{"id":2441,"date":"2025-01-16T16:56:46","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T16:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.digitalposition.com\/resources\/blog\/?p=2441"},"modified":"2025-01-27T17:08:19","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T17:08:19","slug":"applovin-for-e-commerce-is-this-the-new-meta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.digitalposition.com\/resources\/blog\/ppc\/applovin-for-e-commerce-is-this-the-new-meta\/","title":{"rendered":"AppLovin for E-Commerce, is this the new Meta?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.applovin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AppLovin<\/a> appears to have taken the world by storm, so much so that I seem to be getting questions about it almost daily at this point. I guess it makes sense, because their stock did this\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXefzZjIFxsLJ4RTy-WoyFbyPh925bKeUW5InrXXZvCR1_qJBm_Ghtt9h2oBQZ3za95qq0reFfKXIe-fQCb3kcPw-3IYjdVXftR54RBZPNjrdPfr9tkvkWV-0gJT-vMGmTos_M-ZBg?key=Xz_XkPsMqDWuDDGTQI7DCC9I\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>AppLovin has been around for a while, having been established on 2012. But prior to breaking into e-commerce, AppLovin largely promoted apps &amp; games within\u2026..other apps &amp; games. So for whatever reason, they had the bright idea in 2024 to start promoting e-commerce brands within apps &amp; games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Think about it this way &#8211; AppLovin used to promote Angry Birds when you were playing Candy Crush.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, AppLovin has entered into the arena of fully promoting brands through apps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This isn\u2019t hyperbole either, one of our clients drove $1.265 MILLION dollars of revenue in 6 WEEKS:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXfU_LQv6aEQejgqgx52L6eq4efd5Hs3WaQAgOlY2s5jt3GLR-RAgerEqRj2pTpq6zLV1rmcBg0S0curAGP5CuiUI4QkzjiZFhvoJwZ1zMlwWBltlZmQf4wLVFTir2CxmkTpeug9dw?key=Xz_XkPsMqDWuDDGTQI7DCC9I\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>7 day click revenue ONLY too, no view through revenue<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As we see advertisers moving more of their spend toward new customer acquisition and upper funnel, AppLovin appears to be entering the e-commerce space at the perfect time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What\u2019s it look like?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s an example of an ad run on AppLovin provided to us:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/www.digitalposition.com\/resources\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Laura-Geller-iOS-w-Audio-1-1-1-1-1-1.mov\"><\/video><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What\u2019s the catch? <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>AppLovin has a waitlist, and of that waitlist they\u2019re currently only allowing advertisers into the program who spend $600k\/mo or more on Meta.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ve started to work with AppLovin and have been getting our clients in. If you spend over $600k\/mo on Meta, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalposition.com\/book-your-call\">reach out<\/a> and we can likely get you in immediately. If you\u2019re under $600k\/mo, we can get you into a pipeline and possibly get you in too &#8211; there just may be a wait depending on how much they\u2019re letting in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On top of this, right now AppLovin is giving <strong>$10k of free advertising <\/strong>to those who join so they can \u201cprove it\u201d prior to you&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What does it look like to get in? <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s actually really simple &#8211; essentially a 6-step onboarding process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Fill out a couple onboarding forms<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sign an I\/O<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Send over top Meta assets with a variety (at least 5) &#8211; static + video<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We build a campaign structure &amp; assets with creative provided<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Account launches, goes through learning\n<ul>\n<li>Roughly $5k of the $10k will be spent on learning the audience, results tend to improve drastically after that<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Layering on additional campaign types &amp; scale. Will require consistent refreshing creative<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ve onboarded clients in as little as 48 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Is this revenue real of some sort of gimmick? <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The kicker here is that revenue is tracked really 3 ways &#8211; 0 day click, 7 day click, and a post purchase survey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s right, 0 day or 7 day click is amazing. This means people are literally clicking on the ad and either completing the purchase right away or within 7 days. We find that most of this revenue is impulse purchasing or fast to purchase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The post purchase survey should always be used as a way to ensure that these ads are truly the deciding factor behind the customer purchase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ultimately, the data doesn\u2019t lie. There\u2019s a reason why mobile commerce revenue has and will continue to eat up market share:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXclivtPotwMBCyUWn8Uv3qVTAS_6hKIXsMyFdm2B2KHLI4y_99Hh_RShzPV5OYK2zKAbgXSgKus7TUL48JJtCK6E6R83Frxupr0L7gyLG6MNGrsfnO0emIZGZLz7RktbvejEe7wcw?key=Xz_XkPsMqDWuDDGTQI7DCC9I\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re looking to learn more about AppLovin for E-Commerce, check out our exhaustive guide here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalposition.com\/resources\/blog\/ppc\/applovins-e-commerce-pilot-product-the-exhaustive-guide\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.digitalposition.com\/resources\/blog\/ppc\/applovins-e-commerce-pilot-product-the-exhaustive-guide\/\">AppLovin\u2019s E-Commerce Pilot Product, The Exhaustive Guide<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Otherwise, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalposition.com\/book-your-call\">reach out<\/a> and we can help guide the process for you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"blog-proposal-middle\">\n\t<div class=\"blog-middle-line\"><\/div>\n\t<span>And of course, we&#8217;ll take this opportunity to pause and say that if this all feels like a little much, there\u2019s no smarter move than getting professionals involved!<\/span>\n\t<br><br>\n\t<div><a class=\"dp-button-slim dp-button-green-on-white getProposalButton\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalposition.com\/book-your-call\" rel=\"noopener\">Book a Call<\/a><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"blog-middle-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AppLovin appears to have taken the world by storm, so much so that I seem to be getting questions about it almost daily at this point. I guess it makes sense, because their stock did this\u2026 AppLovin has been around for a while, having been established on 2012. But prior to breaking into e-commerce, AppLovin&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":2443,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,22,2,4],"tags":[],"thumbnail_src":"https:\/\/dev.digitalposition.com\/resources\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Untitled-design-12-1-300x225.png","thumbnail_medium_src":"https:\/\/dev.digitalposition.com\/resources\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Untitled-design-12-1-768x576.png","featured_image_src":"https:\/\/dev.digitalposition.com\/resources\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Untitled-design-12-1.png","author_avatar_src":"https:\/\/dev.digitalposition.com\/resources\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/elliot.webp","author_name":"Elliot Tousley","category_labels":["Industry Insights","News","PPC","Social"],"tag_labels":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.digitalposition.com\/resources\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.digitalposition.com\/resources\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.digitalposition.com\/resources\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.digitalposition.com\/resources\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.digitalposition.com\/resources\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2441"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/dev.digitalposition.com\/resources\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2488,"href":"https:\/\/dev.digitalposition.com\/resources\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441\/revisions\/2488"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.digitalposition.com\/resources\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.digitalposition.com\/resources\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.digitalposition.com\/resources\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.digitalposition.com\/resources\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}