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For the Performance Marketer

A 4.0 ROAS can still be a loss. The platform will not tell you.

Blufire resolves every campaign, ad and channel to profit on ad spend, after COGS, fulfilment and refunds. See where extra spend earns less, reconcile the conversion once, and read the number that actually banks.

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The reality, in the research
27%
of ad budget wasted on channels that look efficient but lose money.
5,000-campaign study
15-30%
of real cost most ROAS calculations leave out.
Industry research
4.0x
a ROAS that still loses money at a 20% gross margin.
Illustrative
The performance problem

Read the number that actually banks.

This is the role, not the industry. Whatever you are scaling, the trap is the same. Here is what changes.

What you are living with
What changes with Blufire
TodayThe ad account reports a strong return while the P&L stays flat.
With BlufireProfit on ad spend per campaign, after COGS, fulfilment and refunds, not gross ROAS.
TodayThree platforms claim the same conversion, so the numbers never reconcile.
With BlufireOne credited conversion. Each sale counted once across the touchpoints that earned it.
TodayYou keep pushing budget into the winner and profit somehow flattens.
With BlufireSee where extra spend earns less, the point each campaign's marginal return thins out.
Today15 to 30 percent of real cost never makes it into the ROAS you read.
With BlufireFull cost loaded in. The number you read is the number that banks.
TodayEvery campaign looks fine in the dashboard until the month-end margin lands.
With BlufireThe net result per campaign, profit after every cost, not platform return.
One layer above

One read from click to profit on ad spend.

Blufire sits above your editions. The lines feeding it can differ, the spend read does not.

Service edition
Pipeline, people, payback
Ecommerce edition
Margin, customers, SKUs
Spend read
Click to profit on spend
Every campaign resolved to the profit it actually earned.
Your decision
What the spend really earns
What marketers open

The three views that move budget the right way.

Across the accounts we work with, these are the outcomes a performance marketer relies on. They generalise because the math does.

Most opened · 01

ROAS vs real profit

CampaignROASPOASMarginNet result
Brand search6.14.441%+$182k
Prospecting4.21.912%+$34k
Broad reach5.00.8-4%-$21k
Return vs net result, by campaign
See what each campaign made. The winner that was a loser.
Most opened · 02

Where extra spend earns less

marginal return thinsspend →↑ margin
Marginal return as spend rises
See the diminishing return. Each extra dollar earns less.
Most opened · 03

One credited conversion

1 salecredited once
Google clickfirst touch
Meta viewassist
Brand searchassist
Orderreconciled
One sale across touchpoints
Reconcile the numbers. Not claimed three times.
How the platform solves it

Four problems, answered in profit, not ROAS.

01

ROAS is not profit

A 4.0 return on a 20% margin product is a loss-making campaign, but the platform reports it as a win.

Blufire turns every campaign's ROAS into profit on ad spend, loading in COGS, fulfilment and refunds. The net result on each campaign is in plain sight, and the call is yours.

Creative analytics
Return and net result, by campaign Demonstrative data
CampaignROASPOASMarginNet result
Brand search6.14.441%+$182k
Email retarget5.43.834%+$146k
Prospecting4.21.912%+$34k
Broad reach5.00.8-4%-$21k
Display3.10.6-9%-$38k
A high ROAS at a thin margin is a loss. The net result is the number that matters.
02

See where extra spend earns less

Pushing budget into the apparent winner flattens profit, because every channel has a point where the next dollar earns less.

Blufire plots marginal return as spend rises and shows where it thins out. You can see exactly how much each extra dollar of spend is still earning.

Acquisition and activation
Marginal margin as spend increases Demonstrative data
marginal return thinsspend →↑ margin
The curve flattens before the spend does. The marker is where the return thins.
03

One reconciled conversion

Google, Meta and analytics each claim the same sale, so reported results add up to more than the business made.

Blufire reconciles attribution to one credited conversion, so every touchpoint is counted once. The numbers finally tie out across platforms.

Acquisition and activation
One sale, credited once across touchpoints Demonstrative data
1 salecredited once
Google clickfirst touch
Meta viewassist
Brand searchassist
Orderreconciled
Everyone claims the conversion. Blufire counts it once.
04

Model the range before you commit

Pushing more budget at a campaign is a bet, and a blended ROAS number cannot tell you what the bet actually returns.

Blufire models the upside and downside on contribution margin for each campaign, so you can see the range a budget change would produce before you make it. The decision stays yours, on better information.

Custom Business Intelligence
Scenario range, base case with upside and downside Demonstrative data
upsidedownsidetoday
The range each campaign could return, measured in margin, not platform ROAS.
The team behind it

Built by an award-winning analytics team.

Blufire is trusted by 100+ mid-market and enterprise brands and recognised across the APAC and Global Search Awards. The same people now model your whole business.

100+
Brands served
$5M–$1B
Turnover served
4
Industry awards
See your spend in profit, not ROAS.A 30-minute walkthrough on your campaigns and margin, not a generic demo.