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Google can optimize toward revenue while sending spend into branded demand, low-margin products, weak feed segments, or stock-constrained SKUs. We validate the economics first, decide where growth is real, and scale only where the result survives margin and attribution.
Google can optimize toward revenue while sending spend into branded demand, low-margin products, weak feed segments, or stock-constrained SKUs. We validate the economics first, decide where growth is real, and scale only where the result survives margin and attribution.
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What we clarify in the first fifteen minutes

The first call should produce a useful next decision from the store, spend, margin, and tracking context. This route is for high-intent ecommerce teams that already know paid traffic is the commercial surface to inspect. If the first channel is still unclear, use the performance-pricing fit check.

  • Whether your current ROAS is clean enough to use for a performance-based fee model
  • Which signal is most likely distorting decisions: tracking, feed, branded demand, stock, margin, or landing-page friction
  • Whether the next step should be a pilot, cleanup, or full management
  • What we would need to verify before calling performance improvement real
Check Performance Pricing Fit

Is this offer a fit?

This works best when there is enough signal to separate real performance improvement from noise.

Best fit

  • you already spend consistently on Google Ads
  • Shopping, Performance Max, or feed quality affects revenue
  • ROAS looks acceptable, but margin, MER, or profitability feels unclear
  • branded and non-branded performance may be mixed together
  • your team needs clearer ownership without daily micromanagement

Wrong first step

  • there is almost no conversion data to evaluate
  • tracking is too broken to create a baseline
  • product margins are completely unknown
  • stockouts or promo spikes explain most performance changes
  • the business needs basic store setup before paid acquisition work
Not sure where you fit? Check Performance Pricing Fit.
Problem #1

Your ROAS may look fine while the account is still training Google on the wrong signals.

In e-commerce, weak Google Ads performance can hide behind acceptable ROAS. The account can quietly shift spend toward low-margin SKUs, branded demand, weak feed segments, returning customers, or products already limited by stock, price, or landing-page friction.
Margin-blind scaling
The account may spend more on products that convert while leaving too little gross profit after ad cost, discounts, refunds, and fulfillment.
PMax hides the real mix
Performance Max can blend branded, non-branded, remarketing, Shopping, Display, and YouTube signals into one good number - making it harder to see what actually created growth.
Feed and stock issues distort decisions
Missing attributes, weak titles, poor product grouping, out-of-stock items, price changes, and promo spikes can make campaign results look better or worse than the actual opportunity.
Tracking quality changes the fee conversation
Before performance-based pricing makes sense, revenue source, attribution rules, exclusions, and conversion signal quality need to be clear.

The Solution: baseline first, scaling second.

We start by checking account structure, tracking, feed quality, product economics, search terms, landing-page readiness, and current ROAS/MER logic. Only after the baseline is clear do we agree which ROAS band, attribution source, and exclusions should guide the management fee.
Separate branded-only uplift from real acquisition growth.
Check whether spend is moving toward profitable product groups.
Review tracking and feed readiness before scaling.
Tie the fee model to agreed rules, not vague platform screenshots.

Who does what, and what changes

Choose advice for your team or hands-on implementation. We agree who owns each change before work starts.

Advisory

Your team implements.

We handle
The diagnosis, priorities and implementation briefs. Any follow-up review is agreed in the scope; hands-on execution is separate.
You bring
Business context, relevant access and a team to make and publish the changes.
You leave with
A clear order of work, implementation guidance and named responsibilities.

Implementation

We do the agreed work.

We handle
We review the account and conversion data, choose the priorities, and explain the budget decisions. With management included, we implement the agreed campaign changes and monitor performance.
You bring
Your commercial targets, margins or lead-quality criteria, account access, and approval of budgets and claims. We agree who supplies creative assets, updates the feed, and makes landing-page or tracking changes.
You see
The agreed campaign structure, ads, targeting, search terms, budgets, or bidding are updated. Feed, tracking, and landing-page fixes are implemented when included in the scope, with changes and results reported separately.

Any work retained by your developers, creative team or sales team is named upfront.

