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Saigon Digital Helps Saigon Boat Company Achieve 350% ROAS with Strategic PPC Management

350% ROAS in 4 monthsCost per conversion −94%1 → 43 purchases a monthMarine & Tourism
350%Return on ad spend in four monthsGoogle Ads rebuilt from scratch: keyword research, budget reallocation and creative testing.
43Purchases a month, up from oneAd-driven sales now capped by capacity rather than by demand, with boats selling out across channels.
−94%Cost per conversionThe spend that was going nowhere reallocated to the keywords and audiences that actually convert.

Built with

  • Google Ads
  • GA4
  • Search Console

Google Ads rebuilt from scratch: 350% ROAS in four months, with cost per conversion down 94%.

Saigon Digital collaborated with Saigon Boat Company to completely transform their Google Ads strategy, delivering a 350% ROAS within just four months. With data-driven decision-making and expert PPC management, we helped Saigon Boat lower costs, improve conversions, and gain clarity on how ads drove revenue.

Saigon Boat, the delivered platform

03 THE WORK

Chapter by chapter.

01

A user experience built to convert

Paid traffic only pays off if the site holds up. We benchmark every build with Google Lighthouse, auditing performance, accessibility, SEO and best practices, so ad clicks land on pages that load fast and convert.

Saigon Boat, project detail
02

The Challenge

  • High Cost Per Conversion: Pre-optimisation, the cost per conversion was unsustainably high.
  • Low Conversion Rates: The client struggled to generate purchases, with 0 monthly purchases in the 3 months prior to working with Saigon Digital.
  • Lack of Insights: Saigon Boat Company lacked clarity on how Google Ads impacted sales and struggled to track ad performance effectively.
Saigon Boat, project detail
03

The Solutions

Challenge 1: High Cost Per Conversion

Saigon Digital started over from scratch doing keyword research to compare cost per click on keywords currently used and the actual cost from the ads. We then analysed ad spend patterns and reallocated the budget toward high-performing keywords and audiences.

We implemented new keywords and A/B testing for ad creatives and optimised targeting parameters to reduce wasteful spend.

Challenge 2: Low Conversion Rates

We set up proper conversion tracking and improved ad creatives to appeal to high-intent buyers. Targeted campaigns focusing on purchase-ready audiences significantly boosted monthly conversions.

By setting up proper tracking, we also helped the Google Ads algorithm adjust to our targeting more effectively. That tracking became the foundation for accurate reporting and data attribution.

Challenge 3: Lack of Insights

Our team implemented detailed tracking and reporting systems to map ad spend directly to purchases and revenue. This provided the client with clear insights into ad performance and ROI.

Saigon Boat, project detail
04

Dramatic Increase in Purchases

  • Before Saigon Digital: 1 purchase per month
  • After 4 months: 43 purchases per month
  • Ad-driven sales are now capped only by capacity, the boats sell out across every channel, Google Ads included.
Saigon Boat, project detail
05

Major Cost Reduction

Cost per conversion reduced by 94%.

Saigon Boat, project detail
Saigon Boat website by Saigon Digital

Questions about this project

Our Google Ads are not working. Do we optimise or start over?

Sometimes starting over is the cheaper option. Saigon Boat Company had gone three months with zero purchases, so we rebuilt from keyword research up rather than trimming a campaign that was structurally wrong.

Why is our cost per conversion so high?

Usually because budget is spread across keywords that look relevant and do not buy. Analysing spend patterns and moving the money to high-intent terms and audiences cut Saigon Boat’s cost per conversion by 94%.

Do we really need conversion tracking set up properly?

It is the whole game. Without it you cannot attribute revenue, and neither can Google’s algorithm, so the bidding optimises towards the wrong thing. Fixing tracking was what let the targeting start compounding here. See data & dashboards.

Does the website matter if the ads are good?

Paid traffic only pays off if the page holds up. We benchmark builds with Lighthouse so ad clicks land on pages that load fast and convert, rather than paying for a visitor twice. See digital marketing.

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