How much do TikTok ads cost?
TikTok sets its own floor: a campaign budget must be more than $50 (daily or total), and each ad group inside it needs a daily or lifetime budget above $20. Past that minimum, what you actually pay per result depends on your bid and how relevant TikTok judges your ad to be — not on a fixed price list.
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What are TikTok's minimum budgets?
| Level | Minimum | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Campaign | Over $50 | Daily or total (lifetime) budget |
| Ad group | Over $20/day | Lifetime budget = $20 × number of days it runs |
How does TikTok bill you?
TikTok offers several billing models depending on your goal: CPM (per 1,000 impressions), CPC (per click), CPV (per view), and oCPM, where TikTok's system spends toward an outcome like a purchase. On top of that, you choose a bidding strategy — Maximum Results (spend the full budget on the most results possible) or Target Cost Per Result (try to hold cost near a number you set).
What actually drives cost up or down?
TikTok ranks ads by a mix of bid and relevance — the closer your ad matches what the viewer wants to see, the less you typically pay per result. Cost also tends to run higher in an ad group's first days, while it's still in the Learning Phase and TikTok is figuring out who converts.
Is there a "normal" price to expect?
TikTok doesn't publish an average CPM or CPC, and real costs swing too much by country, industry and season to honestly quote one figure. A more useful question than "what's normal" is what a single conversion is actually worth to your business — that's the number your budget should be measured against.
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