Calisto Ads

Two-sided ad marketplace. Buy side. Sell side. Auction and bidding. Performance analytics.

A two-sided advertising marketplace between Calisto subscribers. Advertisers create campaigns with audiences, targeting, creatives, and budgets. Publishers register ad surfaces on their websites, apps, display screens, and video channels — and earn from advertisers. The marketplace connects buyers to available inventory. Auction and bidding with manual and automated strategies. Performance analytics across both sides with audience insights and reporting.

Buy Side · Sell Side · Ad Marketplace · Auction & Bidding · Audience Targeting · Performance Analytics

Buy Side

Campaigns. Audiences. Targeting. Creatives. Budgets. Inventory browser.

The advertiser's console. Create a campaign with the campaign builder wizard. Build audiences from contact segments or sync from Calisto Campaigns. Set targeting rules with a predicate builder. Design creatives and submit for review. Manage budgets with spend tracking. Browse available inventory across the marketplace.

Buy Side

Campaign builder wizard. Audience sync. Predicate-based targeting. Creative review. Budget tracking.

The advertiser's control panel. Create a campaign — name it, set the objective, define the budget, and launch. Build audiences from your contact data or sync segments from Calisto Campaigns. Set targeting rules with a predicate builder — geography, demographics, behavior, custom conditions. Design creatives — the ad units that run on surfaces. Upload images, write copy, submit for review. Manage budgets with spend tracking and allocation. Duplicate campaigns to iterate. Bulk campaign operations for managing at scale.

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Campaigns

Create, manage, and monitor ad campaigns. Campaign list with status, spend, and performance. Campaign detail with budget, creatives, targeting, and analytics tabs. Campaign builder wizard for new campaigns. Duplicate to iterate.

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Audiences

Audience management. Build audiences from contact segments. Sync audiences from Calisto Campaigns. Define audience criteria for campaign targeting.

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Targeting

Predicate-based targeting rules. Geography, demographics, behavior, custom fields. A rule builder that defines who sees the ad.

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Creatives

Ad creative management. Upload images, write copy, set formats. Submit creatives for review before they run. Per-creative performance tracking.

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Budget

Campaign budget management. Set budgets, track spend, allocate across campaigns. Billing overview.

Summer CampaignActive
12.4KImpressions
847Clicks
6.8%CTR
142Conversions
Sell Side

Register surfaces. Per-surface settings. Earnings. Payouts. Seller settings.

The publisher's console. Register ad surfaces — placements on websites, apps, display screens, video channels. Each surface has its own format specs, pricing, and availability. Track earnings from ads running on your surfaces. Request payouts. Configure seller preferences.

Sell Side

Surface registration. Format specs and pricing. Per-surface earnings. Payout management.

The publisher's control panel. Register ad surfaces — website placements, app placements, display screens, any surface where an ad can appear. Each surface has its own settings, format specs, and pricing. Manage your inventory of available placements. Track earnings from ads that run on your surfaces. Receive payouts for earned revenue. Seller settings configure your payout preferences and account details.

Surfaces

Register ad surfaces. Name, type, format, dimensions, placement description. Each surface is a placement an advertiser can buy. Register new surfaces from the seller dashboard.

Surface Settings

Per-surface configuration. Format specs, pricing, availability, and placement rules.

Earnings

Revenue from ads running on your surfaces. Earnings summary with totals and per-surface breakdown.

Payouts

Payout management. Request payouts. Track payout history with amount, date, and status.

Seller Settings

Account configuration. Payout preferences, seller profile, and account details.

$4,280Earnings+18%
87%Fill Rate+4%
$6.20eCPM+1.8
The Marketplace

Available inventory by surface type. Website banners. App placements. Display screens. Video pre-rolls.

The marketplace connects buyers and sellers. Browse available ad surfaces by type — website banners, app interstitials, display screens, video pre-rolls. Each listing shows surface details, format, audience reach, and pricing. Filter by surface type for targeted browsing.

The Marketplace

Available inventory by surface type. Listings with format, reach, and pricing.

