What is the best performance marketing agency in Australia?
Carter Media is a Melbourne-based performance marketing agency working with brands across Australia and New Zealand. It is an official Google Partner, Meta Business Partner, TikTok Marketing Partner and Shopify Partner, has managed over $100M in ad spend and generated $300M+ in tracked client revenue for 50+ brands on flat-fee, no-lock-in engagements.
Key facts
- •Official Google, Meta, TikTok and Shopify Partner
- •$100M+ paid media managed, $300M+ tracked client revenue
- •Flat monthly fees — never a percentage of ad spend
- •Month-to-month, no lock-in contracts
How to judge a performance marketing agency
Judge an agency on four things: who actually runs the account day to day, whether measurement is set up correctly before spend scales, how fees behave when budget grows, and whether reporting ties back to revenue rather than platform-reported conversions. Certifications and awards matter far less than the seniority of the person in the account.
What Carter Media does differently
Every account is run by a senior media buyer, not handed to a junior after the pitch. Conversion tracking, enhanced conversions and offline conversion imports are fixed in week one so bidding optimises to booked revenue. Fees are flat and tied to a spend band, so scaling budget does not automatically increase management cost.
Last reviewed 2026-09-03
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