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I’m looking for advice from people experienced with Meta/Facebook ads.

I’ve spoken to a few agencies and freelancers for running ads for my business. They manage campaigns, optimize, and provide reports.

Most are charging:

20K–25K/month management fee

Plus 30K+ ad budget

So total around 50K–60K/month minimum.

My concern is:

They get paid regardless of results

No clear accountability for leads or ROI

Hard to judge if pricing is fair or inflated

My questions:

Is this standard pricing for Meta ads management?

Better to start with freelancers instead of agencies?

What’s a fair structure for a small–mid budget?

Any red flags I should watch for?

Appreciate any real-world experience.

I’m looking for advice from people experienced with Meta/Facebook ads.

I’ve spoken to a few agencies and freelancers for running ads for my business. They manage campaigns, optimize, and provide reports.

Most are charging:

20K–25K/month management fee

Plus 30K+ ad budget

So total around 50K–60K/month minimum.

My concern is:

They get paid regardless of results

No clear accountability for leads or ROI

Hard to judge if pricing is fair or inflated

My questions:

Is this standard pricing for Meta ads management?

Better to start with freelancers instead of agencies?

What’s a fair structure for a small–mid budget?

Any red flags I should watch for?

Appreciate any real-world experience.

I’m looking for advice from people experienced with Meta/Facebook ads.

I’ve spoken to a few agencies and freelancers for running ads for my business. They manage campaigns, optimize, and provide reports.

Most are charging:

20K–25K/month management fee

Plus 30K+ ad budget

So total around 50K–60K/month minimum.

My concern is:

They get paid regardless of results

No clear accountability for leads or ROI

Hard to judge if pricing is fair or inflated

My questions:

Is this standard pricing for Meta ads management?

Better to start with freelancers instead of agencies?

What’s a fair structure for a small–mid budget?

Any red flags I should watch for?

Appreciate any real-world experience.

I’m looking for advice from people experienced with Meta/Facebook ads.

I’ve spoken to a few agencies and freelancers for running ads for my business. They manage campaigns, optimize, and provide reports.

Most are charging:

20K–25K/month management fee

Plus 30K+ ad budget

So total around 50K–60K/month minimum.

My concern is:

They get paid regardless of results

No clear accountability for leads or ROI

Hard to judge if pricing is fair or inflated

My questions:

Is this standard pricing for Meta ads management?

Better to start with freelancers instead of agencies?

What’s a fair structure for a small–mid budget?

Any red flags I should watch for?

Appreciate any real-world experience.

I’m looking for advice from people experienced with Meta/Facebook ads.

I’ve spoken to a few agencies and freelancers for running ads for my business. They manage campaigns, optimize, and provide reports.

Most are charging:

20K–25K/month management fee

Plus 30K+ ad budget

So total around 50K–60K/month minimum.

My concern is:

They get paid regardless of results

No clear accountability for leads or ROI

Hard to judge if pricing is fair or inflated

My questions:

Is this standard pricing for Meta ads management?

Better to start with freelancers instead of agencies?

What’s a fair structure for a small–mid budget?

Any red flags I should watch for?

Appreciate any real-world experience.

I’m looking for advice from people experienced with Meta/Facebook ads.

I’ve spoken to a few agencies and freelancers for running ads for my business. They manage campaigns, optimize, and provide reports.

Most are charging:

20K–25K/month management fee

Plus 30K+ ad budget

So total around 50K–60K/month minimum.

My concern is:

They get paid regardless of results

No clear accountability for leads or ROI

Hard to judge if pricing is fair or inflated

My questions:

Is this standard pricing for Meta ads management?

Better to start with freelancers instead of agencies?

What’s a fair structure for a small–mid budget?

Any red flags I should watch for?

Appreciate any real-world experience.

I’m looking for advice from people experienced with Meta/Facebook ads.

I’ve spoken to a few agencies and freelancers for running ads for my business. They manage campaigns, optimize, and provide reports.

Most are charging:

20K–25K/month management fee

Plus 30K+ ad budget

So total around 50K–60K/month minimum.

My concern is:

They get paid regardless of results

No clear accountability for leads or ROI

Hard to judge if pricing is fair or inflated

My questions:

Is this standard pricing for Meta ads management?

Better to start with freelancers instead of agencies?

What’s a fair structure for a small–mid budget?

Any red flags I should watch for?

Appreciate any real-world experience.

I’m working as a site engineer across multiple ongoing projects in Islamabad (residential and commercial), and I keep seeing the same early mistakes that end up costing people a lot later. A few real ones from recent sites: Maps get finalized without properly considering ventilation/sunlight

Grey structure costs are usually underestimated by around 10–15%, Material quality differences aren’t obvious until you see them applied on site.

If you’re planning to build, happy to guide based on what I’m seeing day to day. And if you want to actually understand how things work on ground instead of just drawings, I can arrange a quick site visit as well.