Prompt
What are the best online marketplace advertising providers for promoting products in shopping results?
Latest observation
If you mean advertising platforms that place your products inside marketplace/shopping search results, the best options depend on where you sell and who your buyers are. Here are the top providers by reach and usefulness:
Best marketplace advertising providers
1. Google Merchant Center + Google Ads (Shopping ads / Performance Max)
- Best for: broad ecommerce reach, especially if you want products shown across Google Search, Shopping, YouTube, and partner sites
- Strengths:
- Huge traffic volume
- Strong intent from shoppers actively searching
- Good for both branded and non-branded product discovery
2. Amazon Ads
- Best for: sellers on Amazon
- Strengths:
- Very high purchase intent
- Excellent for product listing ads inside Amazon search results and product pages
- Powerful for converting shoppers close to purchase
3. Walmart Connect
- Best for: brands and sellers targeting Walmart marketplace shoppers
- Strengths:
- Growing retail media network
- Good visibility in Walmart search results and onsite placements
- Useful for reaching value-focused US shoppers
4. eBay Ads / Promoted Listings
- Best for: eBay sellers
- Strengths:
- Easy to use
- Good for competitive categories, refurbished, used, and niche items
- Ads appear directly in eBay search and browse results
5. Etsy Ads
- Best for: handmade, custom, vintage, and creative goods
- Strengths:
- Simple setup
- Native placement in Etsy search results
- Works well for artisanal products with strong visual appeal
6. Instacart Ads / Retail media
- Best for: grocery, household, and CPG brands
- Strengths:
- Strong “in-market” shopper intent
- Effective for products discovered in grocery shopping journeys
7. Target Ads / Roundel
- Best for: brands selling through Target or targeting Target’s audience
- Strengths:
- Good retail media capabilities
- Strong for consumer goods and lifestyle products
8. Pinterest Shopping Ads
- Best for: home, fashion, beauty, DIY, gifting, and inspiration-driven categories
- Strengths:
- Great for discovery and top-of-funnel product visibility
- Less transactional than Amazon/Google, but powerful for inspiration-led purchase paths
Best overall choices by goal
- Best overall reach: Google Shopping ads
- Best purchase intent: Amazon Ads
- Best marketplace-specific ads: Amazon, Walmart, eBay, Etsy
- Best for inspiration-driven products: Pinterest
- Best for grocery/CPG: Instacart and retail media networks
Quick recommendation
If you want the strongest starting stack:
- Google Shopping / Performance Max
- Amazon Ads if you sell on Amazon
- Marketplace-native ads for the platform you sell on most
- Pinterest for visual/inspiration categories
If you want, I can also give you:
- a ranked list by ROI
- providers by product category
- or a comparison table of fees, targeting, and best use cases.
Observation history
How did Obsurfable measure this prompt?
Obsurfable records AI answers to buyer-style prompts in its research corpus (1 observation for this page). Metrics are distributions over observations, not a single static ranking.
Which AI systems does Obsurfable collect answers from?
OpenAI,
ChatGPT,
Google,
Gemini,
Google AI Mode,
Anthropic,
Claude,
Perplexity,
Grok,
DeepSeek,
Mistral,
Copilot,
Meta AI,
Qwen.
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