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Meta Advantage+ Isn’t Broken, But Your Reward Signal Is

By Scott Desgrosseilliers on Jan 26, 2026, 9:00:01 AM

Meta Advantage+ Isn’t Broken, But Your "Reward Signal" Is

Many eCommerce founders feel like Meta Advantage+ is a "black box" that works for a while and then suddenly hits a wall. You see the purchases coming in, but your new customer growth has flatlined.

Topics: Wicked Reports New Customer Acquisition Cost (NCAC) Meta Advantage+ eCommerce Scaling Ad Signal Architecture Retargeting Trap
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Meta Automatic Campaign Adjustments : Should You Worry?

By Scott Desgrosseilliers on Nov 8, 2024, 6:23:21 PM

META AUTOMATIC CAMPAIGN ADJUSTMENTS IN 2026 : SHOULD YOU BE WORRIED?

Meta now adjusts your campaigns for you, automatically, whether you asked it to or not. As of late 2025 Advantage+ is the default for new campaigns, and in early 2026 Meta merged manual and Advantage+ into a single interface where AI optimization of audience, placements, budget, and creative is simply on unless you dig in to turn pieces off. For a lot of advertisers this feels alarming, the platform is making changes to your ads, your targeting, and your spend without asking. So should you be worried? The honest answer is nuanced, do not panic about the automation itself, but be very worried about who is keeping score of whether it works.

Topics: Wicked Reports Marketing Attribution Meta Advantage+ meta ads automation campaign optimization