Running paid ads for a multi-market fashion brand is a resource drain — creative teams cycle through dozens of product shots weekly, campaign structures sprawl, and identifying which products deserve more budget often comes down to gut feeling. Karaku, a Korean DTC apparel brand expanding across Asia and the US, was hitting all three walls at once. After partnering with AdsGo AI, they cut marketing labor costs by 65% and scaled spend 132% more efficiently — without adding headcount.
About the Client
Karaku is a Seoul-based fashion brand selling directly to consumers across South Korea, Japan, Southeast Asia, and the United States. Their product line spans seasonal apparel collections, accessories, and limited-edition drops — each requiring tailored ad creative for different markets and audience segments. With dozens of new SKUs launching every month, Karaku's marketing team was stretched thin trying to produce and manage ads at the pace their growth demanded.
Challenges
Before working with AdsGo, Karaku's performance marketing faced three bottlenecks:
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High labor costs for creative production. Every new product required multiple ad variations — different copy angles, image crops, and format adaptations for Stories, Reels, and Feed. Their design and copywriting team spent 60%+ of their time on repetitive creative tasks instead of strategy.
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Uncertainty in identifying hero products. With dozens of SKUs in rotation, the team relied on manual sales reports and intuition to decide which products deserved higher ad budgets. By the time a trending product was identified, the window to capitalize had often passed.
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Fragmented campaign structures. Campaigns were organized inconsistently across markets — different naming conventions, overlapping audiences, and duplicated ad sets. This made it nearly impossible to compare performance across regions or reallocate budgets quickly.
Solution
Karaku adopted AdsGo AI to address each bottleneck through three core capabilities:
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Automated ad creation. AdsGo's AI creative engine generated multiple ad variations per product — including copy, headlines, and format-specific layouts — reducing creative production time by 10x. The team shifted from producing ads to reviewing and approving them.
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AI-powered product insights. AdsGo analyzed real-time sales velocity, engagement signals, and conversion data to surface hero products automatically. Instead of waiting for weekly reports, Karaku's team received AI-driven recommendations on which SKUs to push harder — and which to pull back.
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Real-time campaign optimization. AdsGo's optimization engine consolidated campaign structures, eliminated audience overlaps, and automatically shifted budgets toward top-performing ad sets across all markets. Manual budget adjustments dropped from a daily task to an occasional review.
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Results Achieved
Within the first 90 days of using AdsGo AI, Karaku saw measurable improvements across every core metric:
| Metric | Result |
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| Creative testing throughput | 10x increase — from ~5 variations/week to 50+ |
| Click-through rate (CTR) | 47% improvement across Meta campaigns |
| Scaling efficiency | 132% gain — budget increases produced proportionally higher returns |
| Cost per purchase (CPP) | 26% decrease across all markets |
| Marketing labor costs | 65% reduction — creative and ops team time freed for strategy |
The combination of faster creative production, smarter product selection, and automated optimization allowed Karaku to scale ad spend confidently without the traditional headcount increase that multi-market expansion usually requires.
Conclusion
Karaku's experience demonstrates what happens when a fast-growing DTC brand removes the manual bottlenecks from its advertising workflow. By automating creative production, surfacing hero products with AI, and letting real-time optimization handle budget allocation, their team shifted from execution mode to strategy mode — and the performance numbers followed.
For fashion and apparel brands managing ads across multiple markets, the takeaway is clear: scaling doesn't have to mean scaling your team proportionally.
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