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The ZenoX Playbook

Field Notes from a Google Ads Agency That Ships.

Strategy, scaling, Performance Max, Shopping feeds, and the operator-level details we use across 300+ ecom stores. No fluff, no bro tone.

Start with a hub: the Google Ads dropshipping hub or the Google Ads community hub. Pricing a launch? Read how much Google Ads costs, with a free calculator.

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Strategy BreakdownUpdated Oct 9, 2026

Best Free Ecommerce Courses in 2026: 8 Picks Checked Side by Side

Shopify Academy to start a store (until 29 Oct 2026), HubSpot for marketing, Skillshop for Google Shopping. 8 courses checked on price, hours and certificate.

19 min readRead post
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Strategy BreakdownOct 2, 2026

Skool vs Discord vs Reddit vs Slack for Learning Google Ads

Where should you learn Google Ads: Skool, Discord, Reddit or Slack? An honest comparison of each room, who it fits, and how to tell a good one from a dead one.

10 min readRead post
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Strategy BreakdownOct 2, 2026

CJ Dropshipping and Google Merchant Center: Setup That Gets Approved

CJ Dropshipping can pass Google Merchant Center review. Edit the import, set honest shipping, and match your feed to your store. The full setup, step by step.

11 min readRead post
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Strategy BreakdownOct 2, 2026

How to Connect Wetracked to Google Ads: Full Shopify Setup

Connect Wetracked to Google Ads on Shopify step by step: conversion ID, labels, enhanced conversions, and the Primary setting most new stores get wrong.

8 min readRead post
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Strategy BreakdownOct 2, 2026

Dropshipping Trust Signals Checklist for Merchant Center

A trust checklist for dropshipping stores before Merchant Center review: identity, policies, shipping, product content, pricing and site health. Tick each box.

9 min readRead post
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Strategy BreakdownOct 2, 2026

Your First $1K Day with Google Ads Dropshipping: 4 Principles

Stuck before your first $1K day with Google Ads dropshipping? Chris's four beginner rules: keep it simple, fix the offer, trust data, play the numbers.

9 min readRead post
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Strategy BreakdownOct 2, 2026

Google Ads for EU Dropshipping Stores: What Is Different

Selling into Europe changes the rules: a Shopping fee you can avoid, a new customs duty, one feed per country, and consent banners. Here is what to do.

11 min readRead post
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Strategy BreakdownOct 2, 2026

4 Google Ads Dropshipping Mistakes We See on Almost Every Store

The 4 Google Ads dropshipping mistakes we see on almost every store: no rules, one campaign at scale, too many test products, and tracking Google can't use.

7 min readRead post
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Strategy BreakdownOct 2, 2026

How to Install TrackBee for Google Ads: The Shopify Setup in 6 Steps

How to install TrackBee for Google Ads on Shopify: connect the store, add the conversion booster, paste the custom pixel and set purchases as primary goals.

6 min readRead post
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Strategy BreakdownAug 26, 2026

5 Google Ads Mistakes Burning Your Budget

Your Google Ads ROAS looks healthy, but profit is missing. Find the five ecommerce budget leaks, see how each one hides, and learn exactly what to check next.

10 min readRead post
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Strategy BreakdownUpdated Oct 9, 2026

Google Shopping Ads: What They Are, How They Work and What They Cost

Google Shopping ads are product listings Google builds from your feed. How the auction works, what a click costs, setup steps, and Shopping vs PMax.

21 min readRead post
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Strategy BreakdownAug 8, 2026

The Ecommerce PPC Audit Checklist: Five Checks in the Right Order

Five checks in a fixed order: feed, tracking, products that spent and sold nothing, structure, settings. What to open, and what to write down.

17 min readRead post
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Strategy BreakdownAug 8, 2026

Ecommerce PPC KPIs: The 5 Numbers That Actually Matter

The 5 ecommerce PPC KPIs that decide whether an ecom account makes money, why ROAS is a signal and not a scoreboard, and the metrics you can ignore.

20 min readRead post
Strategy Breakdown
Strategy BreakdownAug 8, 2026

Google Ads for Online Stores: Shopping First, Then Search

Google Ads for an online store is mostly Shopping ads built from your product data. What each piece does, where to start, and what to fix first.

14 min readRead post
Strategy Breakdown
Strategy BreakdownAug 8, 2026

Google Ads for Retailers vs D2C Brands: What Really Changes

Retailers and D2C brands run on the same Google Ads but win in different places. Margin, brand search, and catalog size pull the strategy apart.

