Channelshift

Agency backfill

White-label PPC, delivered behind your agency.

Channelshift manages paid-media execution under the agency relationship—across Google Ads, Meta, Demand Gen, and YouTube—when capacity or specialist depth becomes the constraint.

$2.2MMedia managed in the documented agency-backfill engagement
SearchGoogle Search and Shopping
AutomatedPerformance Max and Demand Gen
Social + videoMeta and YouTube

When it fits

Add delivery without disrupting trust.

Agencies come to Channelshift when paid-media work outgrows internal capacity, a client needs a platform specialist, or an account needs an experienced operator to step in without changing the client relationship.

White-label PPC is not a referral. The agency keeps the relationship and remains the visible partner. Channelshift works behind it on the agreed media remit.

The useful question is not “Can someone run the ads?” It is whether the delivery model gives the agency enough visibility and control to stand behind every recommendation presented to the client.

Common starting conditions

  • An account or channel has moved beyond the available in-house capacity.
  • A client expects deeper Google Ads or cross-channel execution.
  • An agency needs temporary or ongoing account-management backfill.
  • A complicated account needs attention without moving the client to another provider.

The remit

Paid-media execution across the working channels.

01 / Intent

Google Search

Campaign structure, query coverage, bidding, budgets, and the relationship between branded and non-branded demand.

02 / Commerce

Shopping + PMAX

Shopping, Performance Max, feed-aware account structure, asset-group decisions, and demand capture.

03 / Social

Meta

Campaign operation connected to the agency’s client strategy, creative inputs, and agreed business outcome.

04 / Expansion

Demand Gen + YouTube

Additional Google inventory when the client plan and available evidence support the channel.

Operating model

Make the working relationship explicit.

A white-label engagement works when the agency knows who owns each decision, where account knowledge lives, and how delivery reaches the client. Scope and working rhythm should be agreed before execution begins.

  1. Define the remit

    Identify the accounts, channels, decisions, and outputs that sit with Channelshift and what remains with the agency.

  2. Align on the outcome

    Establish the client’s actual business objective and the measurements the agency will use to judge the work.

  3. Set the information flow

    Agree how account changes, findings, performance context, and client feedback move between teams.

  4. Operate behind the agency

    Manage the agreed media work while the agency remains responsible for its client relationship and presentation.

For a practical set of questions to use before choosing any partner, read how to evaluate a white-label PPC partner.

Documented work

Execution the agency can put its name on.

Channelshift has managed paid media on behalf of agencies across Google Search, Shopping, Performance Max, Meta, Demand Gen, and YouTube. The public engagement records $2.2M in media managed.

The agencies and clients are not named. The published evidence also does not assign a currency, time period, account count, or performance result to the $2.2M figure. It describes the scale and shape of the backfill remit—not an outcome claim.

Read the agency-backfill case study ↗

Questions

Before we enter an agency account.

What is white-label PPC?

It is paid-media delivery performed behind an agency relationship. The agency keeps its client and brand at the center while another operator handles an agreed part of execution.

Is white-label PPC the same as a client referral?

No. In the Channelshift agency-backfill model, the work is managed on behalf of the agency rather than transferred into a competing client relationship.

Which channels can Channelshift manage?

The documented agency work includes Google Search, Google Shopping, Performance Max, Meta, Demand Gen, and YouTube. The appropriate remit depends on the account and the agency’s need.

Can Channelshift work alongside an existing team?

Agency backfill is designed for work that exceeds current capacity or needs specialist attention. The exact division of responsibility is agreed around the account and existing team.

How should an agency evaluate a white-label partner?

Evaluate channel judgment, account access, measurement discipline, communication, quality control, and exit readiness. Our evaluation guide turns those areas into practical questions.