// App Advertising · India + global acquisition

Buy the user who reaches value.

Apple Ads, Google App campaigns, Meta and other app-growth channels operated from truth, unit economics, event QA, destination relevance, creative learning and post-install cohorts.

Managed at 4% of spend. Platforms bill you directly. Accounts, audiences, dashboards and creative IP stay yours. Install is the acquisition event—not the commercial finish line.

4% management₹0 media markupClient-owned accounts
// acquisition command · account read
Commercial question
Which cell can absorb the next ₹10,00,000 of spend without breaking the payback window?
Target CAC
₹840
acquisition ceiling
D30 ARPU
₹610
cohort revenue
Payback
68 days
against contribution
Guardrail
₹1,020
stop-loss on spend
Core events07 · 06 QA passed
Live routes12 · 03 generic
Next fixAndroid deep links
// operating surfacesApple AdsGoogle App campaignsMeta app promotionTikTok AdsBigQuery logoMMP + BigQuery
// ten gates before scale

A campaign should earn the next rupee through a sequence.

Truth → economics → events → measurement QA → destination QA → platform build → creative QA → controlled launch → cohort read → scale or stop. Skipping an early gate makes later optimisation look more precise than it is.

01
Truth

Business question, market, owner and constraint.

02
Economics

Contribution, payback and allowable acquisition cost.

03
Events

Reliable firing rules for activation and value.

04
Measurement QA

MMP, privacy and platform discrepancies understood.

05
Destination QA

Ad, store page, deep link and product agree.

06
Platform build

Campaign structure matches the decision.

07
Creative QA

Claims, rights, formats, taxonomy and locale pass.

08
Controlled launch

Budget and learning period prevent premature scale.

09
Cohort read

Activation, retention and revenue by cell.

10
Scale / stop

Reallocate only when the commercial guardrail holds.

// india is not one cell

OS × location × language × device × proposition changes the economics.

A nationwide blended CPI can conceal weak value or infrastructure constraints. The operating plan defines launch cells that are commercially and operationally coherent.

CellOSLocationLanguageDevice / networkPropositionValue guardrail
A01AndroidTier 1 metrosEnglishMid / high · 5GSpeed + breadthD30 contribution ≥ ₹620
A02AndroidTier 2 urbanHindiMid · mixed networkTrust + local relevanceActivation ≥ 34%
I01iOSTop 8 citiesEnglishHighPremium capabilityTrial-to-paid ≥ 12%
A03AndroidSouth urbanLocal + EnglishMidLocal utilityD7 retention ≥ 21%
// channel field guides

Different auctions. Different roles. One commercial contract.

Platform terminology and native capabilities are kept accurate. Google App campaigns are not treated as the old “UAC” product, and Apple Ads is not managed like a social feed.

Apple Ads

Capture declared store intent and route it into relevant product pages. Read search terms, taps, installs and post-install value under Apple's measurement context.

  • • Native build contract
  • • Destination QA
  • • Value-cohort read

Google App campaigns

Use asset groups, event quality and destination continuity to guide automation across Google inventory. Optimise to the deepest reliable event.

  • • Native build contract
  • • Destination QA
  • • Value-cohort read

Meta app promotion

Build creative volume and audience learning around hooks, proof and propositions; carry each promise into the right store route.

  • • Native build contract
  • • Destination QA
  • • Value-cohort read

TikTok

Treat creator language, format native-ness, rights and fatigue as operating inputs—not last-minute production notes.

  • • Native build contract
  • • Destination QA
  • • Value-cohort read

Programmatic + video

Use only where inventory quality, fraud controls, view-through treatment and cohort economics can be governed.

  • • Native build contract
  • • Destination QA
  • • Value-cohort read
BigQuery logo

Measurement spine

Reconcile platform attribution, MMP, product analytics and warehouse truth. Attribution is not incrementality; ROAS is not profit.

  • • Native build contract
  • • Destination QA
  • • Value-cohort read
// creative learning system

Assets become useful when their variables are coded.

A “winning video” teaches little unless the hook, promise, proof, creator, format, market, language, store route and audience cell are known. Rights and claims are stop-ship gates.

Asset IDHookPromiseProofFormatMarket / languageRouteDecision
IN-HI-017"Bills split in 10 sec"Shared clarityProduct demoUGC 9:16India · HindiCouples CSLScale hook, refresh creator
IN-EN-024"Stop spreadsheet fights"Less frictionTestimonialFounder 1:1India · EnglishCouples CPPHold: rights renewal
US-EN-031"Budget offline"Privacy + utilityScreen captureDemo 9:16US · EnglishOffline CPPIterate frame 01
BR-PT-006"Tudo em um lugar"ConvenienceFeature montageMotion 9:16Brazil · PTCore listingStop: generic cohort
// measurement discipline

Install ≠ download. Attribution ≠ incrementality. ROAS ≠ profit.

