- Campaign Creation
This guide is for new publishers who would like to start a user acquisition campaign on FairBid's mobile ad network.
1. Create an account
Create a new FairBid account by going to the signup page.
2. Add your app
After signing up, claim your app(s) by entering your app's name, app store page URL, or app package to the Claim an App page.
How do I find my Android package name?
If your app is not found, you should add it manually on that page.
3. Click on the app you want to promote
Go to the Ad Campaigns page on the FairBid developer dashboard. Click your app.
4. Create a new campaign
Set the bid price, targeting (geo, device, OS), and spend limits for your campaign.
Once your targeting is set click save to return to the app page. Any targeting options with nothing selected default to target all.
Daily limits are in $USD -- these limits can be set on a game level and on an app level. When either limit is reached the campaign will turn off for the day.
For details on Campaign ID and Blacklist publishers see the advanced tracking section at the bottom of this guide.
5. Manage Campaigns
The manage campaigns page is a extraordinarily fast and efficient way to create and update new campaigns.
All targeting options can be controlled here. To hide/show specific options use the black selector box in the bottom right corner.
The campaign options that you can set up are: Campaign Name, CPI Price, Campaign Enabled/Disabled, Country Targeting, OS Targeting, Device Targeting, Connectivity Targeting, Automatic Scheduling, Daily Limit, and Campaign ID.
OS targeting is set numerically, while country targeting uses 2-letter country codes or full names.
The plus-sign button below a specific campaign name duplicates a single campaign. Select multiple campaigns and click the grey duplicate button to duplicate multiple campaigns at once.
6. Manage Creatives
In order to start an advertising campaign you must have at least 1 creative attached to that campaign.
*If you are creating a video-only campaign, you will still have to upload and attach a landscape creative to the campaign in addition to the video creative(s).
New creatives can be uploaded here, then attached any campaign.
Additional details about creatives dimensions and requirements can be found here.
The creative name can be edited on this page as well. The creative name will be passed in the {CREATIVE_NAME} macro in your click url (optional).
7. Install Tracking
FairBid supports a wide variety of tracking options, both for third party tracking networks and custom tracking solutions.
Third-Party Attribution
FairBid supports all major mobile attribution analytics providers, such as Adjust, Hasoffers, Kochava, AppsFlyer, and more.
If you are using one of these providers they should automatically generate your click URL(tracking link) and you can skip the implementing your click URL to the FairBid dash.
Custom click URLs
If you are not using a third party tracking solution, your link most likely starts out in a similar form to the following URL:
http://example.domain.com/?a=12345&b=12345
Additional parameters then need to be added to the click URL - these dynamically pass parameter information when the user clicks of the ad.
The impression id is the only required parameter. It must always be included in the click URL and passed back to FairBid in the postback (callback) URL.
Commonly used macros:
{IMPRESSION_ID}
Mandatory on all campaigns, required in postback.
{PUBLISHER_ID}
The Publisher ID.
{ANDROID_ADVERTISER_ID}
The Google Advertiser ID for Android.
{ANDROID_PACKAGE}
The Android package name.
{IDFA}
The Advertising Identifier for iOS devices.
{APP_STORE_ID}
The Apple App Store ID for iOS apps.
After adding the impression id, device id, and package name/app id , your new URL should look something like the following:
Android:
http://example.domain.com/?a=12345&b=12345&impression_id={IMPRESSION_ID}&android_package={ANDROID_PACKAGE}&android_ad_id={ANDROID_ADVERTISER_ID}
iOS:
http://example.domain.com/?a=12345&b=12345&impression_id={IMPRESSION_ID}&app_store_id={APP_STORE_ID}&idfa={IDFA}
The bracketed FairBid macros must be used exactly as shown. The lower case parameters can be changed to fit the nomenclature of your database.
Important: FairBid uses only one click URL per app. If you have multiple click tracking links for a single app, we use a parameter called {CAMPAIGN_ID} to collapse the URL into one link. For more info see the Advanced Tracking section below.
Implement your tracking link on the FairBid Dashboard
Go to your install tracking page to enter in your FairBid click URL.
The install tracking page is also where you’ll retrieve your postback template. Postbacks must be sent in this format for installs to successfully be recorded.
Setting the FairBid postback in your system:
Android template:
http://www.heyzap.com/cpi_callback/new_install?game_identifier={android_package}&secret_key=<your-secret-key>&impression_identifier={impression_id}
iOS template:
http://www.heyzap.com/cpi_callback/new_install?game_identifier={app_store_id}&secret_key=<your-secret-key>&impression_identifier={impression_id}
Your secret key is visible on your FairBid developer dashboard postback template. Your secret key is developer unique – you’ll use the same secret key for all of your apps/campaigns. Its recommended that your hardcode it when setting your postback.
8. Turn on campaign
You may see a "pending" message while your campaign is under review by Fyber. It will activate once Fyber has approved it.
Advanced Tracking
Campaign ID
By setting the Campaign ID on your campaign, you can start tracking your installs in a more sophisticated way. The campaign ID will automatically be filled in when you use the {CAMPAIGN_ID} macro.
This flexibility lets you use FairBid’s {CAMPAIGN_ID} parameter to collapse just about any number of tracking links into one. Any parameter that differs between campaigns should be replaced with {CAMPAIGN_ID}.
Multiple click urls with different country codes
http://example.domain.com/?a=1234&country=us&impression_id={IMPRESSION_ID}
http://example.domain.com/?a=1234&country=au&impression_id={IMPRESSION_ID}
http://example.domain.com/?a=1234&country=ca&impression_id={IMPRESSION_ID}
http://example.domain.com/?a=1234&country=gb&impression_id={IMPRESSION_ID}
collapse and become:
http://example.domain.com/?a=1234&country={CAMPAIGN_ID}&impression_id={IMPRESSION_ID}
Campaign ID's are set from the create campaign page (step 4) or the manage campaigns page (step 5).
Other parameters can be substituted as well
http://example.domain.com/?a=1234&offerid=74&impression_id={IMPRESSION_ID}
http://example.domain.com/?a=1234&offerid=75&impression_id={IMPRESSION_ID}
http://example.domain.com/?a=1234&offerid=76&impression_id={IMPRESSION_ID}
becomes…
http://example.domain.com/?a=1234&offerid={CAMPAIGN_ID}&impression_id={IMPRESSION_ID}
Creative Name
To receive the creative that the user clicked on you can pass the {CREATIVE_NAME} macro in the click URL.
Once this is added to the click URL the name's of creatives can be updated on the "Manage Creatives" page.
This is a useful tool for analyzing the conversion of various creatives.
Publisher Blacklisting
You can add the {PUBLISHER_ID} macro in the click URL to receive an obfuscated id for the publisher app for that click.
Once you've analyzed the best and worst performing publishers for your campaign - then black/whitelist these publishers from the edit campaign page (step 4) or the manage campaigns page (step 5).
Post-Install Event Tracking
We have an endpoint to register post-install events. Here an example url:
http://www.heyzap.com/in_game_api/ads/register_event?impression_id={IMPRESSION_ID}&event_type={EVENT_TYPE}&revenue_usd={REVENUE_USD}
The parameters:
{IMPRESSION_ID} -- Required. Our impression identifier from the impression that led to the install.
{EVENT_TYPE} -- Required. A string like "revenue" or "tutorial_complete" that identifies the event.
{REVENUE_USD} -- Optional. A number like 9.99 to represent the revenue associated with the event.
For any further questions, please refer to our FAQ .