2018
// Last update: 23-08-2021 - Arjan Schoorl fixed the campaignIterator
//
// ABOUT THE SCRIPT
// With this script we adjust the biddings for locations in
// active campaigns.
//
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
var config = {
LOG : true,
DATE_RANGE : "LAST_30_DAYS",
// Optional: Use minimum conversions and/or cost to select targetlocations
// Leave empty to skip
MINIMUM_CONVERSIONS : "",
MINIMUM_CONVERSIONVALUE : "",
MINIMUM_COST : "",
MINIMUM_CLICKS : "",
// Set bidadjustments based on CPA or ROAS
KPI : "ROAS",
// Optional: Use a campaignlabel to make a selection.
// Leave empty to skip
CAMPAIGN_LABEL : "",
// Bidadjustments won't be higher then MAX_BID and not lower then MIN_BID
// Examples: 1.2 = +20%, 0.8 = -20%, 2 = +100%
MAX_BID : 1.2,
MIN_BID : 0.8
}
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
function main() {
if(config.KPI != "CPA" && config.KPI != "ROAS"){
throw Error("Set KPI to 'CPA' or 'ROAS' only!");
}
var map = {};
// Collecting all targetlocation data
var report = AdsApp.report(
"SELECT Id, CampaignName, CampaignId, BidModifier, Conversions, ConversionValue, Cost, Clicks " +
"FROM CAMPAIGN_LOCATION_TARGET_REPORT " +
"WHERE IsNegative = FALSE " +
"AND CampaignStatus = ENABLED " +
" DURING " + config.DATE_RANGE
);
var rows = report.rows();
while(rows.hasNext()){
var row = rows.next();
// Check thresholds
if(config.MINIMUM_CONVERSIONS != "" || config.MINIMUM_CONVERSIONVALUE != "" ||config.MINIMUM_COST != "" || config.MINIMUM_CLICKS != ""){
if(row["Conversions"] < config.MINIMUM_CONVERSIONS || row["ConversionValue"] < config.MINIMUM_CONVERSIONVALUE || row["Cost"] < config.MINIMUM_COST || row["Clicks"] < config.MINIMUM_CLICKS) continue;
}
// Skip campaign when not set to manual bidding. And check label.
var campaignIterator = AdsApp.campaigns().withIds([row["CampaignId"]]).get();
while(campaignIterator.hasNext()) {
var campaign = campaignIterator.next();
if(campaign.bidding().getStrategyType() != "MANUAL_CPC" && campaign.bidding().getStrategyType() != "MANUAL_CPM" && campaign.bidding().getStrategyType() != "MANUAL_CPV") continue;
if(config.CAMPAIGN_LABEL != ""){ while(!campaign.labels().withCondition("Name = '" + config.CAMPAIGN_LABEL + "'").get().hasNext()) continue; }
var campaignKpi = parseFloat(getCampaignKpi(campaign.getId())).toFixed(2);
var oldBid = parseFloat(1 + (row["BidModifier"].split("%")[0] / 100)).toFixed(2);
}
// Calculate KPI's and new bid
if(config.KPI == "CPA"){ var locationKpi = parseFloat(row["Cost"] / row["Conversions"]).toFixed(2); var newBid = parseFloat(campaignKpi / locationKpi).toFixed(2); }
if(config.KPI == "ROAS"){ var locationKpi = parseFloat(row["ConversionValue"] / row["Cost"]).toFixed(2); var newBid = parseFloat(locationKpi / campaignKpi).toFixed(2); }
// If there is a CPA or ROAS, we will set a bidadjustment
if(isNaN(newBid) === false && isFinite(locationKpi) === true) {
if(newBid < config.MIN_BID) { newBid = parseFloat(config.MIN_BID).toFixed(2); }
if(newBid > config.MAX_BID) { newBid = parseFloat(config.MAX_BID).toFixed(2); }
// Add to map
if(newBid != oldBid) {
if(map[row["Id"] + "," + row["CampaignId"]] == null) {
map[row["Id"] + "," + row["CampaignId"]] = [];
}
map[row["Id"] + "," + row["CampaignId"]].push([row["Id"], row["CampaignName"], newBid]);
if(config.LOG === true){
Logger.log("Location " + row["Id"] + " in " + row["CampaignName"]);
Logger.log("Current bidadjustment: " + row["BidModifier"] + " = " + oldBid);
Logger.log("Location " + config.KPI + ": " + locationKpi + ", Campain " + config.KPI + ": " + campaignKpi + ", New bid: " + newBid);
Logger.log("------------");
}
}
} // Check bid
} // rowIterator
if(config.LOG === true){
Logger.log(" ");
Logger.log("...Loop through locations");
Logger.log(" ");
}
for (var key in map) {
var campaignIterator = AdsApp
.campaigns()
.withIds([key.split(",")[1]])
.get();
while(campaignIterator.hasNext()){
var campaign = campaignIterator.next();
var ids = [];
ids.push(key.split(",")[1]);
ids.push(key.split(",")[0]);
var locationIterator = campaign
.targeting()
.targetedLocations()
.withIds([ids])
.get();
while(locationIterator.hasNext()){
var location = locationIterator.next();
location.setBidModifier(parseFloat(map[key][0][2]));
Logger.log("Bidadjustment of " + map[key][0][2] + " set for " + map[key][0][0] + " in " + map[key][0][1]);
} // locationIterator
} // campaignIterator
} // keyIterator
} // function main()
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
function getCampaignKpi(campaignId){
var report = AdsApp.report(
"SELECT Cost, Conversions, ConversionValue " +
"FROM CAMPAIGN_PERFORMANCE_REPORT " +
"WHERE CampaignId = '" + campaignId + "' " +
"DURING " + config.DATE_RANGE
);
var rows = report.rows();
while(rows.hasNext()){
var campaign = rows.next();
if(config.KPI == "CPA"){ var campaignKpi = campaign["Cost"] / campaign["Conversions"]; }
if(config.KPI == "ROAS"){ var campaignKpi = campaign["ConversionValue"] / campaign["Cost"]; }
} // campaignIterator
return campaignKpi;
} // function getCampaignKpi()
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