High-Impact Branding Ads
Homepage Billboard
Platforms: Android/iOS/Web/MWeb
Nature: Native
Location: Homepage, ATF, first slot of Carousell, autoscroll in 5sec
Safety frame: 60px left and right // 25px top and bottom (!)
Targeting: userId, age, gender, custom
Tracking: impressions, viewable impressions, clicks
URLs: standard url, external deeplinks
Creative: 1500×610, .png/.jpg/.gif, safety frame of 80px from bottom line, round edges will be applied automatically to creative
Creative rules:
- Branding/Reach campaigns, CTA & “Ad” tag needs to be part of the creative
- App & Web: Safety frame of 60px left, 120px right, 25px top and 80px bottom
(safety frame = for text to be displayed properly i.e no texts to be in the safety frame)
- Good Ads Policy Requirements (For ads directing to external site):
(Required!) To add these on creative if the ad leads users out of the app into the external landing page
- a) CTA suggestions for eg: Shop at [advertiser]’s store / Visit official store
- b) To add disclaimer: “You’ll be directed to an external site.”
Advertiser logo: 1:1 ratio of creative
Interstitial
Template: App – Interstitial Homepage
Platforms: Android/iOS
Nature: Custom Native
Location: Homepage, after app open, frequency cap of 1 per user per 24hrs, excl. newly registered users in the last 7 days, excl. login users
Targeting: userId, age, gender, custom
Tracking: impressions, clicks, dismissals, time in view
URLs: standard url, external deeplink, internal deeplink, in-app browser
Creative: 320×480 (1:1.5), png/.jpg/.gif
Interactions: auto-close after 6 seconds, timer available, skippable from beginning, close when pressing on black-opaque underlay
Interstitial Video
Platforms: Android/iOS
Nature: Custom Native
Location: Homepage, after app open, frequency cap of 1 per user per 24hrs, excl. newly registered users in the last 7 days, excl. logins users
Targeting: userId, age, gender, custom
Tracking: impressions, viewable impressions, dismissals, time in view, completion rate
URLs: none, no click action on creative
Creative: 9:16, max 30MB, video length recommendation < 20sec
Interactions: autoplay, no sound, user needs to click on unmute to play sound, skippable from beginning by clicking skip ad/black background, tab and hold on creative will pause the video, interstitial wil autocollapse when video has finished
Carousell Native Ads
Native Image Ads (Large) (App)
Platforms | Android/iOS | ![]() |
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Nature | Native | |
Location | Search/Browse/Listing, after 6/46/86/etc listings on search, always BTF | |
Targeting | userId, age, gender, search term, category id, custom | |
Tracking | impressions, viewable impressions, clicks | |
URLs | standard url, deeplink carousell, external deeplink | |
Creative | 1200×628 (1.91:1),,.png/.jpg/.gif | |
English max. characters | Headline 45, Description 48, CTA 15, Advertiser Name 25 | |
Advertiser logo: | 1:1 ratio of creative, round, .png/.jpg |
Native Image Ads (Small) (App, Web)
Platforms | Android/iOS | ![]() |
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Nature | Native | |
Location | Homepage, BTF in Fresh Finds/Recommended for You section, after 1,5,21 listings | |
Targeting | userId, age, gender, search term, category id, custom | |
Tracking | impressions, viewable impressions, clicks | |
URLs | standard url, deeplink carousell, external deeplink | |
Creative | 1:1, squared, .png/.jpg/.gif | |
English max. characters | Headline 20, Description 22, CTA 15, Advertiser Name 13 | |
Advertiser logo: | 1:1 ratio of creative, round, .png/.jpg |
Native Video Ads (App)
Platforms | Android/iOS | |
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Nature | Native | |
Location | Homepage, BTF in Fresh Finds/Recommended for You section, after 1,5,21 listings | |
Targeting | userId, age, gender, search term, category id, custom | |
Tracking | impressions, viewable impressions, clicks | |
URLs | standard url, deeplink carousell, external deeplink | |
Creative Video | 16:9, max 30MB, recommended length below 30s, many video files** | |
Autoplay | Autoplay when 50% in view, sound only on click | |
English max. characters: | Headline 45, Description 48, CTA 15, Advertiser Name 25 | |
Advertiser logo: | 1:1 ratio of creative, round, .png/.jpg | |
*impressions = video has started to play, viewable impression = video is 50% in view and played for at least 2 seconds | ||
*WebM files (Vp8, Vorbis), MPEG4, 3GPP, MOV (h264, mpeg4, AAC), AVI (MJPEG, PCM), MPEGPS (MPEG2, MP2), WMV |
Native Byline Promotion (App)
Platforms | Android/iOS | |
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Nature | Native | |
Location | Listing, above “Meet the seller” section, always BTF | |
Targeting | userId, age, gender, category id, item price USD, custom | |
Tracking | impressions, clicks | |
URLs | standard url, deeplink carousell, external deeplink | |
Autoplay | Autoplay when 50% in view, sound only on click | |
English max. characters | Headline 20, Description 50 (25 per line), CTA 10, Advertiser Name 15 | |
Advertiser logo | 1:1 ratio of creative, round, .png/.jpg | |
Creative rules | Only services related to the product! Can only target highly relevant categories, e.g. mobile phone insurance under mobile phones |
Native Chat Inbox Ads *coming soon (App)
Display Ads
Display Ads (App, Mobile Web, Web)
Platforms: Android/iOS
Nature: Display
Location: Search/Browse/Listing, after 6/46/86/etc listings on search, always BTF
Targeting: userId, age, gender, search term, category id, custom
Tracking: impressions, viewable impressions, clicks
URLs: standard url, external deeplinks
Creative: 300×250, .png/.jpg/.gif
Mobile Web
Platforms: Mobile Web
Nature: Display
Location: Search/Browse/Listing/Homepage, very 10 listings on search/browse/homepage, always BTF
Targeting: userId, age, gender, search term, category id, custom
Tracking: impressions, viewable impressions, clicks
URLs: standard url, external deeplinks
Creative: 300×250, .png/.jpg/.gif
Web
Platforms: Desktop
Nature: Display
Location: Home/Search/Browse/Listing/Profile/Chat, ATF & BTF
Targeting: userId, age, gender, search term, category id, custom
Tracking: impressions, viewable impressions, clicks
URLs: standard url, external deeplink
Creative: 300×250, 728×90, 970×90, 970×250, 160×600, 120×600 / .png/.jpg/.gif