Facebook Website Conversion Ads

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I noticed Facebook has ads called "Website Conversions", where they provide a tracking pixel that you put onto your order confirmation page (or anywhere else you'd like). Then, after someone clicks your ad and converts, they have a record and you get charged. As far as I can tell though, impressions and clicks are completely free.

Here are some questions for anyone more familiar with this form of advertising. I feel like I must be missing something:

1. How do they prevent fraud or cheating?
ie: I have a website with pages A, B and C. My Facebook ad directs you to page A where you can buy my product. After purchase you are sent to page B for confirmation. However, page C is the one with the tracking pixel, which never gets shown to the customer. If Facebook doesn't have a way to detect this, then I have virtually unlimited free advertising for no cost. How do they avoid this?
(For the record I'm not interested in actually doing this, I'm just trying to understand because this sounds too good to be true)

2. Regardless of the scenario in question 1, am I even understanding this correctly? In other words, if I want to advertise my product which makes me $50 per sale, I can just pay Facebook $25 or $30 to make the sales for me? With 0* risk?

*Not counting cancellations

Thought I would ask here before I get too excited about this and blow a bunch of money.
I've tried to find answers to this online but I'm having trouble. Thanks for any input.
#ads #conversion #facebook #website
  • Profile picture of the author Dan Grossman
    There's no program like that. When you set up a new ad and select "Website Conversions" instead of "Website Clicks", all you're changing is how Facebook optimizes ad delivery and rotation. They will show the ads that are converting best for you, based on the pixel firing. You pay CPM rate for each time your ad shows whether you optimize for clicks or for conversions.
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  • Profile picture of the author submitinme
    In website conversion ads, you will be payings as oCPM (Optimized CPM). Facebook uses several data to show the ads to people who are more likely to buy from your site. The report will have a column "Cost Per Conversion". But you have to pay per thousand impressions.
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