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Performance Max campaigns

Today's shoppers are tapping into an ever-growing number of places online and offline to find what they need. Maximise your reach and meet more customers wherever they're shopping. Performance Max allows advertisers to access new inventory, formats and audiences across all Google channels including YouTube, Search and Discover.1

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Here's what you can do with Performance Max campaigns

Maximise your reach

Show up across all of Google's ad inventory and formats. Find new customers wherever, and whenever they're searching or consuming content.

Drive traffic and sales

Reach more converting customers across Google and increase your online, in-store or omnichannel sales.

Uncover insights and trends

Gain actionable insights to improve your campaigns' performance and find new and unexpected audiences that match your goals.

Get your products in front of hundreds of millions of potential customers from a single campaign.

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Optimise for online and in-store goals

Whether your customers are looking for what you sell online or in-store, you can reach them in both places. Performance Max allows you to measure and optimise for online sales and in-store goals like shop visits, calls and directions clicks.

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  • Success story

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    Joybird sees a 95% lift in revenue

    Joybird, an online furniture retailer, was already seeing great success driving online sales with Smart Shopping campaigns. To take their campaigns to the next level, Joybird partnered with Go Fish to test Performance Max.

    “ Performance Max outperformed our previous Smart Shopping campaigns and took our efficiency to the next level, allowing us to grow our revenue in a more profitable way.”
    — Eric Tsai, VP of Marketing and Business Development

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    Joybird, an online furniture retailer, was already seeing great success driving online sales with Smart Shopping campaigns. To take their campaigns to the next level, Joybird partnered with Go Fish to test Performance Max.

    Logo for Joybird
    “ Performance Max outperformed our previous Smart Shopping campaigns and took our efficiency to the next level, allowing us to grow our revenue in a more profitable way.”
    - Eric Tsai, VP of Marketing and Business Development

    Key stats

    95%

    increase in revenue

    40%

    increase in return on ad spend (ROAS)

  • Success story

    Logo for Public Rec

    Public Rec obtains a 28% increase in conversions

    Athleisure retailer, Public Rec, was an early adopter of Performance Max, with the goal of increasing online sales and improving return on ad spend (ROAS). To test Performance Max alongside their Smart Shopping campaigns, Public Rec provided additional high-quality creative assets to maximise coverage across all of Google's inventory and formats.

    “ Performance Max is efficient and easy for any marketer, experienced or beginner. We've been able to grow our business by tapping into all of Google's properties, ensuring that we're capturing the right customers from every angle.”
    — Esther Yang, SEM Manager & Howard Zisser, Head of Marketing

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    Athleisure retailer, Public Rec, was an early adopter of Performance Max, with the goal of increasing online sales and improving return on ad spend (ROAS). To test Performance Max alongside their Smart Shopping campaigns, Public Rec provided additional high-quality creative assets to maximise coverage across all of Google's inventory and formats.

    Logo for Public Rec
    “ Performance Max is efficient and easy for any marketer, experienced or beginner. We've been able to grow our business by tapping into all of Google's properties, ensuring that we're capturing the right customers from every angle.”
    - Esther Yang, SEM Manager & Howard Zisser, Head of Marketing

    Key stats

    28%

    increase in conversions

    5:1

    return on ad spend (ROAS)

  • Success story

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    Estée Lauder sees a 45% higher return on ad spend (ROAS)

    Estée Lauder is one of the leading beauty brands in the world. To adapt to changing consumer behaviour as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Estée Lauder partnered with Zenith to set up and optimise Performance Max campaigns. Performance Max is now a long-term growth engine for increasing Estée Lauder's e-commerce sales.

    “ E-commerce is one of our key pillars. We see great potential with these Performance Max campaigns, and they will help us achieve our goal sooner.”
    — Kerry Lee, Consumer Engagement Manager, Estée Lauder Taiwan

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    Estée Lauder is one of the leading beauty brands in the world. To adapt to changing consumer behaviour as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Estée Lauder partnered with Zenith to set up and optimise Performance Max campaigns. Performance Max is now a long-term growth engine for increasing Estée Lauder's e-commerce sales.

