Are You Optimizing Too Early?

RivertrafficOfficial

Newbie

Jan 20, 2021

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• Wednesday at 2:12 PM

• #1

Sometimes campaigns just need more data. Other times waiting only burns money. What's your minimum amount of data before making optimization decisions?

 

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Mister abc

Registered Member

Nov 7, 2021

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• Yesterday at 10:17 PM

• #2

I usually give it enough data to see a real pattern, not just a few clicks or conversions. There’s no magic number it depends on the budget and offer, but I try not to make decisions based on one bad day. Creatives usually are fastest to optimized, usually after 50 - 100 clicks you can already undarstand if a creative is going to be a successfull.

 

Wisdomjane

Newbie

Jun 29, 2026

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• Yesterday at 11:33 PM

• #3

I prefer enough data to spot a real trend, not just to react to short term fluctuations.

 

itsworth

Regular Member

Jun 17, 2026

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• Yesterday at 11:37 PM

• #4

It all depends on the ad platform, campaign budget and the ammount of creatives that you have. But usually 20 or 30 clicks will give you a rough idea of how will this campaign behave.

 

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traffika

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Aug 16, 2026

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• Yesterday at 11:38 PM

• #5

Depends on the vertical but we never touch anything under 1000 impressions per zone. For conversions, at least 2x payout spent before killing a source. Optimizing too early is just as expensive as optimizing too late.