Everything below is in my own stack across six brands. These are affiliate links: if you sign up through one I may earn a commission, at no extra cost to you. Nothing is here because it paid to be, and the full unpaid stack lives on /uses.
Money & margin
Chase for BusinessWhere the points actually come from if you are putting six figures of ad spend on a card each month. Pairs directly with the travel side above. US business entities only.
SlashBusiness banking built for ad spend. 2% back on every dollar out, multi-currency for overseas suppliers, and none of the PayPal-style holds when volume jumps.
TrueProfitLive profit per ad and per product after COGS, fees and shipping. Scaling without this is scaling blind. Code TP10OFF takes 10% off month one.
Store & supply
Ascendify ThemeShopify theme with 160+ conversion features built in, so CVR and AOV tooling is native instead of five paid apps slowing the store down.
DropshippingLite7–10 day shipping to the US and after-sale support that resolves instead of deflecting. Custom branding when you are building a brand, not flipping a product.
Ad account infrastructure
Bart ProxiesT-Mobile legacy ISP proxies. Real mobile IPs rather than recycled residential pools that arrive already burned. Code SCALE55 for 55% off.
NordVPNWhat I use now to hold a US IP while training a TikTok FYP and running US-facing accounts.
SurfsharkThe VPN I ran before Nord. Still solid, unlimited devices, and cheaper on longer terms.
Cloaking.HouseTraffic filtering for paid campaigns. Screens bots and scrapers before they ever reach the funnel.
TikTok ad creditTikTok matches new-account spend up to $6,000 (spend $200 get $200, and so on). Worth taking if you are launching or relaunching an account.
Research & creative
Luxury ExtrasOne $24.99/month bundle covering the research stack most people pay for separately: PiPiAds, Winning Hunter, Kalodata, Creative OS and more. Built by operators who run stores themselves.
FutrGroup AI courseFranky Shaw’s course on building AI video ads. The closest thing to a straight answer on making AI creative that actually converts instead of looking like AI creative.
Rooms worth being in
Phantom StaysTurning heavy ad spend into travel. 4× points on advertising and software, then hotel and business-class rates that do not show up on the booking sites. Built for people whose card statement is mostly media buying.
Ecom ParadiseThe best server I am in for TikTok and Meta ads. Operators posting real numbers rather than screenshots of other people’s wins.
E-Commerce BuildersMeta-focused. If your spend sits mostly on Facebook and Instagram, this is the room.