Use Case

Campaign Profitability Analysis

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Overview

What this means for operators

Campaign ROAS tells you revenue per ad dollar, but it does not tell you profit per ad dollar. A campaign with a 5x ROAS might have a 0.8x return after COGS, shipping, and fulfillment — meaning you lose money on every conversion. Campaign profitability analysis connects ad spend to actual costs for margin-based budget decisions.

Ad platform dashboards show cost-per-conversion and ROAS, but not whether those conversions generated profit after COGS, shipping, and fulfillment. You are scaling campaigns that may be losing money.

The problem

Ad platform dashboards show cost-per-conversion and ROAS, but not whether those conversions generated profit after COGS, shipping, and fulfillment. You are scaling campaigns that may be losing money.

What operators do today

Common workarounds that fall short

Platform ROAS treated as a proxy for profitability — which ignores COGS and fulfillment costs

Quarterly spreadsheet analysis that connects campaign spend to revenue but not costs

No mechanism to see contribution margin at the individual campaign or ad set level

Budget scaling decisions based on conversion volume without margin context

Results you can expect

Measured outcomes from Fairview users

Per campaign

contribution margin visible — not just ROAS or cost-per-conversion

15-25%

of active campaigns typically identified as margin-negative after full cost analysis

Daily

campaign margin updates vs. quarterly manual spreadsheet reviews

Features used

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Blended ROAS Dashboard Contribution Margin Tracker Ad Spend Optimizer

What operators say

"We paused three campaigns that had strong ROAS but negative margin after COGS. The $6K monthly savings dropped straight to the bottom line. We never would have found them without campaign-level margin data."

Stephanie Walsh

Paid Media Manager, Kinetic Labs (D2C fitness equipment brand)

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Yes. Fairview calculates contribution margin at the channel, campaign, and ad set level.
Yes. Connect both platforms and Fairview calculates profitability across all connected campaigns.
ROAS is revenue divided by spend. Campaign margin is revenue minus COGS minus variable costs minus ad spend. Margin tells you actual profit; ROAS does not.
Daily by default. Real-time on Scale plan.

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