Ads & Scale
Performance marketing & AI-search agency for D2C brands

We fix the measurement, then we scale the spend.

Ads & Scale is a performance marketing and analytics agency for D2C brands. We run Meta Ads, Google Ads, Shopify CRO and data analytics, and we cut CAC and grow ROAS.

No sales call · delivered in 48 hours · or score your data health in 40 seconds

Trusted at scale

Real spend. Real brands. Real results.

50+

Brands scaled by our founders

$12M+

Ad spend managed by our founders

8+

Years of founder experience

11

Integrated services

50+ D2C brands scaled by our founders

Shopify Plus Partner
How it works

How does our data-driven growth process work?

Growth breaks when your data lives in silos, so we measure first and scale second.

  1. 01

    Analyze

    We audit your entire growth stack — ads, analytics, CRM, attribution — and find the gaps costing you money.

DATA BLIND SPOT REPORTEXAMPLE
Attribution gapHigh impact
Tracking healthNeeds fixing
CRO leakQuick win

How we unify your data →

Industries

Which industries do we run performance marketing for?

Free report

Two pages. Your numbers. No deck.

Attribution gap, tracking health, and one CRO leak, quantified, ranked, and delivered in 48 hours without a call.

Data Blind Spot Report

Brand name redacted · Fashion D2C · $40k/mo

PAGE 1 / 2

01 · ATTRIBUTION GAP

Meta-reported ROAS
4.1x
Google-reported ROAS
3.4x
Blended MER (revenue ÷ total spend)
2.2x
Overlap / double-counted revenue
≈ 46%

Both platforms are claiming the same purchases. Budget has been shifted toward the channel with the friendlier attribution window, not the one producing incremental revenue.

02 · TRACKING HEALTH

Conversions API
Live
Event match quality (purchase)
4.2 / 10
Deduplication (pixel vs server)
Failing
Funnel events sent server-side
1 of 4

CAPI is firing without the identifiers that make matching work, so a third of purchases resolve to no user. The algorithm is optimising against a partial signal.

03 · CRO LEAK

Mobile PDP → add to cart
6.1%
Add to cart → checkout start
29%
Checkout start → paid
64%
Largest single drop
Cart step, mobile

Shipping cost appears for the first time inside checkout on mobile. The drop is concentrated at that step, not spread across the funnel.

What we'd fix, in order

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01

Rebuild CAPI payload with hashed email + phone, fix dedup keys

Recovers ~30% of unattributed purchases

1 week, dev

02

Move budget decisions to a weekly blended MER view

Ends channel-vs-channel double counting

2 days, no dev

03

Surface shipping threshold on mobile PDP and cart

Targets the 71% mobile cart drop

3 days, theme

WHAT WE LOOKED AT

Meta Ads Manager (view-only), Google Ads (view-only), GA4 property, Shopify order export (anonymised), and the public storefront on a real mobile device. No write access at any point.

Two pages, no deck, no filler. If nothing meaningful turns up, we say that instead of padding it.

Illustrative sample: the structure, depth, and level of specificity match a real report — the figures are synthetic. We don't publish client data, even redacted, without written permission.

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40-second self-check

Not ready to share data? Score yourself.

Four questions on spend, blended ROAS, server-side tracking, and how budget decisions get made. You get a score out of 100 and the three fixes that apply to your answers. No account access, nothing connected.

Prefer the maths? The ROAS & CAC calculator gives you break-even ROAS and profit per order from four inputs.

Step 1 of 5Takes about 40 seconds

What's your monthly ad spend?

Across every paid channel. This sets what a blind spot costs you, not your score.

Testimonials

In their words

“The structure work changed how we think about the account. Splitting the packs out from single pairs was the thing we had not seen ourselves, and once the briefs became repeatable we stopped guessing about which creative to make next.”
HYHiren & YaxitFounders, Sockscarving
“I was planning to shut the online store down. Nothing was coming in, and with a 15-day make-to-order window I could not see how ads would ever pay for themselves. We were doing good in the offline retail store, but Nitesh disagreed and talked me into testing it properly, with his creative team on the work. Six months later we are doing fifteen times the monthly revenue we started with.”
AMAkshat MittalDirector, ShopAM
The team

Built by founders who've done it themselves.

We partner with ambitious teams who are done guessing and ready for growth backed by data.

  • D2C brands with proven traction
  • Founders who want data-driven decisions
  • Teams tired of managing 5 agencies
  • B2B businesses needing systematic lead gen
Dhruvit Shah

Dhruvit Shah

Co-Founder

8+ years running performance marketing for D2C brands. Led Meta and Google campaigns across fashion, beauty, and food verticals — with a relentless focus on ROAS, profitable CAC, and scaling ad spend without killing margins.

LinkedIn →
Nitesh Kasma

Nitesh Kasma

Co-Founder

Leads growth, sales, and client partnerships at Ads & Scale. Background in B2B growth strategy and brand relationships — has helped onboard and scale clients across fashion, beauty, food, SaaS, and marketplace verticals globally.

LinkedIn →
Aashish Kasma

Aashish Kasma

Co-Founder

Builds the data infrastructure behind every client engagement — custom analytics pipelines, cross-channel attribution models, and unified dashboards. Turns fragmented ad data into a single source of truth that drives real decisions.

