Hey guys say you have an offer in a smaller geo (ie austria, denmark, sweden etc). To promote these generally do you have to go RON?
I notice if you just pick premium placements on say TJ or Exoclick etc. that you barely get any volume.
So that being said is the only real way to make money in these GEOs by going RON?
Also isn't RON bad for quality, so this would highly likely get you kicked off an SOI offer?
Or is this pretty much the risk you have to take to grow these campaigns in smaller geos?
Thanks in advance.
In smaller geo's you usually run a RON because there's not alot of volume overall so you want to try to make as much of it profitable as you can.
For something like Exoclick, it will give you an estimate of the traffic volume available for your settings, so you can easily make the judgetment call to target a single high volume placement or if that isn't enough volume then run RON.
As for quality, I don't believe that running RON is likely to get you kicked off an offer because of quality, this may be something that needs to be considered more for adult traffic vs. mainstream, I'm not entirely sure.
But at the end of the day, if you can't get the volume and/or the quality isn't ideal on RON from a smaller geo, you may as well move on to something that has more volume potential so you can make more money with your effort.
Andrew
Smaller GEOs are harder to optimize, that's a fact. However, I cannot really think of a GEO that wouldn't have enough volume on TJ - $XXX per day is possible with all of them. Pornhub or Youporn NTVs definitely have that kind of volume even for Austria.
RON can bring more quality problems than premium spots, that's another fact. A good way of solving this is to run a mix, both premium and RON campaigns.
10 campaigns for 1 GEO is not a lot at all man, it's actually a good idea to run large premium spots in standalone campaigns. Don't be afraid of this.
Hi!
There isn't much I can add due to the great answers from @matuloo and @mrpayne, which are quite clear.
I can only add that you won’t be kicked out of an offer due to bad results or low-quality traffic. Of course, advertisers love to have their offers receiving traffic (even more so if it’s high quality.) However, that won’t get you kicked out of an offer.
Moreover, you can work with specific sites instead of RON. In this case, it's mandatory to be on the first position so as to make sure you get all the traffic available. If you don’t get enough volumes, try to open your target or even increase capping. Plus: since I'm alluding to smaller GEOS, you'll be fine with a RON!
A RON campaign has its own advantages. It's great to prospect websites and global trends for the segment. Due to this fact, I can’t say it’s bad for quality, because I’ve found websites with a better quality on a RON than on Premium campaigns. In your specific case, on ExoClick, by running a RON with an open target, you'll end up targeting the premium websites, which means you'll be able to evaluate the performance of both premium and normal websites.
In conclusion, I suggest you avoid trying to guess what country/carrier works better.
What to do?
Go to the media buying platform and test!
The numbers will show you if you’re right or wrong!
Cheers!