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E-COMMERCE

The Best E-commerce Marketing Agency

Your platform dashboard is lying — iOS gaps, new-vs-repeat mix, and platform self-credit inflate every number. We build feed-first PMax and Advantage+ structures, fix post-click conversion leaks, and report on blended CAC and cohort LTV from Shopify. That’s how DTC brands actually scale profitably.

Trusted by Marketing Leaders
Tim Tyrell-Smith
Mark Iveson
Kevin Rathburn
Nelson Kim
Jake Young
Madalyn Armijo
Jeffrey Frankel
Jack Suddarth
Terrance Kim
Chris Boulas
Chere Lucett
John Debrincat
Heather Baclawski
Meredith Wentworth
Craig Prentiss
Natasha Dressler
Dave Justus
Easton Jones
Todd Penna
Jeffrey Mills
Emily Novosel
Paige McReynolds
Daniel Scott
Steve Miklashevskiy
Brian Yun

Let's Audit Your CAC and Real Revenue

WHO WE'VE HELPED

Trusted by DTC and E-Commerce Brands That Are Actually Growing

Real brands across CPG, wellness, custom gifting, apparel, and consumer marketplaces — scaling on real margin, not reported ROAS.

Bartender's Secret Sauce
5.0

Bartender's Secret Sauce

Created a profitable paid acquisition engine from scratch across search, shopping, and social, building a scalable foundation for long-term growth.

Kavayn
5.0

Kavayn

Slashed CPA by 74% while growing revenue by 103% for this kava-based wellness brand. Reached health-conscious consumers exploring natural relaxation alternatives through PPC and paid social.

NeuroQure
5.0

NeuroQure

Led go-to-market digital strategy for this autism screening platform, testing target market behaviors and generating cross-channel insights across PPC and paid social targeting parents and healthcare professionals.

Paradise Awards
5.0

Paradise Awards

Sustained YoY growth for 3+ consecutive years for this custom awards e-commerce brand while holding spend levels and steadily reducing cost per acquisition through PPC.

World of Luxury
5.0

World of Luxury

Grew qualified leads by 27% for this luxury goods marketplace while maintaining spend and efficiency, targeting high-end consumers through PPC and SEO.

THE PROBLEM

Three Reasons Your E-Commerce Growth Is Stalling Right Now

Symptom
Meta reports a 4x ROAS while your P&L says you're barely breaking even.
Diagnosis
iOS attribution gaps, platform self-credit, and repeat-customer purchases inflate reported ROAS every time.
What we do
We track blended CAC and Shopify-level revenue — platform dashboards are a checkpoint, not the scoreboard.
Symptom
Performance Max is spending, but the same handful of SKUs eat the entire budget.
Diagnosis
Weak feed titles, missing attributes, and stale images force PMax to default to its safest bets.
What we do
Feed rebuild, tight asset groups, and smart exclusions let PMax find margin SKUs — not just easy wins.
Symptom
You drove 40% more traffic last month and revenue barely moved.
Diagnosis
Mobile PDP friction, broken cart flows, and checkout drop-off are eating every click you paid for.
What we do
CRO testing across PDP, cart, and checkout — every percentage point of lift compounds across every channel.
SERVICES

Performance Marketing for E-commerce & DTC Brands

Google Shopping & PMax

Feed-first Performance Max and Shopping structure, smart bidding tuned to new-customer CAC, with sculpted negatives and product exclusions to protect margin.

Meta Advantage+ & Paid Social

Advantage+ Shopping campaigns built for creative volume on Meta, TikTok, and Pinterest — structured for profitable scale, not spray-and-pray spend.

E-commerce SEO & Merchant Center

Category and product SEO, clean schema, healthy Merchant Center feed, and visibility across Google Overviews, ChatGPT, and Perplexity for AI-era discovery.

CRO for Revenue

Systematic testing on PDP, cart, and mobile checkout — every conversion lift compounds on every paid and organic channel you're already running.

Attribution & LTV Reporting

Shopify, GA4, and platform data stitched into one clean view — blended CAC, first-order CAC, cohort LTV, and MER all in one place.

AI Ready Advertising

Optimized product feeds, first-party customer lists, and offline conversions fed into PMax and Advantage+ so the algorithms find real buyers — not easy re-engagements.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions about e-commerce marketing

