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If you’re spending serious money on Meta, there’s one variable you’re probably still not testing.
And it sits at the top of every ad you run.
Ecom brands will spend $100,000+ testing creatives...
Then run the winner through a Facebook page they made with 23 followers.
Think about that.
You test new creatives.
New offers.
ABO vs CBO.
Lowest cost vs manual bidding.
New landing pages.
Almost everything.
But the identity the ad comes from?
Usually an afterthought.
So brands keep spinning up empty pages with 10 followers and zero organic presence...
While established theme pages in your niche are already generating millions of organic views, likes, comments and shares.
Real audiences.
Real engagement.
Real history.
That’s the gap Whitelistly was built to close.
We give brands access to some of the world’s best theme pages so they can run Meta ads through identities people already pay attention to.
No building pages from scratch.
No cold outreach.
No trying to manufacture credibility with an account nobody follows.
Take a creative you already know works.
Run it through a page millions of people already pay attention to.
Same creative.
Same offer.
Different identity.
See what happens in your ad account.
Update. This one took so long. 😂 Powered by snapchat ads and organic affiliates, no meta. A lot of ways to skin the cat.
raw reality of building an ecom brand
spent 1.5 years building a brand i launched 7 days ago. put a year into r&d - took 5 samples to get final product.
the best formula on the market serving a 1.4 billion dollar industry. top-notch ugc, landing page, packaging design, etc.
day 1 of launch - no sales
day 7- still no sales
the product is too ahead of its time and the audience is too cold and uninformed to confidently incorporate this into their daily routine.
i couldn't sleep at night for a year thinking about the possibilities of this brand and we are 10 days in, about $500 in ad spend, but not a single sale.
the $100 cpms in us don't help either lol.
atc's are slowly picking up though and the first sale will come this week. the budget is still fairly low, just $50 daily.
it's discouraging, but i'm going harder than ever. i spent so much time and money putting the product first, so i have no doubt we will build a loyal customer base of thousands of users. this is an ltv and rcr play - once that first customer gets this product in hand they are never going back to other alternatives.
to summarize, good things take time. people love to flaunt the good days, but very few talk about the raw reality of ecom and building a proprietary brand.
onward and upward. can't wait to quote this a year from now.
I'm looking to bring on an AI growth engineer for my e-commerce brands.
Landing page generation
Creative ideation - research - scripts - pipelines
Ad account KPI monitoring
And most likely a million other things, lol.
Full-time hire. If you're offshore and interested, DM me with your portfolio or background.
the background audio is just as impressive 👀
SELL LIGHT PRODUCTS
One of my stores has fairly heavy products, which makes it a logistical headache. I just checked my carrier fees for 2025 and almost threw up.
who is crushing it with OG tiktok ads running traffic to shopify? (not TikTok shop) would love to pay for a consultation, dm me.
Here's something that can help big time in seasonal or sale periods: Change your main product photo, making it offer-oriented and having the words "Black Friday Sale" in it. This CVR is literally 99% new customers.
The longer I’m in ecom, the more I realize how insane our skill stack actually is.
Media buying. CRO. Creative systems/iteration. Landing pages. Retention. Email/SMS. Lean ops. You’re forced to learn everything or your business could die.
And lately I keep asking myself:
What happens if you take that skillset into a service business?
Because acquisition-wise… The gap between an ecom operator and a service operator is NIGHT AND DAY.
I’ve seen ecom people pivot and become top 1% in completely different industries very quickly.
And the kicker? They’re not stuck banging their head against the wall for 15% margins anymore.
I’m staying in ecom forever. But I’m curious about building something on the side. It doesn't have to be HVAC, plumbing, or anything like that. It can be as simple as group dog trainings or niche services with a lot of money in them.
If you’ve made this pivot, I'm curious to hear your thoughts. Am I the only one who's thought about this?
Years ago, I ordered a pair of pants from a brand called Birddogs.
To my surprise, they threw in a free t-shirt with my order.
The shirt probably cost them $2–3 to make…
But it left a massive impression on me.
I’ll never forget that unboxing.
It felt personal, unexpected, and thoughtful.
I ended up going back and spending a few hundred more dollars with them. All because of a $3 shirt.
Most brands add “free gifts” in their offer.
But the real power comes when it’s unexpected.
If you run a brand with repeat customers, try this:
Find a high perceived-value item under $1 (Alibaba, low MOQ)
Make it branded so it stays top-of-mind
Add a packaging card from the founder saying it’s a gift of appreciation.
This is a tiny gesture with a massive LTV impact.
anyone have good freelancers for advertorial/listicle animations? I've tried fiverr and upwork, but haven't found anyone great.
update its shitting the bed. 4 days in. more than enough time to turn it around, this isn't my first rodeo. new pre-landers, creative, channels, and offers in the pipeline.
fixed. offshore devs coming to save the day once again. shoutout to all the offshore devs out there, I would be nothing without you. ❤️
I'm having an issue. For markets outside of the USA, the currency conversion in the buy box isn't working; the one-time purchase and subscription numbers are incredibly skewed. I'm having trouble diagnosing whether it's a bug in the subscription app or a development issue, as our buy box is custom-coded. Who can help here, or know someone who can help? Even a diagnosis helps.
Looking to get this fixed within the day.
Update $115 CPMs. I knew it was coming. 🤣
Does anyone have an AI model trained for supply chain and inventory replenishment? I just want to refresh it daily with stock levels, train it on lead times per SKU, and then get slack/sms messages on when I should be placing new orders. Also could be helpfull if it can recommend order qty recommendations based on volume being moved over the last 30/60 days. Anyone have something similar?