    Logo for Estée Lauder
    “ E-commerce is one of our key pillars. We see great potential with these Performance Max campaigns, and they will help us achieve our goal sooner.”
    - Kerry Lee, Consumer Engagement Manager, Estée Lauder Taiwan

    Key stats

    45%

    higher ROAS (vs Smart Shopping campaigns)

    2.4x

    higher conversion rate (vs Smart Shopping campaigns)

  • Success story

    Logo for Pantaloons

    Pantaloons drives a 33% higher return on ad spend (ROAS)

    Pantaloons is a clothing retailer offering trendy clothing and accessories from multiple brands. To keep revenue strong, the brand had primarily focused its marketing on Smart Shopping ads, but it decided to try a new tactic – Performance Max campaigns – to help increase sales and achieve an even greater return on ad spend (ROAS).

    “ Performance Max has enabled incremental growth for us, given us a higher ROI and garnered significant business at scaled efficiencies.”
    — Sumit Singh, Digital Head, Pantaloons

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    Pantaloons is a clothing retailer offering trendy clothing and accessories from multiple brands. To keep revenue strong, the brand had primarily focused its marketing on Smart Shopping ads, but it decided to try a new tactic – Performance Max campaigns – to help increase sales and achieve an even greater return on ad spend (ROAS).

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    “ Performance Max has enabled incremental growth for us, given us a higher ROI and garnered significant business at scaled efficiencies.”
    - Sumit Singh, Digital Head, Pantaloons

    Key stats

    13%

    increase in final sales

    33%

    higher return on ad spend (ROAS)

  • Success story

    Logo for Sportisimo

    Sportisimo gets a 38% revenue boost

    Sportisimo is an omnichannel retailer selling sporting goods and sports and fitness clothing. After successfully running Smart Shopping campaigns for a long time, Sportisimo turned to Performance Max to maximise reach across Search, Shopping, Display, Discover and YouTube.

    “ We are satisfied with results achieved so far by Performance Max and we plan to continue using this type of campaign in Slovakia.”
    — Matej Múčka, Performance Marketing Team Leader

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    Sportisimo is an omnichannel retailer selling sporting goods and sports and fitness clothing. After successfully running Smart Shopping campaigns for a long time, Sportisimo turned to Performance Max to maximise reach across Search, Shopping, Display, Discover and YouTube.

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    “ We are satisfied with results achieved so far by Performance Max and we plan to continue using this type of campaign in Slovakia.”
    - Matej Múčka, Performance Marketing Team Leader

    Key stats

    38%

    increase in revenue

    36%

    increase in conversions

  • Success story

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    microspot.ch sees revenue rise by 40%

    Online retailer microspot.ch faced a challenging market in 2021, with declining year-over-year query volumes and rising competition in their core product categories. By adopting automation and providing high-quality assets, microspot.ch used Performance Max to drive additional revenue and conversion for their consumer electronics products.

    “ Performance Max became such a significant contributor towards our marketing objectives that we are now planning to roll it out across all our accounts.”
    — Simon Achermann, Head of Online

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    Online retailer microspot.ch faced a challenging market in 2021, with declining year-over-year query volumes and rising competition in their core product categories. By adopting automation and providing high-quality assets, microspot.ch used Performance Max to drive additional revenue and conversion for their consumer electronics products.

    Logo for microspot.ch
    “ Performance Max became such a significant contributor towards our marketing objectives that we are now planning to roll it out across all our accounts.”
    - Simon Achermann, Head of Online

    Key stats

    40%

    increase in revenue

    16%

    increase in return on ad spend (ROAS)

  • Success story

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    Giesswein gains 12% in total conversions

    Giesswein, a wool goods retailer, had already made Search and Shopping campaigns two of its largest channels. Seeking even more growth, Giesswein partnered with RN Digital to run Performance Max campaigns and reach more customers.

    “ We're excited to see that Performance Max is helping us to profitably scale our business further.”
    — Markus Giesswein, CEO, Giesswein

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    Giesswein, a wool goods retailer, had already made Search and Shopping campaigns two of its largest channels. Seeking even more growth, Giesswein partnered with RN Digital to run Performance Max campaigns and reach more customers.

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    “ We're excited to see that Performance Max is helping us to profitably scale our business further.”
    - Markus Giesswein, CEO, Giesswein

    Key stats

    19%

    increase in purchase/sales value

    12%

    increase in total conversions

  • Success story

    Logo for Petit Bateau

    Petit Bateau gets a 35% lift in return on ad spend (ROAS)

    After successfully driving online sales with Smart Shopping campaigns, French retailer Petit Bateau worked with its agency, Havas Market, to run Performance Max campaigns. As a result, Petit Bateau increased its return on ad spend (ROAS) by solving the optimisation and attribution gaps that arise from running separate, single-channel campaigns.

