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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
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  2. Click Add Product
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  3. Choose a product and click Add To Campaign
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  4. Select Content Execution and Save Changes
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    ​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
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  5. Expand the Discounting, Commission & Margin section
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    ​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
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  6. Review the Discounting, Commission & Margin Summary
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    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
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  7. Click 4.Margin Summary dropdown to view profitability metrics associated with the selected product
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  8. Click the drop down for the following Margin information:
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    • Campaign Pre Adjustments

    • Campaign Adjustments (Incl. Discounts)

    • Total Margin
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      These sections help publishers understand the financial impact of discounts, commissions and campaign costs before finalising a proposal
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  9. Review margin details and continue building the Campaign Plan
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    ​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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