How Do I Monitor My Helium 10 Ads Spend?

Elite and Diamond members who manage their Amazon Advertising using the powerful Helium 10 Ads platform can monitor their Helium 10 Ads spend and fees in the Plans & Billing area of the member profile.

1. From the dashboard, click on the profile icon in the top right corner.

2. On the Plans & Billing page, click on the highlighted text that says View Billing History located in the top left of the chart.

3. If you are on the Diamond or Elite plan, and have activated Helium 10 Ads to manage your Amazon Advertising, the Helium 10 Ads spend widget will display at the top of your Billing Information window.

4. Helium 10 displays the current billing period’s Helium 10 Ads spend. That date range is based on your billing cycle, so if your Helium 10 account is billed on the 10th of the month, the Helium 10 Ads spend will follow. Because complete ad spend data from Amazon is generally delayed by several days, the total Helium 10 Ads spend for any billing period will generally finalize 3-4 days after the end of that billing cycle.

5. To see a previous billing cycle’s data, use the drop-down date menu in the top left. Select the date range for the period you want to view, and it will display.

6. The Helium 10 Ads billing bar graph includes a bold black line to show the advertising spend limit, before an added 2% fee is assessed, helping you visually track your actual spend against your limit. 

7. To see your reported daily Helium 10 Ads spend, and the actual accumulated spend for a single billing period, hover over a date at the bottom of the chart. A pop-up window will display both.

8. Due to Amazon’s methods in assigning attribution of sales to ads, the most recent three days’ click numbers are in an unstable state of change. Consequently, Helium 10 Ads does not include them in its live analysis. This includes the tracking of all Helium 10 Ads spend. The most recent three days’ Helium 10 Ads spend will not record until Helium 10 Ads has confirmed the numbers are as accurate as possible.

9. If you review the previous month’s data 3-4 days into the new billing cycle, you will be able to see the full spend of the previous month’s Helium 10 Ads spend. In this example, the prior billing cycle only has a total of USD 2,723 spent on advertising, far short of the limit on the account. If an account exceeds the Helium 10 Ads Advertising Spend limit, sellers will see the 2% fee charged to their credit card several days after the end of the previous billing cycle.

10. To download a current or previous billing period Helium 10 Ads spend report, choose the time frame from the drop-down period menu, then click the Download full report button. The file will download as a CSV file.

To view the report using Excel, open Excel and then Import the file (the process may vary slightly, depending on the type of computer and which version of Excel you are using).

The report will contain the daily Helium 10 Ads spend, as well as the accrued spend, by individual market.

To read more about the fees associated with large Helium 10 Ads spend, check out the article “Which Helium 10 Plans Include Helium 10 Ads and How Much Does Helium 10 Ads Cost?”