getting started

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Overview

This documentation suite helps advertisers acquire users through Unity’s self-serve ad Campaigns dashboard. Use the dashboard to quickly and easily create high-performing advertising campaigns for your apps.

Quick links

• Creating a Unity Developer ID
• Adding apps to the Campaigns dashboard
• Creating campaigns
• Configuring campaigns
• Optimizing campaigns
• Reach extension

Creating a Unity Developer ID

To get started, create a Unity Developer ID. If you already have one, skip this step.

1. Click here to access the Unity ID login page and choose to create an account.
2. Follow the instructions to create a user ID and password.
3. Verify your account via email.
4. Navigate to the Acquire section of the Unity Dashboard to start adding apps and campaigns.

Adding apps to the Campaigns dashboard

Once you’ve created and verified your account, you can start adding apps to the Acquire Dashboard:

1. From the Apps page, click the blue Add App button.
2. Add the app's store url in the App Details pop up.
3. Click Advertise this app to continue.

Creating campaigns

To create a new campaign for your app:

1. From the Apps page, click the app that you want to work with.
2. The campaign page will appear. Click the blue Create button.
3. Name your campaign. Unity recommends using a format that includes the app name, platform, and targeted region for clarity (for example, "TrashDash_iOS_Tier1").
4. Select the campaign type. The default type is CPI, which focuses on getting more users into your app. For information on Retention or ROAS campaigns, see documentation on Audience Pinpointer.
5. Click Create to create the campaign.

Campaign status

Once you create a new campaign, its status appears in the Campaigns page for the associated app. Each campaign requires three minimum components to activate:

• Creative packs
• Bids
• Attribution links

For more information on these settings, see documentation on Configuring campaigns.

The option to activate your campaign remains disabled until it meets these criteria. Once it does, return to the campaign status section and select GO LIVE WITH YOUR CAMPAIGN to activate it.

Note: Your campaign will go live once it has been approved (see documentation on campaign moderation). If your campaign is live, you will see a PAUSE CAMPAIGN button instead. If your campaign is paused, you will see RESUME CAMPAIGN.

Change any of your campaign’s settings at any time from the dashboard Campaigns page associated with your app. You can view a list of the app's associated campaigns and their name, remaining budget, and status (live or paused). Select the campaign’s Campaign Name to edit its settings.

Configuring campaigns

Next, you’ll want to configure the campaign. The documentation on Configuring campaigns covers the following topics in depth:

• Creative packs
• Bids
• Budgets
• Scheduling
• User targeting
• Attribution tracking links

Optimizing campaigns

Finally, we recommend reading up on best practices for getting the most out of your campaign designs.

Reach extension

Reach extension gives you access to more supply, reaching valuable users from other exchanges while leveraging Unity’s optimization tools and mobile advertising expertise. As of June 2, 2020, all new Unity user acquisition campaigns include reach extension inventory alongside Unity inventory, so you can manage targeting strategies across all supply sources from a single dashboard.

Note: Reach extension inventory is not available for Audience Pinpointer campaigns or LAT targeting.

For more information, see the reach extension FAQs.

Note: Reach extension is currently in beta.

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