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Automotive · Cross-vertical specialist

Predictable CPA per showroom visit.

For automotive brands, EV manufacturers, dealerships and accessory makers. Long sales cycle suppresses direct conversion — measure on showroom visits and brand search lift, not last-click installs. YouTube long-form review format dominates intent search; influencer marketing here is a brand-lift play that compounds over months.

$8.00 – $22.00
Predicted CPA per showroom visit
$25 – $60
Avg CPM range
200K – 1.5M subscribers
Creator sweet spot
Dedication
Best format

Platform mix anchor: YouTube 75% · Instagram 15% · TikTok 10%

What we know

Three things about Automotive we have learned the expensive way.

01

Last-click attribution will tell you the channel does not work.

Auto buyers research for 4–12 weeks before walking into a showroom. Brand search lift, view-through attribution and dealership foot-traffic correlation are the metrics that show real impact.

02

Genre alignment is everything.

A car-enthusiast creator with 500K followers converts 5–8× better on auto campaigns than a generic tech reviewer with 2M. The audience-context match compounds harder in automotive than almost any vertical.

03

Dealership coordination determines real ROI.

The campaign delivers the lead; the dealership closes the sale. Brands that loop dealership teams into the campaign measurement (CRM follow-up, attribution back to the placement) realise 2–3× higher reported ROI.

CPA proof points

What we have actually delivered.

Reference points from delivered campaigns in this vertical. Numbers anonymized at the campaign level; expect ±25% spread per actual placement based on creator-overlap fit.

Germany
$11.20
EV launch (DACH market)
United States
$15.40
Crossover SUV release
United Kingdom
$13.80
Premium accessory line

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  • Predicted CPA band for your category and markets
  • Sample creator shortlist with match scores
  • Campaign tier recommendation — numbers you can hold us to
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