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Goods
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Catalogs
Catalogs - what it is, how to create, edit and delete
General requirements for catalogs
Catalog for products according to Google specification
Catalog for products according to Yandex specification
Catalog for real estate
Catalog for real estate according to Yandex specifications
Catalog for transport
Catalog for transport according to Yandex specifications
Catalog for services
Catalogs for flights
Catalogs for flights (Google specification)
Catalogs for hotels
Catalogs for hotels (Google specification)
Catalog for medicinal products according to Yandex specification
Catalog for medicinal products according to Google specification
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Dynamic retargeting based on mobile events
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AppsFlyer tracking link requirements
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Integrating apps with Singular
Integration of applications from Huawei AppGallery with trackers
Integration RuStore apps with trackers
Campaigns for RuStore apps – optimization by events
Seamless app install from RuStore
App cards
SKAdNetwork
Tracking link macros
Deep links in mobile app advertising
Promotion in social networks
Video and stream Advertising
Music Advertising
How to post content in VK Music
VK Mini Apps & VK Games Advertising
How to send events from a mini-app
Personal profile advertising
How to set up a personal profile before promotion
Promotion of groups and profiles in OK
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Dzen
Dzen advertising
Scroll-to-site
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Lead forms and surveys
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Creating a landing page for lead form warmup
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Launching media adverts
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Group and profile OK
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Access rights
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Ad formats
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Auction
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Auto selection of targeting
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Audiences
User lists
Importing external audiences
Similar audiences (look-alike)
Expanding audience
Collecting audiences by reactions
UTM-tags
REF-tags
Placements
Change logs block
Hotkeys
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API - VK Ads
Safe areas
Advertising objective
Statistics and Finance
Working with dashboard
Metrics and expanded statistics
Evaluating campaign effectiveness
Report upload
Folders in the campaign list
For agencies: Client statistics
Statistics from apps for web campaign
Billing and finances
For agencies: Account balance, payments, and closing documents
Bonuses and promo codes
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Moderation Rules
Rules
Rules for Placing Advertisements
Legal documents
Rules for Placing Advertisements_26.03.2024
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How to start monetizing
Connecting additional partner accounts
Setting up a publisher account
Partner account setup
Partner account notifications
Ad blocking
Getting strings for your ads.txt and app-ads.txt files
App placement
Start monetizing your app
Types of ad units for apps
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Start monetizing your website
Types of ad units for websites
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Feeds for products according to Google specification are supported in XML and CSV/TSV formats. See below for sample files.

Required fields

id

Type: string

Description: Unique product ID

Requirements/Constraints: 

  • Maximum allowed number of characters: 128.
  • The product ID must be unique within one product feed.
  • The product ID can include all characters of the Latin alphabet in upper and lower case, underscores and hyphens, as well as numbers.

Example: 10000000179185

title

Type: string

Description: Product name

Requirements/Constraints:

  • Maximum number of characters allowed: 256
  • The text must not be written in capital letters only
  • The text must not be written in lowercase letters only

Example: T-shirt

price

Type: string

Description: Sale or rental price of the property

Requirements/Constraints:

  • Price as a number with a three-letter ISO 4217 currency code separated by a space.
  • Use a dot (.) as the decimal separator, not a comma (,).
  • Do not specify a currency using $, €, or £ symbols.

Supported currency codes:

  • RUR or RUB: Russian rouble
  • USD: American dollar
  • EUR: Euro
  • UAH: Ukrainian Hryvnia
  • BYN: Belarusian ruble
  • KZT: Kazakh tenge
  • MDL: Moldovan Leu
  • AZN: Azerbaijani manat
  • UZS: Uzbek soum
  • AMD: Armenian Dram
  • TJS: Tajik Somoni
  • KGS: Kyrgyz som

Example: 1000000 RUB

link

Type: string

Description: URL of the product page on the company website, where customers can learn more about the product or buy it

Requirements/Constraints: The links must be valid, start with http:// or https:// and be located on the domain of your company website. They must lead to the correct page for each of the products.

Example: https://example.ru/item/10000000188131.html

image_link

Type: string

Description: URL of the main image

Requirements/Constraints:

  • Acceptable image file formats are JPEG, PNG, GIF, WEBP.
  • Recommended size: 600 pixels on the largest side.
  • Minimal size: 300 pixels.
  • Maximum size: 6000 pixels on the largest side.
  • The background of the image should be monochrome, we recommend using white colour for the background.
  • The image should only show the product itself without any additional inscriptions, watermarks or logos.

