What counts as a qualified view at FORKOFF?

A view that passes all four checks: real human, in-region, traffic-valid, and not bot or farm. Views that fail any check are not billed, and every accepted or rejected view is recorded in an append-only ledger with a reason code.

How is CPQV different from CPM?

CPM bills per 1,000 raw views from the platform counter, including bots and out-of-region traffic. CPQV bills only for views that pass a verification gate, so you are paying for genuine, audited reach rather than a number anyone can inflate.

What is FORKOFF's CPQV rate?

FORKOFF's benchmark is $0.003 per qualified view, with a $1,000 sandbox to start. Because only gate-passing views are billed, the rate maps directly to verified delivery rather than a raw counter.

Can I see proof that views were qualified?

Yes. FORKOFF ships an append-only per-view audit ledger, exportable as CSV or JSON, with a reason code for every accepted and rejected view. It is built to survive a treasury or finance review without being reconstructed.

Why does qualified-view pricing exist?

Because raw view counts are easy to inflate and impossible to audit after the fact. Tying spend to a gated, logged view aligns the agency's incentive with delivering genuine attention rather than maximizing a vanity number.

The metric, defined

What is cost per qualified view (CPQV)?

Updated Jun 27, 2026

Cost per qualified view (CPQV) is a clipping pricing model where a brand pays only for views that pass a verification gate, not for raw view-counter totals. FORKOFF defines a qualified view as one that clears four checks: a real human watched it, the viewer was in the target region, the traffic source was valid, and it was not a bot or view-farm. FORKOFF's benchmark rate is $0.003 per qualified view. The point of the metric is to move clipping spend off a number anyone can inflate (raw views) and onto a number a brand can audit, with an append-only per-view ledger exportable as CSV or JSON. Across FORKOFF's network, 5B+ views have been processed against this gate.

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Real human The view came from a genuine person, not an automated script or headless browser. Bot and emulator traffic is filtered out before a view counts.
02
In-region The viewer was in the campaign's target geography. Out-of-region views, however real, do not count toward a geo-targeted brief.
03
Traffic-valid The traffic source passes validity checks (no incentivized, injected, or farm-sourced sessions). The view reflects organic placement, not purchased noise.
04
Not bot or farm Coordinated view-farm and click-ring patterns are screened. Only the surviving views are billable, and each is logged with a reason code.

Why the denominator matters more than the rate

Two clipping quotes can look identical on headline price and differ enormously in real cost, because they count different things. A raw-CPM model bills every number the platform counter shows, including bot, out-of-region, and farm views. A qualified-view model bills only what survives the gate. That is why a $0.003 qualified-view rate can be cheaper per genuine view than a $2 raw CPM: the raw model is charging you for the noise. The audit ledger is what makes the difference checkable rather than a marketing claim, because every accepted and rejected view carries a reason code a finance or treasury review can read.

Raw view versus qualified view

Dimension	Raw view (CPM)	Qualified view (CPQV)
What gets billed	Every platform-counter view	Only views that pass the gate
Bot or emulator traffic	Counted and billed	Filtered out before a view counts
Out-of-region views	Counted	Not counted toward a geo-targeted brief
Farm or injected sessions	Counted	Screened out
Audit trail	None	Append-only per-view ledger, exportable as CSV or JSON
FORKOFF rate	Not applicable	$0.003 per qualified view

A $0.003 qualified-view rate can be cheaper per genuine view than a $2 raw CPM, because the raw model is charging you for the noise. Across FORKOFF's network, 5B+ views have been processed against this gate.

Flow diagram of the four-stage qualified-view gate: real human, in-region, traffic-valid, not bot or farm — The four-stage gate every view clears before it is billable: real human, in-region, traffic-valid, and screened for bot or farm patterns.

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