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7 audience segments, one book offer: which one bought cheapest

By Ryan Richardson · Published 8 October 2026

Across 7 numbered audience segments run against the same book offer, segment 5 converted cheapest at A$41.65 per purchase. The next-best segment, segment 4, cost A$49.98, and the most expensive tracked segment cost A$97.86.

What was tested

our book funnel tagged ads by a numbered audience segment (avatar-1 through avatar-7) and ran all of them in the same campaign. The exact targeting definition behind each number wasn't in the pulled documents, so this page compares the numbers only, not what each avatar represents.

Results by avatar

AvatarAdsSpendImpressionsCTRLanding page viewsPurchasesCPA
Avatar 511A$583.119,0062.61%10214A$41.65
Avatar 127A$560.6410,2162.49%1236A$93.44
Avatar 66A$422.746,6853.89%995A$84.55
Avatar 35A$249.874,3461.89%443A$83.29
Avatar 48A$199.923,5862.15%384A$49.98
Avatar 710A$156.952,5803.57%440no purchases
Avatar 26A$97.861,5762.54%121A$97.86

How sure to be about this

Avatar 5 is the only segment with purchases above the 10-sale mark (14), so it's the closest this table gets to a reliable read; every other avatar's CPA is built on 6 or fewer purchases and is directional, not a rate to plan a budget around. Avatar 7 spent A$156.95 across 10 ads and 44 landing page views without a single purchase, while avatar 1 drew the most ad spend (A$560.64, 27 ads) and still landed at the second-worst CPA (A$93.44), despite the most impressions and landing page views of any segment. In this test, spending more on an avatar did not track with cheaper sales.

The numbers
ClaimValueSource
Avatar 5 spend/ads/impressions/CTR/LPV/purchases/CPAA$583.11 / 11 / 9,006 / 2.61% / 102 / 14 / A$41.65Sixty Steps ad account, Meta Ads data
Avatar 1 spend/ads/impressions/CTR/LPV/purchases/CPAA$560.64 / 27 / 10,216 / 2.49% / 123 / 6 / A$93.44Sixty Steps ad account, Meta Ads data
Avatar 6 spend/ads/impressions/CTR/LPV/purchases/CPAA$422.74 / 6 / 6,685 / 3.89% / 99 / 5 / A$84.55Sixty Steps ad account, Meta Ads data
Avatar 3 spend/ads/impressions/CTR/LPV/purchases/CPAA$249.87 / 5 / 4,346 / 1.89% / 44 / 3 / A$83.29Sixty Steps ad account, Meta Ads data
Avatar 4 spend/ads/impressions/CTR/LPV/purchases/CPAA$199.92 / 8 / 3,586 / 2.15% / 38 / 4 / A$49.98Sixty Steps ad account, Meta Ads data
Avatar 7 spend/ads/impressions/CTR/LPV/purchasesA$156.95 / 10 / 2,580 / 3.57% / 44 / 0Sixty Steps ad account, Meta Ads data
Avatar 2 spend/ads/impressions/CTR/LPV/purchases/CPAA$97.86 / 6 / 1,576 / 2.54% / 12 / 1 / A$97.86Sixty Steps ad account, Meta Ads data
Avatar 5 is the cheapest-converting avatar in the RYG 2C awareness-ladder testsconfirmedSUMMARY.md, 'Top 5 robust findings' item 3
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