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TikTok Ads integration

Short-form creative burns out fast. Track testing velocity, spot decay early, and see what TikTok contributes beyond last-click.

Setup time
2 minutes
Access
Read-only OAuth 2.0
Sync
Every 6 hours

Supported metrics

Standardized against every other connected source so cross-channel comparison is honest.

  • Spend
  • Impressions, reach and frequency
  • CPM and CTR
  • Video view-through rate
  • Cost per view and cost per result
  • Conversions and conversion value
  • Creative testing velocity
  • Assisted conversion contribution

TikTok Ads and Paid Lens: product overview

TikTok is an upper-funnel channel that gets measured with lower-funnel tools. Last-click reporting almost always undersells it, while platform-reported conversions almost always oversell it. Both numbers are visible; neither is a decision.

Paid Lens imports campaign, ad group, ad and creative performance through read-only OAuth, then evaluates creative decay, testing velocity and cost per outcome against your other channels on standardized definitions.

Where a CRM or analytics connection exists, TikTok's contribution is reported against assisted conversions and pipeline, which is the only fair way to judge a demand-generation channel.

See how TikTok Ads data feeds the prioritized decision queue, how metrics are reconciled in attribution and metrics, or browse setup documentation.

What data is imported

Read-only, aggregated for analysis, and never written back to TikTok Ads.

Campaign and ad group structure

Objective, budget, optimization goal and schedule.

Creative performance

Video-level results, watch metrics and asset metadata.

Spend and delivery

Cost, impressions, reach, frequency and clicks.

Conversions

Pixel and Events API conversions with values.

Audience breakdowns

Age, gender and region splits where available.

Common use cases

Track creative testing velocity

Paid Lens measures how many new creatives are entering rotation versus how fast existing ones decay, and flags when the pipeline is too thin to sustain spend.

Detect decay before efficiency collapses

Falling view-through paired with rising CPM is surfaced as an early warning, not a post-mortem.

Value upper-funnel contribution fairly

Assisted conversion analysis shows what TikTok influenced rather than only what it closed.

What it looks like with TikTok Ads connected

Product imagery is being finalized — these frames show the views this integration powers.

Creative intelligence
Creative decay curve across active videos
Cross-channel comparison
TikTok contribution alongside other channels

Why connect TikTok Ads

Every connection raises the quality of the recommendations Paid Lens can make. Read more about how access is scoped and protected on our security page.

Read-only by design

Paid Lens cannot change budgets, pause campaigns, or edit records. Tokens are encrypted and can be revoked at any time.

Creative decay is measurable

TikTok performance is a creative-supply problem, and supply problems are visible in the data well before they hit results.

Fair cross-channel comparison

Judging TikTok with the same last-click rule as branded search guarantees the wrong answer.

Read-only

No campaign, budget or creative changes are made by Paid Lens.

TikTok Ads integration FAQ

Does Paid Lens import my TikTok video files?

No. Creative performance and metadata are imported; the assets themselves stay in TikTok Ads Manager.

Is TikTok Events API data supported?

Yes, where it is configured on your account.

How should I judge TikTok if it rarely gets last click?

Use the assisted contribution and blended efficiency views. Paid Lens reports both, and the recommendations account for the channel's position in the funnel.

More questions? Read what buyers usually ask or talk to us.

Free to start

Connect TikTok Ads and get your first recommendations in 2 minutes

No credit card, no sales call, and nothing written back to your account. Connect, wait for the backfill, and read what Paid Lens thinks you should do first.