Are Trendyol advertising fees and sales commissions the same?
Our guide to selling on Trendyol puts advertising inside the wider store operation. A media budget pays for advertising visibility; a sales commission relates to a sale under the marketplace's conditions. Product costs, shipping, returns and management work are additional lines. Reported advertising revenue does not by itself establish the profit retained by the merchant. Name each expense according to the event or service that causes it before combining figures in a performance report.
Seller-account options and conditions can change. On the campaign date, check the available model, payment approach, spending boundaries and current explanations. A number in an old article should not be treated as the applicable account minimum. If a team manages campaigns, ask for media spend and delivery fees as separate proposal lines. Preserve that distinction for product content or creative work as well. This helps prevent a campaign metric from being mistaken for a complete accounting result or a promise about all store costs.
Which products should be prepared before advertising?
The ecommerce product data checklist helps inspect titles, images, variants, descriptions and availability. A visitor arriving from an ad should see the correct product, price and delivery information. More traffic can amplify problems when stock is about to run out or basic questions remain unanswered. Advertising does not repair incomplete catalogue data. Give product preparation its own owner and acceptance criteria before considering campaign launch to be the next useful operational step.
Try to keep a pilot selection comparable. Frequent price changes, unavailable variants and different discount rules can make results difficult to interpret. As an illustration, choose a manageable set with sufficient stock and reasonably comparable margins; this is not a universal product-count rule. Make the contribution remaining before advertising visible for each item. Agree with the catalogue team on when a product should be paused. The spending decision should use operational knowledge rather than depend only on a dashboard viewed by the campaign manager.
Product clarity
Titles, variants, price and delivery details should describe the same offer the ad presents. Resolve ambiguity before traffic arrives.
Availability
Monitor stock through the trial and define what happens when a promoted product is no longer available.
Unit economics
Review the room for advertising after commissions, shipping and other relevant variable expenses have been considered.
FROM READING TO A NEXT STEP
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How can you plan a Trendyol advertising budget?
The CAC, ROAS and MER guide provides context for judging spending. Write the question the pilot should answer first. You might be examining product visibility, purchase progression or interest in a new range. Then establish duration, an upper spending boundary and a review date. Match the available account options with that plan. The starting boundary should be a test cost the business can support, rather than an unverified sector average copied from another merchant's campaign.
For illustration, a merchant might allocate an assumed TRY 3,000 to a trial. That number is not Trendyol's minimum, an average price or a recommended budget. Its purpose is to show how a fixed boundary needs a duration, product allocation and stopping conditions. The same spend can produce different business results when margin, price or availability changes. Label assumptions clearly. Raising spend before there is a useful signal can make an unresolved store problem more expensive instead of solving the reason visitors are not buying.
Establish the boundary
Record trial duration, total spend and the responsible person before the campaign is opened.
Select the products
Explain why the chosen items are comparable in their availability, data quality and financial context.
Set the decision date
Describe the information that will support continuing, changing or stopping the trial.
How should you read click cost, revenue and ROAS?
Our ROAS explanation distinguishes a reported ratio from a complete business outcome. Read the reporting period and attribution approach in the seller environment. Clicks, orders, cancellations and returns may not settle at the same time. When comparing products, record changes in stock and promotions rather than assuming every difference was caused by the ad. A cheaper click does not automatically mean a more suitable customer, better contribution or stronger performance once later steps are considered.
A short report can include budget, actual spending, observed orders, associated revenue and the business's cost interpretation. Do not assume every attributed sale was an incremental sale. Organic visibility, seasonality and promotions may also have changed. Describe the observed period and limitations instead of claiming a causal effect that has not been established. A weekly change log helps track alterations to titles, prices and images. The report should preserve the context needed for the next decision, not merely reproduce numbers without explaining how they can be interpreted.
How does marketplace advertising connect with your own store?
Ecommerce store management can consider a marketplace and an independent store as different channels with different purposes. Where the same products appear in both, keep catalogue, availability and brand information consistent. Their commission structures, customer experience and measurement limits still differ. Avoid automatically applying one ROAS target to every channel. Assess costs and contribution in their actual context. Marketplace performance alone cannot describe the brand's entire relationship with customers or the operating requirements of its own website.
A discussion with Prix Studio starts with products, content needs, existing reporting and store operations. After verifying the available campaign model and account conditions, the team can define a pilot scope. Campaign management, product visuals and integrations belong in separate deliverable lines where required. Launching an ad is not treated as the end of the task: availability, spending review and outcome assessment remain part of delivery. Account permissions and business approval must be established before a seller-panel configuration can be described as completed.
BEFORE YOU DECIDE
Frequently asked questions
Do Trendyol ads have one fixed price?
This guide does not establish a single advertising charge for all stores. Use the model and conditions available in your seller account. Check the current budget and charging explanations on the campaign date, then build a pilot that fits the business's operating constraints.
Does an advertising budget cover sales commissions?
Media spend and sales commission are separate expenses. Review them alongside product costs, shipping and other relevant deductions. Label every line in the cost worksheet to avoid counting one expense twice or leaving a meaningful cost outside the performance discussion.
How many products should a pilot include?
There is no universal number. A manageable selection with comparable stock, margin and catalogue quality can be easier to interpret than a broad, inconsistent launch. Define the question and spending boundary first, then choose a product count the operating team can handle.
Does a high ROAS guarantee profit?
No. ROAS relates attributed revenue to advertising spend. It does not by itself include all product costs, commissions, returns and other expenses. Assess actual contribution with the finance and operations context rather than treating one reported ratio as the final business result.
How is a management fee determined?
Product selection, content needs, reporting and operational support affect delivery scope. Request separate lines for media and management work. A useful fee discussion requires the actual requirements; one universal service price or outcome promise cannot describe every seller account.
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