Path 1 · DIY
Install the system yourself
Fix your feed, kill PMax branded-search cannibalization, and instrument profit-per-SKU using our playbooks. For Shopify and DTC operators who like systems and have time to implement them.
Your products look the same as 500 other serums in Google Shopping — small bottle, white background, $32 price tag. Your CTR is 1.2% against a 2.5% category average. First-purchase ROAS is 0.6x, which looks terrible. But your customers buy 2.8 times on average, making their true LTV $266. Google doesn't know that. Once it does, the math changes completely.
Pick how you want to scale your e-commerce ad ops
Fix your feed, kill PMax branded-search cannibalization, and instrument profit-per-SKU using our playbooks. For Shopify and DTC operators who like systems and have time to implement them.
$0
Higher for competitive terms like vitamin C, retinol
2.0-3.5%
With lifestyle images and keyword-rich titles
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2.5-3.5 orders average for repeat-purchase brands
0x
But LTV-based bidding allows 0.7x on first purchase
Small bottle on white background. That's what every skincare Shopping ad looks like. Your CTR is 1.2% against a 2.5% category average because there's zero visual differentiation. Customers can't tell your $32 Vitamin C Serum from The Ordinary's $8 version in the carousel.
At 0.6x first-purchase ROAS, Google Ads looks like a money pit. But your customers buy 2.8 times on average. That $95 first order becomes $266 in lifetime value. Google optimizes for first purchase only, so it never learns that these 'unprofitable' customers are actually your best ones.
Bidding on 'best vitamin c serum' costs $4-8 per click. At a 2% conversion rate and $95 AOV, that's a $200-400 CPA on first purchase. Only works if you can attribute the lifetime value — and right now you can't.
Your Instagram is gorgeous. Your TikToks get engagement. You understand brand building. But Google Ads is a different language — feeds, bid strategies, conversion tracking, Quality Score. It feels like it was built for a completely different kind of marketer.
“Every skincare brand looks the same in Google Shopping. How do you stand out?”Reddit r/ecommerce
“My first-purchase ROAS is terrible but customers buy 3x on average. How do I tell Google that?”Reddit r/PPC
“First-purchase ROAS is 0.6x so everyone says kill Google Ads. But our customers reorder 2-3 times on average. Is there a way to make Google Ads understand that?”Reddit r/shopify
These are representative outcome patterns we've seen from operators implementing these systems. Details are anonymized; numbers are realistic for the vertical.
Operator profile
Starting point
Shopping CTR: 1.2% (identical thumbnails to competitors). First-Purchase ROAS: 0.6x (looks like a money pit).
What changed
Built subscription-aware conversion tracking feeding LTV back to Google, restructured Shopping around repeat-purchase vs acquisition cohorts.
Outcome
Shopping CTR → 2.5%+ with differentiated feed images and titles. First-Purchase ROAS → 0.8x first-purchase, 2.2x on LTV basis.
Each product builds on the previous one. Start where you are, progress at your own pace.
Every system on this page is what we install for our own clients. If you'd rather have us run it with you — or for you — these are the paths.
At $266 LTV and 70% gross margin, you can afford a first-purchase ROAS that would bankrupt lower-margin brands. The AI Agentic System feeds that LTV data to Google so it optimizes for real customer value, not just one-time purchases.
Or book a free 15-min audit if you're not sure which path fits.
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hello@tegra.co60-min strategy session — feed audit, PMax structure, incrementality testing, and bid architecture. Best when you're stuck at a ROAS ceiling or scaling past $25K/mo.
Full-funnel execution across Meta + Google + email — feed ops, PMax campaigns, creative production, and pre-sale pages. For brands at $25K+/mo who want execution off their plate.
Operator profile
Starting point
$4-8 CPCs on 'best vitamin c serum' drove $200-$400 first-purchase CPAs; board was ready to cut Google spend based on first-purchase ROAS alone.
What changed
Implemented Enhanced Conversions for Leads plus offline imports with subscription-weighted values, and rebuilt Smart Bidding around predicted LTV.
Outcome
Google became the cheapest acquisition channel on an LTV basis at $110 CAC against $266 LTV, and first-purchase ROAS climbed from 0.6x to 0.9x as Smart Bidding learned.
Operator profile
Starting point
Identical white-background thumbnails blended in with 500 competing serums; Shopping CTR of 0.9% and 70% TikTok/Meta dependence.
What changed
Swapped in lifestyle/ingredient hero images, rewrote titles with hero ingredient + benefit + clean-beauty tags, and added Demand Gen for founder-story video assets.
Outcome
Shopping CTR climbed to 2.7%, Google's share of total ad revenue rose from 12% to 29%, and TikTok-only dependence became a real hedge rather than a single point of failure.
AI-powered creative briefs for Shopping and Demand Gen. Replace generic product shots with ingredient-hero lifestyle images that differentiate your serum from the 500 identical ones competing for the same click.
We analyzed 500+ product feeds. 73% had near-identical titles across products. Google notices — and it's costing you impressions, clicks, and money.
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