LIFT Creative Policies
1. CREATIVE CONTENT POLICY
These policies don't replace or alter your ® Insertion Order Terms - they are in addition to those terms. If you do not agree to comply with such guidelines and requirements, you have no right to use the lift® Demand Side Platform. lift may update these policies from time to time.
Prohibited Creatives and Related Content
You cannot use ads that do any of the following (or link to any website or other online property that does any of the following):
- Promote fireworks, electronic cigarettes, vaping devices, spray paint, etching cream
- Promote tanning services utilizing ultraviolet light
- Promote dietary products containing ephedrine group alkaloids
- Promote Salvia divinorum or Salvinorin A, body branding, permanent tattoos
- Contain nudity, suggestive content, or promote adult products/services
- Install spyware, trojans, viruses or other malware
- Incite hatred of any race, religion, creed, class or ethnic group
- Describe, depict, or glorify pain, suffering, torture, violence or death
- Sell or promote firearms, ammunition, bombs or other weapons
- Sell or promote illegal drugs, drug paraphernalia
- Promote P2P file-sharing, torrent, or copyright infringement
- Infringe intellectual property rights
- Violate any applicable law, regulation, or court order
- Contain profanity or promote hacking/cracking
- Sell or promote alcohol or tobacco
- Are misleading or employ phishing techniques
- Contain auto-play audio (Display Banner Ads only)
- Contain annoying/distracting images or excessive animation
- Initiate downloads or automatic redirects
- Pop-up on webpage, expand beyond original size
- Mimic system errors or messages
- Are unbranded
Preapproval Required
You can only use the lift® for ads that do any of the following if you have prior written approval from lift (email sufficing):
- Sell or promote products related to sexual health, including condoms and birth control devices
- Promote or depict political or religious topics
Other Restricted Creatives and Related Content
If you are permitted to use the lift® Demand Side Platform for ads related to alcohol, fantasy sports, or state lotteries, you are responsible for complying with all applicable laws and industry guidelines.
Clear Brand: Advertiser brand should be clear from the creative and must match the landing page.
Animation or Looping: Must not continue past 30 seconds.
In-Banner Audio: Audio must be user-initiated.
Strictly NO tags containing multiple advertiser creatives: ad tag must not contain more than one advertiser.
Strictly NO auto-redirects: ad must not redirect without user initiating the click action.
Strictly NO Malware: ad will be scanned for malware and any violation will result in termination of the campaign and account.
Violations
At lift®'s sole discretion, lift may assess a surcharge for any violation of these policies and/or immediately terminate your access to the Demand Side Platform. If lift assesses a surcharge, we will use our reasonable discretion to set the amount of the charge.
2. CREATIVE GUIDELINES
Display Banner Ads
File Size: 500kb maximum file size per creative
Accepted Formats: JPEG, GIF, HTML5, Ad Server Tag - from approved vendor
Animation or Looping: Must stop at 30 seconds
In-Banner Audio: Audio must be user-initiated
In-Banner Video: Creative must include a video player with appropriate controls
Defining ad space: Ad unit content should be clearly distinguishable from normal webpage content
Accepted Display Banner Ad Sizes
300x250 - MPU
336x280 - Large Rectangle
120x600 - Skyscraper
160x600 - Wide Skyscraper
728x90 - Leaderboard
970x90 - Large Leaderboard
468x60 - Banner
980x120 - Panorama Banner
300x600 - Half Page
970x250 - Billboard
300x50 - Mobile Banner
320x50 - Mobile Banner
320x50 - Mobile Wide Banner
320x100 - Mobile Large Banner
320x480 - Mobile Interstitial
Video Ads
Video Length: 6, 15 or 30 seconds preferred
Accepted Formats: MPEG4 Part 14 / .mp4 preferred
File Size: Max Total File Size Highest Quality Source (2Gb max)
Max FPS: 24 fps (23.97), 25 fps, 30 fps (29.97)
Use DFP: No
Leaders (Slate): No leaders (slate) before or after ad content
16:9 aspect ratio preferred (formatted for HD screens)
4:3 aspect ratio will be accepted
3. HTML5 GUIDELINES
We accept HTML5 format creatives for use in the lift® platform that adhere to the following specifications. Please follow them carefully. If you have any specific questions please direct them to: support@moot.group
Content Requirements
- Click URLs / landing page URLs NOT to be embedded in the creative
- clickTag variables should NOT be defined in the creative
- Creative should NOT be wrapped in anchor tags
- Creative must NOT expand out of their initial boundaries
- Your html file MUST be named index.html
- All supporting assets should be included in the zip file
- Libraries and scripts should use https:// protocol
- Folder naming should include size (e.g., /300x250)
File Size Limit
- Should be no more than 200kb per creative
- Assets should be compressed and as small as possible
4. ADSERVER TAGS & MACROS
3rd Party Ad Server Tags & Macro Implementation
lift® supports the use of 3rd Party Ad Server Tags and Trackers from their approved list of vendors: AdForm, App Nexus, Atlas, Celtra, ComScore, Doubleclick, Double Verify, EyeBlaster/MediaMind/Sizmek, Falk, FlashTalking, Integral Ad Science, Mediaplex, Meetrics, Open Ad Stream (24/7)/24/7 RealMedia, OpenX
Essential Macros
Click Macro and Cache Buster are mandatory:
- $CLICK_URL = Click Macro
- $CLICK_URL_ENC = Click Macro (Encoded Version)
- $CACHE_BUSTER = Cache Buster
Other Available Macros
$PUBLISHER_ID = SSP Publisher ID
$SELLER_NETWORK = SSP Seller Network
$SITE_ID = SSP Site Id
$REFERER_ENC = Referring URL (URL Encoded version)
$CREATIVE_ID = Creative Id
$GEO_COUNTRY = Geo Country Name of User
$GEO_REGION = Geo Region Name of User
$GEO_CITY = Geo City Name of User
$SITE_DOMAIN = URL Name