Debloat AI · B2C · face debloating app
Run TikTok ads for a new app idea, scaling the videos that work
A few cents per install for days, then ~30% profit on ad spend for weeks
Workedpaid-social
What they did
First proper paid campaign: make a bunch of TikTok ad videos and scale the ones doing well, for an app concept no one else had built yet.
What happened
A couple of cents per download for a couple of days; then ~30% profit on ad spend for a few more weeks as spend rose and it evened out.
In their words
The Superwall Podcast · Rafael Kramer - this 14 yr old makes $100k/mo PROFIT building apps with ai (here's how)“Like, we were paying a couple cents per download at one point, and then, you know, once we started spending more, it kind of equaled out.”
“the couple cent downloads saturated in a couple days, and then like the next few weeks it was still profitable, but like less, like maybe like 30% profit based off ad spend”
“just like making a bunch of videos and then scaling up those that were doing well”
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