14 min readRead post
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Strategy BreakdownAug 8, 2026

Google Ads for Small Business: What Actually Works on a Small Budget

We publish our floor: under €10K a month in spend, do not hire us. Run one campaign until you have the data. Read the budget math.

11 min readRead post
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Strategy BreakdownAug 8, 2026

How to Run Google Shopping with a Small Catalog

Running Google Shopping with under 50 products? Here is the campaign structure, the budget maths, and the feed work a small catalog needs.

12 min readRead post
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Strategy BreakdownAug 8, 2026

Google Shopping Ads Not Profitable? The Four Checks, in Order

Google Shopping ads losing money? Check in this order: feed first, then your margin against your real click cost, then search terms, then structure.

12 min readRead post
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Strategy BreakdownAug 8, 2026

When to Switch to a Google Ads Scaling Agency

A Google Ads scaling agency grows spend and revenue together. Here are the five signs your setup has hit its ceiling, and when switching pays for itself.

14 min readRead post
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Strategy BreakdownJul 29, 2026

Dropshipping Ads: The Honest Guide to What Actually Works

What actually works when you advertise a dropshipping store: Google Shopping, Meta, TikTok, real budgets, ad creative, and the break-even math.

28 min readRead post
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Strategy BreakdownUpdated Oct 2, 2026

How to Advertise a Dropshipping Store: The Step-by-Step Playbook

Fix the store before you buy traffic. A store that fails Merchant Center review will fail a buyer too. Start with the readiness checks, then pick a channel.

17 min readRead post
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Strategy BreakdownUpdated Oct 8, 2026

Best Dropshipping Communities in 2026: The Real Map

Dropshipping communities worth your time, counts dated October 2026: Reddit, Skool, Shopify Community, Discord. We run one and rank it second.

7 min readRead post
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Strategy BreakdownJul 18, 2026

Google Shopping Consultant vs Agency vs DIY: The Honest Fit Guide

Consultant, agency, or do it yourself? An honest Google Shopping fit guide by ad spend and team setup - including when you should not hire anyone at all.

10 min readRead post
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Strategy BreakdownJul 18, 2026

Google Shopping Management: What the Real Work Looks Like

What Google Shopping management services actually include: feed engineering, Merchant Center fixes, campaign structure. The real cost, and what to avoid.

12 min readRead post
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Strategy BreakdownJul 18, 2026

What a Merchant Center Agency Actually Does (and When You Need One)

What a Merchant Center agency actually does - disapprovals, suspensions, feed compliance - and when a free checklist beats hiring one. The honest split.

11 min readRead post
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Strategy BreakdownUpdated Oct 2, 2026

Google Ads Bidding Strategies for Dropshipping: The Full Breakdown

Maximize Conversions or target ROAS? The bidding strategy we use on a dropshipping store in each phase, and the signal that tells you when to switch.

13 min readRead post
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Strategy BreakdownUpdated Oct 8, 2026

Google Ads Conversion Tracking for Dropshipping (the Real Setup)

Smart Bidding only optimizes toward conversions it can see. Here is the Google Ads tracking setup that stops your dropshipping store bidding blind.

14 min readRead post
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Strategy BreakdownUpdated Oct 15, 2026

How to Scale a Dropshipping Store with Google Ads: The 2026 Guide

Scale a Shopify dropshipping store with Google Ads. Fix the store, test tracking, start small, then add budget only while profit holds. Stage by stage.

46 min readRead post
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Strategy BreakdownJul 11, 2026

Manual Shopping Campaigns: The 3-Bid Priority Structure

Standard Shopping campaigns still beat Performance Max for control. Here is the 3-campaign priority structure that routes traffic by intent.

11 min readRead post
Strategy Breakdown
Strategy BreakdownJul 11, 2026

Negative Keywords for Google Ads Dropshipping (Starter List)

A starter negative keyword list for Google Ads dropshipping, plus match types, the search terms workflow, and how PMax negatives really work.

13 min readRead post
Strategy Breakdown
Strategy BreakdownJul 7, 2026

The Best Google Ads Campaign Type for a Small Home Decor Brand

The best Google Ads campaign type for a small home decor brand, by budget and data. Where to start, what to add at scale, and the mistakes that waste money.

7 min readRead post
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Strategy BreakdownJul 7, 2026

Google Ads Conversion Tracking for Shopify: The Complete 2026 Setup Guide

A complete 2026 guide to Google Ads conversion tracking for Shopify. Why it breaks, the setup options, enhanced conversions, and how to verify it works.

10 min readRead post
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Strategy BreakdownJul 7, 2026

Google Merchant Center Compliance Guide 2026: Stay Suspension-Proof

A 2026 Google Merchant Center compliance guide. The rules Google checks, a pre-launch checklist, ongoing hygiene, and the early warning signs of trouble.

