Manage Reach & Frequency Campaigns
Last updated, June 2023

Before getting started: Reach & Frequency is currently only available to qualified customers. Please contact your sales representative for more information.


Once you have created a Reach & Frequency campaign, ad group, and ad, you can manage them through the Campaign tab on TikTok Ads Manager. You will be able to:

  • ​Perform actions such as editing, copying, and deletion of certain elements of your R&F campaign.

  • ​View your account balance and notifications that alert you of any issues.

  • ​Find status updates and available actions you can perform on your R&F campaign on the Campaign tab.


Editing, Copying and Duplicating, Deleting

How to edit

Reach & Frequency supports editing at the Ad Group and Ad levels. When editing a Reach & Frequency Ad Group, the available options will depend if the budget has been booked or not.


A budget is considered booked if it satisfies both criteria at least 5 minutes before delivery:

  1. ​The account has a sufficient balance.

  2. ​At least one creative has passed ad review and is not currently paused.

Level

Details

Ad Group

•​If the budget has been booked, then only Ad Group name can be edited at Ad Group level. All other Ad Group elements such as Targeting, Schedule, Reservation, Bidding & Optimization cannot be edited.

•​If the budget has not been booked, then all settings can be edited at Ad Group level. Changes in Targeting, Budget, Schedule and Frequency may affect cost and prediction, and will require the re-submission of the order.

•​If the status of an Ad Group is Closed, Completed, or Deleted, then no parts can be edited at the Ad Group level.

•​Delivery of a R&F Ad Group can be terminated, and the unused portion of the allocated/frozen budget will be released within an hour after the termination.

Ad

•​If there's only one Ad delivering in an Ad Group, then the Ad cannot be edited. Otherwise, editing is available.

◦​The edited Ad will be re-reviewed upon submission.

•​If you want to edit ads:

◦​Create a duplicate and make your desired changes. Then submit for ad review.

◦​If approved, pause the original ad, or the ad group will pause because no approved ads are detected for delivery.


How to delete

Reach & Frequency supports deleting at the Campaign, Ad Group, and Ad levels.

Level

Status

Campaign

•​Before delivery & after delivery: Delete is available. •​In delivery: Delete is not available.

Ad Group

•​Before delivery & after delivery: Delete is available. •​In delivery: Delete is not available.

Ad

•​Before budget is booked: All ads are deletable. •​In Delivery: There must be one ad delivering at all times. If there is only one ad, it cannot be deleted, if there are multiple ads they can be deleted individually, but you will be unable to bulk delete all ads.

How to copy and duplicate

Reach & Frequency supports copying and duplicating at the Ad Group level. While all scenarios are supported, the following will prevent you from copying and duplicating:

Level

Status

Ad Group

•​Account status: Rejected, suspended, under review, no contract.


•​Account qualification status: Missing, rejected, disapproved.


•​Campaigns and Ad Groups are deleted


•​All ads from the Ad Group are disapproved.

How to copy and create from an existing campaign

You can choose to copy your selected campaign to a new or another existing campaign.


Method 1

This method will copy to a new campaign.

  1. ​Go to the Ad Group tab on the Campaign page.

  2. ​Select the Ad Group that will be copied. Hover over the ... icon and click Copy.

  3. ​Review your Buying Type and Objective settings.

    1. ​Note: These cannot be changed and are the same as your original Ad Group.

  4. ​Choose your campaign Objective.

  5. ​Review your Campaign Name and change if needed. Click Continue onto Ad Group settings.

  6. ​Review your Ad Group settings and change if needed. Click Next to continue.

  7. ​Review the terms and Ad Group settings.

  8. ​Tick the box Send an email notification if there's an issue with the ad group if it is not already.

  9. ​Input email recipients that will be updated about Campaign status changes. Then click Submit.

  10. ​Confirm that your Inventory reservation is successful.

  11. ​Click View your campaigns to return to the Campaign page.

    1. ​Alternatively, click Create new ad to continue to Ad level setup.


Method 2

This method will copy to an existing campaign.

  1. ​Go to the Ad Group tab on the Campaign page.

  2. ​Select the Ad Group that will be copied. Hover over the ... icon and click Copy.

  3. ​Review your Buying Type and Objective settings.

    1. Note: These cannot be changed and are the same as your original Ad Group.

  4. ​Choose your campaign from the drop-down menu.

  5. ​Click Duplicate to continue.

  6. ​Select and review your Ad Group settings. Click Next to continue.

  7. ​Review the terms and Ad Group settings.

  8. ​Tick the box Send an email notification if there's an issue with the ad group if it is not already.

  9. ​Input email recipients that will be updated about Campaign status changes. Then click Submit.

  10. ​Confirm that your Inventory reservation is successful.

  11. ​Click View your campaigns to return to the Campaign page.

    1. ​Alternatively, click Create new ad to continue to Ad level setup.

Display of balance

You can find more information regarding your account balance.

Frozen balance

You will receive a notification on the TikTok Ads Manager Dashboard if your budget becomes frozen.

Balance availability

When you select a Reservation method, you will receive a notification if your account balance cannot cover the estimated cost. It will provide a top up estimation required to cover the balance of your Reach & Frequency campaign.


Read About Budget to learn more about your campaign and ad group budgets.

Campaign tab

On the Campaign tab, you will find the status and actions you can take on your Ad Group and Ads.

Statuses

You will find the current status of your Ad Group and Ads. These statuses can help you track R&F on the Ad Group and Ads lists.

Level

Status I

Status II

Scenario

Ad Group

Closed

No valid ads

The Ad Group covers the following conditions: •​All creatives are deleted•​No creative added



Ads disapproved

All creative rejected



Prepay deduction failed

Insufficient balance



Order withdrawn

Order withdrawn by advertiser before campaign



Invalid account status

TikTok Ads Manager account or Business Center account is invalid


Not delivering

No valid ads

The Ad Group covers the following conditions, at least 5 mins right before delivery:

•​All creatives deleted

•​No creative added



Reserved

The Ad Group covers the following conditions, at least 5 mins right before delivery:

•​At least one approved active creative in the Ad Group



In review

Creative is under review



Not approved

Creative was rejected during ad review


Completed

Ad Group terminated

Order withdrawn during flight

Ad

Closed

Ad Group is closed

Ad Group is closed


Not delivering

Not at scheduled time

Not at the scheduled time



In review

Creative is in review


Completed

Ad Group terminated

Order withdrawn during flight

Operations for delivery status

You can take the following actions at the Campaign, Ad Group, and Ad level if each meet their respective conditions.

Level

Supported operations

Campaign

•​Reach & Frequency campaigns cannot be paused, withdrawn or terminated.

Ad Group

•​Before delivery:

◦​Can be withdrawn.

◦​Cannot be terminated.

•​In delivery:

◦​Cannot be paused.

◦​Withdrawn, can be terminated.

•​After delivery:

◦​Cannot be paused, withdrawn, or terminated.

Ad

•​In delivery:

◦​There must be at least one ad in delivery. If there is only one ad delivering, then the ad cannot be paused. If there are a few ads delivering, then pausing all delivered ads will be unsuccessful.

◦​Withdrawn, can be terminated.

•​Closed or completed:

◦​Cannot be paused.

•​Other scenarios

◦​Ads can be paused.

Read View Reach & Frequency Campaign Data to get an in-depth view of your R&F campaign performance and metrics.

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