MFA Sites Aren’t Going Anywhere Until There Are Incentives To End Them
Why does MFA continue to thrive? MFA monetization benefits everyone in the ad tech ecosystem that collects a revenue share. That includes both SSPs and DSPs.
Why does MFA continue to thrive? MFA monetization benefits everyone in the ad tech ecosystem that collects a revenue share. That includes both SSPs and DSPs.
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In addition to buy-side integrations, content curation, proprietary ad formats and flexible pricing models are also helping set SSPs apart.
While an SSP’s primary function as the technological connection to advertising demand for publishers remains, the strategic value an SSP provides has changed. So it might be time for SSPs to abandon revenue sharing with publishers in favor of a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model.
If a new ad tech partner generates $50,000 in revenue for a publisher, is it safe to assume that gross revenue will increase by the same amount? Publishers that unify their analytics and rigorously test those partners increasingly are finding that the answer is no. “There is no such thing as purely incremental revenue,” said […]
“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Emry DowningHall, vice president of advertising at Chegg. I receive a deluge of pitches from advertising networks, exchanges, supply-side platforms and every other ad tech acronym that aims to help publishers monetize their inventory. […]