Trafficking Campaigns

Freestar has a dedicated team of trafficking experts. We have established a workflow that makes requests seamless and allows the trafficking team to efficiently work on the request. Each trafficking request must be sent to trafficking@freestar.com, CC’ing your CSM using one of the following request templates.

Template for Direct Campaigns

Template for Direct Campaigns

  • Domain:
  • Name of advertiser:
  • Name of the campaign:
  • Campaign priority (standard, sponsorship, house):
  • Sizes:
  • Start date:
  • End date:
  • Impression goal:
  • CPM and currency:
  • Delivery settings (frequency cap, day and time, etc.): 
  • Targeting criteria (GEO, specific ad units, Device, key-value, etc.): 
  • Reporting requirements (frequency, metrics, contact): 
  • Assets: (Images, HTML5, 3rd party tags, CTURL(s), etc.) - Images and HTML5 should be less than 1MB with correct dimensions.
  • Additional requirements:

Or you may use the template, fill it and send it to trafficking@freestar.com. Please make a copy of the file, which will allow you to edit it.

*Mark as N/A where there is none or not applicable. 

**Please note that the standard turnaround time is 24-48 hours for a reasonable amount of orders and campaigns. A longer period may be required for bigger campaigns, please make sure to communicate this as early as possible so we can plan accordingly.

Template for PMP Campaigns

Template for PMP Campaigns

  • Domain:
  • Campaign (PMP) Name: 
  • Buyer Name:
  • Buyer ID:
  • Currency:
  • Pricing (CPM):
  • Additional Information:

*Mark as N/A where there is none or not applicable. 

**Please note that the standard turnaround time is 24-48 hours for a reasonable amount of orders and campaigns. A longer period may be required for bigger campaigns, please make sure to communicate this as early as possible so we can plan accordingly.

Template for Programmatic Guaranteed/Preferred Deals

Template for Programmatic Guaranteed/Preferred Deals

  • Domain:
  • Campaign Name:
  • Deal type:
  • Buyer:
  • Buyer ID:
  • Start Date & End Date (End date can be optional): 
  • Creative sizes: 
  • Desktop or mobile targeting (could be both)
  • Display, Video, or Mobile App:
  • Currency: 
  • Pricing (CPM): 
  • Targeting:
  • Additional Information:

*Mark as N/A where there is none or not applicable. 

**Please note that the standard turnaround time is 24-48 hours for a reasonable amount of orders and campaigns. A longer period may be required for bigger campaigns, please make sure to communicate this as early as possible so we can plan accordingly.

Campaign Type Priorities

Campaign type priorities

Sponsorship

This type is used for takeovers (roadblocks) and is the highest-ranking type for fixed-position and time-based campaigns (specific pages, articles, placement, or could be the whole site). They are percentage-based SOV and may not have fixed end dates.

Standard

This type is a standard campaign which is a priority below takeovers and above programmatic ads. It is impression based and has fixed start and end dates. A daily limit of impressions cannot be set. Most of the campaigns are this type.

Price Priority

This is a rarely used type for direct campaigns as it has the same priority as programmatic ads. Even impression distribution throughout the desired period cannot be guaranteed as delivery pacing cannot be controlled for this type of campaign. It has the option for a daily impressions cap and can be set with no fixed end date.

House

This type is used for backfill. It is a percentage based on the remnant traffic. Can be set with no fixed end date and the CPM is used only for prioritization among its peers.

Freestar Advertising Specs

Freestar Advertising Specs

DISPLAY 

  • Platforms: desktop, mobile web
  • Sizes: 970x250, 970x90, 728x90, 300x250, 300x600, 160x600, 320x50
  • File types: JPG, PNG, GIF, HMTL5
  • Max file size: 1000kb
  • Impression pixel accepted (secondary pixels must be cleared with Freestar during planning)
  • Click tracker accepted

Rich media requirements:

  • Must be coded in HTML5 (Flash not accepted)
  • Must be 3rd-party served
  • Sound must be user-initiated
  • Animation length: 15 sec, max 3 loops
  • No expandables accepted

3rd-party load requirements:

  • Initial file load: 200kb (mobile: 40kb) with a maximum load of 15 files
  • Host-initiated sub-load: 1MB (mobile: 300kb)
  • Video user-initiated load: 1.5 MB (15 seconds max.) 2.2MB (30 seconds max.)
  • Frame rate: 24fps max

VIDEO

  • Platforms: desktop, mobile web
  • Formats: instream (pre-roll), outstream
  • Duration: max 30 sec
  • Dimensions: 1280x960, 1280x720 (widescreen)
  • Quality: 1080p preferred
  • Aspect ratio: 4:3, 16:9 (widescreen)
  • File size limit: 50 MB
  • File formats accepted: MP4, MOV, AVI (MP4 preferred)
  • Video codec: mp4 h.264
  • Video frame rate: 25, 30

Additional details 

  • VAST redirect URLs accepted (2.0 and higher is supported)
  • VPAID accepted
  • Must be SSL compliant