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Free ad spend check  /  Google · Meta

How much ofyour ad budgetis working?

Start with the calculator: what your outside bills for ads, SEO, CRO and creative add up to. Then let us look inside the ad account, read-only and free, and find the money that isn't working.

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01The bills

What renting your
marketing costs.

Your outside bills · example values shown

Ads management fee

$
%
$

Agency or freelancer. Enter 0 if you don't pay one.

$

Conversion rate optimization and testing. Enter 0 if none.

$

Video, images and landing pages.

What it costs to rent your marketing

$180,000

a year · $15,000 a month · $540,000 over three years

Ads management (10% of spend)$5,000/mo
SEO$5,000/mo
CRO$0/mo
Creative production$5,000/mo

Your ads fee is tied to your spend. Double the budget and that line doubles too.

Rent it, and the bills never stop.

Own it, and the system stays in your accounts. That's just the fees. Any waste inside the ad account comes on top.

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02The waste

What we look for
inside the account.

The same checks our agents run on client accounts every day, pointed at yours once, for free.

01

Search-term bleed

Searches that spend and never convert.

02

Placement and audience drain

Where Meta and Performance Max spend without results.

03

Starved winners

Your best campaigns capped by budget while weaker ones keep spending.

04

Broken tracking

Conversions that stopped recording, so the platforms optimize blind.

05

Pacing drift

Budgets on course to overspend or underspend the month.

06

Schedule and location waste

Hours and places that cost money and never convert.

03The free check

Two business
days.

1

Tell us about your accounts

A short form: who you are and what you spend.

2

Give us read-only access

We send simple instructions. Read-only means we can see your accounts but cannot change anything.

3

Get your report

Within two business days of access: what's wasting money, roughly how much, and what we'd change first.

4

Keep it

The report is yours whether or not you ever work with us.

We reply within one business day. See our privacy policy.

04Questions
Is the ad spend check really free?+

Yes. There is no charge and no obligation. The report is yours to keep whether or not you work with us.

What access do you need?+

Read-only access to your Google Ads and Meta ad accounts. Read-only means we can see performance data but cannot change campaigns, budgets or billing. You can remove our access at any time.

Which platforms does it cover?+

Google Ads (Search, Performance Max, Shopping and YouTube) and Meta (Facebook and Instagram).

How long does it take?+

You get the report within two business days of giving us access.

What does the calculator include?+

Only the numbers you enter: your ads management fee (a percentage of spend or a flat fee), and what you pay for SEO, CRO and creative production. It shows what renting your marketing costs. The free check shows what is happening inside the ad account.

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