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// Pricing · monthly rolling · no lock-in · CSS saving included from day one

HONEST
PRICING.
NO LOCK-IN.

Four tiers based on catalogue complexity and channel mix. Every tier includes CSS partnership, proprietary feed management, and enhanced conversion setup. Cancel any month. No minimum term.

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Our tiers are a starting point. Your engagement is bespoke.
Every business is different — different catalogue complexity, different margin structures, different channel mix, different growth ambitions. Our tiers provide a clear framework, but the strategy we build within them is always tailored to your specific commercial reality. Not sure which tier fits? Start with a free audit and we'll tell you honestly what you actually need.
Monthly tiers

FOUR TIERS,
ONE SYSTEM.

// Starter
Founded Starter
Shopify · under 200 SKUs · £500k–£2M revenue
£799/mo
Monthly rolling · no contract
  • Google Shopping management
  • CSS — 20% click saving
  • Break-even ROAS calculation
  • Feed audit
  • Monthly report & call
  • Real-time dashboard
  • Quarterly strategy session
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// Growth
Founded Growth
Shopify · 200–500 SKUs · £1M–£4M revenue
£1,200/mo
Monthly rolling · no contract
  • Everything in Starter
  • Google Search campaigns
  • Full feed optimisation
  • Negative keyword management
  • Weekly optimisation
  • Monthly report & call
  • Conversion tracking setup
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Most popular
· places limited ·
// Scale
Founded Scale
Shopify / Shopify Plus · 500–5,000 SKUs · £2M–£10M revenue
£2,000/mo
Monthly rolling · no contract
  • Everything in Growth
  • Dynamic labelling waterfall
  • Meta retargeting campaigns
  • AI margin monitoring
  • Price competitiveness tracking
  • Feedoptimise feed management
  • Quarterly commercial strategy
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// Enterprise
Founded Enterprise
Shopify Plus · 5,000+ SKUs · £5M–£20M+ annual revenue
£3,500/mo
Monthly rolling · no contract
  • Everything in Scale
  • Amazon Ads management
  • Vendor Central support
  • Full our email platform management
  • Product-level P&L analysis
  • Monthly commercial review
  • Priority account access
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In every tier — no exceptions

THE FLOOR
IS HIGH.

Even the smallest tier includes things most agencies charge extra for or never offer at all. These come as standard at every level.

Commercial foundation
Break-even ROAS calculation
Product-level margin mapping
Honest monthly reporting
Real-time performance dashboard
Google & feed
CSS partnership — 20% saving
Proprietary feed management
Dynamic labelling waterfall
Enhanced conversion tracking
Commercial network
Carrier partner network access
Software & platform partnerships
No lock-in — monthly rolling
Direct access to operators
The tiers differ in scope and intensity — catalogue size, number of channels, depth of involvement — not in whether you get the good stuff. Everyone gets the good stuff.
// Google CSS Partnership

YOUR FEE
PAYS FOR ITSELF
BEFORE WE START.

As a Google CSS Partner, every Shopping campaign we run saves 20% on click costs from day one. For most clients on the Growth tier and above, this saving offsets the majority of the management fee — before we've improved a single bid.

£1,000/mo Shopping spend£200/mo saved
£3,000/mo Shopping spend£600/mo saved
£6,000/mo Shopping spend£1,200/mo saved
£10,000/mo Shopping spend£2,000/mo saved
Add-on services

BOLT-ON TO
ANY TIER.

Email platform setup & management
Full flow build, campaign management, segmentation
3-month minimum for new setups. Certified our email platform partner. Included in Enterprise tier.
+£400
/month
Amazon Ads management
Sponsored Products, Brands, Display — for Growth/Scale clients
Included in Enterprise tier. Available as add-on to Growth and Scale.
+£600
/month
One-off Google Ads audit
Full account review, wasted spend analysis, break-even ROAS
Credited against first month's fee if you sign. Delivered as report + call.
£500
one-off
CRO sprint
UX and conversion review — homepage, category page, product page, checkout
Actionable findings report. More revenue from existing traffic, without increasing spend.
£750
one-off
Fractional e-com director
1–2 days/week embedded commercial leadership
Minimum 2 days/month. Initial conversation to assess fit. Available independently of retainer tiers.
£1,500
/day
The real comparison

AGENCY VS
IN-HOUSE —
THE HONEST
NUMBERS.

