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Take control of Performance Max.

Performance Max management that segments your catalogue by purchase intent, so you can see where the budget goes and what it earns. Owned by a named strategist.

+100%

Aussie Sock Shop: revenue, Nov 2024 vs 2023, Performance Max + Shopping

The data behind every segment.

Segmentation is only as good as the intent data behind it. These are the accounts and the search terms it comes from.

Growth brands 250+ Running Bidnamic across their Google Ads
Search terms scored 500m+ Every one scored for purchase intent
Google ad spend managed £1bn+ Across ecommerce accounts, measured in Google Ads
Impression share 83% of purchase-intent searches won

Performance Max hides the detail. We put it back.

Performance Max pools Shopping, Search, Display and YouTube into one automated campaign and reports it back as a single line. You cannot steer what you cannot see.

We split it into segments you choose, so spend and reporting follow the objective for each part of the catalogue, including the products a single catch-all campaign leaves invisible.

One campaign, or segments you choose

With Performance Max in control, the whole catalogue sits in one campaign with a single budget, run on campaign-level levers and Google’s own defaults. With you in complete control, the catalogue is split into segments you choose (best sellers, new lines and clearance), each with its own budget, running to its own objective.

Campaign-level levers and Google’s own defaults.

Each part of the catalogue runs to its own objective.

Three things a catch‑all campaign cannot do.

Advanced segmentation is what turns one opaque campaign into decisions you can actually make.

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Segmentation, visibility and the long tail

01 · Segmentation

Match each part of the catalogue to its objective

Best sellers, new lines and clearance do not want the same strategy. Segments let each one run to its own goal instead of averaging into one.

02 · Visibility

See where the budget actually goes

Granular segments make spend legible, so you can move it deliberately rather than trusting one aggregate number.

03 · The long tail

Sell the products PMax ignores

Left alone, Performance Max concentrates on proven winners and the rest of the catalogue stays invisible. Segmenting the quiet SKUs gives them their own budget and their own chance.

A very successful journey starts with a plan.

01

Understand your goals: kick-off call

A call with a strategist to learn your business, your margins and what growth needs to look like.

02

Free account audit + diagnosis

Connect Google Ads read-only. We show exactly what your current campaign is hiding.

03

Tailored proposal for your strategy

A plan for your account, built around your products and goals, agreed with you before anything changes.

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Products for your Google Ads account

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02 · Uplift challenge

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03 · Visibility tracker

Find what you are missing

Monitor which competitors show up against your product terms, and where you never appear at all.

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See what Performance Max isn’t showing you.

A named strategist walks your account with you: what is capping growth, and what it would take to move it.

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Frequently Asked Questions about Performance Max

What does Performance Max management actually include?
How the campaign is segmented, the product data feeding it, and the structure that sits on top of them. We score every search term for purchase intent and split the campaign so each part of your catalogue runs to its own objective, then A/B test every change against your live results. A named strategist owns the account and talks you through what changed and why.
What does Performance Max hide from me?
It pools Shopping, Search, Display and YouTube into one campaign and reports the result as a single line, with very little search-term visibility. What you still control inside it is your product data and how the campaign is segmented, which is exactly what we work on. That makes structure matter more under Performance Max, not less.
Do I keep control of my Google Ads account?
Yes. The Google Ads account, the data and the decisions stay yours. We never apply one strategy across everything, and your strategist talks you through what changed and why.
How quickly could we go live?
It depends on your account and the products we run, so we set out the timeline with you in your tailored proposal after the free audit. Once you are live, the first A/B tests report shortly after, and results compound from there as spend keeps shifting towards the segments that sell.
What does a free audit from Bidnamic actually involve?
We get read-only access to your Google Ads account. We cannot change anything, and you can revoke that access straight away. There are no long forms to fill in. We aim to come back within one working day with what is capping your growth, including what your current Performance Max campaign is not showing you.