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ChatGPT ads that land at the moment of decision

Your buyer describes their situation to an assistant and gets an answer they trust. Your ad sits directly beneath it. We run these campaigns from launch through to reporting that shows what actually delivers.

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Live conversationChatGPT · answer
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RunForm — Road running shoes — matched to your distance
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Targeting by the buyer's own conversation
Pixel and conversions API in before launch
Bid calculated against your margin
Month-to-month partnership
Selected Zest clients
Hanbud360 SnowShowFalcon Car RentalLadies GymO2 TrainerFertilily
Overview

Advertising where the buyer describes the problem

Search matches a query. Social matches a profile. Here you reach someone who has just spelled out their situation in their own words: what they have, what is missing, what they can spend and what they already ruled out. The ad appears as a labelled card below the assistant's answer, read by someone who has already decided the problem needs solving and is working out what to solve it with. We handle the account, the measurement and the creative, and we look at what happens after the click, because the landing page has to answer the same question the buyer asked the assistant.

Challenges

Four situations where this channel makes sense

Four situations that show when this channel is worth testing.

INFO 01

Buyers compare you with competitors away from your site

“X or Y” comparisons happen inside assistant conversations. The shortlist forms from the offers present there.

INFO 02

Your product needs explaining before it sells

The more a buyer has to understand, the longer they talk and the more context they give. Your ad has something to match against.

INFO 03

You pay for search clicks that bounce

Broad queries bring expensive, accidental traffic. Here you learn which situations your category actually appears in, and cut the rest.

INFO 04

Your measurement stops at the last click

Decisions made after an assistant conversation often return through branded search or direct traffic. Count that effect and you see what the channel delivers.

Insights

What managing eight-figure performance budgets taught us

These are lessons from classic performance media that carry straight over to this channel, because the auction and the measurement work the same way. The lessons come from other channels; we bring the same discipline to ChatGPT campaigns.

Insight 01
Margin

Your margin sets the bid

Before any number goes in, we work out what a click can cost and still pay back.

Insight 02
Intent

A described situation beats a keyword list

Targeting reads intent. Phrases pasted from a search account match words, while a described situation matches people.

Insight 03
Situation

Creative has to show you understand the situation

A hundred characters are enough for a buyer to recognise their own problem. Save the company story for the landing page.

Insight 04
Measure

Measurement decides month one

Pixel and conversions API go in before launch, so the first month already produces data for decisions.

Insight 05
Weeks

We read results week by week

Daily budget behaves as a weekly average and purchase decisions land slowly. Daily bid changes distort the read.

Insight 06
Page

The landing page is part of the ad

The buyer arrives from a conversation in which they described their own situation, and looks for an answer to it on the page.

Objectives

What companies run ChatGPT campaigns for

Narzędzia i formaty dobieramy pod cel i kampanię.

Sales

Buyers at the moment of comparison

We reach buyers as they line products up and ask the assistant about the differences. The ad enters the conversation before the choice is made.

  • Presence in “X or Y” questions across your category
  • Creative that shows the difference that tips the decision
  • Optimised for the purchase
Which running shoe — model A or model B?
Ad
Best match
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Technology

The measurement every decision rests on

Before the first ad runs, we wire up measurement so every unit of budget is accountable, from the events in your funnel to the effect after the click.

Pixel + API

Two measurement paths, counted once

We deploy both the pixel and the conversions API, and deduplicate browser and server events so each one counts once.

Events

We count what counts as a sale for you

Form, signup, purchase or call: events matched to your funnel.

Attribution

The effect you only see later

Attribution windows set deliberately, plus the people who searched your brand or came direct after seeing the ad. That is when the full effect of the channel shows.

Reporting

You see what actually delivers

We pull results and findings into a form we base budget decisions on. If you already run server-side GTM, this channel plugs into what you have.

ChatGPT Ads ecosystem

Formats and billing models we build campaigns from

One placement, several ways to buy and bill it. We pick the format and billing model to match the campaign's goal: traffic, presence in conversations, or measured conversions.

Format / billing

Ad card

The core format

Title, description and image below the assistant's answer, labelled as an ad.

Best for
Every campaign starts here.
Format / billing

Product feed ads

Creative from your catalogue

Ads generated automatically from your product catalogue.

Best for
Stores with a wide range.
Format / billing

Cost per click

You pay for visits

You pay for visits to your site, with the bid ceiling set on your side.

Best for
Goal: traffic and sales at a calculated bid.
Format / billing

Cost per impression

You pay for presence

You pay to be shown when the goal is presence in conversations about your category.

Best for
Goal: presence and awareness.
Format / billing

Conversion-optimised delivery

The system aims at outcomes

The system serves where it expects conversions while you still pay per click.

Best for
When conversion measurement is in place.
Format / billing

Bulk campaign import

Structure in one load

Large accounts load the whole structure from one file.

Best for
Complex accounts and wide catalogues.
Process

Four stages to launch

We start by checking whether the channel pays for you and give you a straight answer. Then account and measurement, campaign build, and a read in weeks. We base decisions on a calculated bid and conversion data.

  1. 01

    Qualification

    Whether your category surfaces in assistant conversations, whether ad policy allows your sector, and what a click can cost at your margin. You get the result of that calculation before the first unit of budget is spent.

  2. 02

    Account and measurement

    We walk you through opening the account: you create it, attach your billing details and card, and add us as a user. Then we deploy the pixel and conversions API and set up events. Access, data and budget stay on your side.

  3. 03

    Structure and creative

    Groups built around the stage the buyer is at, several variants of conversation descriptions and creative, and landing pages checked against what buyers actually arrive asking.

  4. 04

    Read and scale

    We learn which conversations your category lives in and move budget there. The findings feed your other channels.

„Their team is flexible, accessible, and friendly."
Kim · Head of Marketing, Rosesta Medical BV (Fertilily)
Fertilily
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Scope of Work

What you get from working with us

  • A straight answer on whether this channel pays at your margin.
  • A configured ad account in your company's name, with billing and budget on your side.
  • Pixel and conversions API deployed, with event delivery verified.
  • Campaign structure built around the buyer's stage.
  • Several variants of conversation descriptions and creative, tested in parallel.
  • Landing page recommendations.
  • Results with the measured effect, branded search after seeing the ad included.
  • A wrap-up with concrete decisions for the next period.
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Can my company advertise in ChatGPT?+

Yes, provided your sector fits OpenAI's ad policy.

What does a campaign cost?+

Your margin sets the bid. We calculate the maximum click cost at which the campaign pays, and build the budget from there.

Do ads influence what ChatGPT says?+

Ads run on systems separate from the model, and the assistant's answers stay outside advertisers' reach. The card is labelled as sponsored.

How is this different from Google Ads?+

Search captures a formulated query. This captures the moment someone describes a situation and asks for a recommendation. Most companies run both.

How quickly will I see results?+

Ads start serving within days. A meaningful read takes about a month, because decisions after an assistant conversation land more slowly than after a search click.

Can I exclude existing customers?+

Campaigns targeting the European Economic Area run without custom audiences, so exclusion lists are unavailable there. We plan budget around this limitation.

Which sectors does the policy exclude?+

OpenAI's policy excludes gambling, alcohol, tobacco, politics, legal services, and job and housing listings, among others. Financial and health services are closed in Europe. We check this in the first conversation.

See also

Other services in Performance Media

Blog

Articles: SEO and AI search

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Paweł Strzelecki and Karol Majewski, co-founders of Zest