The image of the product must comply with Rules for Placing Advertisements.

Example: https://somesite.ru/item/10000000188131.jpeg

Note! When updating an image, be sure to change the link to it, otherwise the changes will not be recognized.

brand

Type: string

Description: Product brand name

Requirements/Constraints: Maximum number of characters: 256

Example: Sokolov

Optional fields

availability

Type: string

Description: Current item availability

Requirement/Constraint: Supported values: True (in stock) and False (out of stock)

Example: False

description

Type: string

Description: Product description.

Requirements/Constraints: Maximum allowed number of characters: 256.
Product descriptions must not contain:

  • HTML code or links,
  • Excessive punctuation (e.g. "!!!"), upper or lower case letters only,
  • Shipping or company information,
  • Phone numbers and email addresses,
  • Complex text, such as list items or multiple paragraphs.

Example: Women's organic cotton t-shirt in royal blue. Loose fit

condition

Type: string

Description: State of the product

Requirements/Constraints: One of the values:

  • new
  • refurbished
  • used

Example: new

age_group

Type: string

Description: The age group for which the product is intended.

Requirements/Constraints: One of the values:

  • adult,
  • all ages,
  • teen, 
  • kids (children over 3 years old),
  • toddler (children one to three years old),
  • infant,
  • newborn.

Example: newborn

gender

Type: string

Description: The gender for which the product is intended

Requirements/Constraints: One of the values:

  • female,
  • male,
  • unisex.

Tag values can be either upper case or lower case. For example: FEMALE, Female, female.

Example: unisex

sale_price

Type: string

Description: Discounted price of the product

Requirements/Constraints: The requirements to the field content and formatting are the same as for the price field

Example: 9.99 USD or 700.99 RUB

min_price

Type: string

Description: The minimum price of the product. When adding a minimum product price to the banner, the preposition "from" is specified before the price.

Requirements/Constraints: The requirements to the field content and formatting are the same as for the price field.

Example: 1000 RUB

max_price

Type: string

Description: Maximum price of the product. When adding a minimum product price to the banner, the preposition "to" is specified before the price.

Requirements/Constraints: The requirements to the field content and formatting are the same as for the price field.

Example: 5000 RUB

product_type

Options: fb_product_category or google_product_category

Type: string

Description: The category the product belongs to according to the advertiser's product categorization system

Requirements/Constraints: Maximal allowed number of characters: 750

Example: Home & Garden > Kitchen & Dining > Appliances > Refrigerators

custom_label

Options: custom_label_0, custom_label_1, custom_label_2, custom_label_3, custom_label_4

Type: string

Description: Custom fields with additional information. Used when creating product groups.

Requirement/Constraint: Max allowed number of characters: 256

Example: Summer sale

rating

Type: float

Description: User rating of the product

Requirement/Constraint: Only positive float numbers from 1 to 5 inclusive may be used

Example: 4.0

Required fields for mobile apps

android_tracking_url

Type: string

Description: Tracking link for Android

Requirements/Constraints: 

  • Links must be valid, starting with http:// or https://
  • Acceptable domains depending on the application tracker used
    • MyTracker: trk.mail.ru
    • Adjust: app.adjust.com
    • Appsflyer: app.appsflyer.com
    • AppMetrica: redirect.appmetrica.yandex.com

Example: https://app.appsflyer.com/goldapple.ru.goldapple.customers?pid=mail.ru_int

Learn more about using tracking links

ios_tracking_url

Type: string

Description: Tracking link for iOS

Requirements/Constraints: 

  • Links must be valid, starting with http:// or https://
  • Acceptable domains depending on the application tracker used
    • myTracker: trk.mail.ru
    • Adjust: app.adjust.com
    • Appsflyer: app.appsflyer.com
    • AppMetrica: redirect.appmetrica.yandex.com

Example: https://app.appsflyer.com/id1154436683?pid=mail.ru_int

Learn more about using tracking links

android_app_link

Type: string

Description: Identifier of the Android application

Requirement/Constraints: none

Example: ru.sunlight.sunlight

mobile_ios_app_store_id

Type: string

Description: iOS application identifier

Requirements/Constraints: none

Example: 1068913968

mobile_android_app_link

Type: string

Description: Deep link for Android

Requirements/Constraints:

  • URL schemas of mobile_android_app_link and mobile_ios_app_link fields must match
  • The deep link must open correctly (valid)

Example: 

  • https://goldapple.ru/11139-10023300001-vanilla-lime#sku%3D10023300001
  • ozon://products/105207/

Learn more about using deep links

mobile_ios_app_link

Type: string

Description: Deep link for iOS

Requirements/Constraints:

  • URL schemas of mobile_android_app_link and mobile_ios_app_link fields must match
  • The deep link must open correctly (be valid)

Example:

  • https://goldapple.ru/11139-10023300001-vanilla-lime#sku%3D10023300001
  • ozon://products/105207/

Learn more about using deep links

An example of a product feed in XML format. Atom 1.0 specification

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:g="http://base.google.com/ns/1.0">
  <entry>
      <g:id>TV_123456</g:id>
      <g:title>LG 22LB4510 - 22" LED TV - 1080p (FullHD)</g:title>
      <g:description>Attractively styled and boasting stunning picture quality, the LG 22LB4510 - 22" LED TV - 1080p (FullHD) is an excellent television/monitor. </g:description>
      <g:link>http://www.example.com/electronics/tv/22LB4510.html</g:link>
      <g:image_link>http://images.example.com/TV_123456.png</g:image_link>
      <g:condition>used</g:condition>
      <g:availability>in stock</g:availability>
      <g:price>159.00 RUB</g:price>
      <g:rating>5.0</g:rating>
      <g:brand>LG</g:brand>
      <g:product_type>Consumer Electronics > TVs > Flat Panel TVs</g:product_type>
  </entry>
</feed>

Example of a product feed in XML format. RSS 2.0 specification

<rss xmlns:g="http://base.google.com/ns/1.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xml:lang="ru-RU">
<channel>
<title>Store fancy clothes</title>
<link>https://butik.com/</link>
<description>Butik.COM - Men's Clothing Boutique</description>
<item>
<g:id>21286</g:id>
<g:title>Denim Jacket</g:title>
<g:link>https://butik.com/katalog-tovarov/kurtka-dzhinsovaya-524577-10.html</g:link>
<g:description>Gray denim jacket with detachable hood</g:description>
<g:image_link>https://butik.com/files/7/103/276922.jpg</g:image_link>
<g:brand>Karl Lagerfeld</g:brand>
<g:condition>new</g:condition>
<g:availability>in stock</g:availability>
<g:price>24000.00 RUB</g:price>
<g:rating>5.0</g:rating>
</item>
</channel>
</rss>

Example feed in CSV format

Download an example CSV file

Example of a feed with mobile parameters

<rss xmlns:g="http://base.google.com/ns/1.0" version="2.0">
<channel>
<title>Vill</title>
<link>https://vill.ru</link>
<description>Ville is a chain of grocery stores.</description>
<item>
<g:title>Sour cream 25%, 350 г</g:title>
<g:link>https://vill.ru/goods/sour-cream-25-350-g-52.html</g:link>
<g:image_link>https://img.vill.ru/pim/images/site_for_feed/c68308ef-2969-4fce-8488-558c4400a353.jpg?1706056095.0147</g:image_link>
<g:mobile_ios_app_link>vill://goods/52</g:mobile_ios_app_link>
<g:mobile_ios_app_store_id>100500</g:mobile_ios_app_store_id>
<g:mobile_android_app_link>vill://goods/52</g:mobile_android_app_link>
<g:android_app_link>ru.vill</g:android_app_link>
<android_tracking_url>https://app.appsflyer.com/ru.vill?af_dp=vill%3A%2F%2Fgoods%2F52</android_tracking_url>
<ios_tracking_url>https://app.appsflyer.com/id100500?af_dp=vill%3A%2F%2Fgoods%2F52</ios_tracking_url>
<g:condition>new</g:condition>
<g:availability>in stock</g:availability>
<g:id>52</g:id>
<g:product_type>Dairy products</g:product_type>
<g:price>151 RUB</g:price>
<g:brand>Ville</g:brand>
</item>
</channel>
</rss>

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