The instinct for many businesses is to hire in-house before engaging an agency. Before making that decision, it is worth understanding what in-house actually costs versus what it delivers — and where an agency relationship sits in that comparison. These are not marketing numbers. They are what hiring looks like in practice.

// Option 01
In-House
Junior / mid e-commerce exec
Salary£28–38k
Employer NI (13.8%)£2.6–3.8k
Pension (min 3%)£840–1.1k
Software & tools£3–6k
Training & courses£1–2k
Recruitment fee (15–20%)£4.2–7.6k
Year one total£39–58k
Limited expertise. Learning curve significant in year one. No CSS partnership. No feed management platform. No cross-client pattern recognition. One person covering multiple functions at junior level.
// Option 02
In-House
Senior e-commerce manager / head of
Salary£45–65k
Employer NI (13.8%)£4.1–6.5k
Pension (min 3%)£1.4–2k
Software & tools£5–10k
Training & events£2–4k
Recruitment fee (15–20%)£6.8–13k
Year one total£64–100k
Better expertise, but still one person with one set of experience. Software costs significant. Still no CSS partnership or enterprise-level tools. Takes holiday, sick leave, and may leave within 18 months.
Most common choice
// Option 03
Founded Scale
500–5,000 SKUs · most popular tier
Annual retainer£24,000
Employer NI£0
Software & tools£0 (included)
Recruitment£0
CSS saving (on £3k/mo spend)−£7,200/yr
Net annual cost£16,800
20 years of operating experience. CSS partnership active day one. Enterprise feed management included. No holiday, no sick leave, no recruitment risk. Shipping partner rates. Cancel anytime.
// What you get with Founded that you cannot hire for
Google CSS Partnership — 20% saving on every Shopping click, every day, from day one
Enterprise feed management infrastructure — not available on standard software subscriptions
Negotiated shipping rates — our carrier partner network — active from day one
Cross-client pattern recognition — we see what works across dozens of accounts, not just yours
Certified our email platform partner access — platform support not available on standard accounts
20 years of Amazon operating experience — not learnable in a job description
// What you avoid
Employer NI, pension contributions, and employment overhead
Recruitment fees (15–20% of salary, paid even if the hire doesn't work out)
3–6 month learning curve before a new hire is effective
Holiday, sick leave, and performance management
Software costs — tools, platforms, and subscriptions you'd need to buy
18-month churn risk — the average tenure of a digital marketing hire
When in-house is the right answer
An in-house hire makes sense when you need someone embedded full-time in the business — managing supplier relationships, attending warehouse meetings, building internal capability, and taking on responsibilities that require physical presence and cross-functional integration. That is a different role to what we provide. We are not a substitute for a capable internal team — we are the strategic and technical layer that works alongside one, or provides what one cannot deliver independently. If you need to build in-house capability over time, we can help you do that too.
18 months
average tenure of a digital marketing hire — you pay recruitment again every 18 months on average
CIPD UK Labour Turnover Survey
6 months
before a new in-house digital hire is operating at full effectiveness — 6 months of underperformance on your ad budget
Industry recruitment benchmarks
£7,200
annual CSS saving on a £3,000/month Shopping budget — active from day one, before any optimisation
Google CSS Programme
Common questions

PRICING FAQ.

