Amazon Negative Keyword Limitations

What Amazon WON'T let you add as a negative

Negative phrase: Ads don't show on shopping queries that contain the complete phrase or close variations. There’s a maximum limit of 4 words per negative phrase keyword.

Negative exact: Ads don't show on shopping queries that contain the exact phrase or close variation. There’s a maximum limit of 10 words per negative exact keyword.

Keyword character constraints :

  • The maximum length of characters in a keyword is 80 characters.

  • You can use a blank space in a keyword, but leading or tailing spaces are not allowed.

  • When using the period (.) character, it can only be used in the middle of keywords or in the middle of blank spaces.

  • When using the hyphen (-) or the plus (+) characters, they can only be used in the middle of keywords and cannot have blank spaces around them. This applies only to keywords, campaign names do not have this restriction.

  • The double-quote (") character must be used in pairs (for example, leather "rocker" jacket). Phrases with a single use of the character (for example, 40" screen) are not supported.

  • The maximum number of parts for a positive keyword is 10.

  • The maximum number of parts for a negative keyword is 4.

  • For negativeExact match type, the negative keyword can have up to 10 parts.

  • Other valid characters are included in the following Unicode scope: {\u3000 to \u309F}, {\u30A0 to \u30FF}, {\u4E00 to \u9FFF}, and {\uFF00 to \uFFEF}. This means that hiragana, katakana, and kanji characters are also allowed in keywords.

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