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Cost Per Action

What is CPA?

CPA is an online advertising strategy that allows an advertiser to pay for a specified action from a prospective customer.

CPA stands for Cost Per Action. CPA is an online advertising strategy that allows an advertiser to pay for a specified action from a prospective customer.

The term matters when teams need a shared definition across planning, finance reviews, sales reporting, and weekly execution conversations. Without a common definition, the same metric can drift in meaning across functions.

Inside OKRindo, CPA is most useful when it is tied to a decision. Use it to review progress, surface risk early, and choose the next action with clearer context.
Quick definition
CPA is an online advertising strategy that allows an advertiser to pay for a specified action from a prospective customer.
How teams use it
Add CPA to the weekly review rhythm so everyone interprets the term the same way before changing targets, forecasts, or priorities.

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