    “ Adding Performance Max to our current acquisition strategy allowed us to generate incremental revenue while maintaining profitability.”
    — Julien Huriaux, Key Account Manager at Havas Market

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    After successfully driving online sales with Smart Shopping campaigns, French retailer Petit Bateau worked with its agency, Havas Market, to run Performance Max campaigns. As a result, Petit Bateau increased its return on ad spend (ROAS) by solving the optimisation and attribution gaps that arise from running separate, single-channel campaigns.

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    “ Adding Performance Max to our current acquisition strategy allowed us to generate incremental revenue while maintaining profitability.”
    - Julien Huriaux, Key Account Manager at Havas Market

    Key stats

    35%

    increase in return on ad spend (ROAS)

    40%

    increase in click-through rate (CTR)

  • Success story

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    Trendyol drives 45% more sales

    Trendyol, the largest multi-category e-commerce player in Turkey, tested Performance Max to advertise its clothing offering in Germany. By providing many high quality assets, trusting automation to optimise for each category and targeting its first-party audiences, Trendyol was able not only to increase coverage across networks but also drive further efficiency in transactions and return on ad spend (ROAS).

    “ The simplicity of Performance Max has made it easy to expand internationally while maintaining efficiency across channels.”
    — Yusuf Osman, Senior Digital Marketing Specialist

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    Trendyol, the largest multi-category e-commerce player in Turkey, tested Performance Max to advertise its clothing offering in Germany. By providing many high quality assets, trusting automation to optimise for each category and targeting its first-party audiences, Trendyol was able not only to increase coverage across networks but also drive further efficiency in transactions and return on ad spend (ROAS).

    Logo for Trendyol
    “ The simplicity of Performance Max has made it easy to expand internationally while maintaining efficiency across channels.”
    - Yusuf Osman, Senior Digital Marketing Specialist

    Key stats

    45%

    increase in conversions

    59%

    increase in return on ad spend (ROAS)

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Frequently asked questions

  • What is Performance Max?

    As the next generation of Smart Shopping and Local campaigns, Performance Max is a new goal-based campaign type that helps you to access all of Google Ads inventory from a single campaign. It's designed to complement your other campaigns to help you find more converting customers across all of Google's channels, like YouTube, Display, Search, Discover, Gmail and Maps.

    Powered by your Google Merchant Center product feed and other inputs that you provide, like conversion goals, budget, audience signals and creative assets, Performance Max will show the most relevant ads across Google channels.

    In Europe, Performance Max campaigns can be used with any Comparison Shopping Service (CSS) that you work with. The ads will show on general search results pages and on any other surfaces that the CSS has opted in to.

  • Can Performance Max be used to target multiple goals?

    Yes, you can optimise to one or more goals, such as online and in-store conversions, from a single Performance Max campaign. As a best practice, track the value for all your conversion goals. By doing this, Performance Max will maximise conversion value for your budget. If your goals share the same budget and geography, you can target multiple goals from a single Performance Max campaign. If you have a separate budget that cannot be combined with other goals, you can create separate Performance Max campaigns that optimise for different goals.

  • Are assets required if I link to a Google Merchant Center product feed?

    Additional creative assets are not required if you create a Performance Max campaign with online sales goals and a Google Merchant Center product feed. However, the more high-quality creative assets that you provide for text, images and video, the more ad formats that Performance Max can create and the more inventory your ad can appear on. We may help auto-generate the following creative assets on your behalf if you do not add your own:

    • Videos are auto-generated based on the provided text and image assets.
    • Headlines and descriptions are auto-generated based on the provided final URL.

  • What are the best practices for Performance Max campaigns?

    Get the most out of your campaign by following the best practices found on this page.
  • 1 In Europe, Performance Max campaigns can be used with any Comparison Shopping Service (CSS) that you work with. The ads will show on general search results pages and on any other surfaces that the CSS has opted in to.
  • 2 Source: Google/Ipsos, 'How People Shop with YouTube' Study, Global, July 2018. 18–64 year olds who go online at least once per month and who have purchased something in the last year (n=24,017), (3) YouTube Data, June 2018