Gaming & Entertainment

How Game Culture Generated 610+ WhatsApp Booking Enquiries at ₹83 Each Through Hyper-Local Meta Ads

Game Culture is an indoor gaming and entertainment destination in Coimbatore for friends, families, corporate teams, and gaming enthusiasts.

610+WhatsApp conversations started
₹83.35Average cost per conversation
₹50,840.47Total ad spend
1.27M+Total reach

The Challenge

The venue needed to build local awareness and generate affordable booking enquiries from people likely to visit, without forcing them through slow enquiry forms

The venue needed to build local awareness and generate affordable booking enquiries from people likely to visit, without forcing them through slow enquiry forms.

The Turning Point

Why Game Culture chose Optiv Partners

Game Culture needed a connected acquisition path, not a single campaign optimised in isolation.

The Solution

A layered approach

Hyper-local targeting, awareness video creatives, and Click-to-WhatsApp ads created a low-friction route from discovery to direct booking conversations.

Layer 1 — Build qualified demand

  • Target the documented audience and build awareness before asking for the final conversion.
  • Use campaign structure and creative that match the stage of the documented customer journey.

Layer 2 — Convert and refine

  • Use the documented conversion path and continuously refine audiences, creative, budgets, and conversion performance.
  • Measure the outcome named in the engagement rather than attention alone.

The Results

Documented performance

The following results are documented for the March–June 2026 engagement.

MetricResult
WhatsApp conversations started610+
Average cost per conversation₹83.35
Total ad spend₹50,840.47
Total reach1.27M+
Total impressions2.95M+
Engagements26,875

Key Takeaways

What made the difference

A hyper-local awareness-to-WhatsApp journey made booking enquiries direct and measurable.

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FAQ

Case study questions

What was the challenge for Game Culture?

The venue needed to build local awareness and generate affordable booking enquiries from people likely to visit, without forcing them through slow enquiry forms.

Why did Game Culture choose Optiv Partners?

Game Culture needed a connected acquisition path, not a single campaign optimised in isolation.

What did Optiv Partners implement?

Hyper-local targeting, awareness video creatives, and Click-to-WhatsApp ads created a low-friction route from discovery to direct booking conversations.

What documented result did Game Culture achieve?

WhatsApp conversations started: 610+.

What was another documented outcome?

Average cost per conversation: ₹83.35.