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How To: View Discounts, Commissions and Margin Summary in Campaign Builder

Learn how to navigate through commission breakdowns for accurate campaign budgeting

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Navigate commission and margin details to better understand campaign costs and budgeting


  1. Navigate to your Campaign Plan

  2. Click Add Product

  3. Choose a product and click Add To Campaign

  4. Select Content Execution and Save Changes

    Content Execution indicates that the publisher will create and deliver the campaign activity. This includes content-led products such as Branded Content, Themed Content, Sponsored Content, Editorial Integrations, Podcasts, Videos, and other publisher-executed deliverables. Selecting this option ensures the appropriate product pricing, fees, commissions and campaign calculations are applied

    Optional: Enable Add Additional Audience Targeting to include AmpPlus audience targeting

  5. Expand the Discounting, Commission & Margin section

    This section provides visibility into how campaign pricing is calculated, including discounts, commissions, fees and margin calculations. It allows publishers to understand the financial breakdown of a product before finalising a media plan

  6. Review the Discounting, Commission & Margin Summary

    This section provides a financial breakdown of the selected product, showing how campaign revenue is calculated after discounts and commissions are applied

    • Campaign Subtotal - The total value of the campaign before any discounts, fees, or commission adjustments are applied

    • Discount on Subtotal Spend - Any discount applied to the overall campaign subtotal. This reduces the campaign value before further calculations are performed

    • Fees on Subtotal Spend - Additional fees applied to the campaign subtotal, such as platform or service fees. Click the arrow (>) to view a detailed breakdown of the fee components

    • Gross - The campaign value after discounts and fees have been applied

    • Commissionable Value - The portion of the campaign value that is eligible for commission calculations. This amount is used as the basis for determining advertiser discounts and commission-related adjustments

    • Advertiser Discount on Commissionable Value - Any advertiser-specific discount applied to the commissionable portion of the campaign value.

    • Net - The final campaign value after all discounts, fees, and commission adjustments have been applied

  7. Click 4.Margin Summary dropdown to view profitability metrics associated with the selected product

  8. Click the drop down for the following Margin information:

    • Campaign Pre Adjustments

    • Campaign Adjustments (Incl. Discounts)

    • Total Margin

      These sections help publishers understand the financial impact of discounts, commissions and campaign costs before finalising a proposal

  9. Review margin details and continue building the Campaign Plan

    Use the Margin Summary and Discounting & Commission Breakdown to validate campaign pricing, understand publisher revenue, and ensure the campaign aligns with your commercial objectives before sending it to an advertiser


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