Scaled an Online Casino to L50M Revenue at Just L2.2M Ad Spend at 23X ROAS

Country: Lesotho | Service: Google, Meta Ads & Native ads Management | Duration: April 2025 – April 30 2026 User Acquisition Analytics

Challenge

Advertising casinos is extremely restricted. Platforms like Google and Meta only allow licensed sports betting promotions, not full casino ads. This meant:
  • Obtaining platform-specific betting licenses
  • Building compliant landing pages (no direct deposit allowed)
  • Navigating strict policies for gambling creatives
  • Running multi-platform campaigns without triggering disapprovals
  • Scaling aggressively while keeping CPA stable
The goal was to achieve rapid growth without violating policies and still maintain profitable CPA.

💡 Strategy

Initial campaign strategy was to focus on 5 platforms: Google Ads Meta Ads X Ads Adsterra Bidvertiser

Google

Decided to spend more on Google Registration campaigns. 60% of the Google Budget was on Registration campaign. 20% was allocated to FTD focused campaigns. 20% allocated on Performance Max and demand gen campaign.
  • Google Ads: Search + Demand Gen
  • Separate Search campaigns for generic, brand, and competitor terms

Meta Ads

Meta ads is designed to utilise the Remarketing feature i.e not available in Google. So we have spent around 20% budget on remarketing efforts. There were separate remarketing campaigns spending on Registrations and FTDs. However, we still spend 40%:
  • Registration-focused TOF campaign
  • FTD-focused remarketing campaign
  • Meta allows to run remarketing

🚀 Results

User Acquisition Results Analytics

  • ✅ Revenue generated L49.494 million
  • ✅ Total Ad Spend: L2,155,030
  • ✅ Total Deposits: 476,329
  • ✅ FTDs: 41,245
  • ✅ Total Registration: 276,269
  • ✅ CPA of Registration: L 5.57
  • ✅ CPA FTD: L 42.65
ROAS = 49,494,000 / 2,155,030 = 22.97

Execution Across Multiple Ad Networks

  • Launched campaigns in: Google • Meta • X Ads • Bidvertiser
  • Traffic Junky campaigns planned and in pipeline

Tracking & Analytics

  • Complete conversion tracking setup
  • Custom dashboards created in Google Analytics
  • FTD & Registration-based reporting for decision-making

Budget Strategy

  • Higher budget for TOF to maximize registrations
  • Efficiency-focused reallocation weekly

📈 What’s Happening Now

Since April 2025, results have consistently improving.
  • FTD CPA dropped from R55 (Oct 2025) to R48 (Nov 2025)
  • This improvement happened despite increasing budget by 20%
  • Registrations and FTD volume continue to scale month over month
This trend shows the system is becoming more efficient as it scales, which is the hallmark of a well-built performance engine.

Scaling BigToe Pose, A Mobile Massage Service Company in the U.S.

CASE STUDY

Scaling BigToe Pose, A Mobile Massage Service Company in the U.S.

CLIENT

On-demand Mobile Massage Provider (USA)

SERVICE

Full-Funnel Google Ads Management

DURATION

October 2024 – Present

THE CHALLENGE

More Bookings. Lower Cost.

The client came to us with one clear goal: more bookings at a lower acquisition cost.

They were running ads — but weren’t seeing returns that justified the spend. High CPA, poor funnel structure, and no conversion optimisation were limiting growth.

“Running ads without seeing returns that justified the spend.”

THE APPROACH

What We Did

Our performance-driven approach focused on improving efficiency, not just increasing traffic.

🔍

Segmented Campaigns

Separated campaigns by user intent — new users vs. remarketing audiences for precision targeting.

🧪

A/B Testing

Tested multiple landing page variants to identify top-performing creatives and conversion paths.

🎯

Smart Bidding

Switched to conversion value-focused bidding strategies for maximum profitable return.

CRO Practices

Implemented Conversion Rate Optimisation best practices across landing pages to maximise booking rates.

