Solution components

Moloco Commerce Media has the following major components: platform, ad manager account, ad account, and campaign. The sellers will use the following entities to create and run campaigns.

Platform

Your platform is the starting point of your Moloco Commerce Media experience. This is where you create and configure all the components you need for your onsite advertisements. This includes catalog feed, event data, inventories, budgets, ad accounts, and campaigns.

Moloco creates your platform with the following configurations and options:

Platform configuration

Platform IDThis is the unique identifier for your platform. The Platform ID is included in your API calls to the MCM as your service endpoint.
TimezoneThis is the base time zone for your campaign’s budget management. It is also the default time zone setting for displaying campaign performance metrics on the MCM Portal. However, all time zones are supported when using the Report API.
CurrencyThis is the base currency we use to calculate all metrics. Moloco Commerce Media supports the following currencies.
USD, KRW, JPY, EUR, GBP, AED, THB, IDR, CNY, CAD, RUB, BRL, SGD, HKD, AUD, PLN, DKK, VND, MYR, PHP, TRY, VEF
LocaleLocale information is used for email notifications.
Attribution windowThe Attribution window can be set to 7 or 14 days for your campaigns.

Sponsored Product configuration (Part of a Platform configuration)

Auction typeThis is the auction model for your advertiser’s campaigns. At this time, you can choose either the first-price or second-price auction.
Bid strategyThis is the bid strategy for your Sponsored Product campaigns. You can choose between smart bidding and manual bidding. To learn more about smart bidding, see our tROAS Guidelines.
CPC/CPM rangeChoose the minimum and maximum CPC/CPM range for advertisers.
Budget rangeChoose the minimum and maximum budget range for advertisers.

Sponsored Banner configuration (Part of a Platform configuration)

Auction typeThis is the pricing model for your advertiser’s campaigns. At this time, you can choose either first-price (i.e., ad impression goes to the highest bidder, and buyer pays the exact amount they bid on the impression) or second-price auction (i.e., the highest bidder pays the amount the second highest bidder offered plus $0.01).
Bid strategyCPC or CPM bid strategies are available for Sponsored Banner.
CPC/CPM rangeChoose the minimum and maximum CPC/CPM range for advertisers.
Attribution windowThe Attribution window can be set to 7 or 14 days for your campaigns.
Budget rangeChoose the minimum and maximum budget range.
Image settingYou can choose allowed MIME types of uploaded images and set the maximum file size of an image.
Review approvalThis option lets you turn on or off a review process for all ad images. You may approve all ad images automatically or require a review when a new image is uploaded.