Three-Scenario Breakdown
| Channel |
Conservative |
Base |
Aggressive |
Mix % |
ℹ Delivery factors reflect the gap between booked and actually delivered campaigns. Year 1 RMNs typically deliver 60–85% of booked revenue due to campaign setup delays, creative turnaround, and advertiser deferrals.
Methodology & Assumptions
ONSITE / SPA: Monetisable Requests = Total Requests × Monetisable %. Monetisable % = (1 − ATC%) × (1 − Loyalty%) × (1 − Utility 5%). Default Fashion/Lifestyle: ~92%. Revenue = (Monetisable Requests × Ad Slots × Fill Rate × CPM) / 1000. Ad Slots are controlled by the Ad Density selector: Standard = 2 slots (all page types); Variable = 2.90 weighted average (Dept 30%×2 + Cat/PLP 25%×4 + PDP 25%×3 + Search 15%×3 + Thank You 5%×2); High = 4 slots (all page types, max ad load).
FILL RATES: Two modes selectable in Fill Rate Assumptions. Aspirational — target rates for a well-resourced RMN: Onsite conservative 18%, base 28%, aggressive 42%; SPA 20% / 32% / 45%. Operationally Validated — based on actual Year 1 GCC RMN performance data: Onsite 3% / 6% / 10%; SPA 1.5% / 3% / 5%. Offsite, DOOH, CRM and Sampling fill rates are not affected by this toggle.
OFFSITE (DV360 / TTD): Audience segments built from loyalty/CDP data, sold to advertisers activated on the open web via DV360 and Trade Desk. Revenue = Campaigns Sold × Avg Segment Size × Impressions per Campaign × Net CPM / 1,000. Net CPM = Gross CPM × (1 − Agency Take %). E.g. at 50% agency take (Publicis-style) on a $2 CPM, retailer nets $1 per 1,000 impressions. Segment slabs: XS 250K / S 500K / M 1M / L 2M / XL 5M. A Reach Deduplication panel in the Offsite Config card shows Gross Reached (Campaigns × Segment Size), a campaign-count-based deduplication factor (1–5 campaigns = 1.00×; 6–8 = 0.85×; 9–12 = 0.75×; 13+ = 0.65×), Est. Unique Reach (capped at Loyalty Members), and Pool Coverage %. This is informational only — revenue is always calculated on total impressions delivered, not unique reach (Comscore: up to 40% of digital impressions hit duplicate users across platforms).
IN-STORE DOOH: Revenue = Stores × Screens/Store × Impressions/Screen/Year × Fill Rate × CPM / 1,000. Default impressions/screen/year: 200K (conservative) → 350K (base) → 600K (aggressive). Screens/store: 3 → 5 → 8. A footfall-intensity multiplier (up to 2.5×) is applied based on avg visitors per store. Both the Stores and Annual Footfall sliders affect this channel. The optional DOOH Screen Calculator card allows custom impression validation using: Daily Footfall Past Screen × OTS Rate × Ads per Pass (1 for walking, 2 for queuing/captive) = Daily Impressions/screen; × 365 = Annual. Clicking 'Apply to DOOH Channel' overrides the default 200K/350K/600K values uniformly across all scenarios with the calculated figure. 'Reset to Default' reverts to scenario-scaled defaults. Methodology based on IAB 2024 DOOH & In-Store Retail Media Playbook.
CRM / EMAIL: Revenue = Loyalty Members × Match Rate × Send Frequency × CPM / 1,000. CPM range $1.50–$3.00 represents the value of a single sponsored slot within an email send, not the full email send CPM.
ℹ Industry benchmarks of $10–$75 represent dedicated email sends or full newsletter sponsorships with significantly more inventory per send. Both pricing models are valid for different advertiser needs — this calculator uses the per-slot model as it more accurately reflects retail media network economics where multiple brands share each send.
SCENARIOS: Conservative uses the low-end CPM for the selected vertical + lower fill rates + lower match rates (60%). Base uses the mid-point CPM + mid-range fill rates. Aggressive uses the high-end CPM + higher fill rates + match rates up to 88%. CPM values update automatically when the Retail Vertical changes. Fill rate ranges depend on the Fill Rate Assumptions toggle (see above).
NET REVENUE: 50/50 split agency/direct assumed. Agency volume rate (AVR) 16.7% applied to agency portion.
MARGINS: Year 1 gross profit estimated at 55% of net revenue (conservative 44%, aggressive 67%). Technology and staffing costs not itemised here. When Gross + Delivered is selected, an Expected Delivered figure is shown per scenario, applying channel-level delivery factors to net revenue per channel: Onsite 72–94%, Sponsored Products 68–92%, Offsite 62–88%, CRM 90–98%, In-Store DOOH 58–88%, Sampling 70–90% (conservative to aggressive). These factors reflect the gap between booked and actually delivered campaigns. Gross Profit in this mode is calculated from Expected Delivered rather than Net Revenue.
EXCLUSIONS: GCC seasonal uplifts (Ramadan, Eid, DSF, White Friday) not modelled. Year 2+ margin improvement not reflected.