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. Upload an icon image. Requirements: Aspect ratio: 1:1 Minimum size: 192×192 px 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. Make sure the campaign is active and has sufficient budget. 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 Creative Guidelines Fund your account Create Creative Push and Inpage Push Terms of Use 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 Creative Guidelines Fund your account Terms of Use 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. Related Create VAST link Creative Guidelines Fund Your Account Terms of Use