THE RESULTS

Numbers That Tell the Story

▼27.78%

CPA Reduction

Dropped by $41 per booking

▲200%

Budget Scaled

While maintaining profitable CPA

10,000+

New Bookings

Generated since October 2024

Metric Before After % Change
CPA (Cost Per Booking) High Dropped by $41 ▼ 27.78%
Ad Spend Lower Significantly Increased ▲ 200.26%

📈 CPA consistently declined even as budget and bookings increased — delivering exponential ROI.

THE OUTCOME

Profitably Scaling While Lowering Cost

With over 10,000 new bookings generated and cost-per-booking reduced by 27%, the client now scales the budget by 200% profitably while maintaining strong market visibility.

Since November 2024, CPA for website bookings has been gradually decreasing as budget was simultaneously increased.

As of August 2025, the budget has grown by roughly 200% — and we’re still scaling.

Delivering exponential ROI — more volume, lower cost, stronger market position.

⚙️ Services Used

  • Google Ads Search & Performance Max
  • Landing Page Testing & Optimization
  • Custom Funnel Strategy
  • White-Label Campaign Execution

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Goldrush – Fixing a Broken Marketing Funnel for Better ROI

CASE STUDY

Goldrush – Fixing a Broken Marketing Funnel for Better ROI

INDUSTRY

Casino

REGION

South Africa

COMPANY SIZE

2000+ Employees

GOAL

Unlock Profitable Growth Without Raising Media Spend

THE CHALLENGE

A Marketing Funnel Running on Bad Data

  • Unclear Google Ads setup: Brand, non-brand, and competitor keywords were mixed together, making performance hard to track.
  • Inaccurate data: Duplicate conversions and wrong attribution distorted the real ROI.
  • No clarity across channels: Lots of spend on Meta and native ads, but no idea which clicks actually converted.
  • Misleading performance: Branded campaigns showed low CPA, hiding poor results from new customer acquisition.
  • No focus on long-term value: Decisions were made without looking at customer lifetime value (LTV) or cost to acquire new customers (nCPA).

THE APPROACH

Diagnostic Phase: Finding the Truth in the Data

📊 Data Audit

Cleaned up conversion tracking to remove double-counting and fix last-click bias.

🔗 Attribution Upgrade

Implemented Wicked Reports to see which channels delivered quality first-click traffic.

🔍 Channel Comparison

Analyzed performance across Google, Meta, and native ad partners — found two native networks driving most profitable first clicks.

THE SOLUTION

Improvements Made

🧹 Google Ads Cleanup

  • Separated brand, generic, and competitor keywords for better control
  • Fixed conversion tracking to eliminate fake conversions
  • Reduced branded keyword spend to fund new customer acquisition
  • Added LTV and new-customer CPA tracking for better decisions

💰 Budget Reallocation

  • Scaled top-performing native channels by +50% without increasing overall spend
  • Ensured Google and Meta received qualified traffic from native campaigns
  • Freed up budget from branded terms to invest in new customer acquisition

THE RESULTS

Before vs After

+84%

More Conversions

↓38%

Lower nCPA

0%

Budget Increase

19%

Branded Spend (Was 42%)

Metric Before After Change
Total Conversions 100% 184% +84%
Media Spend 100% 100% No change
New Customer CPA (nCPA) Baseline ↓38% More efficient
Branded Spend % 42% 19% Reinvested in growth

KEY TAKEAWAYS

Lessons From the Goldrush Case

1
Data clarity wins
Removing brand noise and fixing tracking revealed the true cost of customer acquisition.
2
First click matters
First-click attribution highlighted which ads actually drove conversions down the funnel.
3
Smarter re-investment
Saving on branded terms funded more high-quality traffic from top native ad channels.

🚀 Next Steps

  • Continue scaling top-performing native platforms weekly
  • Use LTV data in bidding strategies for smarter automation
  • Launch ongoing creative testing on Meta to attract more potential customers
  • Run quarterly audits to keep tracking clean as campaigns grow

WhiskeyD seen their MER grow

WhiskeyD seen their MER grow from 1.3 to 3.2

This online whiskey provider USA, Texas saw an uplift in purchases and trippled their orders.