Paid Media · Profitability Calculator
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Find Your Safe
Ad Spend Range

Enter your unit economics and we'll calculate the exact CPL, CAC, and monthly budget range that keeps your paid media profitable — based on your actual numbers, not guesswork.

10 metrics calculated
3 spend scenarios
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1
Business
Fundamentals
2
Sales Funnel
Performance
3
Current
Ad Spend
4
Profit
Protection
Section 01

Business Fundamentals

These numbers form the foundation of your profitability model. The more accurate they are, the more reliable your safe spend range will be.

Average revenue per transaction
$
Revenue kept after direct delivery costs
%
Average annual purchase frequency
How long clients typically stay
Section 02

Sales Funnel Performance

Your conversion rates connect CPL to CAC. Even a great CPL becomes unprofitable if your funnel leaks — these numbers tell us exactly how much each lead costs to convert into a paying customer.

Total leads per month
New paid media customers per month
% of leads who book a consultation
%
% of booked appointments who show up
%
% of attended appointments that close
%
Days from first contact to payment
days
Section 03

Current Ad Spend

Tell us what you're currently spending and where. If you haven't started paid advertising yet, enter what you're planning to spend.

Ad spend only — not including management fees
$
Where most of your budget runs
Your current cost per lead (0 if unknown)
$
Section 04

Profit Protection

These final inputs define what "profitable" actually means for your business — not just breaking even, but generating a return worth your time and risk.

Minimum margin after ad acquisition cost
%
Months to recover acquisition cost
months
Your goal margin after acquisition cost
%
% of CLV to credit to ad acquisition
%
Your Results

Your Profitability Picture

Based on your unit economics, here's the spend range that keeps your paid media profitable.

↳ Your Profitability Summary
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✓ Green Zone

Profitable Range

⚠ Yellow Zone

Borderline Range

✗ Red Zone

Danger Range

$0 YOUR CURRENT SPEND POSITION Max
Green zone
Yellow zone
Red zone
Your spend
Customer Value Metrics
Customer Lifetime Value (CLV)

Total revenue a client generates over the full relationship

Attributed CLV

CLV credited to paid media based on your attribution setting

Gross Profit Per Customer

What you actually keep per client after delivery costs

Acquisition Cost Metrics
Maximum Allowable CAC

Hard ceiling — spend more and you lose money on every customer

Target CAC

Safe CAC that preserves your target profit margin

Effective Funnel Conversion Rate

Lead-to-appointment × show rate × close rate

CPL Safe Range
Maximum Allowable CPL

CPL ceiling — above this your CAC exceeds break-even

Target CPL

CPL that delivers your target profit margin

Your Current CPL

Compared against safe range

ROAS Benchmarks
Break-Even ROAS

Minimum return on ad spend to not lose money

Target ROAS

Return needed to hit your profit margin goal

Monthly Budget Scenarios — To Hit New Customers/Month
Scenario Monthly Budget CPL Target Est. Leads Est. Customers
Additional Metrics
Leads Needed Per Month

To hit your new customer target at current close rates

Estimated Payback Period

Months until an ad-acquired customer recovers their CAC

Annual Revenue Per Ad Customer

Average annual revenue from a single acquired customer

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