8 min readRead post
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Strategy BreakdownJul 7, 2026

Google Shopping Product Title Optimization: The 2026 Guide

Titles are the strongest lever in your feed. Google matches them against queries, so the title decides which searches you show for. See the order that works.

7 min readRead post
Strategy Breakdown
Strategy BreakdownJul 7, 2026

Google Shopping Setup Guide 2026: From Merchant Center to First Sale

A step-by-step Google Shopping setup guide for 2026. Merchant Center, feed, Google Ads linking, first campaign, and a realistic day 0 to 14 timeline.

8 min readRead post
Strategy Breakdown
Strategy BreakdownJul 7, 2026

Performance Max vs Search Campaigns for Ecommerce: Which Wins in 2026

Performance Max vs Search campaigns for ecommerce in 2026. When PMax wins, when Search wins, and why the accounts that scale run both with a brand backstop.

9 min readRead post
Strategy Breakdown
Strategy BreakdownUpdated Aug 2, 2026

Best Google Ads Agency on Reddit: What Threads Say + 7 Real Picks

Reddit never crowns a Google Ads agency. We read the threads, then did what they cannot: six quick checks and six real agencies compared side by side.

19 min readRead post
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Strategy BreakdownUpdated Jul 27, 2026

Best Google Ads Community on Reddit: What Gets Named, and What Doesn't

When Reddit gets asked for the best Google Ads community, it does answer. Here are the rooms it names, why we're never one of them, and our honest take.

7 min readRead post
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Strategy BreakdownUpdated Oct 8, 2026

Best Skool Communities for Ecommerce: What Reddit Does and Doesn't Say

We run one of these. Reddit barely discusses Skool for ecom, so here are the real groups, counted October 2026, and who runs each.

7 min readRead post
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Strategy BreakdownUpdated Oct 8, 2026

Best Free Ecom Community: What Each One Is Actually Good For

The best free ecom communities, counts dated October 2026: Reddit, Shopify Community and Skool groups. We run one and rank it second.

7 min readRead post
Strategy Breakdown
Strategy BreakdownJul 2, 2026

Google Ads Management Pricing Models: % of Spend, Flat Fee, or Hybrid

Percentage of spend, flat fee, hybrid, or performance-based: how each Google Ads pricing model changes how your agency behaves, and which protects you.

11 min readRead post
Strategy Breakdown
Strategy BreakdownUpdated Jul 19, 2026

How to Optimize Your Product Feed for AI Shopping Engines (AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Gemini)

AI Overviews, ChatGPT, and Gemini show a few products per answer. The feed setup that gets yours shortlisted: complete data, parseable titles, matching schema.

13 min readRead post
Strategy Breakdown
Strategy BreakdownUpdated Jul 28, 2026

Best Ecommerce PPC Community for D2C and Dropshipping Operators

Free ecommerce PPC community for D2C and dropshipping operators. 1,700+ members sharing real Google Ads data inside. Join at skool.com/google-ads-ecom.

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Strategy BreakdownJun 30, 2026

OPTIMZD Pricing: What It Costs, the Math, and Who Came First

What OPTIMZD costs, how the five brackets work, the ROAS math every ecom brand must know, and why ZenoX published these exact brackets first.

7 min readRead post
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Strategy BreakdownJun 30, 2026

OPTIMZD vs ZenoX: The Real Head-to-Head for Ecom Brands (2026)

You've narrowed it down to OPTIMZD or ZenoX. Here's the full picture - track record, markets, pricing, the AI engine, and who came first.

9 min readRead post
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Strategy BreakdownUpdated Oct 2, 2026

Google Ads for Beginners 2026: How It Actually Works

Google Ads for beginners - here is exactly how the system works, what the learning phase means, and why 99% of beginners burn budget they did not need to.

13 min readRead post
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Strategy BreakdownUpdated Oct 2, 2026

3 Google Ads Metrics Every Dropshipper Needs to Track

Most dropshippers track everything in Google Ads and understand none of it. Here are the 3 metrics that define your ROAS - and the benchmarks to hit.

12 min readRead post
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Strategy BreakdownUpdated Oct 2, 2026

Dropshipping Pricing: How to Hit Your Ideal Profit Margin

Google Shopping is a price comparison platform. Get your pricing wrong and profits vanish. Here's how to find the sweet spot for dropshipping profit margin.

11 min readRead post
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Strategy BreakdownUpdated Jul 2, 2026

Google Shopping Custom Labels: The Complete Setup Guide

Google Shopping custom labels split SKUs by margin, performance, and season - so Smart Bidding bids by tier, not averages. Full setup and strategy inside.

