How Coverd went from a $20 CPI goal to $3.51 and then scaled to $110k/month
A bold fintech with a simple ask and big ambitions. We beat the category trust deficit and scaled performance to new heights.
Project Details
Cost per install
vs. $20.00 target, 83% below goal
Cost per purchase
down from $21.10 in month one
Spend scale
$7.5k to $111k/month in 4 months
AT A GLANCE
THE BRIEF
A bold fintech with a simple ask and big ambitions
Coverd is a New York-based fintech startup backed by a16z speedrun, Tusk Ventures, and Yolo Investments. The app gamifies personal finance, letting users win back real money on everyday purchases through mini-games.
They came to Street Poller Media with a clear objective: produce street interview video creatives and run them on Meta Ads with a target cost per install of $20. Simple brief. High bar to beat. We got to work.
THE CHALLENGE
A category built on broken trust
Zero brand recognition
No reviews, no word of mouth, no trust signals.
Fintech trust deficit
Linking bank accounts requires credibility that takes years to build.
Gen Z ad fatigue
Traditional polished formats were instantly scrolled past.
ENGAGEMENT OVERVIEW
Two phases, two goals, both beaten
OUR APPROACH
Street polling, rapid iteration, and a relentless focus on the funnel
We built a content-first strategy around authentic street poll videos, real people reacting to Coverd's concept in the wild. High trust, naturally shareable, and perfectly suited to Meta's feed.
Creative production from scratch
No actors, no scripts. Seeing real reactions from real strangers built instant credibility.
Hook-first testing framework
Winning angles were scaled immediately and losing ones were killed fast. CPI kept dropping.
Funnel evolution in month two
Rebuilt optimization around purchase events mid-campaign to attract higher intent users.
Scale without degradation
Continuous creative refresh cycles prevented CPA creep as audiences saturated.
MONTH BY MONTH & META ADS
Four months of compounding results
JANUARY · ADS MANAGER
| Campaigns | App Installs | Cost per install |
|---|---|---|
Coverd_Scale_1 | 682 | $7.23 |
Coverd_Test_A | 456 | $5.83 |
| Total | 1,138 | $6.67 |
FEBRUARY · ADS MANAGER
| Campaigns | App Installs | Cost per install |
|---|---|---|
Coverd_Scale_2 | 1,153 | $4.80 |
Coverd_Test_B | 483 | $7.37 |
| Total | 1,636 | $5.56 |
MARCH · ADS MANAGER
| Campaigns | App Installs | Cost per install | Purchases | Cost per purchase |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Coverd_Purch_Conv | 4,858 | $5.83 | 2,072 | $13.67 |
Coverd_Scale_3 | 3,521 | $7.60 | 685 | $39.06 |
| Total | 9,271 | $6.86 | 3,016 | $21.10 |
APRIL · ADS MANAGER
| Campaigns | App Installs | Cost per install | Purchases | Cost per purchase |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Coverd_Purch_Scale | 28,157 | $3.04 | 14,582 | $5.87 |
Coverd_Retarget | 3,572 | $7.19 | 1,657 | $15.51 |
| Total | 31,729 | $3.51 | 16,239 | $6.86 |
BEST PERFORMING CREATIVE · EACH MONTH
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Spend vs. efficiency: the inverse relationship that matters
As spend grew 14x, cost per install and cost per purchase both fell. The inverse relationship that makes scaling viable.
THE RESULTS
Efficiency that held as spend scaled
The most common failure in paid social at scale is efficiency degradation. Costs creep up as audiences saturate. Coverd's account tells the opposite story. The spend ramp itself is the clearest evidence: clients do not 14x budgets unless the numbers justify it.
CPI below target.
Goal was $20 and we delivered $3.51 at peak, nearly 6x better.
CPP drop in 1 month.
From $21.10 to $6.86 while spend simultaneously grew 75%.
Total app installs.
Driven across the engagement, consistently below the $20 target.
In-app purchases.
Generated. 16,239 of them in April alone at $6.86 each.
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