Đak Sport Reaches 22.4 ROAS After Shifting to Value Based Bidding
About Đak Sport
Đak Sport is a multi brand sports retail chain in Serbia and the region. The company has been present in the market since 1990 and has grown into a well known destination for sports and lifestyle products.
Today, Đak Sport operates more than 90 retail stores and a strong e-commerce platform. Customers can shop for footwear, apparel, and sports equipment across categories such as football, running, basketball, training, and lifestyle.
As an official distributor of global sports brands, Đak Sport focuses on offering high quality products and a reliable shopping experience across both physical stores and online channels. With its retail network, online store, and loyalty program, the company serves athletes, recreational users, and lifestyle shoppers.
Challenge
Đak Sport needed to move from a volume focused Google Ads setup to a value based growth strategy. As a leading sports retailer in a highly competitive market, the brand wanted to increase ROAS and conversion value without relying on a major budget increase.
The main obstacle was an account structure that limited how effectively Google’s AI could optimize toward business value. Campaigns were not structured strongly enough to support value based bidding, high value product prioritization, or more efficient use of audience signals. This created a gap between where the account was and where Đak Sport needed it to be.
The current setup was able to generate conversions, but it was not fully prepared to prioritize the purchases and product categories with the strongest revenue potential, such as sneakers and seasonal sports gear. To close this gap, the team needed to restructure the account, move away from traditional bidding, and create a cleaner foundation for automated, value based optimization.
At the same time, the account had to be prepared for future growth opportunities, including the upcoming rollout of Shopping Ads in the Serbian market.
Key Objectives:
- Close the gap between conversion volume and conversion value
- Increase ROAS without a substantial budget increase
- Restructure the account to better support Google’s AI and automation
- Prioritize higher value purchases and stronger revenue impact
- Improve the use of audience signals and first party data
- Build a stronger foundation for future campaign expansion and Shopping Ads
Low focus on conversion value
Need for higher ROAS
The account had room for further development and improvement
The Approach
To increase ROAS and conversion value without a major budget increase, Đak Sport, with support from Coob Ads, focused on closing the gap between the existing fragmented account setup and a structure that could better support value based growth. The solution was designed to give Google’s AI cleaner signals, stronger inputs, and a clearer direction for automated optimization.
- Account restructuring: The account was reorganized around Search and Performance Max and aligned with Google Ads best practices. This created a cleaner campaign setup, reduced fragmentation, and helped Google’s AI learn and optimize more efficiently.
- Value Based Bidding: The strategy moved from Maximize Conversions to Maximize Conversion Value, and then toward a tROAS approach. This helped automation focus less on total conversion volume alone and more on purchases with stronger revenue potential.
- Search and Performance Max Power Pair: Search campaigns helped capture users with clear purchase intent, while Performance Max supported broader coverage across Google channels. Together, they helped Đak Sport reach relevant shoppers more efficiently and guide them toward higher value actions.
- Stronger audience signals: Performance Max campaigns were enriched with first party data and Customer Match lists. These signals gave Google’s AI better input on valuable customers and supported smarter optimization toward users more likely to purchase.
- Foundation for future expansion: Beyond immediate performance growth, the new setup also prepared Đak Sport for the next phase of digital development, including the future rollout of Shopping Ads in the Serbian market.
Tools & Technologies
The Results
Compared to Q4 2025, Đak Sport’s shift to a value based Google Ads strategy delivered strong growth in Q1 2026, improving both efficiency and revenue impact with only a minimal budget adjustment.
These results show that Đak Sport successfully moved from focusing mainly on conversion quantity to prioritizing higher value growth. By combining Search and Performance Max with value based bidding and stronger audience signals, the brand nearly doubled its revenue impact while maintaining strong efficiency in a competitive retail market.
"By implementing Google’s best practices for the Search & PMax Power Pair, we successfully transitioned to Value-Based Bidding. This holistic approach allowed us to move beyond simple volume and focus on high-value growth, ultimately nearly doubling our ROAS and revenue within the same budget. This success proves that mastering the synergy between automated bidding and high-quality audience signals is the key to scaling in a competitive digital landscape.”
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