CPA vs CPL: How to Choose the Right Pricing Model for Your App Campaigns
All campaigns begin with a determination of how much you are willing to pay. There are some advertisers that pay for when a user takes an action within the app. Others are paid on a lead basis when a user fills out information. The CPA vs CPL decision will affect your budget, your partner list and the kind of users you get, and thus deserves more consideration than it often receives. CPA means “Cost Per Action,” and CPL means “Cost Per Lead”. These are two sounds that are very similar and quite a few teams use them interchangeably, but they measure different touchpoints in the user journey. This guide will describe what each one is, how to get it, where the two are different and how to choose between them. Additionally, it demonstrates how a mobile measurement partner (MMP) such as Apptrove can assist in tracking both from the same data. If you’re looking for a next step after connecting paid results to actual business impact: Our guide to incrementality in marketing is a gr...