Modeled results

ChatGPT Ads Case Study: Footwear Brand

This ChatGPT Ads case study follows a premium everyday and travel footwear brand.

944 initial orders at $63.56 media cost per order with $60,000 in ad spend.

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944Initial orders
2.01xRefund-adjusted ROAS
$63.56Media cost per order
850New customers
$100.59Program new-customer CAC
$155,320.40Net revenue, initial + repeat

The challenge

A premium footwear brand attracts product interest but loses shoppers over fit uncertainty.

What WKND built

Ad groups by buyer question: Travel and everyday wear (40% or $24,000); Fit and sizing information (40% or $24,000); Materials and styling (20% or $12,000).

Landing page

Match each use case to a curated collection with fit guidance, width availability, material details, on-foot photography, and exchanges explained before checkout. Track size-guide use as a diagnostic, not as the campaign’s success event. Put out-of-stock sizes behind clear availability controls.

Intake and follow-up

Send fit and care guidance, resolve sizing issues quickly, and use consented replenishment or second-style offers. Track returns by size, style, and acquisition creative so an aggressive ad does not hide a fit problem. Avoid counting an exchange as a new customer.

Full 90-day funnel

Media spend$60,000
CPC$2.80
Clicks21,429
Product views17,304
Add to cart2,076
Checkout starts1,453
Initial orders944
Session to purchase4.6%
New customers850
Media cost per initial order$63.56
Media new-customer CAC$70.59
Program new-customer CAC$100.59
Initial AOV$145
Initial gross order revenue$136,880
Revenue refund allowance12.0%
Initial net revenue$120,454.40
Gross ROAS2.28x
Refund-adjusted ROAS2.01x
Initial contribution margin58.0%
Initial contribution after program cost-$15,636.45
New buyers placing one repeat order35.0% or 298 orders
Repeat AOV and refund allowance$130 and 10.0%
Net repeat revenue$34,866.00
Initial plus repeat net revenue$155,320.40
6-month contribution after all program cost$4,585.83

The lesson

This is a payback case, not an immediate-profit success story. It demonstrates how WKND would manage the acquisition and retention system together, and where the business should refuse to scale without stronger cohort evidence.