Last Updated on September 15, 2022

Instance 1

Month 1

  • Cost: $1,113.47
  • Conversion Rate: 6.51%
  • Conversion Value: $949

Month 2

  • Cost: $1,114.34
  • Conversion Rate: 4.59%
  • Conversion Value: $3,108

How?

Answer: the average cost per click was significantly lower.

In month 1, the average cost per click was $6.59. In month 2, the average cost per click was only $1.97. Due to this drop in cpc, month 2 generated 235% more clicks than month 2. This, even with the lower conversion rate, led to 136% more conversions.

An increase or decrease in the conversion rate doesn’t indicate a drop in overall performance. This is why we care about cost/conversion. The cost/conversion in month 1 was $101.22 and was only $42.86 in month 2.