13 min readRead post
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Strategy BreakdownUpdated Jul 6, 2026

How Much Do Google Shopping Ads Cost? 2026 Breakdown

What you pay per click, what a starter budget looks like, and why cost per sale is the number that actually matters. Simple math to set your budget.

14 min readRead post
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Strategy BreakdownUpdated Oct 2, 2026

Ecommerce Bundles and Volume Discounts: Raise AOV the Right Way

Most stores set up bundles or volume discounts wrong. Here is exactly how to pick the right one for your niche and structure it so it actually lifts AOV.

12 min readRead post
Strategy Breakdown
Strategy BreakdownUpdated Oct 2, 2026

Google Ads Brand Campaigns for Ecommerce: Should You Run One?

Brand search ads cost almost nothing and protect you from competitors stealing your clicks. Here is how to set one up the right way.

13 min readRead post
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Strategy BreakdownUpdated Aug 26, 2026

Google Shopping Feed Optimization with AI: The 6-Step Product Feed Playbook

Fix the feed fields that decide who sees your products. See what 12,375 products revealed, where titles get cut, and how to review AI drafts before upload.

13 min readRead post
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Strategy BreakdownUpdated Oct 2, 2026

Multi-Country Google Shopping Feed Setup (the Right Way)

Optimize your product feed for Shopping ads in multiple countries: Multifeeds config, currency and language rules, GMC linking, mistakes to avoid.

13 min readRead post
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Strategy BreakdownUpdated Aug 26, 2026

Target ROAS in Google Ads: When and How to Use It

When to use target ROAS in Google Ads, how to set it from your margin and real campaign data, and how to stop a high target from choking your ad spend.

9 min readRead post
Strategy Breakdown
Strategy BreakdownUpdated Oct 2, 2026

Build the Perfect Ecommerce Offer: 7-Component Framework

Better ads won't save a broken offer. Here are the 7 components that drive conversion rate and AOV - and the testing framework to dial them in.

14 min readRead post
Strategy Breakdown
Strategy BreakdownUpdated Oct 2, 2026

Fix Your Performance Max Campaign That Is Wasting Spend

Most PMAX campaigns quietly bleed budget through five broken settings - CSS, conversions, location, assets. Here is the 15-minute checklist to stop the waste.

11 min readRead post
Strategy Breakdown
Strategy BreakdownUpdated Oct 2, 2026

Google Ads Demand Gen: Scaling Tool or Overhyped Trap?

Demand Gen is 6 years old and widely misunderstood. Here is what it actually is, who it works for, and when you should add it to your Google Ads stack.

15 min readRead post
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Strategy BreakdownUpdated Oct 2, 2026

ROAS vs POAS: Why a 5x ROAS Can Still Lose Money

ROAS hides your costs, so a 5x ROAS can still bleed cash. Here is when to track ROAS, when to switch to POAS, and the furniture-store case that proves it.

10 min readRead post
Strategy Breakdown
Strategy BreakdownUpdated Jul 6, 2026

How to Set up the Simprosys Google Shopping Feed on Shopify

Simprosys' own docs skip the sale-price checkbox. Leave it off and your Shopping ad shows a bare number, not a sale. Open this independent setup now.

9 min readRead post
Strategy Breakdown
Strategy BreakdownUpdated Oct 8, 2026

Best Google Ads Course in 2026: 7 Free and Paid Picks Compared

Skillshop for a free certificate, Udemy for depth, God Tier for pros. 7 Google Ads courses checked 8 Oct 2026 on price, hours, Shopping and PMax.

24 min readRead post
Strategy Breakdown
Strategy BreakdownUpdated Oct 8, 2026

Best Google Ads Communities: 22 Rooms Compared in October 2026

22 Google Ads communities compared with dated member counts and prices: Reddit, Skool, Discord, Slack and Google's forum. We run one, Google Ads eCom Lab.

19 min readRead post
Strategy Breakdown
Strategy BreakdownUpdated May 7, 2026

Google Ads Agency vs Community: Which Actually Scales Your Ecom Store

Agency = done-for-you at % of spend. Community = DIY with mentorship, free. When each fits your ecom store. Most operators start in community, not agency.

12 min readRead post
Strategy Breakdown
Strategy BreakdownUpdated Jul 2, 2026

Google Ads vs Facebook Ads for Dropshipping - Which One Wins in 2026?

Google for buying-intent. Meta for top-of-funnel creative. Head-to-head from 300+ ecom accounts on which channel works best for dropshipping in 2026.

