Whitelists / Blacklists in Automizer

This Automizer feature allows you to create, edit, and delete lists of dimensions. Dimensions are values passed from a traffic source: publisher name, widget ID and so on. The lists can be than used as a condition in Rules. Use such list to enhance your buying strategy by using traffic from tested publishers only or to stop using traffic from publishers that didn't prove to be profitable.

Whitelists / Blacklists can be found in the AUTOMIZER view.

• Stop buying traffic from unprofitable publishers: When your campaign starts buying traffic from a publisher that you know it won't bring you profits, pause the whole dimension and send alert. You can also add subsequent conditions and actions. For example, if a publisher from a blacklist appears in your campaign but your campaign maintains profit, this publisher can be marked with a colorful icon in your reports.
• Add profitable publishers to the list: Create whitelists automatically by adding publishers that bring you a certain profit to the whitelist. Use this whitelist later as a basis for other action in other campaigns.

The lists with dimension values (list of publisher names, widget IDs, etc.) you upload to Voluum can be then used in rules as a condition. You can create two types of conditions with lists:

• If a given dimension IS on the list
• If a given dimension IS NOT on the lists

When the rule finds or doesn't find a given dimension on the selected list in a given time frame, it will launch set action or actions.

There are two ways to create a list of proven publishers. First and foremost is that you create such a list on your own, manually, by running campaigns for some time and noting down names of dimensions that work (this will be your whitelist) or don't work (this will be your blacklist).

Alternatively, Voluum Automizer offers you the option to automatically add dimensions that meet certain criteria to the list. You can create a list of publishers which ROI is higher than 100% or that brought you over $100 profit in the last 24 hours. In order to do so, follow the steps below:

1. When creating a rule, select a traffic source and a dimension.
2. Select the Add to list action and select a list or create a new one.

3. Set rule conditions.

   

4. Provide other options and click the Save button.

1. In the Whitelists/Blacklists tab, click the Add list button.

   

2. Provide a name for the list.
3. Provided values, each one in a separated line.

4. Click the Save button.

   

The list has been created.

The second thing you need to do is to create a rule with this list. Follow the steps below:

1. In the Rules tab, click the New Automizer rule button.

   

2. Provide a name for the rule in the Rule name text field.
3. Select the Dimension entity type.
4. Select the integrated traffic source from the Traffic source drop-down menu.
5. Select a dimension that you want your list to be checked against from the Dimension text field.
6. Select one or more campaigns.

7. Define an action to perform.

   

8. Select the Dimension metric type.

9. Select the logical condition. You can choose between:

   • Is on the list
   • Is not on the list
10. Select the list that you have just created.
11. Select the time frame for the rule.
12. Select the rule frequency.

13. Click the Save button.

    

Congratulations, you have created the rule with a list.