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What Is a Supply Side Platform (SSP)? A Guide for Publishers

SODP

Of all the online advertising tools and technologies that have emerged, supply-side platforms (SSPs) arguably remain some of the most important for digital publishers. SSPs, along with demand-side platforms (DSPs) and ad exchanges , have transformed the advertising industry — making it more automated, efficient and data-driven.

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What Is a Demand Side Platform (DSP)?

SODP

While publishers will rely on supply-side platforms (SSPs) to facilitate the sale of their advertising inventory, without demand-side platforms (DSPs) these transactions wouldn’t be possible. What Is a Demand-Side Platform (DSP)? How Does a DSP Work?

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Ad Exchange: What Is It and How Does It Work?

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Ad Exchange vs. Ad Network An ad network aggregates ad inventory from multiple publishers and sells it to advertisers, often categorizing the inventory into specific segments based on content type, audience demographics, or other criteria. How Does an Ad Exchange Work?

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AdTech Ecosystem: Everything You Need to Know

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AdTech streamlines the ad buying and selling process as it becomes more complex with competition. The elements of the adtech domain, such as ad servers , ad networks , ad exchange , DSP , SSP , real-time bidding , etc., It provides a way for better ad campaigns and higher yields in website monetization.

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Supply Side Platform (SSP): What Is It and How Does It Work?

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A Supply Side Platform (SSP) is a technology platform that enables digital publishers and media owners to manage, sell, and optimize their available inventory (ad spaces) programmatically to a variety of potential buyers, maximizing ad revenue in real-time bidding environments.

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What is a Supply-Side Platform (SSP) – A Guide for Publishers

Automatad Inc.

An SSP connects website owners to companies or advertisers wanting to buy ad space on their websites. Utilizing real-time bidding (RTB), the SSP conducts quick auctions every time a visitor lands on the website, determining the highest bid from interested companies for the ad space.

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What is Real-Time Bidding (RTB) and how does it work?

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RTB (Real time bidding) is an automated digital auction process that allows advertisers to bid on an ad space from publishers on a cost per thousand impressions or CMP basis. Before explaining how these different platforms work together for real bidding, let’s see what each platform does! How much does RTB cost?