15 - Funnel Metrics Not Purchases
Hook
Why raising ad budget didn't raise our revenue
Premise
06 Jun 2025 post.
Proof points
- Raised budget → revenue didn't follow
- Traffic quality degrading as we scaled
- Switched daily dashboard to: add-to-cart ratio + abandoned-checkout ratio
- Works for high-AOV where purchase counts are too sparse
- Caveat: ChatGPT said things were fine — the data said they weren't
Takeaway
When revenue plateaus at scale, stop watching purchases. Watch the ratios.
Related
[[../../archive/initial-themes-2026-04/06 - Ads, Funnel Metrics & Scaling]]
CEO Agent
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