Pricing

One Flat Rate. Senior Strategy. No Surprises.

Every client gets a single monthly number based on the complexity of their business. No percentage of ad spend. No add-ons. No invoices that change month to month. Start with a free audit and we'll tell you exactly what it costs.

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How It Works

How Our Pricing Works

We charge a flat monthly fee. One number. It doesn't go up when your ad spend goes up. It doesn't change when you have a big sales month. It doesn't include hidden add-ons or surprise invoices.

Your fee is based on the complexity of your engagement — how many products are in your catalog, how many advertising platforms you're running, and how much campaign infrastructure needs to be built. We determine your exact number during a free audit of your current account. No commitment, no obligation. You'll walk away knowing exactly what it would cost and exactly what you'd get.

The ranges below are rough guides to help you estimate where your fee might land before we talk. They are not rigid tiers. Your actual fee is a single flat number that we'll quote after the audit based on your specific situation.

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Pricing Guides

Estimate Where You'd Land

Launchpad
Starting at $5,000

per month

For brands doing $1M–$5M in annual revenue with smaller catalogs and 1–2 advertising platforms. If you're currently running Google Shopping and maybe Meta, and you know your campaigns need a real structure but you're not sure where to start — this is likely where you'd land.

3 months, then month-to-month.

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Full Command
Starting at $15,000

per month

For brands doing $20M–$50M+ with massive catalogs (100,000+ SKUs) running 3–4 platforms at $200K–$500K+ in monthly ad spend. This is a full-scale, multi-platform buildout with complex feed architecture and cross-channel reporting.

3 months, then month-to-month.

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Not sure where you'd land?

Most people aren't — and that's the whole point of the audit. We'll look at your account, your catalog, your platforms, and your goals, then give you one flat number. No guessing, no ranges, no confusion. Just the number.

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What Every Client Gets

There Is No Basic Version.

There is no premium tier with features the lower tiers don't get. Every Waymaker client gets the same system, scaled to their business:

Full 3-funnel campaign architecture (ToFu / MoFu / BoFu) across all managed platforms
Custom catalog segmentation with automated label refresh
Shopping Waterfall priority system
Parallel-run migration plan (we don't blow up what's working — we build alongside it and migrate when the new structure proves itself)
Cross-platform reporting and blended ROAS tracking
Weekly search query mining and negative keyword management
Feed management and multi-platform catalog sync
Direct access to your strategist — the person who builds it is the person who runs it
You own everything — campaigns, data, accounts, strategy documents

The only thing that changes is the size of the system: how many platforms, how many campaigns, how many products in the feed, and how much custom automation your catalog requires. That's what determines your fee. Not which "tier" you're in.

Why Waymaker

What Makes Us Different

You work with the strategist. Not a junior.

This is the most important thing on this page.

At most agencies — big or small — the person who pitches you is not the person who manages your account. A senior strategist or VP sells you on the vision, and then your day-to-day gets handed to a junior account manager with 1–3 years of experience who's juggling 8–12 other accounts. Your $150,000/month in ad spend is being managed by someone earning $55,000 a year, following a playbook they didn't write, with maybe 3–4 hours a week dedicated to your business.

That's not a criticism of junior talent — everyone starts somewhere. But your ad budget is real money. The person making decisions about your bidding strategies, your product feed, your campaign architecture, and your budget allocation should be someone with the experience to get it right.

At Waymaker, there is no handoff. The strategist who builds your system is the same person who optimizes it every week, mines your search query reports, manages your feed, and gets on the call with you. That's the model. That's why it works.

We charge flat — not a percentage of your ad spend.

Most agencies charge 7–15% of whatever you spend on ads. That means every time they recommend you increase budget, they make more money. Every time the right move is to cut spend on a platform that isn't working, they have a financial incentive not to tell you.

We charge one flat number. When we recommend moving budget from Google to Meta, it's because the data says so — not because it affects our fee. Your invoice is the same every month regardless of what your ad spend does. That aligns our incentive with yours: maximize your profit.