Is there really no long-term contract?
None. Monthly rolling on every tier. 30-day notice to cancel at any time, for any reason. We retain clients through results — not paperwork. If we're not delivering, you should be able to leave.
How does the CSS saving work exactly?
As a Google Comparison Shopping Service partner, we run your Shopping ads through our CSS platform rather than standard Google Ads. Google's own pricing rules mean CSS-served ads cost 20% less per click. This saving applies automatically to every Shopping campaign we run, from the first day the account is live. No setup needed on your side.
How do I know which tier is right for me?
Book a free audit. We'll review your current setup, assess your catalogue size and ad spend, and tell you honestly which tier fits your situation — and what you'd get from stepping up if relevant. We'll never recommend a tier that's more than you need.
Can I start on Starter and move up later?
Yes — and this is often the right approach. Start where you are, build trust in the first 90 days, and upgrade when the results and the appetite are there. There are no penalties for moving between tiers and no minimum time at any level.
What does onboarding look like?
After signing, we request account access (Google Ads, Merchant Centre, GA4, and others depending on tier). We conduct a full audit in the first week, deliver a week-one update email, and have campaigns rebuilt or live within 7–10 working days. Month-one report and call at day 30.
Do you work with businesses outside the UK?
Yes — our methodology works across markets. We have experience with UK, EU, and US-facing e-commerce operations. The break-even ROAS framework, dynamic labelling system, and feed management approach are applicable regardless of geography.
What exactly happens to my ad spend versus your fee?
They are separate. Your management fee pays for our work. Your ad budget is spent on your platforms, in your accounts, under your ownership — we never mark it up or take a percentage of it. The CSS saving of 20% applies to your ad spend directly, which is why for many clients the saving offsets a large part of the fee before any optimisation work is counted.
Why is it a flat monthly fee and not a percentage of spend?
Because a percentage-of-spend model rewards an agency for spending more of your money, not for making you more profit. Our incentive should be your commercial outcome, not your ad budget. A flat fee means when we cut unprofitable spend — which is often one of the first things we do — our interests and yours stay aligned.
What if I already have an in-house team or another agency?
We work around your structure, not ours. If you have an in-house team, we can lead strategy and let them execute, or take specific channels off their plate. If you are switching from another agency, the audit doubles as a handover document — we map exactly what you are inheriting before we change anything. There is no requirement to rip everything out on day one.
Is there a setup or onboarding fee?
No. The audit is free and there is no separate onboarding charge. Your first monthly fee covers the full audit, the rebuild, and everything in the first 30 days. You are not paying extra for the heavy lifting that happens at the start.
Audit places — limited availability
We take on a select number of new accounts each month. Places are not always available.
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Commercial partner network

AN UNFAIR
COMMERCIAL
ADVANTAGE.

Working with Founded Digital means accessing commercial relationships built over 20 years of operating in this industry. We have negotiated deals and partnerships with carriers, platforms, and technology providers that most businesses cannot access independently. Every relationship below is available to every client from day one.

Shipping & fulfilment
Negotiated rates
ROYAL MAIL
Negotiated contract rates across Tracked 24, Tracked 48, and large letter formats. Significant savings versus standard business account pricing — particularly valuable for high-volume e-commerce operations and subscription businesses.
// Below standard business rates
Negotiated rates
Premium parcel carrier
Preferential parcel rates across domestic and international services through our carrier partner network. Particularly valuable for businesses shipping higher-value or larger items where per-parcel cost has a direct impact on margin and competitiveness.
// Domestic & international
Negotiated rates
INPOST
Preferential locker network rates through our delivery partners — increasingly the preferred delivery method for cost-conscious consumers. Lower cost per parcel than doorstep delivery and significantly lower failed delivery rates, which directly reduces your operational overhead.
// Locker network · lower cost
Negotiated rates
AMAZON
SHIPPING
Access to marketplace-grade shipping rates for non-marketplace orders — some of the most competitive parcel pricing available in the UK market. Ideal for DTC businesses that want enterprise-level logistics pricing without marketplace dependency.
// DTC shipping · Amazon rates
Digital & advertising
GOOGLE CSS
As a Google Comparison Shopping Service partner, every Shopping campaign runs at 20% lower cost per click than standard Google Ads — from day one, on every account, without any campaign changes required.
// 20% saving · Always active
KLAVIYO
Certified email marketing platform partner with advanced platform access and partner-level support. We've deployed our email partner platform across accounts at every scale — our certification means clients benefit from capabilities and support tiers not available on standard accounts.
// Certified · Partner access
FEED
MANAGEMENT
Partner access to enterprise feed management infrastructure — the layer that ensures every product reaches Google Shopping with the right data, the right attributes, and the right commercial labels. The difference between a working feed and an optimal one is significant at scale.
// Enterprise grade · All clients
PRICE
INTELLIGENCE
Real-time competitive pricing intelligence across Amazon and Google Shopping. Partner access to platforms that monitor your pricing position automatically — so you know before your conversion rate does when a competitor has undercut you on a key line.
// Real-time · Cross-channel
SAVINGS ACROSS YOUR ENTIRE OPERATION — NOT JUST YOUR ADS
Most agencies save you money on click costs. We save you money on shipping, on fulfilment, on software, on advertising — and then we make the ads work harder on top of that. The commercial advantage of working with Founded Digital starts long before a campaign goes live. These rates and partnerships are available to every client, regardless of tier, from day one.
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FREE AUDIT.
We'll calculate your break-even ROAS, find your wasted spend, and recommend the right tier. No charge. No obligation. No pitch attached.
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