How working with Etavrian starts

  1. Free Growth Map

    A Free Growth Map identifies the likely paid-growth constraint and whether performance pricing can be assessed fairly.

    OutputLikely constraint, fit, and next evidence

    Check Performance Pricing Fit
  2. Decision Sprint

    A Decision Sprint validates the baseline, attribution, economics, feed, page, and implementation choice behind one paid-growth decision.

    OutputValidated decision, implementation scope, and measurement logic

    Start a Decision Sprint
  3. Execution Partnership

    An Execution Partnership carries the approved priorities through management, coordination, and recurring commercial review.

    OutputImplementation, coordination, and recurring outcome read

    Discuss Execution
Scope details

Free Growth Map

Access
No account access to start
Timing
Response timing is confirmed after submission
Review
Personal review of your goals and current setup
Excludes
Not a full account audit or implementation plan
Cost / terms
$0
Next
Use the map, start a Decision Sprint, discuss execution, or stop if the public read is enough.
Price changes
Not applicable at this stage.
Guarantee
No. The map identifies the likely constraint; it does not guarantee an outcome.

Decision Sprint

Access
Only the data relevant to the agreed scope
Timing
Exact duration is confirmed before payment
Review
The included review format is confirmed before payment
Excludes
Execution is separate beyond the limited implementation handoff
Cost / terms
$400 for the Decision Sprint; your scope is confirmed before payment.
Next
Use the plan internally or discuss an Execution Partnership.
Price changes
Any price-change rules are confirmed in the Decision Sprint scope.
Guarantee
No. The Sprint validates the decision and baseline; it does not guarantee the outcome.

Execution Partnership

Access
Agreed systems, owners, and operating context
Timing
Cadence and any minimum term are confirmed in the scoped proposal
Review
Recurring decision and outcome review
Excludes
No guaranteed outcome; performance terms require an agreed baseline, attribution source, metric, and exclusions
Cost / terms
Commercial terms are confirmed after the Decision Sprint. Published performance bands are shown below.
Next
Agree scope, responsibilities, measurement, and terms before work starts.
Price changes
Price-change rules are confirmed in the service scope.
Guarantee
No. Any performance component requires an agreed baseline, attribution source, target metric, and exclusions.

The Free Growth Map is $0. The Decision Sprint is $400. An Execution Partnership is scoped only after the Decision Sprint. Performance-linked pricing is optional, never guaranteed, and begins only after the baseline, attribution source, target metric, margin assumptions, and exclusions are agreed. Exact timing and commercial details are confirmed before payment or in the scoped proposal.

Performance pricing starts only after the baseline is trustworthy.

You are not paying for a list of completed tasks. You are paying for a validated decision, accountable implementation, and—where performance can be measured fairly—a fee model connected to verified business impact.

Agree the evidence before connecting fees to results.

Before a performance component is proposed, we agree on the baseline, attribution source, target metric, exclusions, base management fee, and when assumptions must be revalidated. Performance is never guaranteed.

Baseline and attributionUse an agreed 30, 60, or 90-day period, or a pilot baseline, and one named source of truth.
Target and economicsDefine ROAS, MER, revenue, margin assumptions, and the commercial threshold before execution.
ExclusionsSeparate branded demand, stockouts, promotions, feed issues, tracking gaps, and one-off anomalies.
RevalidationRecheck margins, attribution, product mix, and invalidating events before fees or scale decisions change.
Published performance terms and planning calculatorOpen the detailed fee bands only after reviewing the conditions above.
Below agreed baseline$0

Used when the account has not cleared the agreed baseline or signal quality is too weak to call the result a win.

Baseline to healthy ROASfrom $500

Used when the account is moving in the right direction but performance is still close to the agreed baseline.

Healthy to above-target ROASfrom $700

Used when the account reaches the agreed healthy ROAS band and the result is not explained by exclusions.

Above target$700 + upside

Used when the account exceeds the agreed target with clean signal, clear attribution, and agreed exclusions.

Margin-aware ROAS checkCompare the revenue before the fee

Start with what the store earns now, then model the target scenario, current agency fee, and Etavrian fee as the smaller second layer.