Side by Side

How We Compare

You might be wondering how our pricing stacks up. Here are two real-world scenarios.

Scenario 1: $20M brand, 25,000 SKUs, 3 platforms, $150K/month ad spend

This is a brand running Google, Meta, and Microsoft with a meaningful catalog and solid ad budget. They need real campaign architecture — funnel segmentation, catalog labeling, Shopping Waterfall, feed management, cross-platform reporting.

Big Agency Mid-Tier Agency Waymaker
Monthly fee $12,000–$16,000 $9,000–$13,000 $8,000–$11,000
Annual cost $144K–$192K $108K–$156K $96K–$132K
Who runs your account Junior AM (1–3 yrs exp, 8–12 accounts) Mixed seniority Senior strategist, directly
Who builds the strategy Senior director you'll rarely see Mid-level strategist Same person who runs the account

You save $12,000–$60,000 a year compared to a big agency — and the person running your campaigns has more experience, not less.

Scenario 2: $40M brand, 100,000+ SKUs, 4 platforms, $350K/month ad spend

This is a large-scale ecommerce operation running Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Criteo with a massive catalog, complex feed architecture, and high-volume campaign management across four platforms.

Big Agency Mid-Tier Agency Waymaker
Monthly fee $25,000–$35,000 $18,000–$25,000 $15,000–$20,000
Annual cost $300K–$420K $216K–$300K $180K–$240K
Who runs your account Junior AM on a "team" Mixed seniority Senior strategist, directly

At this scale, you save $60,000–$180,000 a year. And the work is better because the person doing it has been in your search query reports, your feed, and your bidding strategy every single week — not reviewing a junior's summary before your quarterly call.

FAQ

Common Questions

Start with the free audit. We'll review your current campaigns, catalog, platform mix, and goals. Then we'll give you one flat number — not a range. The audit is free, there's no commitment, and you'll walk away with a clear picture of what your campaigns need whether you hire us or not.
Fair question. If you're paying $3,000–$5,000/month for PPC management, you're likely working with a solo freelancer or small shop. That can work — but there's usually a ceiling. If you're spending $75K–$150K/month on ads and your campaigns haven't been fundamentally restructured in years, there's almost certainly significant revenue being left on the table. The question isn't "how much does management cost?" — it's "how much revenue am I missing because my campaigns aren't built to capture it?" A $5,000/month increase in management fees that produces $50,000/month in additional revenue is a 10x return. That's the conversation we have during the audit.
Because a $5M brand with 500 SKUs on 2 platforms is a different engagement than a $5M brand with 50,000 SKUs on 2 platforms. The ranges give you a rough idea of where you might land. Your actual fee is a single number determined by complexity — not a sliding scale or a range you'll be somewhere inside of. After the audit, you'll get one number.
PPC restructuring takes time. Migration, algorithm learning, optimization cycles. Evaluating before 90 days means judging incomplete data. After 3 months, it's month-to-month. We keep clients because the work is good, not because a contract says you can't leave.
Absolutely. Most clients who start at the Launchpad level add platforms or expand their catalog over time. The architecture we build is designed to scale — adding depth doesn't mean starting over.
That's normal and expected. The guides are rough estimates. We price to your actual complexity, not to a rigid tier. The audit determines the exact number.
No — and neither do most PPC agencies. Creative production (photography, video, static image design) is almost always a separate line item or handled by the client's in-house team, regardless of which agency you hire. Every competitor price quoted on this page reflects that same standard — management fees only, no creative included. That's industry-normal. What we do handle: strategy, campaign management, feed architecture, and reporting. For creative, we'll brief your team or recommend partners on exactly what's needed per platform and funnel layer so nothing gets produced without a clear purpose behind it.
You own everything. Campaigns, data, accounts, strategy documents, feed architecture. Nothing is held hostage. If you leave, it all stays with you.