Case Study

The Revenue Attribution System

15 Structured Data Views Across 7 Dimensions — Unit Economics Visibility Most Businesses Never Build

15
Structured data views
7
Attribution dimensions
$1.08M
Revenue attributed

The Story

Most businesses at this stage know their total revenue. Some know it by product. Very few can tell you revenue by product × affiliate × campaign × month, with initial/rebill/refund splits, per SKU variant, across two currencies.

PRJ-02 built a revenue attribution system that produces 15 structured data exports across 7 attribution dimensions, tracking $1.08M in gross revenue across 38 products, 14 affiliate sources, 38+ campaigns, and 28 months of transaction data. Every dollar is traceable from the traffic source that generated it to the product it purchased to the month it occurred in.

This isn't a dashboard. It's a unit economics engine.


The Attribution Stack

Seven dimensions of revenue visibility: product (38 families, 100+ SKU variants), affiliate (14 tracked IDs), campaign (38+ funnels), time (28 months), transaction type (initial/rebill/refund), currency (ZAR and USD), and payout (affiliate cost per offer per source).

Any combination can be queried. Revenue by affiliate by month. Refund rate by product by campaign. Initial vs. rebill split by SKU variant by affiliate. The system answers questions most operators at this revenue level can't even ask.


What This Changes

A typical business at $1M revenue can answer "what's our refund rate?" with "about 5–8%, I think."

This system answers: "6.0% on PRD-01 ($32,535 / $542,356), 11.2% on PRD-02 ($16,138 / $144,932), 8.6% on PRD-03 ($9,446 / $110,355). Weighted portfolio average: 7.2%. AFF-01-sourced refund rate is higher than STL-sourced. Here's the monthly trend."

That depth informed every major decision in the portfolio: the PRD-01 decline (CS23) was visible in real time. The affiliate dependency (CS17) was quantifiable because every dollar was tagged to its source. The product launch discipline (CS16) was possible because the operator could see within 30–60 days whether a new product had traction.


Key Numbers

Metric Value
Structured data exports 15
Attribution dimensions 7
Products tracked 38 families, 100+ SKU variants
Affiliates tracked 14
Campaigns tracked 38+
Time series depth 28 months
Total gross revenue attributed $1,075,946
Transaction types 3 (initial, rebill, refund)
Currencies tracked 2 (ZAR, USD)

Why This Matters

Revenue attribution isn't a reporting feature — it's a decision-making infrastructure. The operator who knows revenue by product × affiliate × month with rebill/refund splits makes fundamentally different decisions than the operator who knows their bank balance.

This system doesn't just report what happened. It informs what to do next.


Appendix A — Attribution Depth: Typical vs. This System

Capability Typical at $1M Revenue This System
Total revenue Yes Yes
Revenue by product Sometimes Yes — 38 products, monthly
Revenue by traffic source Rarely Yes — 14 affiliates, monthly
Revenue by campaign Rarely Yes — 38+ campaigns, monthly
Initial vs. rebill split Sometimes (aggregate) Yes — per product, per SKU
Refund rate by product Rarely Yes — per product, per affiliate
SKU-level attribution Almost never Yes — 100+ variants
28-month time series Rarely Yes — every dimension, every month

Appendix B — The 15 Data Views

# Export What It Answers
1 Revenue by product (USD) Which products make money, when, and how?
2 Revenue by product (detailed) Detailed product revenue time series
3 Revenue by product (Konnektive) Konnektive-native product attribution
4 Revenue by campaign (raw) Raw currency revenue per funnel
5 Revenue by campaign (USD) USD-normalized revenue per funnel
6 Campaign order counts Volume per funnel per month
7 Monthly revenue by affiliate Revenue attribution by traffic source over time
8 Monthly by affiliate (split) Revenue by affiliate with type splits
9 Affiliate × SKU counts Which affiliates sell which products
10 Affiliate × offer conversions Conversion counts by affiliate per offer
11 Affiliate × offer revenue Revenue by affiliate per offer
12 Affiliate × offer payouts Cost of traffic by affiliate per offer
13 Transactions by affiliate × product Full breakdown per affiliate per SKU
14 Initial order counts Order volume by source × product × month
15 Initial orders by product Product-level initial order time series

References

  1. Keating, M.G. (2026). "The Compounding Execution Method: Complete Technical Documentation." Stealth Labz CEM Papers. Browse papers