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Exchanges and DSPs Engaged in a Price War. Who Knew?

By AdTech, Advertisers, Digital Media, Marketing Accountability, Media Transparency No Comments

scam adsInteresting question for advertisers; “Were you aware that your agency was paying its ad tech partners (Exchanges, DSPs) fees equivalent to 20% to 24% of your digital media investment?” Further, did you know that an exchange operating as both a DSP and an SSP can lower its fees on its SSP platform to incent its DSP to route demand to their exchange.

Ironically, while this is totally self-serving, it is being merchandised to  advertisers as “Supply Path Optimization.” What it really is, is a method for building ad tech revenues at the expense of working media.

Not occurring on your watch? For grins, ask your digital media agency to arrange a visit with you to review the vendor billing detail from their ad tech partners. Of note, if they agree to share this information, which they may not, that invoicing won’t likely identify the fees being charged. So why all the secrecy? Read More