Playable Ads
Last updated, March 2024

Playable Ads are interactive videos that allow you to showcase a preview of your app before someone downloads it.


When someone watches your video, they are invited to interact with your ad in a full-screen playable experience. This allows them to experience your app by tapping or swiping on your ad. Additionally, you can trigger your app to be downloaded at anytime by using a button or gesture.


Currently, Playable Ads are available as video traffic.


Benefits

Better engagement

Pangle's data shows that Playable Ads effectively increase clickthrough rates (CTR) and conversion rates (CVR) compared to non-Playable Ads.


Optimize cost per result

Playable Ads can help reduce your cost per result. Pangle's data shows that the cost per result of Playable Ads is lower than non-Playable Ads.


Use cases for Playable Ads

Playable Ads are a perfect fit for anyone who wants to showcase their app's unique features and drive app installs.


Industry

Common applicable scenarios

Casual Games, Hyper Casual Games

- ​Show the core gameplay and stages to attract players to download after a short try.

Hardcore Games

​Showcase simple interactions like:

- Guiding the players to explore the story by clicking elements on the screen.

- ​Tapping to receive a present and gacha game items.

- Clicking to draw figure cards.

Manga, Novels, Music Players, Online Videos

- Present content that is popular within the app.

- ​End your video at a suspenseful or exciting moment that will drive your audience to download the app to learn more or see what happens next.


Creative Suggestions for Playable Ads

Element of Playable Ads

Creative suggestion

Playable creative

- Capture the essence of the game by allowing users to experience a real scenario from the game, using the best performing creative from your past campaigns.

- Explore materials relating to the core gameplay to create interactive elements. You can use special effects, numerical settings, and other methods to highlight the contrast.

- ​Explore different scenarios, such as "99% of people can't do this" or "Only a genius can pass this level."

- Explore different levels of difficulty, such as easy, medium, hard.

- ​Ensure there is a link between the video and the Playable Ads. Recommended video duration is 10-25 seconds and a maximum of 30 seconds.

- Experiment with both vertical and horizontal creatives to gain more traffic.

- Pair the demo with exciting background music and eye-catching special effects.

Playable interactions

Before the interaction

- ​Before the interaction, there must be a simple and clear guide (text, gestures, etc.) so that the user can understand and master the gameplay within 2 seconds.

- ​Play sound after the user has clicked on Playable Ads.

- ​If the user clicks and there is no follow-up action for 10 seconds, try to auto-play to the next scene.

- ​Before the interaction and if the ad needs to load: Shorten it and keep it within 1-2 seconds.

- We recommend having an animated guide so that the user will know what to expect before the Playable Ads starts.


During the interaction

- ​A call to action can be present throughout the interaction to prompt a download.

- The button that will direct users to the app store should be present throughout the interaction so that users can click on it at any point during the interaction.

- During the interaction, other content areas, such as the game logo, game name, and game upgrade button area, are recommended to be set as clickable.


After the interaction has ended

- ​We suggest displaying more information, including but not limited to the game icon, name, and title, which should all be clickable.

- The CTA button to download the game must be visible and obvious.


How to publish Playable Ads on TikTok Ads Manager

There are two tasks needed to publish Playable Ads:

  1. ​Upload Playable creative.

  2. ​Create Playable Ads.


To upload Playable creative

  1. ​Log in to TikTok Ads Manager.

  2. ​Go to Tools, the click Creative library under Creative.

  3. Select Playable.

  4. ​Click Upload, then add your .zip file.


To create Playable Ads

There are several requirements that need to be met at the Campaign, Ad Group, and Ad level to publish Playable Ads. To publish Playable Ads, follow the steps below:

  1. ​Log in to TikTok Ads Manager.

  2. ​Create a new campaign.

  3. ​Choose App promotion as your advertising objective, and App install as your campaign type.

  4. ​Under Placement, you must include Pangle as one of the Placements.

  5. ​For Targeting, go to Demographics, and click Location choose any market that is supported by Pangle.

  6. ​Under Ad format check Single video.

  7. ​Then in the Playable module click + From library or + Upload to add your Playable Materials to the Ad Group.

  8. ​You may create another ad by pressing +Add and this will allow you to bind another video ad to your Playable Material.


Note: All ads in your ad group will be bound to a single Playable Material. If you wish to create ads that feature different Playable Material, you will need to create a new Ad Group.


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How to view performance data for Playable Ads

To view the performance data of your Playable Ads:

  1. ​Log in to TikTok Ads Manager.

  2. ​Go to Tools, the click Creative library under Creative.

  3. Select Playable.

From this page, you can view core performance metrics from each Playable Ads, including the number of related ads, total cost, cost per mille (CPM), impressions, clicks, conversion, CTR, CVR, and cost per results.


FAQs

Why is there no feedback after I click the [download] button when previewing the Playable Ads?

You are only allowed to check your Playable Ads during the preview process. Jumping to the App Store is not supported. No further interactions appear after the transmission area is clicked.


Why do I still need to click the video in the first scenario when previewing the Playable Ads even if I have set the video to auto-play? Would that affect the rate of trial?

If any interaction (video/audio/dynamic effect) is set in the first scenario, due to the limitation of browsers, you are required to click anywhere on the screen to play the Playable Ads when previewing through a browser. Playable Ads would automatically play as expected when being delivered online.

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