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Getting started with Clarobid

From sign-up to your first applied bid change in about ten minutes. Stuck? Write to contact@clarobid.com.

1. Sign up

  1. Go to clarobid.com/signup and enter your name, email and a password.
  2. Open the confirmation email from Clarobid and click Confirm my email.
  3. Sign in. Clarobid asks you to connect your Amazon account: import a bulk file or sign in with Amazon, and your own campaigns appear.
  4. Clarobid works in any modern browser on a computer, tablet or phone. Use Text size in the account menu (your initial, top right) to make everything larger.

2. Bring in your Amazon data

A. Sign in with Amazon (daily sync and one-click changes)

  1. In Clarobid open Settings › Amazon accounts and click Sign in with Amazon.
  2. Pick your region: North America, Europe or the Far East.
  3. Sign in with the Amazon login you use for Seller Central and Amazon Ads, and allow Clarobid to manage your advertising.
  4. Tick the marketplaces to connect and click Import. The first sync downloads 60 days of data.

No API keys needed. Clarobid never sees your Amazon password; your Amazon sign-in is stored encrypted and only sent to Amazon. Clarobid works with Seller Central accounts.

B. Bulk file (no sign-in needed)

  1. In Amazon Ads (advertising.amazon.com) open Sponsored ads › Bulk operations.
  2. Create a Sponsored Products bulk file. Tick the options for performance data and search term data, and pick the last 30 days. Download the .xlsx.
  3. In Clarobid open Settings › Amazon accounts › Import bulk file, choose the file and the marketplace.
  4. Next time, download a fresh file and use Import a newer bulk file… from the account menu at the top.

3. Your first changes

  • Overview lists the bid changes worth making today. Tick the ones you agree with.
  • Search terms adds converting searches as keywords and blocks wasting ones.
  • Research shows words that waste money across all your campaigns.
  • Bulk file accounts: click Export and upload the file in Amazon Ads › Bulk operations. Accounts connected with Sign in with Amazon: click Apply.

Tip: for your first upload, export just a few changes and check the result in Amazon before exporting everything.

4. Autopilot rules

Six rules run on their own schedules. Every rule starts off and set to Ask me first: you see what it would change and approve it. Switch the rules you trust to Automatic after a week. Rules run on Clarobid’s servers, also when your browser is closed. Every run can be undone for seven days.

5. Budgets

On Budget management, click the pencil next to a portfolio or campaign to set a monthly or date-range cap. Choose Pace it for me to have Clarobid set the daily budget so the cap lasts, or Pause at the cap. Automatic pacing and pausing need an API account; bulk file accounts get an upload file with the suggested budgets.

6. Summary emails

  1. Open Summary reports. Tick the marketplaces, pick the period and the currency for totals.
  2. Click Metrics to choose what goes in, or start from the Overview, Ads deep-dive or Operations preset. Untick sections you don’t need.
  3. Click Schedules › Email account. Choose your provider (Gmail, Microsoft 365, Outlook.com, iCloud, Yahoo or other), enter your email address and the separate sign-in password from your email account’s security settings, then Save and send a test email to me.
  4. Click + New scheduled summary: add the addresses, pick daily, weekly or monthly, the days and the time, and PDF, Excel or CSV.

Gmail, Outlook.com, iCloud and Yahoo need a separate sign-in password made in your email account’s security settings; your normal password won’t work. Summaries go out on schedule, also when your browser is closed.

Troubleshooting

The confirmation or password email doesn’t arrive

Check your spam folder and mark the email “Not spam”. Links work for one hour; on Forgot password you can ask for a new one.

Everything looks small

Click your initial (top right) and use Text size A+ to enlarge the dashboard. Your browser remembers the choice.

The test email fails

Check the server, port and security: STARTTLS on port 587 or SSL/TLS on port 465. Use the separate sign-in password from your email account’s security settings. If your Microsoft 365 admin has turned off SMTP sign-in, ask them to allow it for your mailbox.

Sync failed

Open the account menu at the top and click Sync now. If Amazon asks you to sign in again, use Reconnect in Settings › Amazon accounts.

FAQ

Is my Amazon data safe?

Your campaign data, costs and settings are kept in your own private Clarobid account, which only you can sign in to. Your Amazon sign-in and email password are stored encrypted and only used to talk to Amazon and your email server. We never sell or share your data.

How do I connect my Amazon account?

Open Settings › Amazon accounts in your dashboard and click Sign in with Amazon. Use the login you use for Seller Central and Amazon Ads, then pick your marketplaces. Clarobid syncs 60 days of daily data and applies your changes directly. You never need API keys, and Clarobid never sees your Amazon password. You can also start with a bulk file downloaded from Amazon Ads.

Will it change my bids without asking?

Only if you want it to. Suggestions wait for you to apply them, and Autopilot rules start as “Ask me first”. Automatic rules stay inside guardrails you set: bid floor and ceiling, a maximum change per run and a cool-down per keyword. Every run can be undone for seven days.

Can it email reports for me?

Yes. Summary reports compile sales, ads, inventory, budgets and listings for the marketplaces you pick, with the metrics you choose, and send them as PDF, Excel or CSV from your own email account, daily, weekly or monthly at the time you set. Summaries go out on schedule even when your browser is closed.

Does it work with several marketplaces?

Yes. Connect your Seller Central marketplaces in North America, Europe and the Far East. Clarobid is built for Amazon sellers (Seller Central); it does not support Vendor Central. Budget management and Summary reports switch between them, and summaries compare marketplaces side by side with totals in one currency.

What happens after the free trial?

After 30 days the dashboard asks you to pick a plan, and automatic changes (Autopilot, dayparting, budget pacing and scheduled reports) pause. Campaigns Clarobid had paused are switched back on. Your data and settings stay in your account, so you continue exactly where you left off.

Can I cancel any time?

Yes. Plans are monthly or yearly with no long contract. Cancel from your account and your plan runs until the end of the period you paid for.

Do you add VAT?

Prices are shown without VAT. Businesses in the EU with a VAT number pay no VAT (reverse charge). Private buyers and Swedish businesses pay their country’s VAT at checkout, and every purchase comes with a proper invoice from our payment partner.

Can Clarobid edit my Amazon listings?

Not directly. The Listing optimizer scores your listing and drafts a better one, and you copy it into Seller Central. Campaign builder and placement changes come as an Amazon Ads upload file, so you stay in control of what goes live.

Does it work on a Mac, tablet or phone?

Yes. Clarobid runs in any modern browser on Mac, PC, iPad, Android tablets and phones. There’s nothing to install.