What does an e-commerce marketing agency actually do differently than a general digital agency?
A specialist e-commerce marketing agency is built around the metrics that matter for a product business — blended CAC, first-order CAC, cohort LTV, and Shopify-level revenue — not generic traffic or lead volume goals. We structure campaigns around your margin and repeat purchase economics, not platform ROAS that inflates every time a returning customer converts. Feed health, Merchant Center, Advantage+ Shopping, Performance Max structure, and post-click CRO are all part of the same growth system. A general agency optimizes for what the dashboard shows; we optimize for what your P&L shows.
How do I know if a DTC marketing agency is actually moving my business forward or just managing spend?
The clearest signal is what they report on. If the weekly update leads with platform ROAS, be skeptical — iOS attribution gaps and platform self-credit mean that number is almost always overstated. A real DTC marketing agency should be reporting blended CAC, first-vs-repeat revenue split, MER, and cohort LTV payback from your Shopify data. Ask them what happens to their reported results when you strip out returning customers — if the number falls apart, the strategy is built on shaky ground.
What should a Shopify marketing agency actually audit before recommending a strategy?
Before touching a campaign, a Shopify marketing agency should pull your product feed, Merchant Center health, GA4 setup, CAPI configuration, and Shopify revenue data — not just your ad account. The feed is the ceiling for Google Shopping and Performance Max; if titles are weak, attributes are missing, or images are stale, no amount of bidding optimization fixes the structural problem. Attribution should also be verified before any spend decisions are made — if your offline conversions aren't flowing back into PMax and Advantage+, the algorithm is bidding blind. Strategy without that audit is just guessing.
Why is my Performance Max campaign only spending on brand terms and a few top SKUs?
This is the most common PMax problem we see, and it almost always comes back to feed quality. When product titles are generic, attributes are incomplete, or the catalog has gaps, PMax defaults to the signals it can understand — usually your brand name and your two or three best-selling products. The fix starts with a feed rebuild: clean titles with relevant search terms, accurate GTINs, margin-aware product groupings, and asset groups structured so PMax can learn across your real catalog. Sculpted negatives and brand exclusions then force spend toward acquisition, not easy re-engagement.
Is Meta Advantage+ Shopping actually worth it for DTC brands, or is it just Meta taking control of targeting?
Advantage+ Shopping works well when you feed it the right inputs — strong creative volume, a healthy CAPI connection, and first-party customer lists that tell the algorithm who your best buyers actually are. Without those signals, it does default to re-targeting your existing customer base and reporting a ROAS that looks great but isn't driving new revenue. The structure matters too: separating prospecting and retention budgets within Advantage+ gives you visibility into true new-customer CAC instead of a blended number that flatters returning buyers. Done right, it's one of the most efficient new-customer acquisition channels available.
How do I fix attribution for my e-commerce store after iOS privacy changes made Meta data unreliable?
The short answer is you stop trusting any single platform's reported numbers and build a Shopify-first view of truth. CAPI (Conversions API) should be verified and sending server-side events so Meta is recovering as much signal as possible — but even with perfect CAPI, platform attribution will self-credit. The real fix is stitching Shopify revenue, GA4, and platform data into a blended view that shows MER, blended CAC, and first-vs-repeat revenue split. Platform ROAS becomes a directional checkpoint in that context, not the number you make budget decisions on.
What's a realistic conversion rate improvement from Shopify CRO, and where does it actually come from?
Most Shopify stores have significant leaks at three specific points: the mobile product detail page, the cart, and checkout — and fixing even one of those systematically can move overall conversion rate by one to three percentage points. That might sound small, but it compounds across every paid and organic channel simultaneously — every dollar you spend on Google, Meta, or SEO gets more efficient the moment checkout converts better. The wins typically come from mobile PDP layout and speed, cart persistence, trust signals at checkout, and reducing unnecessary friction in the purchase flow. We test systematically rather than guessing at redesigns.
How do I fix Google Merchant Center feed errors and why does it affect my Shopping campaign performance?
Merchant Center feed errors — disapproved products, missing GTINs, mismatched prices, policy flags — directly remove SKUs from Shopping and Performance Max eligibility, which means you're paying to run campaigns that can't actually show your full catalog. Even suppressed products that aren't disapproved often have weak titles and missing attributes that make them invisible in relevant searches. A proper feed audit maps every product against Merchant Center requirements, fixes disapprovals systematically, and enriches titles and attributes so the catalog is both eligible and competitive. Feed health is the foundation — campaign structure built on a broken feed will always underperform.
How much does e-commerce PPC management cost and what should I expect to spend on ads?
Agency management fees for e-commerce PPC typically range from a flat monthly retainer to a percentage of ad spend, depending on account complexity and scope. More important than the fee structure is what's actually included — feed management, attribution setup, and CRO are often separated out as add-ons by agencies that treat them as optional, even though they determine whether the paid campaigns work at all. On ad spend, the right number is whatever your first-order CAC target and LTV payback window can support — we help you model that before recommending a budget, not after. Spending more on campaigns with a broken feed or a leaking checkout is just buying more of a broken outcome.
How do I choose the right e-commerce marketing agency for my DTC brand?
Start by asking what metrics they lead their reporting with — if the answer is platform ROAS, that's a signal they're optimizing for what looks good in the dashboard, not what shows up in your Shopify revenue. The right e-commerce marketing agency should be fluent in feed structure, Merchant Center, CAPI, Advantage+ Shopping, and Performance Max — not just general paid social. Ask to see case studies that show blended CAC improvement or cohort LTV growth alongside revenue numbers, not just ROAS lifts. And make sure attribution is part of the scope from day one — an agency that doesn't talk about how they verify tracking before launching campaigns is skipping the step that determines whether anything else they do is measurable.

Ready to Know Your Real CAC and Scale Profitably?

Book a free DTC growth audit and we’ll review your Shopify data, feed health, and ad account structure — no pitch, just specific findings. Most brands find at least one major CAC or conversion leak in the first session.