Current baseline
Current revenue$72,000
Target revenue scenario
Target revenue$90,000
Projected revenue$132,000
Margin guardrails
Margin after drag38.6%

Calculator update: Upside candidate. Projected revenue $132,000. Estimated fee $700.

Upside candidate$132,000Projected client revenue
+$60,000 revenue+83.3%Fee share-0.9% pts

At target 3.0 ROAS and projected 4.4 ROAS, revenue moves +$60,000 vs current. No upside percentage is assumed unless you enter an agreed rate.

Validate fee rules
Current agency fee$1,0001.4% of current revenue
Etavrian fee$7000.5% of projected revenue
Fee difference-$300-30%
Revenue lift+$60,000+83.3%
Target clearance+$42,000$90,000 target revenue
Fee difference-$300-30%
Fee to revenue0.5%-0.9% pts

This is a planning aid, not a quote. The numeric inputs shown here are editable. ROAS bands, attribution source, exclusions, and any upside terms are finalized after the pilot.

The final fee model is confirmed only after the baseline and attribution source are agreed. For category growth outside paid traffic, review SEO support.Check Performance Pricing Fit

Case Studies

Start with the e-commerce proof closest to the buying decision: PMax, Shopping economics, Shopify SEO, category growth, and budget constraints.
E-commerce
3.06 5.90Google Ads ROAS
5.9 ROAS with a PMax relaunch
Starting point: PMax needed cleaner scaling logic. Constraint: protect brand and non-brand signal. What changed: relaunch structure and spend discipline. Result: ROAS 3.06 to 5.90, revenue almost 3x on 37% more spend.
See Case Study
E-commerce
160KImpressions · April 2025
160K impressions on a EUR 500/month Shopify budget
A new Japanese haircare Shopify store reached 160K impressions and 898 clicks in April 2025 on EUR 500/month. Useful proof when budget, category demand, and implementation limits matter.
See Case Study
E-commerce
21.23ROAS · $3K budget
PMax price tiers for a 20K-SKU store
A 20K-SKU store used PMax tiering to reach 21.23 ROAS on a $3K budget. Useful when feed structure, price tiers, and product economics need to guide campaign structure.
See Case Study
E-commerce
336 1,262Organic sessions
276% organic lift in cabinets with 5 plays
A kitchen cabinets site moved from 336 to 1,262 organic sessions while implementation delays and budget limits shaped the sequence. Useful when category and product SEO need practical prioritization.
See Case Study
Need a closer match? Send the store context and we can share the most relevant case study.
Check if performance-based PPC fits your store
Send the store URL, monthly ad spend range, target ROAS, and the constraint we should read first.
Check Performance Pricing Fit

How the offer handles common PPC risks

Know how your fee is calculated, who resolves blockers, and who owns tracking, landing pages, and product feeds.
Buyer concern
Typical agency risk
Etavrian mechanism
Proof or check
Fees grow while ROAS falls
% of spend rewards scale, not efficiency.
Fee is tied to agreed ROAS bands after baseline validation.
Pricing examples and pilot rules.
No one owns blockers
Specialist silos leave the client managing priorities.
One PM owns weekly decisions, approvals, blockers, and reporting.
Weekly next-action reporting.
Tracking is unreliable
Platform ROAS is accepted without checking signal quality.
GA4, server-side, feed, and conversion-readiness checks before scale.
Tracking and feed readiness pilot.
CRO is ignored
Ads are optimized while product and collection pages leak demand.
PPC pages, product pages, and collection pages are treated as part of the account.
CRO support and e-commerce cases.

Scale follows one verified decision loop, not platform activity.

For paid e-commerce growth, the loop connects attribution, feed quality, branded demand, stock, margin, and landing-page reality before budget is scaled.

  1. 01

    Diagnose

    Name the commercial constraint.

    Input: Website, account, tracking, feed, margins, demand, or buyer prompts.
  2. 02

    Validate

    Check the data, economics, demand, and implementation limits.

    Output: Trusted baseline, attribution, margins, lead quality, stock, and access limits.
  3. 03

    Decide

    Choose one move and state the trade-offs.

