CPA – Cost Per Action
Cost per action, or cost per acquisition (CPA) is a professional term in the field of website promotion that describes managing a campaign whereby an advertiser will pay a commission on a purchase that has been made by a user, after clicking through to that advertiser’s website from a contracted referral site. The referral could have initiated from a website or through a mailing list, from which the user is referred to the commercial website.
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