13 min readRead post
Strategy Breakdown
Strategy BreakdownUpdated Aug 8, 2026

Google Shopping Ads for Dropshipping (the Structure That Prints)

Shopping is the print layer for dropshipping, and the feed decides it: title rewrites, identifiers, custom labels, and what changed in 2026.

15 min readRead post
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Strategy BreakdownUpdated Oct 8, 2026

Performance Max for Dropshipping (the Structure 300+ Accounts Use)

Two margin-tier asset groups, feed-only by default, campaign-level negatives, and the 7 leaks that bleed a dropshipping PMax account in 2026.

16 min readRead post
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Strategy BreakdownUpdated Jul 2, 2026

What 12,000 Performance Max Campaigns Taught Us About Asset Groups

We pulled asset group data across 300+ accounts and 12,000 PMax campaigns. The findings break a few popular rules. Here's what actually moves performance.

9 min readRead post

Proof

The wins. Unfiltered.

From @ecomchrisx on Instagram
Three Shopify dashboards stacked: 66.97K sessions and $80,211 sales, 44.95K sessions and $63,135 sales, 19.75K sessions and $67,460 sales.

Three stores. $211k in 7 days.

Slack DM from a client: 'Great @Chris, we almost hit our target of 100K across the board with 97.8K.'

97.8k toward a 100k target.

Shopify all-stores dashboard for Nov 28 2025: revenue 161,587 euros (+226%), 2,026 orders (+210%). Caption: '161k in 1 day. Unreal feeling.'

161k euros in one day. +226%.

Shopify revenue card: 514,675.52 euros, +186.38%. Caption: 'Half a MIL during BFCM, well played team.'

514k euros BFCM. +186% YoY.

Slack thread: 'Bro you are a MONSTER @Chris holy f***.' Chris replies: 'Haha we are printing bro. I am eating up the American market today.'

'Bro you are a MONSTER.'

Shopify analytics Oct 1 to Oct 20 2025: 124.12K sessions (+2.5K%), $193,283 sales (+3.6K%). Hockey-stick growth curve.

0 to $193k in 20 days. Sessions +2,500%.

Shopify yesterday card: 25.51K sessions (+237%), $91,828.71 sales (+497%). Caption: 'Almost 100k day on a single store.'

Almost a 100k day on one store.

Photo of the team watching a wall TV with live Shopify dashboards. Caption: '100K DAY BOYYY. Lets gooo, still warming up.'

100k day. Still warming up.

Slack from a client: '50k in a day milestone hit, mid October and we are already hitting these numbers, November will be insane. Next goal: 100k day.'

50k day in October. Next goal: 100k.

Slack from a client: 'Are you guys magicians? You guys are COOKING lately with Google. 1000% certain you guys are the Google Ad Kings.'

'Are you guys magicians?'

Reel mention by ronnie_joury calling Chris 'the Google goat,' speaking to the Savage Community on Google Ads as the long-game tactical advantage for the 1%.

Featured as the Google goat. Savage Community.

Slack: '$10,000+ in sales in 1 day. You guys are absolutely awesome, could not have done this without you guys.' Shopify chart $10,351.05 (+21%).

First 10k day. 'Could not have done it without you.'

Slack: '10k day yesterday, ROAS 3.24.' Chris: 'Pffff. Insane.' Client: 'KILLING IT BROTHER, lets keep this momentum.'

10k day at 3.24 ROAS.

Slack: 'Nice record day yesterday @Chris. 42K with almost ROAS 3.5. When everything is stable we can push budgets again.'

Record day. 42k revenue, 3.5 ROAS.

Shopify dashboard Nov 27 to Dec 8 2024: 105,883.8 pounds total sales (+2.7K%), 1.51K orders, 1.92% conversion. Caption: '0 to 100k in 12 days.'

0 to 100k pounds in 12 days.

Slack: 'Unbelievable bro, first 1k day 3 days ago and already at 5k eur today.' Shopify 4,160.05 pounds (+63%) on a BFCM dashboard.

1k day to 5k day in 3 days.

Slack from Dion de Man: '10k mission COMPLETED.' Shopify 8,339.23 pounds (+167%) on the BFCM 2024 dashboard, 50+ orders.

10k mission completed.

Shopify dashboard, Oct 15 to Nov 20, 2024: total sales 245,851.7 pounds (+1.2K%), 3.61K orders (+1.3K%), 2.16% conversion rate (+31%).

245k pounds in five weeks.

Shopify dashboard: 102.85K sessions (+324%), total sales 212,140.4 euros (+415%), 2.99K orders (+357%).

212k euros. Sessions up 324%.

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