    Output: One priority, target metric, assumptions, exclusions, and decision date.
  4. 04

    Execute

    Ship the smallest coherent change.

    Output: Owner, sequence, dependencies, approvals, and validation method.
  5. 05

    Prove

    Read the result against the agreed commercial metric.

    Output: Metric movement, confidence, exclusions, unintended effects, and next decision.

Use the result to choose what happens next.

Client case study

What the loop looked like in one PMax relaunch.

  1. What the dashboard appeared to showROAS was 3.06 while PMax needed to scale.
  2. What the diagnosis foundBrand demand could hide acquisition efficiency; the conversion signal and segmentation needed cleaning.
  3. What decision was madeRelaunch PMax around cleaner signal, clearer segments, and brand-bleed control.
  4. What was implementedRebuilt the campaign structure and increased spend with discipline.
  5. What changedROAS reached 5.90 and revenue almost tripled on 37% more spend.
Read the case study

How the e-commerce PPC pilot works

Before scaling, we check whether the account, tracking, feed, product economics, and landing pages can support performance-based management.
01
Baseline and signal check
We review the last 30, 60, or 90 days of spend, revenue, ROAS, MER, conversion volume, branded/non-branded mix, tracking source, and campaign structure. If the signal is weak, we say that before proposing a performance fee.
02
Feed, SKU, and margin review
We look at product groups, titles, attributes, availability, pricing, discounts, AOV, gross margin, refund risk, and stock constraints. We use this step to understand where scaling could create profit before adding more platform revenue.
03
Campaign and query diagnosis
We check where budget is being pulled: PMax, Shopping, brand terms, non-brand demand, remarketing, weak placements, low-quality queries, and product groups that should be isolated, excluded, or rebuilt.
04
Landing-page and conversion quality check
We review the product pages, collection pages, PPC landing pages, checkout friction, trust signals, and offer clarity that may be limiting conversion rate even when campaign traffic is qualified.
05
ROAS band, exclusions, and next-action plan
After the pilot, we agree on the attribution source, target ROAS band, exclusions, and first execution priorities. You get a clear decision log: what we would change, why it matters, what it should affect, and which results are excluded from performance credit.
We control the inputs Google uses, protect margin, and scale only where the economics make sense. Campaign edits follow that read.

Meet Andrew

Meet the founder and see where his involvement starts and stops.

Request your Free Growth Map

Tell us about your business so we can identify the decision that deserves attention first. Contact details come last, and no account access is required.

Your Growth Map request15%

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Next, we will ask about spend and the numbers you use to make decisions. You can change these answers later.

Questions e-commerce teams usually ask before a ROAS-based fee model

Can you guarantee that Google Ads will make more money?

No - and any agency that guarantees exact results before checking the account is oversimplifying the work. What we can do is validate the baseline, check tracking and feed quality, separate exclusions, reduce wasted spend, and make the next decisions with clearer ROAS, margin, and attribution logic.

What ROAS can I expect?

The useful answer depends on your current baseline, gross margin, AOV, product availability, refund rate, tracking quality, branded/non-branded mix, and conversion volume. During the pilot, we agree which source should matter: platform ROAS, GA4 revenue, blended MER, Shopify revenue, or another business source.

Do you charge a percentage of ad spend?

Only after baseline validation. A pure percentage of spend can reward scale even when efficiency drops. Our model starts with target ROAS, attribution source, exclusions, and margin logic before we agree the management fee structure.

What happens in the first 2 weeks?

We check account structure, tracking, conversion quality, feed readiness, product economics, branded/non-branded mix, query quality, and landing-page friction. Some waste can be found quickly, but stable improvement depends on signal quality, budget, conversion volume, product availability, and competition.

What if ROAS improves because of a promo, stock change, or branded demand?

That is why exclusions are agreed before fee decisions. Branded-only uplift, promo spikes, tracking gaps, feed issues, out-of-stock products, and one-off anomalies are separated from performance we should be credited for.

Do you only manage Google Ads, or do you also look at feed and pages?

We treat feed quality, tracking, product economics, product pages, collection pages, and PPC landing pages as part of the performance system. Ads need those pieces working before conversion and margin issues can be read clearly.