Mandar Karande
▲  Performance marketing · D2C apps

Your next growth opportunity is hiding in plain sight.

Uncover it with data accuracy, experimentation and creative testing — then scale your D2C apps.

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Multi-million-$ ad budgets across Meta, Google & TikTok

Clean data
Compounding spend

The budget keeps growing. The clarity doesn't.

Usually the fix isn't spending more — it's trusting your numbers first. That's the whole job, in three steps.

Step 01

Diagnose the measurement

Before a rupee of budget moves, I make every number in your stack agree with every other number.

What happens A 1–2 week audit of every place a number is born or moved — the SDK, the MMP, each ad platform, the warehouse, the dashboards.
Method Event-by-event parity checks · MMP-to-channel reconciliation · purchase de-duplication · rebuilding metric definitions that don't hold up.
You end up with A short written diagnosis: what's broken, what it's costing you, and the fixes ranked by impact — plus the fixes themselves.
See a real example
On one subscription account, the MMP and the ad platform disagreed on spend by 6×. I traced it to a reporting bug, a value vs value_2 mismatch in the SDK, and purchase events firing twice — all fixed inside a day, before more budget was misallocated.
Event parity  ·  SDK ↔ MMP ↔ Ads
installmatch
purchasesources disagree
purchase (dupe)fires twice
revenue valuevalue / value_2
Reconciled — SDK fix + dedupe
Step 02

Reallocate the spend

With numbers you can trust, budget moves off what's quietly losing money and onto what's proven to convert.

What happens I read cohort, geo and placement performance, then restructure the account so spend follows real returns — not last-click flattery.
Method Cohort & geo analysis · Test / Legacy / Creative-Test campaign structure · audience & geo exclusions · scale-and-pause calls on a set weekly cadence.
You end up with A restructured account, a weekly reallocation rhythm, and a lower cost per outcome — usually visible inside the first month.
See a real example
At one publisher I shifted spend off underperforming geos and cohorts onto proven ones and split the account into Test / Legacy / Creative-Test. Cost per purchase dropped 43%, funnel ROAS rose 30% — and when the numbers said stop, I paused a $14K/day account back to $4K/day to stabilise before scaling again.
Budget map
Before — even & leaky
After — weighted to winners
proven test budget cut
Step 03

Productize the winner

A result you can't repeat is luck. When something works, I write down why so your team runs it without me.

What happens I isolate the variables that actually drove the win and turn them into a named, written creative formula and testing loop.
Method Hook & format testing (UGC / AIGC / static) · demographic segmentation · variable isolation · documenting the winner as a reusable brief.
You end up with A creative playbook and a testing system that keeps producing winners after the engagement ends.
See a real example
A real-money skill-gaming app had no working creative. After hook and format tests I codified the winner — UGC, gameplay-first, an anti-scam hook, a small believable win, payment proof. Cost per purchase improved 57% from a zero baseline; install-to-purchase went from ~18% to 33%+.
Winning formula
UGC Gameplay-first Anti-scam hook Small believable win Payment proof
Turned into a one-page brief your team reuses.
Reusable creative brief

Let’s find where your growth is hiding — on a call.

Free 15 minutes. No deck. You’ll leave with at least one thing worth checking this week.

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Who I work with

A good fit

Consumer apps — gaming, fintech, subscriptions, D2C — past product-market fit, spending real money on Meta / Google / TikTok, and wanting the feedback loop to actually work.

Not yet

Pre-launch or pre-PMF products, sub-$5k/mo budgets, or teams looking for someone to just “run ads” without touching how success is measured.

Industries & problems I’ve worked across
Mobile GamingReal-Money Skill GamingWeb3 & Crypto GamingFintechSubscription AppsD2CPuzzle & Casual GamesHyper-casualRewards AppsMobile GamingReal-Money Skill GamingWeb3 & Crypto GamingFintechSubscription AppsD2CPuzzle & Casual GamesHyper-casualRewards Apps
User AcquisitionAttribution & MMP SetupCreative TestingCohort AnalysisCAC / LTV ModelingGoogle App CampaignsMeta AdsTikTok AdsRetention & ChurnIncrementalitySKAN / iOSBudget ReallocationMarketing AnalyticsAI Reporting WorkflowsUser AcquisitionAttribution & MMP SetupCreative TestingCohort AnalysisCAC / LTV ModelingGoogle App CampaignsMeta AdsTikTok AdsRetention & ChurnIncrementalitySKAN / iOSBudget ReallocationMarketing AnalyticsAI Reporting Workflows
In their words

“A great problem solver with an eye for detail — always willing to share what he knows. I highly recommend Mandar for any project or opportunity that comes his way.”

MS
Mohit Sardana
Blitz Growth Inc.

“He was instrumental in driving significantly improved results through a willingness to pivot and implement sharp, data-driven shifts in strategy.”

RZ
Regina Zdravkovic
worked together on a major account

“He backs his ideas with data, and is genuinely good at solving problems. I always appreciated his approach to growth.”

AS
Abhishek Shetty
colleague
Questions
How do you charge? +

Audit or strategy sprint from ₹[15K]. Monthly retainer for ongoing management, ₹[40K–1L]. Custom projects quoted after a discovery call.

How fast can we start? +

A 15-minute call first. An audit or sprint can begin within a week; retainer onboarding takes about 7–10 days.

Why you instead of an agency? +

Direct access, faster loops, senior hands on the account, lower overhead. When a project needs design or production, I bring in specialists rather than spreading myself thin.

What if the numbers say stop? +

I'll tell you. Pausing or cutting spend is part of the job — I've taken accounts down as well as up when the data called for it.

Who owns the work? +

You do. The dashboards, tracking plans, playbooks and creative briefs are yours to keep and run after the engagement ends.

Mandar Karande
About

Performance marketer for D2C & subscription apps. Measurement-first, hands-on.

MBA from IIM Kozhikode. Around two years running paid growth across 15+ app and subscription accounts. I work inside your ad accounts, your MMP and your data — and I'll tell you when the numbers say stop.

IIM Kozhikode — MBASRCC — B.Com (H)Meta CertifiedGoogle Ads — AppsCampaign Manager 360
What I do — the full list
  • Attribution & measurement diagnosis — SDK/event debugging, MMP reconciliation, metric design.
  • Media buying & scaling — Meta, Google App Campaigns, TikTok; cohort-based reallocation.
  • Creative testing systems — Hook & format tests turned into transferable formulas.
  • AI-assisted workflows — Reusable analysis and reporting pipelines.

India · works across US & EU time zones · open to senior full-time roles for the right team.  LinkedIn · Email · Résumé (PDF)