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Amazon marketing · Tampa Bay · Amazon Ads certified

Be the first product they see on Amazon, and the one they buy.

Over half of U.S. shoppers start a product search on Amazon before Google. From Wesley Chapel, we build your listings, run your ads and design your Brand Store, so the click goes to you.

5Amazon Ads credentialsSponsored Ads · DSP · Retail · Video · Brand Builder

What we do

Every spot a shopper checks before they buy.

Sponsored ads

Sponsored Products, Brands and Display ads that put you at the top of the results, built on the words buyers really type.

Listings that sell

Titles, photos, bullet points and A+ content that turn a look into a sale. We are designers first, so the page looks the part.

Your Brand Store

Your own storefront on Amazon that feels like your brand. We build it the way we build websites.

Video ads

Short videos that show your product doing its job, right in the search results and on product pages.

Win back the almost-buyers

Most shoppers look, then leave. Amazon DSP puts your product back in front of the people who nearly bought it.

One-page monthly report

Sales, ad cost, and what every ad dollar brought back. Plain English, once a month.

Why Amazon, why now

Buyers already shop there. The brands next to you already pay to be first.

56%

of U.S. shoppers start product searches on Amazon. More than start on Google.

Source: Jungle Scout Consumer Trends, 2024 →

$19.8B

spent on Amazon ads in a single quarter, up 26% in a year.

Source: Amazon Q2 2026 results →

#1

is where the sale happens. If you are not at the top of the search, the brand that paid for that spot gets it.

Certified by Amazon Ads

Five Amazon Ads credentials, good through October 2028.

Mike Carleton passed every Amazon Ads Academy assessment himself. Each one is listed on his LinkedIn profile.

Sponsored Ads Certification

Amazon Ads Academy · valid through Oct 19, 2028

Amazon DSP Campaigns Certification

Amazon Ads Academy · valid through Oct 21, 2028

Amazon Ads Retail Certification

Amazon Ads Academy · valid through Oct 20, 2028

Amazon Video Ads Certification

Amazon Ads Academy · valid through Oct 21, 2028

Brand Builder Award

Amazon Ads Academy · valid through Oct 19, 2028

Nothing to sell on Amazon? Still a fit

Put your Tampa Bay business on Prime Video, only in the zip codes you serve.

Amazon sells TV ads on Prime Video, Fire TV and Twitch, and they can be aimed at the zip codes you actually work in. A Wesley Chapel pool company can show up on living-room TVs across Pasco County, and nowhere else.

  • ✓A short video ad built around the one job you want more of
  • ✓Aimed at your Tampa Bay zip codes, not all of Florida
  • ✓On the big living-room screen, where a yard sign never gets seen
  • ✓Measured in calls and form fills, like every ad we run

Start here

Thirty minutes. Your listings, your ads, one clear next step.

No pitch. Bring your Amazon store, or just a product idea. If we are not the right fit, you will hear it from us on the call.

Let's Talk
  • ✓We read your top listings the way a shopper would
  • ✓We check what you spend on ads for each dollar of sales
  • ✓We show you who owns your search terms, and why
  • ✓You leave with the one fix to make first
  • ✓Month to month after that. Your account stays in your name

Common questions

Straight answers before you book.

Do I have to sell on Amazon to work with you?

No. Sponsored ads, listings and Brand Stores need products on Amazon. Streaming TV ads on Prime Video and Fire TV do not, so a Tampa Bay business can run them in just the zip codes it serves. We track them in calls and form fills.

Are you an Amazon agency or a marketing agency?

Both. We have built brands, websites and search campaigns since 2010. Amazon is the biggest product search engine in the country, so it gets the same treatment: a strong brand, pages that sell, and ads judged by sales.

What does Amazon marketing cost?

Two parts. Your ad spend goes straight to Amazon, and you pick the budget. Our management fee is quoted on the call once we see your account, in writing before we start. Month to month, no long contract.

Who owns the Amazon account?

You do. Your Seller Central or Vendor Central account, your ad account and your brand stay in your name. We work inside them with user access you can turn off any time.

How soon will I see results?

Ads can show the day they go live. Give the first 30 to 60 days to learn which search terms turn into sales. Then we cut what does not pay and put more behind what does.

What are your Amazon credentials?

Mike Carleton holds five Amazon Ads Academy credentials: Sponsored Ads, Amazon DSP Campaigns, Amazon Ads Retail, Amazon Video Ads and the Brand Builder award. All are good through October 2028.

Let's look at your Amazon together.

Pick a time that works. Thirty minutes with Mike, no pitch.

Mike Carleton, founder of Forty-Second Street

Mike Carleton

Founder, Forty-Second Street · Wesley Chapel, FL · Amazon Ads certified

Five Amazon Ads Academy credentials, good through 2028. Building brands, websites and search campaigns since 2010.

Or call (813) 564-0500. Based in Wesley Chapel, working with Amazon sellers anywhere.