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SocialKick Agency

How SocialKick Agency Manages $520K Monthly in Client Spend with Blockchain-Ads

SocialKick Agency
$520K
Monthly Ad Spend Managed
$72K
Monthly Partner Earnings
$160
Average Client CPA
7
Active Clients Onboarded
Campaign Type
Partner Program
industry
Partner
Duration
3 Years (Ongoing)
Total Ad Spend
$520,000 monthly (managed)
Key Markets
Global: DeFi, crypto sports betting, and GameFi verticals.
Primary KPI
Monthly ad spend managed and partner commission earned.
Objective

Shift client performance campaigns to a Web3-native ad platform with full attribution and retargeting.

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SocialKick Agency

SocialKick is a performance-driven agency specialising in paid acquisition for DeFi, CeFi, Gaming, and iGaming clients. The agency manages end-to-end campaign strategy, creative testing, and attribution for high-growth Web3 brands that require more than standard programmatic solutions. SocialKick joined the Blockchain-Ads partner program to access a platform capable of serving the restricted verticals its clients operate in, with the targeting precision and attribution infrastructure required to run campaigns at scale.

  • Target Audience: DeFi protocols, crypto sportsbooks, and GameFi platforms seeking performance-based acquisition
  • Growth Stage: Scale-up

A note on attribution: SocialKick operates as a direct partner on Blockchain-Ads, managing campaigns across multiple client accounts from a single platform. This case study documents SocialKick's own partner program experience and is intended to illustrate the results agencies can achieve when running restricted-vertical client campaigns through Blockchain-Ads. Individual agency outcomes will vary based on client vertical mix, managed spend volume, and campaign structure.

The Challenge

SocialKick needed a single platform capable of running performance campaigns across multiple restricted verticals simultaneously, with consistent attribution and retargeting tools that worked across all client accounts. Four obstacles defined what that required:

  • Vertical restrictions: Google and Meta restrict advertising for DeFi, iGaming, Forex, and Fintech products, blocking SocialKick's client campaigns from the highest-reach standard channels.
  • Attribution gaps: Standard ad networks could not connect ad exposure to on-chain wallet behaviour, making it impossible to verify conversion quality for DeFi and GameFi clients.
  • Creative testing at scale: Managing creative iteration across seven clients with distinct audiences and KPIs required a platform with robust A/B testing and reporting at the campaign level.
  • Revenue model alignment: The agency needed a platform whose commercial structure rewarded managed spend growth, not just one-off campaign performance.

Why Blockchain-Ads

SocialKick evaluated platforms against a single requirement: the ability to run restricted-vertical campaigns at scale with proper attribution. Standard programmatic platforms either blocked the verticals outright or served impressions to broad audiences without on-chain verification. Blockchain-Ads was the only platform covering DeFi, iGaming, and GameFi under one infrastructure, with retargeting, on-chain segmentation, and a revenue-sharing partner program built in. Four capabilities made it the right fit:

  • Restricted vertical coverage: The platform supports DeFi, iGaming, Forex, Fintech, and GameFi without the policy restrictions that block campaigns on Google and Meta.
  • On-chain audience segmentation: Campaigns reached DeFi users, high-value bettors, and cross-chain gamers through verified wallet behaviour, not interest proxies.
  • Pixel-based retargeting: The Blockchain-Ads pixel enabled retargeting across all client accounts from a single partner infrastructure.
  • Partner revenue model: The program's referral fee structure aligned platform incentives with agency growth, generating monthly commissions tied directly to managed spend volume.

Campaign Results

  • Active clients managed on platform: 7, onboarded within the first 60 days.
  • Monthly ad spend under management: $520,000 across DeFi, crypto sports betting, and GameFi.
  • Average CPA across all client campaigns: $160.
  • Monthly partner commission earned: $72,000.
  • Retargeting conversion uplift: 35% above cold prospecting baseline across client accounts.
  • Creative sets A/B tested: 40+ across all active campaigns.

Campaign Strategy

Phase 1: Learning (Month 1–2)

SocialKick onboarded 7 active clients within the first 60 days of joining the partner program. Each client campaign launched with segmented on-chain targeting, using Blockchain-Ads' behavioural data to reach the relevant audience for each vertical. DeFi lending campaigns targeted wallet-verified protocol users. Crypto sports betting campaigns reached high-value bettors identified through transaction history. GameFi campaigns targeted cross-chain gamers with demonstrated in-game asset activity.

Phase 2: Consideration (Month 2–6)

The agency ran A/B tests across more than 40 creative sets using platform reporting to optimise CTR and ROAS per client. Retargeting campaigns activated via the Blockchain-Ads pixel across all accounts, reaching users who had clicked through but not yet converted. The retargeting layer delivered a 35% uplift in conversion rates compared to cold prospecting traffic, establishing it as a standard component of every client campaign build.

Phase 3: Acquisition and Scale (Month 6 onward)

SocialKick standardised its campaign architecture across all seven clients, combining on-chain prospecting with pixel-based retargeting and iterative creative testing in every account. Monthly managed spend reached $520,000 across DeFi lending, crypto sports betting, and GameFi. The average CPA across all client campaigns settled at $160. Monthly partner commissions reached $72,000, generated by the revenue-sharing model tied to total managed spend on the platform.

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