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Scaling, Budgets & BiddingThe AOV-to-Cost-Cap Formula: How to Set Meta Bid Caps for Shopify Brands by Margin

A cost cap is just a CPA ceiling. Here's how to set Meta caps off your AOV and real margins, group products so they hold, and scale without choking delivery.

August 1, 2025
Profitability, Offers & Unit EconomicsBundle, Don't Discount: The Black Friday Offer Math That Protects Your Margin

Sitewide 30% off can cut your profit by 75%, not 30%. Here's the BFCM bundle and gift-with-purchase math that protects your margin instead.

September 4, 2025
AI & Automation for EcomWhy Pasting Your Dashboard Into ChatGPT Gives You Garbage Advice (and the Context Doc That Fixes It)

An LLM read a healthy dashboard and told a founder to kill his best channel. Here's why AI misreads your numbers, and the context doc that turns it sharp.

August 24, 2025
Meta/Facebook Ads MasteryAndromeda Changed the Kill Rules: Why Cutting Your Low-ROAS Ads Is Now Killing Your Scale

Under Andromeda, cutting everything but your 7x ads tanks your scale days later. Here's how to read your account at the concept level and what to actually cut.

August 13, 2025
Profitability, Offers & Unit EconomicsThe Durable-Goods Retention Problem: Manufacturing Repeat Purchase When Your Product Lasts 5 Years

If your product lasts five years, your growth rate is just your LTV. Three ways to manufacture a second purchase from a low-repeat catalogue.

August 3, 2025
Creative Strategy, UGC & Ad ProductionBuild a 40-Template Static Ad Playbook From Your Swipe File

AI didn't solve creative volume, it sped up your average ad. Here's how to turn a swipe file into a 40-template static ad playbook, and what earns a slot.

July 13, 2025
Measurement, Attribution & IncrementalityWhy 60% of Your 'Meta Sales' Aren't Real: A Plain-English Guide to View-Through Inflation

View-through can be over half your reported Meta sales. The plain-English version, plus how to reconcile platform ROAS against what Shopify actually booked.

July 2, 2025
Operations, Team & AgencyIf You Spend Under $50k/Month on Meta, You Probably Don't Need an Agency Yet

Below roughly $50k/month on Meta, agency retainer maths guarantees mediocre service and you learn more running ads yourself. Here's when hiring makes sense.

June 21, 2025
Creative Strategy, UGC & Ad ProductionFire Your UGC Agency: Build a $100-Per-Video Creator Network Instead

Scripted agency UGC dies in a watered-down middle. Here's the coach-don't-script creator network I'd build instead, and why it costs a fraction of a retainer.

June 10, 2025
Scaling, Budgets & BiddingWhy Cost Caps Quietly Kill Your Growth (Even When CPA Looks Great)

Your CPA looks great but the account won't grow. That's usually a cost cap starving new-customer acquisition. Here's the teardown and when caps still earn it.

July 15, 2025
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