How to Drive 4,000+ Sales for Your Crypto Presale With Meta Ads

Find how Chainbull documented a presale campaign where the smart targeting of users, creative and bold experiments, and adaptive Meta Ads management fueled more than 4,130 token sales. This proves that data-driven paid social can change crypto fundraising in today’s competitive market.

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A renowned blockchain startup partnered with Chainbull to help tell people the story behind their most ambitious token presale to date. Having built a robust product and attracted some early adopters, the team was simply eager to unlock the broader interest of investors. Their internal marketing efforts had brought some amazing and quick results, but growth had slowed down. The team then needed a paid ad strategy that could reach more investors and boost sales. It must remain consistent even with changing ad rules and solid competition.
After numerous strategy workshops, Chainbull proposed a presale growth playbook centered on Meta Ads, given its unparalleled reach and targeting precision for crypto-curious audiences. The major task was to capture the learning, the entire journey, and the tangible results from the campaigns.

Goals

Expand Presale Visibility

Include the project in front of new, qualified crypto investors globally, not just existing community members.

Reduce Cost Per Sale

Lower acquisition costs to ensure that each ad dollar drove ROI, even when budgets increased.

Pinpoint High-Converting Audiences

Use data to isolate which segments and geographies answered best.

Build Presale Momentum

Utilize social evidence, urgency, and retargeting to boost sales from last week.

Approach

1. Platform Audit & Channel Pivot

The campaign began by mapping out all the available paid channels. This includes Meta, Google, Reddit, and Twitter. After quick-fire tests, Meta Ads delivered 5x higher click-through rates compared to the other arenas. Google’s crypto ad boundaries and Reddit’s inconsistent traffic led the team to double down on Meta, with a modest 15% experimental budget actually left for Twitter retargeting.

2. Creative Innovation & Audience Strategy

Instead of standard banners, the team built a suite of motion ads, testimonials snippers, and countdown videos customized to both desktop and mobile feeds. Unique copy was specifically written for early-access lists (who join the first wave) vs. last-chance buyers (Final call, don’t miss out on the chance).

On the audience front, customized lookalike lists were seeded from former Airdrop participants and newsletter registrations. These lists, combined with Meta’s interest in targeting crypto, fintech, and defi, allowed the campaign to scale in the United States, the UK, Spain, and Singapore.

3. Multilingual Expansion & Funnel Optimization

Recognized traction in unexpected markets, the team quickly translated advertising into Portuguese and Turkish. This increased participation in Brazil and Turkey, which led to an increase of 17% in non-English sales.

The landing side was also redesigned with frequently asked questions and wallet connection guides. Mobile-first setup and built-in countdowns increased the conversion frequency on the site by almost 50%.

4. Live Analytics, Budget Scaling & Weekly Sprint Reviews

Campaign performances were tracked in real time by using Meta Pixel and UTM tags. Daily reports were also used to shift the budget away from underperforming advertising. Weekly sprint reviews with the client focused on scaling up only those ad sets that consistently beat a $6 cost per sale benchmark.
Results
  • Total Meta Ads Spend: $36,700
  • Total Presale Sales: 4,130
  • Average Cost per Sale: $5.25
  • Impressions: 4.15 million
  • Conversion Rate: Peak 7.2%
  • Top Geographics: US (31%), Brazil (20%), UK (16%), Turkey (13%), Spain (8%), Rest (12%)
Optimized Results
  • Initial cost per sale: $ 9.40
  • Reduced to: $ 5.25 after campaign optimization
  • The conversion rate improved from 1.6% to 4.3% after landing page updates
  • Mobile locations ran 74% of the conversions after the first two weeks
  • Real-time creative breaking of cut wasted ad use by 29%
Scaling Success
  • Ad consumption scaled from $ 8,000/month to $ 15.5,000/month
  • Maintained low costs per sale and a high conversion rate on a large scale.
  • Lookalike audience and urgency-based ads led to an increase in the sales of late-stage products.
  • Hit hard cap goals 9 days early; 63% of all sales came during the final scaling phase.

Before & After Comparison

Metric Before Optimization After Optimization (final)
Presale Sales 630 4,130
Conversion Rate 1.6% 7.2%
Cost Per Sale $9.40 5.25%
Impressions 4,20,000 4,150,000

Verdict

This campaign result highlights that Meta Ads- when backed by sharp creative, smart localization, and quick optimization can still unlock major growth for crypto fundraising. Chainbull’s documentation and insights help the client prove traction to the other partners, while building a foundation for future success and consistent growth. For a project ready to scale, presales or other launches, the merger of a combination of experts’ strategy and professional storytelling is a force multiplier.

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What Our Happy Clients Says

Arjun Mehta
MetaForge Labs
Chainbull’s clear reporting and strategic suggestions help us understand not just the strategy that worked, but also with reason stated “why”. Their approach to capturing campaign data, audience understanding, and user insights made our outcomes more credible. They helped establish our brand as more trustworthy, for future investors- Project Marketing Lead.
Sara Thomas
MemeVibes
We launched our meme coin with Chainbull, and they handled both the tech and the marketing. The Pump Fun strategy helped us grow fast on social media, and the Pinksale campaign was a big success. Super happy with how everything turned out.

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