American Recipes Association

D2C subscription business built and operated end to end: Meta Ads, ClickFunnels funnel system, Shopify, Stripe subscriptions, affiliate program, and analytics. Every function owned solo, September 2024 to May 2026.

$738,296 Total Shopify Sales
$220,290 Meta Ad Spend
$17.99 Avg. Cost per Purchase
699 Active Monthly Subscribers
$25,029 Active MRR
70.24% Returning Customer Rate

Total Ad Account Metrics

Three years of Meta Ads performance in a single account: campaign structure, audience targeting, offer testing, and CPA optimization all managed in-house. $220,290 in total spend. 12,247 tracked purchases. Consistent sub-$18 CPA across 6 million impressions.

Total Ad Account Metrics
Ad Account Summary
Full account lifetime metrics: total spend, impressions, link clicks, purchases, and cost per purchase. Covers the complete run of the account from launch through May 2026.

Winning Ad Creatives

Creative strategy, copywriting, and testing done in-house. The winning formats ran for extended periods with consistent below-target CPA. No agency. No outside creative team.

Winning Ads
Top Performing Ads
The ads that consistently delivered sub-$18 CPA. Built and tested entirely in-house.
Winning Ad Preview
Winning Ad — Full Creative Preview
Full-size view of the top-performing ad format. Copy, offer framing, and visual treatment all built in-house.

Revenue Analytics

Shopify storefront connected to the ClickFunnels acquisition funnel, handling order processing, product fulfillment, and customer analytics across the full 20-month operation.

What You're Looking At

The analytics dashboard covers the full life of the American Recipes Shopify store from September 2024 through May 2026. Total gross sales reached $738,296 across 39,565 orders, with an average order value of approximately $18.60. The store processed orders generated by the ClickFunnels free-plus-shipping funnel, with physical cookbook fulfillment handled through the Shopify backend.

The most notable data point is the 70.24% returning customer rate. In a paid-traffic-driven operation where most customers enter through a cold-acquisition funnel, a rate that high reflects strong product satisfaction and effective post-purchase email and subscription retention. The majority of revenue came from the initial funnel sequence, with recurring revenue building on top through the Stripe subscription backend.

Revenue trended upward through 2025 as ad spend scaled and the subscription base grew, with MRR reaching $25,029 across 699 active monthly subscribers before the company was wound down in May 2026.

Shopify Analytics 2023-2026
Shopify Analytics — 2023 to 2026
Full store analytics dashboard: revenue trend, order volume, sessions, and conversion rate across the life of the operation.

Funnel System

Multi-step acquisition funnel built entirely in-house: free book offer at the top, six one-time-offer upsell pages, and a confirmation sequence. 70K+ contacts and 12.7K+ paid orders run through this system. Designed, copywritten, and operated solo.

Landing Page + 6 OTO Pages
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