How is AI chat ad inventory priced? | Particular Audience
AI chat ad inventory is usually priced on CPM, CPC, cost per sale or a flat sponsorship. Because an answer shows only a few products, each slot is scarcer.
How is AI chat ad inventory priced?
AI chat ad inventory is usually priced on CPM, CPC, cost per sale or a flat sponsorship. Because an answer shows only a few products, each slot is scarcer than a results-page slot, which should be reflected in rate cards.
CPM
Pay per thousand impressions. Define an impression as a sponsored product shown and labelled in a delivered answer.
CPC and cost per sale
Pay when the shopper opens or asks about the product, or buys it within an agreed window.
Sponsorship
Fixed ownership of a category or topic for a period, still subject to the relevance floor.
Run it with Particular Audience
Sponsored Prompts runs on Adaptive Transformer Search and the open-source ATS MCP server. Advertisers pick products or a collection; each item surfaces automatically, labelled, in chats, prompts and AI searches where it scores highly.
Sources
- Adaptive Transformer Search MCP server (GitHub), checked 2026-10-25
How Particular Audience does it
Frequently asked questions
Should chat cost more than site ads?
It depends on measured performance. Report chat inventory separately so advertisers can compare.
Can the bid override relevance?
No. Only relevant products enter the auction.
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