Create Creative
Create Creative Push and Inpage Push
Summary
Create a creative to attract users and generate traffic for your advertising campaign.
Before You Begin
- Role: Advertiser.
- Required information:
- Title & Text
- Icon and Image file
- Landing page URL
- Tracking parameters (optional)
- Estimated time: 10 minutes
Steps
- Locate the Select Creative section in your campaign and click Add Creative.
- Enter the title and description for your creative.
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Upload an icon image.
Requirements:
- Aspect ratio: 1:1
- Minimum size: 192×192 px
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Upload the main image.
Requirements:
- Aspect ratio: 2:1
- Minimum size: 360×180 px
- Select a badge icon for your push notification.
- Enter the destination URL for your offer or landing page.
Note: Add tracking parameters such as
{click_id}if you plan to use conversion tracking and postbacks. Discover full information about Tracking parameters and Postback. - Review the creative preview for desktop and mobile devices.
- Click Save
- The newly created creative now appears in your campaign.
Troubleshooting
Issue: Unable to save creative
Solutions:
- Check the Title and Icon. Your ads should contain at least Title and Icon
- contact DAO.AD Support
Issue: Creative does not get traffic
Solution:
- Verify that the creative status is Active.
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Make sure the campaign is active and has sufficient budget.
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Check that the creative has been approved by moderation.
Verification
After saving the creative, it appears in the Select Creative section and becomes available for campaign delivery.
Related
- Creative Guidelines
- Examples of good creatives
- Tracking Configuration Models
- Fund Your Account
- Terms of Use
Create a Pop Campaign
Summary
Unlike push campaigns, Pop campaigns do not require graphical creatives.
A Pop campaign only requires a valid destination URL that will be opened when the advertisement is triggered.
Before You Begin
- Role: Advertiser.
- Required information:
- Destination URL
- Estimated time: 10 minutes
Steps
- Navigate to Campaigns and select Popunder from the campaign type list.
- Click the Create Campaign button.
- Enter the campaign name and destination URL, then select the appropriate tracking template.
- Configure your targeting options and bidding settings.
- Configure the Smart Type settings, if required.
- Save the campaign. Once submitted, it will be reviewed by the DAO.AD moderation team.
Troubleshooting
Issue: Unable to save the campaign.
Solutions:
- Verify that all required campaign settings are configured.
- Ensure that all required fields, including Campaign Name, Destination URL, and Bid, are completed.
- If the issue persists, contact DAO.AD Support.
Related
Create VAST Link
Summary
This page explains how to create a Video campaign using a VAST Link that delivers video ads through the IAB VAST standard.
Before You Begin
- Role: Advertiser.
- Required information:
- Destination VAST Link
- A valid VAST XML endpoint
- Estimated time: 5 minutes
Steps
- Navigate to Campaigns and select Video from the campaign type list.
- Click the Create Campaign button.
- Enter the campaign name, select VAST Link as the source type, and provide the destination VAST URL.
- Configure your targeting options and bidding settings.
- Set the Black list or White list, if needs.
- Save the campaign. Once submitted, it will be reviewed by the DAO.AD moderation team.
Note: DAO.AD validates the provided URL before saving the campaign. The endpoint must return a valid VAST XML response that is publicly accessible.
Troubleshooting
Issue: Campaign cannot be saved because the provided VAST Link is invalid.
Possible causes
- The URL returns HTML instead of XML.
- The endpoint is unavailable.
- The XML is malformed.
- Authentication is required.
- The VAST response is empty.
Solutions
- Verify that the URL returns a valid VAST XML document.
- Ensure the endpoint is publicly accessible.
- Check that the response uses the correct XML format.
- Confirm that the VAST response contains at least one playable media file.
Related
Create Youtube Link
Summary
This page explains how to create a Video campaign using a YouTube video URL. DAO.AD uses the provided YouTube link as the video creative for your campaign.
Before You Begin
- Role: Advertiser.
- Required information:
- YouTube video URL
- Estimated time: 5 minutes
Steps
- Navigate to Campaigns and select Video from the campaign type list.
- Click the Create Campaign button.
- Enter the campaign name and keep Default selected as the source type.
- Configure your targeting options and bidding settings.
- Set the Black list or White list, if needs.
- Scroll down to the Select creative block and click Add creative.
- Enter a creative title and select YouTube as the creative type.
- Paste the YouTube video URL and click Save Creative.
- Save the campaign. Once submitted, it will be reviewed by the DAO.AD moderation team.
Note: Ensure that the provided YouTube video is publicly available and has not been removed or restricted.
Troubleshooting
Issue: My ads does not receive traffic.
Solutions
- Verify that the campaign status is Active.
- Verify that the YouTube URL is valid and publicly accessible.
- Ensure that your account has a sufficient balance to run the campaign.
- Verify that your targeting settings are not overly restrictive or conflicting.