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Value optimization

Also: VO · Meta Value Optimization · tROAS bidding

Value optimization is a bidding mode in which the ad platform targets users predicted to generate the highest purchase value, rather than the most conversions. Meta calls it Value Optimization; Google's equivalent is target-ROAS bidding.

It shifts the objective from volume to revenue, which for apps with a wide spread of spender value is usually the right objective. It also raises the data requirement: the platform needs purchase values flowing back reliably, at volume, to learn.

Value rules let advertisers weight some conversions above others — by geography, product, or customer type — so the platform optimizes toward profit rather than reported revenue.

Go deeper: Profit-based ROAS optimization on Meta

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