The executive readout exposes which number comes from which system and what the number cannot prove. Platform, MMP, product and finance views are reconciled; they are not forced into false agreement.

Platform
Attributed
auction + platform reporting
MMP
Reconciled
privacy-aware source rules
Product
Activated
event dictionary + cohort
Finance
Contribution
revenue less variable cost
source contract
Ad · Promise
source contract
Store · Relevance
source contract
Install · Attributed
source contract
Product · Activated
source contract
Business · Value
// commercial clarity

The fee is 4%. The account remains yours.

Media is billed by platforms. Strategy, architecture, optimisation, measurement and reporting sit inside management. Volume creative production is scoped visibly—never hidden as media margin.

Management
4%
of managed media spend
Media markup
₹0
platforms bill the client
Ownership
100%
accounts · audiences · dashboards · IP
Scale rule
Value first
commercial guardrail must hold
Tools used in the operating system
App Store Connect logo
App Store Connect
store truth
Play Console logo
Play Console
store truth
Google Ads
acquisition
Meta Ads
acquisition
Firebase logo
Firebase
events
RevenueCat logo
RevenueCat
subscription
Figma logo
Figma
creative
BigQuery logo
BigQuery
warehouse
Looker logo
Looker
readout
Mixpanel logo
Mixpanel
product
OpenAI
observation
Perplexity
observation
// first 90 days

Control the learning before you scale the budget.

The launch is intentionally bounded. Access, events, measurement and destination integrity are verified before meaningful spend is exposed.

Days 01–15

Truth + economics

Confirm the commercial question, contribution model, target events, MMP health, privacy constraints and account ownership.

Days 16–30

Destination + build

QA store routes, deep links, campaign structure, creative taxonomy, bidding constraints and controlled-launch budget.

Days 31–60

Controlled learning

Run holdouts where possible, read cohorts, separate platform attribution from incrementality and stop weak cells early.

Days 61–90

Scale the winner

Increase spend only where creative, route, activation and commercial value remain coherent.

// impact preview

Paid improves when the store and product finish the promise.

Gaming optimised to D7 return. Commerce carried campaign intent into custom pages. Quick commerce made delivery speed visible.

6-month engagement
Hybrid-casual gaming · United States

Voltace: Turn gameplay into the store argument.

Paid acquisition found installs. The store page failed to explain why the game deserved a second session.

#4
category rank
19%
D7 retention
38.6K
organic / month
$1.10
blended CPI
6-month engagement
D2C commerce · United States

Kindred Goods: Carry intent all the way to the product.

Campaign traffic landed on one generic storefront, so category intent disappeared between ad click and app page.

#8
shopping rank
33.4K
organic / month
36%
page conversion
$7.85
30-day ARPI
7-month engagement
Quick commerce · Indonesia + SEA

QuickNest: Let speed proof do the conversion work.

The strongest operational advantage—delivery speed—was hidden behind generic grocery language.

#5
food & drink rank
96K
organic / month
$0.52
Google App CPI
Specific
store promise

Client names and identifying details are withheld under NDA. Figures are drawn from the engagement's own analytics, measured on consistent endpoints.

// App Advertising buyer questions

Commercial truth before platform optimisation.

The account read establishes whether data, store routes and economics are ready for managed scale.

Why charge 4% of spend?+

The model aligns management effort with account scale while avoiding traditional 10–15% media taxation. Minimums and any large-account rate changes are stated in the proposal.

Which event do you optimise toward?+

The deepest reliable event with enough volume and acceptable delay: activation, trial, purchase, retained user or revenue. A cheap install is not the default objective.

Do you work in our accounts?+

Yes. Platforms, MMPs, analytics, audiences and dashboards remain client-owned. Access is role-based and revocable.

Is creative included?+

Creative strategy, taxonomy, briefs, QA and learning readouts are included. Volume production, shoots and creator costs are separately scoped.

How do you handle iOS privacy constraints?+

We use available Apple privacy frameworks, MMP configuration, conversion-value design, first-party events and controlled experiments while stating what cannot be observed deterministically.

Can you prove incrementality?+

Where traffic, budget and platform capability allow, we design holdouts or geo/cell tests. Platform attribution alone is never labelled incremental lift.

What happens to weak campaigns?+

They are stopped or reworked according to declared budget and value guardrails. Spend is not preserved to protect an agency fee.

Can you launch in several Indian languages?+

Yes, when translation, cultural adaptation, rights, destination and native-language QA are funded as real production—not treated as a copy-paste extension.

// a useful first conversation

Find the cell that deserves the next rupee.

We will inspect the economics, event map, store routes, account structure, creative taxonomy and value cohorts before proposing scale.