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Dstillery’s Privacy-Safe Audience Targeting Solution Can Now Activate Deal IDs

New capability makes it easier to integrate ID-free™️ into advertising campaigns

NEW YORK, Aug. 11, 2022Dstillery, the custom audience solutions company, announced today the activation of its ID-free Custom AI solution on any demand-side platform (DSP) via Deal IDs. This new targeting vehicle, made possible in partnership with Microsoft (formerly Xandr), using their curation platform, Microsfot Curate, offers a flexible, easy-to-activate private marketplace (PMP) option that expands the use of ID-free.

ID-free Custom AI

ID-free Custom AI is a patented, privacy-by-design targeting solution that works by reaching inventory, not users, across all internet browsers. It’s a new category of targeting that uses AI to predict the likelihood of conversion based on privacy-safe behavioral signals like URL, geographic area and time of day. ID-free gives agencies and brands the ability to deliver advertising performance that rivals today’s best cookie-based solutions without user tracking. ID-free is neither a new identifier nor is it contextual targeting.

Deal IDs

A Deal ID is a container for inventory that is defined on the supply side to identify relevant impression opportunities, and can be used to express targeting today, and in the cookieless future.

“As programmatic buyers look for alternatives to cookie-based targeting, Deal IDs provide an opportunity for enhancing the distribution of ID-free Custom AI in their strategy,” said Evan Hills, SVP of Strategy & Partnerships, Dstillery. “We’ve already demonstrated the power of ID-free through our buy-side partners – availability via deals will bring even more programmatic media buyers into the fold.”

Through the Microsoft Curate platform, Dstillery will create easy-to-use Deal IDs that offer the same privacy-safe targeting available previously exclusively via APIs on DSPs.

“The agencies buying on our platform are eager for these curated deal IDs, because they’re a critical part of how brands will connect with consumers moving forward as the identity landscape continues to evolve,” said Chris Cattie, Associate Director, Xandr. “With Deal IDs, Dstillery has made it a frictionless experience to tap into rich, privacy-friendly targeting, and we’re proud to be able to provide the platform to help make that possible.”

Digital marketing firms, such as Distillery client KORTX, are already experiencing success using the deal ID method.

“With Deal IDs, we can connect without an external API integration for programmatic ad buys, which means ID-free audiences are easier than ever to activate for clients like Tropical Smoothie Cafe. Since we began using ID-free to help drive more purchases to Tropical Smoothie in March, we’ve experienced a $14.34 CPA for Display and $62.33 for Video, rivaling or even beating results from previous ID-based campaigns. We are proud to be Dstillery’s first partner for execution on Xandr,” said Bryan Presti, Senior Ad Ops Specialist at KORTX.

Deal IDs are now available for all of Dstillery’s ID-free audiences, which include Custom AI, Pre-built and custom-built. To learn more about Dstillery’s ID-free Custom AI, visit www.dstillery.com/blog/dstillery-product-updates.

About Dstillery

Dstillery, the custom audience solutions company, empowers brands and agencies to reach their best customers across the programmatic web. Backed by our award-winning data science, Dstillery has earned 16 patents (and counting) for the AI technology that powers our precise, scalable solutions. Our newest innovation, ID-free Custom AI, is a privacy-by-design behavioral targeting solution that performs on par with cookies — without user tracking. Our ID-based premier product, Custom AI Audiences, is a just-for-your-brand targeting solution that continuously scores hundreds of millions of users to deliver the best audiences for your brand. To learn more, visit us at www.dstillery.com or follow us on LinkedIn.

About Xandr

Xandr, a part of Microsoft Advertising, powers a global marketplace for premium advertising. Our data-enabled technology platform, encompassing Xandr Invest, Xandr Monetize, and Xandr Curate, optimizes return on investment for both buyers and sellers, while maintaining a commitment to an open marketplace and empowering the open web globally.

About KORTX

KORTX is a digital marketing and data strategy company based in Detroit that provides customized media solutions for brands and agencies. As a minority-owned, independently held organization built from the ground up, KORTX has crafted products and services based on the needs and challenges of clients, and provides support through digital advertising, data strategy and data-inspired creative. KORTX is in the Inc. 5000, recognized as a “Great Place to Work”, featured on the Black LUMAscape, and NMSDC-certified. Visit www.kortx.io for more information.

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FAQ: Deal IDs

A brief inquiry into the newest way to activate Dstillery audiences.

1. What is a Deal ID?

A Deal ID is a packaging of ad-supported inventory that allows buyers access to unique or specialized inventory.  This can take many forms such as private deals, programmatic guarantees, or open deals. Publishers or supply side players can identify relevant opportunities and apply a unique deal ID on top of the impression opportunity. Buyers then implement these IDs within the targeting items in the DSP and will only buy against impressions that have the Deal ID present on the bid request.

2. Is the bidding process different than the current ID-free process?

We use the same bidding algorithm process that we apply within the DSP but instead of decisioning on each bid request that gets received, it works higher up the chain at the supply side to make the same evaluations and will only apply a Deal ID to the most desired impressions.

3. Who does Dstillery leverage for Deal IDs?

Currently, we are leveraging the Microsoft Curate supply exchange to create our ID-free Deal IDs.

4. Can the Deal IDs only be used on Microsoft Curate?

While these are created using the Microsoft Curate supply exchange, the Deals can be activated on any leading DSP.

5. Is a Deal ID the same as a Private Marketplace (PMP)?

A PMP and a Deal ID are not exactly the same thing.  A PMP is a package of usually premium direct sold inventory set up privately for a buyer.  PMPs leverage Deal IDs as the mechanism for a DSP to identify and buy against a specific PMP on behalf of the PMP buyer.  Only the buyer who works with the PMP creator will have access to the Deal ID to input into their platform.

6. What formats/environments are supported?

Deals can be created for Display, Video, and Native. Each format would have its own set of deals.

7. Will this change how Dstillery customers interact with the ID-free audience?

Yes. With a direct API integration, the client sends Dstillery ad group/line item IDs.  We then take those IDs and place domain, time, dma targeting to the separate targeting sections on their behalf.  With Deal IDs, we will create the model and associated Deal IDs which we will then send to the client.  They will then target these Deal IDs themselves within the platform in the way that they are used to with other types of PMPs/Deal IDs.

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8. What types of audiences can deals be created for?

Deals aren’t restricted so the same audiences can be built as with standard ID-free via API. Custom AI, Pre-built, Custom-built can all be turned into Deals.

9. How many Deal IDs are created per audience?

Custom AI will be 8 deals which can be targeted together or separately within the DSP and Prebuilt audiences will have 1.

10. How do I get started?

To learn more, please reach out to your Account Executive or email contact@dstillery.com.