<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>The Growth Butler blog</title><description>Running an online store by the numbers.</description><link>https://thegrowthbutler.com/</link><language>en</language><item><title>Same ROAS, less profit: why ROAS can&apos;t tell you if your ads pay</title><link>https://thegrowthbutler.com/blog/roas-vs-profit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://thegrowthbutler.com/blog/roas-vs-profit/</guid><description>Two weeks with the same ROAS can leave very different profit. Why ROAS misleads, and the per-order number that tells you whether your ads actually pay.</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>paid-ads</category><category>shopify</category><category>growth</category></item><item><title>Break-Even ROAS: The Number That Decides If Your Ads Make Money</title><link>https://thegrowthbutler.com/blog/break-even-roas/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://thegrowthbutler.com/blog/break-even-roas/</guid><description>Your ads can show a 3x ROAS and still lose money. Here&apos;s how to calculate break-even ROAS from your real margins, what a good number looks like, and how to lower it.</description><pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>paid-ads</category><category>growth</category></item><item><title>Contribution Margin for E-commerce: Formula, Examples and Benchmarks</title><link>https://thegrowthbutler.com/blog/contribution-margin-ecommerce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://thegrowthbutler.com/blog/contribution-margin-ecommerce/</guid><description>Contribution margin tells you if selling more makes you richer or just busier. Learn the formula, CM1 vs CM2 vs CM3, real e-commerce examples and what a healthy margin looks like.</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>growth</category><category>shopify</category></item><item><title>Blended ROAS vs. platform ROAS: which number should you trust?</title><link>https://thegrowthbutler.com/blog/blended-roas-vs-platform-roas/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://thegrowthbutler.com/blog/blended-roas-vs-platform-roas/</guid><description>Meta and Google each claim credit for your sales, and together they often claim more than you sold. Here is how to use both numbers without fooling yourself.</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>paid-ads</category><category>growth</category></item><item><title>A weekly e-commerce report that writes itself</title><link>https://thegrowthbutler.com/blog/weekly-ecommerce-report/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://thegrowthbutler.com/blog/weekly-ecommerce-report/</guid><description>Five numbers, one threshold each and one decision. How to build a Monday report you actually act on, and how to stop building it by hand.</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>growth</category><category>ai-agents</category></item><item><title>The first 48 hours after a first purchase</title><link>https://thegrowthbutler.com/blog/first-48-hours-after-first-purchase/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://thegrowthbutler.com/blog/first-48-hours-after-first-purchase/</guid><description>Whether a first-time buyer comes back is often decided before the parcel arrives. Four things to get right in the two days after checkout.</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>retention</category><category>shopify</category></item></channel></rss>