LinkedIn →

Meet the full team →

Team & expertise

Performance Strategists

Paid media strategy

Creative & Design

Ad creative and brand

Social Media

Organic and community

Data Engineers

Tracking and dashboards

CRO Specialists

Store conversion

Performance Marketing Agency for Global D2C Brands

Ads & Scale is a data-driven performance marketing agency helping D2C brands across the US, UK, Europe, Australia, and Asia achieve profitable, sustainable growth. Founded by Dhruvit Shah, Nitesh Kasma, and Aashish Kasma, we combine deep performance marketing expertise with data engineering to serve brands in fashion, jewellery, beauty and personal care, sports goods, and books and stationery across global markets.

We work across the full growth stack — from Meta Ads and Google Ads to Shopify CRO, CRM automation, Amazon and global marketplace management, and custom analytics dashboards. Our founding team brings 8+ years of experience and has managed $12M+ in ad spend across 50+ brands, including work at Lucent Innovation and Source It Right.

Most agencies optimise for clicks. We optimise for business outcomes — reducing customer acquisition costs (CAC), improving return on ad spend (ROAS), and building the measurement infrastructure that tells you exactly what's working. Published results include Hivado (5x revenue growth), Crossword (2.7x) and AM by Anita Mittal (15x) — see all our case studies.

Whether you're a bootstrapped founder scaling your first ad campaigns or a funded brand pushing toward $500K+/month, our integrated approach — spanning paid media, creative strategy, marketplace management, CRM automation, and data analytics — gives you the unfair advantage that fragmented agency relationships simply can't.

FAQ

Common questions

What is ROAS and what return on ad spend can D2C brands realistically expect?

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ROAS (Return on Ad Spend) measures how much revenue you earn for every dollar spent on advertising. A ROAS of 3x means $3 in revenue for every $1 spent. A healthy ROAS depends on your category and margins: the number that matters is your break-even ROAS (1 divided by your gross margin), and anything comfortably above it is profitable. We don't promise a ROAS figure; our published case studies show what we have actually delivered.

What is Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) and how do you reduce it for D2C brands?

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Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) is the total marketing and sales spend required to acquire one new customer. High CAC erodes profitability, especially for D2C brands. We reduce CAC by improving targeting precision, optimising creative for conversion, fixing attribution so you stop spending on underperforming channels, and improving landing page conversion rates (CRO). Results vary by account, so we point to our published case studies instead of an average.

What is Conversion Rate Optimisation (CRO) and why does it matter for D2C?

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Conversion Rate Optimisation (CRO) is the process of improving your website or landing page so a higher percentage of visitors complete a purchase. For D2C brands, even a 1% improvement in conversion rate can double the return on your ad spend — because you're getting more revenue from the same traffic. We optimise Shopify stores, product pages, checkout flows, and landing pages using A/B testing and heatmap analysis.

How much does performance marketing cost?

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Performance marketing agency retainers typically range from $500–$5,000/month depending on the scope of services, ad spend managed, and number of platforms. At Ads & Scale, our pricing is tied to the services engaged — from focused performance marketing retainers to full-stack growth partnerships. We recommend starting with a free audit to scope exactly what your brand needs.

What is the difference between performance marketing and traditional digital marketing?

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Traditional digital marketing focuses on visibility — impressions, reach, and brand awareness. Performance marketing focuses on measurable outcomes — clicks, leads, purchases, and revenue. Every dollar in performance marketing is tied to a tracked result. Ads & Scale takes this further by connecting ad performance to actual business metrics like revenue, profit margin, and customer lifetime value — not just platform-reported conversions.

What kind of brands does Ads & Scale work with?

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We specialise in D2C brands with meaningful monthly revenue, B2B businesses needing systematic lead generation, and founders who want data-backed marketing decisions. We work across fashion, jewellery, beauty and personal care, sports goods, and books and stationery.

Which advertising platforms does Ads & Scale manage?

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We run campaigns on Meta Ads (Facebook & Instagram), Google Ads (Search, Shopping, YouTube), and programmatic channels. We also manage Amazon and global marketplace advertising as part of our Marketplace Management service.

How is Ads & Scale different from a typical marketing agency?

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Most agencies optimise for vanity metrics. We start with your data — auditing attribution, unifying dashboards, and identifying gaps before spending a single dollar on ads. Every decision is backed by a single source of truth across your entire growth stack.

How long does it take to see results?

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Timelines depend on where the account starts. The first weeks focus on auditing and setting up proper measurement; once the data is trustworthy, data-backed optimisations start compounding into revenue growth. We don't promise a fixed number of days.

Do you offer a free audit?

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Yes — a free 3-point Data Blind Spot Report. It covers an attribution gap analysis (platform-reported ROAS against true blended CAC), a pixel and tracking health check (GA4, Conversions API, server-side gaps, event match quality), and one high-impact CRO leak identified from your public storefront. Two pages, delivered by email within 48 hours, with no sales call required. Sharing view-only access to Meta Ads, Google Ads, GA4, or Shopify makes it deeper, but is optional.

What is AEO and why does it matter for D2C brands?

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AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) is the practice of optimizing your brand's visibility inside AI systems like ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews — so you're cited directly in the answer, not just ranked in a list of links. For D2C brands, more shoppers are researching products through AI assistants before they ever open a traditional search engine, and if your brand isn't structured to be cited, a competitor's will be instead.

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