The marketplace connects buyers and sellers. Browse available ad surfaces by type — website banners, app interstitials, display screens, video pre-rolls. Each listing shows the surface details, format, audience reach, and pricing. Buyers browse and select placements for their campaigns. The marketplace is the inventory layer between the buy side and the sell side.

Website Banners

IAB-standard banner placements on subscriber websites.

App Interstitials

Full-screen and banner placements inside subscriber PWAs.

Display Screens

Digital signage screens with sidebar and fullscreen slots.

Video Pre-Rolls

Pre-roll and mid-roll video ads on streaming channels.

Auction & Bidding

Manual bidding. Automated bid strategies. Auction insights with win rate and competitive positioning.

The auction console. Place manual bids on specific placements. Configure automated bid strategies with budget caps and target metrics. Auction insights show win rate, average bid, and competitive positioning across the marketplace.

Auction & Bidding

Manual bids. Automated strategies. Auction insights.

Two bidding modes. Manual bidding lets advertisers set their own bid amounts per placement. Automated strategies optimize bids based on campaign objectives — maximize impressions, minimize cost per click, or target a specific conversion rate. Auction insights show how your bids compare — win rate, average bid, competitive positioning. The auction engine runs in real time, matching bids to available inventory.

Manual Bidding

Set your own bid amount per surface. Full control over what you pay per impression or click.

Automated Strategies

Set an objective. The bidding engine optimizes bids to meet it — maximize reach, minimize CPC, or target CPA.

Auction Insights

Win rate, average bid, competitive positioning. See how your bids perform in the auction.

Win Rate68%
Avg. Bid$4.80
Competitive PositionTop 15%
Strategy
Automated — Max Reach
Analytics

Performance metrics. Audience insights. Campaign-level analytics. Scheduled reports.

Four analytics surfaces. The overview shows cross-marketplace performance. Audience Insights breaks down who's engaging. Performance tracks impressions, clicks, CTR, and conversions with multi-endpoint live data. Reports generates scheduled performance exports.

Analytics

Impressions. Clicks. Conversions. Performance across both sides.

Three analytics surfaces. Performance tracks the core metrics — impressions, clicks, conversions, click-through rate — over time, with breakdowns by campaign, creative, surface, and audience. Audience Insights shows who's engaging with your ads — demographic and behavioral breakdowns. Reports generates scheduled and on-demand reports with export. Unified ROI tracks return across all ad spend.

Performance

Impressions, clicks, conversions, CTR. Time-series trends. Breakdowns by campaign, creative, surface, and audience. Per-campaign analytics.

Audience Insights

Who's engaging with your ads. Demographic and behavioral breakdowns.

Reports

Scheduled and on-demand report generation. Export. Scheduled delivery.
24.8KImpressions+12%
1,847Clicks+8%
7.4%CTR+2.1
Everything. One Price.

Buy side. Sell side. Marketplace. Auction. Analytics. Approvals.

Buy Side

Campaign management with builder, detail, budget, creatives, and targeting. Audience building with segment sync. Bulk campaign operations. Campaign duplication.

Sell Side

Surface registration and management. Per-surface settings and format configuration. Earnings tracking with per-surface breakdown. Payout management.

Marketplace

Browse available ad surfaces by type. Surface listings with format, reach, and pricing.

Auction & Bidding

Manual bidding and automated bid strategies. Auction insights with win rate and competitive positioning.

Cross-Platform

Unified campaign management across multiple ad platforms.

Analytics

Performance metrics with time series and breakdowns. Audience insights. Scheduled reports with export. Unified ROI.

Automation

Occupancy-based ad triggers for dynamic inventory management.

Approvals & Reports

Creative review approval queue. Performance reporting with export and scheduled delivery.

Pricing

High-Performance Ops. Zero Monthly Overhead.

Get all 15 Core modules at no monthly cost. You only pay 2% of processed revenue.

Calisto Core
$0/month
+ 2% of revenue
CommitmentNone
UsersUnlimited
Products15 included
Best for: Businesses of any size. Revenue is auto-calculated from POS orders, reservations, folios, and event tickets.
Calisto Ads

Two-sided ad marketplace between Calisto subscribers — buy, sell, auction, and analytics.

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