Two families, never mixed
Search and social are not bought, measured or managed the same way. Search captures demand already expressed; social goes out to create it. So the budgets are held separately, each with its own cap included in your tier — and the reporting keeps the same separation, so a good month on search never masks a bad month on social.
- Search — Google Shopping and Performance Max as the foundation, Bing as a complement. This is where already-formulated demand sits: someone typing the name of your product carries an intent no other channel replicates. The first euro to spend in almost every catalogue.
- Social — Pinterest first, then Meta. Pinterest is a platform for planning and discovery, heavily under-exploited in décor, homeware, nursery and craft: low entry cost, but a long decision cycle. Meta comes next, for discovery and retargeting.
- One cap per family — the managed budget included in your tier applies once on search and once on social. The two do not cannibalise each other.