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Can you afford that ad click?

Whether Google Ads works for you comes down to four numbers. Put yours in and see what a customer really costs to win, and the click price where ads stop paying for themselves. Nothing is stored or sent anywhere.

Cost per click ($)From your ads account, or what Google quotes for your keyword.Landing page conversion rate (%)Visitors who enquire or buy. 2 to 5% is a common range for a decent page.Close rate (%)Enquiries that become paying customers. Skip the guesswork: check your last 20 enquiries.Average customer value ($)What a new customer is worth. Use profit per job for a truer read.Monthly ad budget ($)Optional. Used for the monthly projection.

Your numbers

At $6.00 a click, a new customer costs you $667 to win. You can afford up to $13.50 a click before ads stop paying for themselves.

$200

Cost per enquiry

$667

Cost per customer

$13.50

Break-even cost per click

$2,250

Monthly revenue from $1,000 spend (5 enquiries, 1.5 customers)

Notice the lever: the click price is set by the market, but the conversion rate is yours. Doubling the landing page conversion rate halves what every customer costs.

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The lever most businesses ignore

When ads feel too expensive, most people blame the click price and start bidding on cheaper keywords. But the click price is set by the market. The number you actually control is how many of those clicks turn into enquiries, and that is a landing page problem, which is fixable.

If the calculator says your numbers are marginal, conversion work usually moves them further than a cheaper click ever will.