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ROAS Calculator

Work forward from what you plan to spend. The click rate is what the Ethicly network delivered over the last 90 days. Change any number to match your own.

What you pay per thousand impressions

Live Ethicly network rate

Ecommerce typically runs 2% to 3%

What you keep on each order

What that buys

Each step shows the rate that produced it.

Budget$500
Impressionsat $4 CPM125,000
Clicks to your siteat 0.270% click rate338
Ordersat 2.5% conversion8.4
Revenueat $150 per order$1,266

Return on ad spend

2.53x

$1,266 revenue on $500 spent

Profit after ad spend

+$133

$633 gross profit at 50% margin, minus the $500 you spent

What you need to break even

With these inputs, 2.0% of clicks have to convert before the campaign pays for itself. You entered 2.5%. Anything above the break-even rate is profit.

ROAS by channel

Commonly cited ranges, revenue based like the figure above. Treat them as rough bearings. They move a lot between studies and between industries.

Search ads
4-8x
Social media ads
3-5x
Contextual display
2-4x
Programmatic display
1-3x
Your projection
2.5x

What moves this number

Most of it happens after the click. A faster page and a clearer offer will shift your conversion rate further than any change to targeting, and conversion rate is the input this calculator is most sensitive to.

On Ethicly you pick the publishers yourself, so start narrow and widen once something works. Run two or three creatives against the same audience and keep whichever one converts.

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Run these numbers for real

Every Ethicly publisher sets its own CPM, currently $2 to $5. You see the rate before you buy, you pay it, and no part of your buy is auctioned. You also choose exactly which publishers your ads run on.

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