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17.97x ROAS on a freshly built ecom account - case study cover
EcommerceJan 1 – Feb 17, 2025

17.97x ROAS on a freshly built ecom account

$9.9K spend, $178K revenue, no discounts, no hacks

Revenue

$178K

Conversions

1,520

Ad spend

$9.9K

ROAS

17.97x

Chapter 01

Built for profit from day one

Four structural decisions that turned a fresh account into a 17x ROAS machine.

This account was built from scratch with profitable scale in mind. No legacy structure. No retrofitting. Every campaign decision was made against unit economics, not against a vanity ROAS target.

The result: $9,900 of ad spend produced $178,000 of revenue across 1,520 conversions, a 17.97x ROAS, sustained over 47 days without discounts or seasonal lift.

Four foundational moves

  1. 1

    Intent-based keyword segmentation

    High-intent buyers were separated from early-stage researchers from day one. Ad copy matched the funnel position, not a one-size-fits-all promise.

  2. 2

    Conversion-focused landing pages

    No generic PDPs. Each campaign was paired with a landing page designed to convert traffic from that specific campaign's intent profile.

  3. 3

    Cleaned product feed + smart exclusions

    Removed low-performing SKUs immediately. Optimised titles for buyer-search vocabulary. Used feed exclusions to keep Shopping campaigns lean.

  4. 4

    Daily bid management

    Not set-and-forget. Daily reviews kept margins tight while pushing volume aggressively where unit economics supported it.

Chapter 02

47-day results

Performance summary

MetricValue
Revenue$178,000
Conversions1,520
Ad spend$9,900
ROAS17.97x
PeriodJan 1 – Feb 17, 2025

Originally published on the daily newsletter

Patrick wrote this case study live the week the numbers landed. Read the original on Beehiiv for the full context.

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