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Case Study · Ecommerce · Collectibles

390% sales growth, and a new market in 90 days.

Dragonscale Supplies makes premium protection gear for the trading card community. An ambitious, growing brand looking to rapidly expand its online presence, we became the long-term partner behind that scale, leveling up their paid media and opening the door to Southeast Asia.

Growth Strategy Google Ads Meta Ads CRO
ClientDragonscale Supplies
IndustryTCG · Collectibles Ecommerce
ScopeStrategy, Google, Meta, creative, SEO
EngagementActive · expanding
The Results: Explosive Growth in 3 Months
0%
increase in total sales, three months after launch
766%Increase in Sales from Meta Ads
254%Increase in Sales through Google Ads
Canada → SE AsiaMarket Expansion
3Months to Results
The Brief

The objective, and what stood in the way.

About Dragonscale

Dragonscale Supplies is an ambitious, growing ecommerce business specializing in premium accessories for the Trading Card Game community. As a young company, they were looking to rapidly expand their online presence, establish a stronger digital footprint, and generate significant demand in a competitive niche market.

The Challenge

Dragonscale approached us with a clear objective: aggressively scale their business by leveling up their pay-per-click advertising and expanding into new markets. They needed a long-term strategic partner to support that growth strategy and scale sustainably while driving up their ROAS.

The Plan

Strategy first: a full Digital Growth Plan before a dollar moved. Then a full-funnel Meta and Google Ads buildout, a website built to convert, and a social presence designed to keep collectors engaged.

The Goal · Their Primary Objectives
Sales Funnel & AutomationCapture and nurture leads, and implement effective conversion strategies.
PPC ManagementBuild and optimize high-converting campaigns, scaling spend strategically.
Social Media GrowthDrive organic and paid growth to build engagement among current and prospective customers.
DGP ✓Launch ✓Scale ✓
Phase 1 · The Digital Growth Plan

A full audit, before a dollar moved.

We partnered with Dragonscale to build a robust digital growth strategy designed to double their digital presence and increase brand visibility. The plan began with a comprehensive audit of their entire sales and marketing ecosystem.

01. Competitive & ICP analysis

A competitive analysis of the TCG accessories space, paired with an Ideal Customer Profile build, so every campaign that followed targeted a real, well-defined collector.

02. CRO & marketing audit

A full audit of the existing site and marketing ecosystem to surface conversion rate optimization opportunities, plus an evaluation of the tools already in use.

03. Paid ads & landing page strategy

A strategy for paid advertising and landing pages built specifically to capture and convert the demand a niche, competitive market doesn't hand out for free.

Phase 1 Audit ChecklistSigned · Week 6
The Digital Growth Plan ├─ Competitive analysis ├─ Ideal Customer Profile (ICP) development ├─ Conversion rate optimization opportunities ├─ Up-to-date marketing audit ├─ Paid advertising & landing page strategy └─ Analysis & performance of recommended tools
Six elevated insights and strategy recommendations, built to manage spend and elevate effectiveness before launch.
The Timeline

Land, prove, expand.

Day 1
Kickoff. The Digital Growth Plan engagement begins with a full audit.
Week 6
DGP presented: competitive analysis, ICP, CRO opportunities, paid strategy. Client signs execution.
Month 2
Website enhancements ship: optimized landing pages, product imagery, and collection pages.
Month 2
Full-funnel Meta Ads launch, warming audiences and driving purchases through offers.
Month 3
Google Ads and Search go live against high-intent TCG-supply queries.
Month 3
390% increase in total sales, and expansion from Canada into Southeast Asia.
The Skin · Conversion Rate Optimization

We didn't tweak the store. We gave it a skin.

The ads were converting, but the storefront was a stock theme doing premium products no justice. So we reskinned the entire shopping experience: a dark, dragon-forged storefront engineered to turn paid clicks into collectors. CRO disguised as a brand world.

01. A storefront with a world

Stock Shopify out, a premium dark identity in. A full product taxonomy (Guards, Boosters, Acrylics, Vaults, Binders) and named hardware systems, Wyvern, Basilisk, Leviathan, Orochi, Titan, so a slab protector reads like a flagship, not a SKU.

02. Colorways as a release calendar

Polaris, Neon Nexus, Oblivion Order, Nightmare and Paranoia. Seasonal events like MAYHEM ship limited colorways, free-gift thresholds, and up to 30% off, turning a static catalogue into a reason to come back.

03. Conversion furniture on every screen

A welcome-offer popup (10% off the first order), Dark Deals spend-threshold rewards at $50, $100, and $250, urgency marquees, and a trust strip: fast tracked shipping, 30-day risk-free returns, real help from real collectors.

04. Social proof, turned up

1,360 reviews surfaced on the page, plus the Hall of Flames: a live gallery of real collectors showing their grails in Dragonscale gear, from the US and Canada to the UK and Kuwait.

05. The Codex

An editorial hub, set previews and collecting guides, that earns organic search and gives every paid visitor a reason to trust the brand before they buy.

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GuardsVaultsAcrylicsBindersCommunity
Dragonscale storefront heroMayhem · Live Event
Mythic GuardsFrom $11.99
Slab vaultFrom $47.99
10% OFFStart your collection. Welcome offer captures the first-time visitor before they bounce.
Fast ShippingTracked, 1–3 days
Easy Returns30-day risk-free
Real HelpFrom collectors
★★★★★1,360 reviews · Hall of Flames
The Scoreboard

Explosive growth, three months in.

Total Sales · 3 Months
+390%
Sales from Meta Ads
+766%
Sales from Google Ads
+254%
Briefcase loadout staticImage
Briefcase "Loadout"
Close up staticImage
Close Up + Features
Video
Windmill
Catalog creativeCatalog
Advantage+ Catalog
The Work

Straight from the working files.

"You collect it. We protect it." A creative system built on product truth: loadouts, close-ups, colorways, and collector pride, the engine behind the Meta and Google growth.

The Client
Jason Dam, Dragonscale Supplies, client of Consultus Digital

The team has been able to take our Google Ads and Meta Ads and scale them from $1,000 per month to almost $30,000 per month with considerable success, maintaining a high 10+ ROAS in certain months. Our sales have increased as a direct result of traffic driven by the ads.

Jason DamOwner, Dragonscale Supplies
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Google Ads
Search, Shopping, PMax for pipeline.
Meta Ads
Facebook & Instagram, built for ROAS.
Microsoft Ads
Bing Search & Audience Network.
Amazon Ads
Sponsored Ads, DSP & marketplace.
SEO Core
Technical, on-page, content SEO.
Local SEO
Multi-location GBP and map pack.
Content Marketing
Blog strategy and pillar content.
AEO / AI Search New
ChatGPT, Perplexity, SGE visibility.
Influencer Marketing New
Creator-led with attribution.
Performance Creatives Hot
Video, UGC, static, tested weekly.
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