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Case study · Google Ads + GA4

Client A grew purchases from Google ads by +72% in 15 months

Maternity & baby-care ecommerce brand · India · Apr 2025 to Jun 2026

+72%
purchases a month from Google ad visitors, Apr 2025 → Jun 2026
GA4-reported
+43%
website revenue, Q2 2026 vs Q2 2025
GA4-reported
−6%
cost per paid purchase, Apr 2025 → Jun 2026, while spend grew +62%
Google Ads spend ÷ GA4-reported paid purchases

The brief

Grow online orders without paying more for each one

The client

A direct-to-consumer brand in India selling breast pumps, sterilisers and other maternity & baby-care products from its own online store.

The challenge

Grow purchases from Google while the ad budget rose, and fix tracking so Google could optimise for real purchases and their value.

Our approach

Search for brand and product terms, Shopping and Performance Max for products, rebuilt purchase tracking, value-based bidding and steady budget scaling.

Growth at a glance · Apr 2025 vs Jun 2026

First month against latest month

+72%
paid purchases
637 → 1,098
GA4-reported
+66%
paid sessions
19.2K → 31.9K
GA4-reported
+60%
all website sessions
89.9K → 143.5K
GA4-reported
+62%
monthly ad investment
₹2.7 L → ₹4.4 L
Google Ads-reported

Paid = GA4 google / cpc. Purchases = unique GA4 transaction IDs. All 15 months shown are complete calendar months.

Month on month · purchases

May 2026 was the best month: 1,169 paid purchases, 32% above the monthly average

Apr 2025: 637 purchases637Apr 25May 2025: 641 purchasesMay 25Jun 2025: 750 purchasesJun 25Jul 2025: 859 purchasesJul 25Aug 2025: 573 purchasesAug 25Sep 2025: 719 purchasesSep 25Oct 2025: 728 purchasesOct 25Nov 2025: 872 purchasesNov 25Dec 2025: 952 purchasesDec 25Jan 2026: 1,117 purchasesJan 26Feb 2026: 1,051 purchasesFeb 26Mar 2026: 1,134 purchasesMar 26Apr 2026: 994 purchasesApr 26May 2026: 1,169 purchases1,169May 26Jun 2026: 1,098 purchases1,098Jun 26
Q2 2026: 3,261 vs 2,028 in Q2 2025 (+61%)Average growth +4.0% a monthDashed line = monthly average (886) · GA4-reported purchases from google / cpc visits

Month on month · efficiency

Spend rose +62%, yet each paid purchase cost less

Monthly ad spend

Apr 2025: ₹273,208₹2.7 LApr 25May 2025: ₹307,273Jun 2025: ₹303,293Jul 2025: ₹352,233Jul 25Aug 2025: ₹349,589Sep 2025: ₹396,685Oct 2025: ₹372,706Oct 25Nov 2025: ₹359,753Dec 2025: ₹349,624Jan 2026: ₹374,157Jan 26Feb 2026: ₹402,245Mar 2026: ₹422,968Apr 2026: ₹413,540Apr 26May 2026: ₹419,778Jun 2026: ₹441,939₹4.4 LJun 26

Google Ads-reported cost

Cost per paid purchase

Apr 2025: ₹428.90₹429Apr 25May 2025: ₹479.37Jun 2025: ₹404.39Jul 2025: ₹410.05Jul 25Aug 2025: ₹610.10Sep 2025: ₹551.72Oct 2025: ₹511.96Oct 25Nov 2025: ₹412.56Dec 2025: ₹367.25Jan 2026: ₹334.97₹335Jan 26Feb 2026: ₹382.73Mar 2026: ₹372.99Apr 2026: ₹416.04Apr 26May 2026: ₹359.09Jun 2026: ₹402.49₹402Jun 26

Google Ads spend ÷ GA4-reported paid purchases · dashed line = average

Lowest: Jan 2026 at ₹335₹402 in Jun 2026 vs ₹429 in Apr 2025

Month on month · website

More visits and more revenue on the store

Website sessions per month

Apr 2025: 89,907 sessions89.9KApr 25May 2025: 85,051 sessionsJun 2025: 112,940 sessionsJul 2025: 115,150 sessionsJul 25Aug 2025: 111,566 sessionsSep 2025: 104,764 sessionsOct 2025: 102,602 sessionsOct 25Nov 2025: 98,313 sessionsDec 2025: 121,054 sessionsJan 2026: 124,810 sessionsJan 26Feb 2026: 124,116 sessionsMar 2026: 151,326 sessionsApr 2026: 169,036 sessionsApr 26May 2026: 171,182 sessions171.2KJun 2026: 143,482 sessions143.5KJun 26

GA4-reported · all channels

Website revenue per month

Apr 2025: ₹7,289,240₹72.9 LApr 25May 2025: ₹7,159,929Jun 2025: ₹8,012,988Jul 2025: ₹9,675,332Jul 25Aug 2025: ₹8,766,334Sep 2025: ₹9,379,845Oct 2025: ₹8,586,221Oct 25Nov 2025: ₹9,184,306Dec 2025: ₹10,979,585Jan 2026: ₹11,848,287Jan 26Feb 2026: ₹11,495,449Mar 2026: ₹12,201,766₹122.0 LApr 2026: ₹11,504,356Apr 26May 2026: ₹10,987,817Jun 2026: ₹9,597,645₹96.0 LJun 26

GA4-reported · all channels · dashed line = average

Best visits: May 2026, 171.2KBest revenue: Mar 2026, ₹122.0 L

Quarter on quarter

Paid purchases grew +61% year on year, quarter by quarter

Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026vs Q2 2025
Paid purchases GA4-reported2,0282,1512,5523,3023,261+61%
All website purchases GA4-reported4,0475,0335,1396,1946,261+55%
Website revenue GA4-reported₹2.25 Cr₹2.78 Cr₹2.88 Cr₹3.55 Cr₹3.21 Cr+43%
Website sessions GA4-reported287.9K331.5K322.0K400.3K483.7K+68%
Ad spend Google Ads-reported₹8.8 L₹11.0 L₹10.8 L₹12.0 L₹12.8 L+44%

Q1 2026 was the peak quarter for revenue and paid purchases. Q2 2026 set new highs for all website purchases and sessions.

Proof · Google Ads

The ad account itself, a year apart

Google Ads screenshot, Q2 2025
Q2 2025 · baseline
Google Ads screenshot, Q2 2026
Q2 2026 · latest
Cost as shown: ₹884K in Q2 2025 → ₹1.28M in Q2 2026

Google Ads, Q2 2025 vs Q2 2026, screenshot from the platform · identifying details blurred · click to enlarge

Proof · GA4

Website revenue in GA4, a year apart

GA4 screenshot, Q2 2025
Q2 2025 · baseline
GA4 screenshot, Q2 2026
Q2 2026 · latest
Total revenue as shown: ₹22M in Q2 2025 → ₹32M in Q2 2026

GA4, Q2 2025 vs Q2 2026, screenshot from the platform · identifying details blurred · click to enlarge

Proof · Shopify

The store dashboard, a year apart

Shopify screenshot, Q2 2025
Q2 2025 · baseline
Shopify screenshot, Q2 2026
Q2 2026 · latest

Shopify, Q2 2025 vs Q2 2026, screenshot from the platform · identifying details blurred · click to enlarge

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Notes

Data notes

Sources: GA4 dated rows and Google Ads daily exports, Apr 2025 to 30 June 2026 (latest available); figures are platform-reported, not the store's own sales records, Google Ads conversion totals are not used because two purchase actions overlap, and Shopify screenshots are shown as visual proof only. Client anonymised.