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Baobab kept hitting growth spurts — and watching their ads die on the weekend when their card maxed out. Here's how they stopped babysitting credit limits and turned scaling into something that funds itself.
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FIG. 01 — BAOBAB

The problem: the maxed-card blackout

Baobab's growth spurts kept slamming into card limits. When a threshold hit, charges failed, spend shut off, and the team either had to babysit manual paydowns or lose days of revenue waiting for the card to clear.

  • Cards maxed out. Thresholds tripped during pushes and promos.
  • Babysitting or blackout. Either remember to pay the card down now, or watch campaigns stall.
  • Lost revenue days. Pauses killed momentum and made cash flow choppy.
"The main issue is our credit card maxes out and the ads stop. If it happens at night or on weekends, we're not monitoring — so we go offline. We just want no issues with our campaigns."
Maria Paula Ramirez — E-commerce Director, Baobab
ONE GROWTH WEEKEND
Friday, 11:04 PMCARD LIMIT HIT
SaturdayADS OFFLINE — NOBODY WATCHING
SundayADS OFFLINE — REVENUE LOST
Monday, 9:12 AMMANUAL PAYDOWN, RESTART
(ILLUSTRATIVE, NOT ACTUAL)

The fix: marketing paydowns, tied to revenue

Olina replaced the max-out-and-scramble cycle with small continuous paydowns that move at the speed of the business:

  • Paydowns follow revenue. Small daily paydowns tied to sales. Earn more → pay more; quieter days → pay less.
  • Every invoice, paid continuously. Olina pays every ad invoice — Google, Meta, TikTok — continuously, so balances never spike toward a limit.
  • No more maxed-card pauses. Campaigns stay on through pushes, promos, nights and weekends. Cash flow stays smooth.

What happened at Baobab

Before: thresholds hit → charges fail → spend stops → days of revenue lost.

After: continuous, revenue-aligned paydowns → spend stays on and cash stays calm.

  • Zero lost days. No card max-outs after switching — campaigns stayed live during pushes.
  • Zero babysitting. The team focused on scaling instead of clearing limits.

Scaling no longer creates a problem later. It funds itself as it works.

FIG. 05 — Get Started
Never watch your ads go dark again.
Campaigns stay on. Cash stays calm. Zero interest, flat monthly fee.
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