Minimum Spend Requirements for Conversational AI Ad Platforms
ChatGPT's minimum ad spend collapsed from six figures to zero in just five months.
Priya Nambiar
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9 stories in Billing & Pricing Flexibility.
ChatGPT's minimum ad spend collapsed from six figures to zero in just five months.
Early pilots show CPM commitments don't work in conversational AI ads.
AI conversations reveal intent CPM was built to hide.
AI ad platforms lack the billing infrastructure search and social built over decades.
Centralized accounts pool volume but create audit risk as AI platform policies shift monthly.
Conversational AI ads match live intent, not keywords, changing what performance actually costs.
Agencies negotiating AI ad deals need pricing leverage they don't yet have.
Agencies must separate margin from media cost and price AI inventory by expertise, not access.