Engine 02 · Paid funnels

Validate the funnel before you pay for a click.

The ad earns the click. The page has three seconds to keep it. Ad Campaign Simulation runs the full funnel before launch, so you catch the break before you pay for traffic.

Sourced to real buyer reviews · set up in minutes, not weeks
AD CAMPAIGN · /funnelLive
Ad Campaign Simulation interface
Runs against
Ad + landing page
Catches
The scent-trail break
You get
A Kill Sheet
The process

How it works.

Two stages, modeled apart: the click decision, then the conversion.

01

Read the ad

Each role decides, as a skeptic. Click or ignore.

02

Check the scent

Clickers carry the promise to the hero. Does it hold?

03

Scroll and decide

Every friction logged. Convert or abandon, with a cause.

04

Compare creatives

Projected CTR, CVR, wasted spend. Before you pay.

Why it breaks

Three ways it fails. Three fixes.

Each one is invisible until after launch. WhyUser catches all three before the spend.

Failure 01

The scent-trail break

Ad says “30% lower TCO.” Hero says “The Modern Data Platform.” Gone in three seconds.

The scent check catches the gap, per role, before you spend.
Failure 02

Optimized for the clicker

A page built for the engineer loses the CFO and security, who review it next.

The whole committee runs the funnel. You see every stakeholder’s friction.
Failure 03

Blame, no attribution

Ad, audience, or page? Analytics cannot separate the click from the conversion.

Two stages, modeled apart. You know which one failed.
What you get

The Kill Sheet, and everything around it.

Weeks of live A/B testing. Replaced by one run, before spend.

funnel report
Kill Sheet · scent trail
AD
“30% lower TCO”
PAGE break
“The Modern Data Platform”
Hero ignores the ad promisehigh
No ROI proof above the foldmed
CTA buried under testimonialsmed
Projected CVR 1.1% · est. wasted spend 62%

Kill Sheet

Ranked friction, each with a fix.

Scent-trail verdict

Where the promise breaks, role by role.

CTR / CVR / CPA

Projected metrics and wasted-spend estimate.

Creative A vs B

A statistical winner, with the reason.

Two-stage attribution

Ad-stage and page-stage, separated.

Who it is for

Built for the people who own the number.

Ad Campaign Simulation

Heads of paid

Validate the funnel before turning on spend.

Demand gen

Confirm the promise holds for the target roles.

Performance

Pick a creative without a slow live A/B test.

Product marketing

See who the message wins, not just the clicker.

Works with

One engine, then the next.

Start with Committee Simulation, then add the engine for the next channel you ship. All four run on the same Ground Reality foundation.

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