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Seller Type: Can be defined as PUBLISHER, INTERMEDIARY or BOTH:
PUBLISHER: Indicates that this entity represents a direct relations with a site or app (e.g a site or app that is paid directly by you).INTERMEDIARY: Indicates that this entity's inventory is not owned by it (e.g an App or Site that is paid via third party that sells you it's inventory; NOT directly by you).
BOTH: Indicates that this entity sells both types of inventory - direct and third party.
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Seller ID: Represents the unique ID of the respective seller with your ecosystem; It is used to identify the seller by external buyers (SSPs/DSPs) (if left blank, the ID that will be used is the App/Site ID generated by the system).
Domain: Domain name that will appear in the Sellers.JSON file.
Seller Type: Can be defined as PUBLISHER, INTERMEDIARY or BOTH:
PUBLISHER: Indicates that this entity represents a direct relations relationד with a site or app (e.g a site or app that is paid directly by you).INTERMEDIARY: Indicates that this entity's inventory is not owned by it (e.g a site or app that is paid via third party that sells you it's inventory: NOT directly by you).
BOTH: Indicates that this entity sells both types of inventory - direct and third party.
Owned and Operated: Check this box if the App/Site is owned by you.
Part 2 - Ads.txt Setup
Each entity within the seller.json file should receive a unique ads.txt line for implementation on their relevant sites' ads.txt pages.
The ads.txt line ID must match the entity ID as it is listed within the sellers.json file.
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The ads.txt line each corresponding publisher/media company would have to implement are as follows:
Entity | Ads.txt Lines** | Notes |
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Publisher A | yourcompanydomain.com, 5cbd82e228a06153b279bfe3, DIRECT, XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX | Publisher A is the site owner |
Network C | yourcompanydomain.com, 5d4c088828a061593c3731c7, RESELLER, XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX | Network C are 3rd party resellers |
Media Company D | yourcompanydomain.com, 5d4ac50c28a06125787cc224, DIRECT, XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX | For Media Company D O&O sites |
Media Company D | yourcompanydomain.com, 5d4ac50c28a06125787cc224, RESELLER, XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX | For Media Company D 3rd party sites |
**Ads.txt format:
your company root domain, unique pub's seller ID as listed in the sellers.json file, relationship type, tag ID