How an eCommerce Brand Scaled Google Shopping to 9.2x ROAS
A home and garden retailer was profitable on Google Shopping (3.1x ROAS) but left margin on the table. We restructured campaigns by profit tier, overhauled product feed data, and shifted from revenue maximisation to profit maximisation — delivering 9.2x ROAS and 260% increase in profit per ad pound.
Shopping ROAS (from 3.1x)
Revenue Growth
Top 200 SKUs ROAS
Monthly Waste Eliminated
The Challenge
What We Were Dealing With
The business was profitable at 3.1x ROAS, but profitability masked inefficiency. The previous agency optimised for revenue volume, not profit — bidding aggressively on all products equally. Low-margin products consumed 38% of ad spend for just 12% of profit, while high-margin bestsellers were underbid.
The product feed had data quality issues across 4,500 SKUs: inconsistent titles, missing GTINs (35% coverage gap), descriptions lacking key specs, and no margin awareness. Everything sat in one campaign with one bid strategy — no segmentation between high-margin bestsellers and low-margin slow-movers.
Our Strategy
How We Did It
Product Feed Overhaul & Custom Labels
Cleaned entire feed: GTIN coverage 65%→98%, standardised titles (brand, category, specs, size/colour), added custom labels for margin tier, seasonality, stock status, and bestseller flag. These labels became the foundation for campaign logic.
Campaign Segmentation by Profit Margin
Restructured from one campaign to three: Premium (40%+ margin, aggressive bidding), Standard (20-40% margin, moderate bidding), Volume (under 20% margin, excluded or minimal bids). Forced Google to prioritise profitable sales.
Performance Max with Profit-Based ROAS Targets
Separate ROAS targets per margin tier: Premium 12x, Standard 6x, Volume 2.5x or excluded. Google's machine learning optimised within each tier for profit, not revenue.
Negative Keyword Sculpting
Eliminated overlap between Shopping and Search campaigns. Shopping excluded unqualified searches (how-to, competitors, reviews); Search excluded Shopping-heavy keywords — reducing wasted cross-campaign spend.
Supplemental Feed for Dynamic Bidding
Created supplemental feed with promotional pricing, loyalty discounts, and stock status. Real-time data enabled dynamic bid adjustments: low-stock products bid higher (scarcity), bestsellers bid naturally high, seasonal items adjusted pre/post-season.
The Results
What We Delivered
Over 6 months: ROAS improved 197% (3.1x to 9.2x). Revenue up 85% while ad spend increased only 12%. Top 200 SKUs scaled to 14x ROAS. 450 low-margin SKUs excluded, saving £2,800/month. £1.2M annual Shopping revenue now focused on profit, not volume. Cost per profitable conversion dropped 66%.
Shopping ROAS (from 3.1x)
Revenue Growth
Top 200 SKUs ROAS
Monthly Waste Eliminated
Key Takeaways
Lessons From This Engagement
ROAS is not profit
High ROAS can hide inefficient margin mix. A £1 sale at 8% margin is not the same as a £1 sale at 40% margin. Margin-aware bidding is the breakthrough.
Feed quality is bidding strategy
A poor feed limits Google's ability to show products to the right audience. We spent 20% of time on feed, but it drove 60% of the ROAS gain.
Campaign structure aligns incentives
One campaign bidding on 4,500 products equally is inefficient. Segmenting by margin tier forces spending on profit, not revenue.
Exclusion is often more powerful than optimisation
We didn't optimise 450 low-margin SKUs — we excluded them. That freed budget for bestsellers. Sometimes growth is about cutting, not adding.
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