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Real-Money Gaming6 months· 4 min read

Ad copy that cut cost-per-install.

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Khiladi Adda · Strategy, design & engineering

The Challenge

Scaling spend, creeping CPI.

Khiladi Adda was scaling spend while CPI crept up and creative fatigued fast. In a heavily policy-restricted category, the usual aggressive hooks weren't an option.

  • Strict ad-policy limits on real-money gaming
  • Creative burning out within days at scale
  • Pressure to grow installs without blowing up CPI

The Strategy

Make copy a system, not a guess.

Build a compliant hook library and run a disciplined weekly testing matrix so winners replaced losers before fatigue hit.

  • Built a hook library of compliant, emotion-led angles
  • Ran a weekly variant-testing matrix across Google and Meta
  • Tightened message-match between ad and landing page
  • Killed fatigued creative on a fixed cadence, not on vibes

The Results

Fatigue beaten, installs up.

Figures come from the client's own analytics, Google Analytics 4, Google Search Console, and the relevant ad-platform dashboards, tracked over 6 months. Before and after windows are like-for-like.

How the numbers moved

Item · Function · Why it matters

Cost per install

₹118 → ₹78

−34%

Install volume / month

21K → 46K

+120%

Ad CTR

1.3% → 2.1%

+61%

Creative lifespan

3 days → 9 days

+200%

Key Learnings

Hooks beat offers; volume beats vibes.

The hook mattered more than the offer, and the volume of compliant variants is what actually beat fatigue. Systematise creation or the account stalls.

Results

−0%

cost per install

+0%

install volume / month

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ad CTR

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creative lifespan

“He turned our ad copy into a machine. We finally scaled installs without watching CPI run away.”

Siddharth S. · Marketing Head, Khiladi Adda

Questions people ask

Cost per install fell from ₹118 to ₹78 (−34%); install volume per month went from 21K to 46K (+120%); ad CTR rose from 1.3% to 2.1% (+61%).

6 months. Budget: ₹40L+ media.

Ad Copy, Performance, Creative Testing.

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