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Multi rewards offer best practices

Learn the recommended best practices for multi rewards offers in cost per engagement (CPE) campaigns.
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Consider the following recommended practices to define multi rewards offers that keep users engaged with your app and help maximize revenue. An offer is also known as an ad set. To adjust your daily rewards ad sets based on these best practices, follow these steps from the Tapjoy User Acquisition dashboard.
  1. Go to Campaigns and select your campaign to expand its ad set list.
  2. Select Edit Ad Set next to the right ad set to open the Edit Ad Set dialog.
For instructions on how to set up events for multi rewards offers , refer to the Configure budgeting section of the Add a multi rewards ad set article.

Choose 6 to 10 events where bids increase with effort and completion time

Choose 6 to 10 events that start with events that yield quick wins for users to help them feel successful early in the game. Continue with events that are progressively more demanding and that give greater rewards to keep users motivated and engaged over time. Bid progressively higher for each subsequent event as the required effort and time to complete increase. Higher bids on your side can translate into higher rewards for users. The 6-to-10-events count helps to keep reasonable completion-time gaps between linear events. With this count, events occur at intervals that are not so short that the events feel trivial and not so long that users lose interest. What is considered a reasonable completion-time gap depends on your game’s playstyle and session length. The events can be linear, non-linear, or a combination of both. The following is a basic example of a multi rewards offer of six events: five linear events, and one non-linear event. In this example, each successive non-linear event requires more effort and time, and the bid increases accordingly. As bids rise, rewards increase. After users spend significant time in the app, they can be interested to purchase a premium subscription. Refer to the following linear and non-linear events for examples of each event’s effort level, time to complete, bid percentage, and reward. The bid percentage for each event applies to the total bid amount that you allocate for one completion of the entire offer. Publishers set the bid-to-reward exchange rate. The earned reward amount can vary across publisher apps that show the offer. The following rewards are examples only.

Event

Effort level

Time to complete

Bid percentage

Reward example

Complete level 1A very quick low-effort event.Less than an hour2%20 coins
Complete level 3A quick low-effort event.1 hour to 24 hours7%70 coins
Complete level 6A moderate-difficulty event.2 to 4 days14%140 coins
Complete level 12A higher-effort event.5 to 8 days28%280 coins
Complete level 18An event that takes multiple play sessions or requires skill to complete.10 to 14 days40%400 coins

Event

Bid percentage

Reward example

Purchase a premium subscription.9%90
For instructions on how to set up events for multi rewards offers, refer to the Configure budgeting section of the Add a multi rewards ad set article.

Choose common events

Select events that are easy to understand and involve actions most users do regularly as part of your app’s normal flow. Examples of common events include reaching a specific level, completing a specific number of games, and winning a specific number of matches. Simple events can encourage more users to participate. For instructions on how to set up CPE offer events, refer to the Configure budgeting section of the Add a multi rewards ad set article.

Use short and simple instructions

Give short names to each event, and provide brief and plain-language instructions for each so that users clearly understand what to do and how to progress. For the offer instructions setup steps, refer to the Configure the offer instructions section of the Add a multi rewards ad set article. For instructions on how to configure user-friendly event names, refer to the Enter user-friendly event names in the instructions section of the Add a multi rewards ad set article.

Use simple icons or GIFs

When you design the icon or GIF for your offer listing, choose clear visuals that effectively display what the game is about and how entertaining it is. For instructions, refer to Configure offer appearance on the Offerwall.

Include static images or a video on the instruction page

Add clear images or a short video to the offer’s instruction page to show what the event looks like and how to complete it. For the offer instructions setup steps, refer to the Configure the offer instructions section of the Add a multi rewards ad set article.

Target United States users and then expand to other countries in phases

Target United States users first, and then expand to additional countries in phases as results stabilize.

Phases

Countries to target

Number of ad sets to run

1United StatesOne ad set for the United States.
2
  • United Kingdom
  • Germany
  • Canada
  • Japan
  • Korea
  • Australia
A separate ad set for each country.
3
  • France
  • Poland
  • Turkey
  • Italy
  • Netherlands
  • Taiwan
  • Belgium
  • Switzerland
  • Austria
  • Sweden
  • New Zealand
  • Singapore
  • Denmark
One ad set for all countries.
4
  • Brazil
  • Mexico
  • Indonesia
  • Malaysia
  • Thailand
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Russia
One ad set for all countries.
5WorldwideOne ad set.
To run the same offer with different bids by country, clone your CPE ad set for each country. In each new ad set, follow these steps:
  • Set user targeting to the specific geographic location. For instructions, refer to the Configure user targeting section of the Add a multi rewards ad set article.
  • Update the event bids for that location. For instructions, refer to the Configure budgeting section of the Add a multi rewards ad set article.