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Wasted Ad Spend Audit

Find the growth budget you already have.

See where your ad budget goes today, how much could be redirected and which categories, brands or launches could benefit next. The total budget stays the same.

Retailers commonly find that 20–30% of product advertising spend is not aligned with their current business priorities. The audit shows whether that pattern exists in your data and what a more useful allocation could look like.

Connect your data. We do the analysis. You get a concrete reallocation plan and decide whether to act. You keep the findings even if you do not choose Expanly, and nothing changes in your campaigns without your approval.

Wasted Ad Spend Audit

From today's allocation to next month's plan

Same total budget

Where the budget goes today

Example monthly view

Strategic categories

18% ad budget · 35% gross profit

Core catalog

46% ad budget · 45% gross profit

Low-fit areas

36% ad budget · 20% gross profit

Share of ad budget Share of gross profit

Questions your free audit answers

  • How much additional revenue and gross profit could Expanly potentially unlock?

  • How much more visibility could go to your most strategic products and categories?

  • Are products in your catalog using budget that could work harder elsewhere?

You keep the findings even if you do not choose Expanly. The audit does not commit you to anything.

What you get

What you can change next

Where your budget goes

A clear view of advertising investment across categories, products and brands, compared with the commercial result.

What could move

The part of the current budget that could be redirected and the priorities that could benefit next.

An approval-ready plan

A data-based estimate with visible assumptions, safeguards and a plan for testing the change against actual results.

The process

How it works

  1. 1

    Connect

    We align on the business goals and connect GA4, Google Ads and your product feed. The first allocation signals can be visible immediately.

  2. 2

    Observe

    A 30-day observation period adds product history, stock, category and other commercial context to the initial advertising view.

  3. 3

    Review

    We review wasted spend, reallocation opportunities and an estimated business case built from your real data.

Request your free audit

Takes about 2 minutes. We'll be in touch within 1 business day.

Total monthly digital advertising spend.

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