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Re: Telegram Ad Platform

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post #3

Here's hoping there will be a way to pay for no ads. But a question to HN: why have we not seen a mass-market adoption of a P2P, non-centralised messaging system that requires no external services to work? Mesh and other sorts of networks are cumbersome and have not reached mass-market adoption, so what (technically) is stopping a true E2E P2P platform?

> so what (technically) is stopping a true E2E P2P platform? The fact that nobody really wants a true p2p platform: you don't want to lose all your stuff if you lose the device. It is clear that federated services like email are superior for most users bar some real hardnuts mindfixed on privacy.

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Re: Telegram Ad Platform

#22
post #7

The minimum spends look ridiculous. >To ensure and maintain high quality of ad content, a minimum advance payment of €2,000,000 is required to launch ads on the Telegram Ad Platform. >Of this payment, Telegram holds €1,000,000 as a deposit, and makes the remaining sum available to the advertiser to spend on displaying ads. >If the contract is terminated and the advertiser spent less than €10,000,000 on ads within the…

Where is this from? Not seeing it on the linked page.

Re: Telegram Ad Platform

#23
post #7

The minimum spends look ridiculous. >To ensure and maintain high quality of ad content, a minimum advance payment of €2,000,000 is required to launch ads on the Telegram Ad Platform. >Of this payment, Telegram holds €1,000,000 as a deposit, and makes the remaining sum available to the advertiser to spend on displaying ads. >If the contract is terminated and the advertiser spent less than €10,000,000 on ads within the…

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Re: Telegram Ad Platform

#24
I love the Telegram UX but have always been wary of its owner’s benevolence. They have bootstrapped an amazing platform and I hope they are able to get a strong ROI without compromising the great community they have built.

Re: Telegram Ad Platform

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post #7

The minimum spends look ridiculous. >To ensure and maintain high quality of ad content, a minimum advance payment of €2,000,000 is required to launch ads on the Telegram Ad Platform. >Of this payment, Telegram holds €1,000,000 as a deposit, and makes the remaining sum available to the advertiser to spend on displaying ads. >If the contract is terminated and the advertiser spent less than €10,000,000 on ads within the…

Where is this from? Not seeing it on the linked page.

If you search the text it leads to a telegram channel with that info and this screenshot from the portal on telegram

TIL telegram public channels are Google indexed

https://imgur.com/a/vx87neV

https://t.me/tginfoen/1281

Re: Telegram Ad Platform

#26
post #7

The minimum spends look ridiculous. >To ensure and maintain high quality of ad content, a minimum advance payment of €2,000,000 is required to launch ads on the Telegram Ad Platform. >Of this payment, Telegram holds €1,000,000 as a deposit, and makes the remaining sum available to the advertiser to spend on displaying ads. >If the contract is terminated and the advertiser spent less than €10,000,000 on ads within the…

Where is this from? Not seeing it on the linked page.

I don't see it now, but if you sign in to the Telegram Ads dashboard, it lets you apply as an advertiser. The application form has the above text. It doesn't show up after you've applied. I instead see the following now:

>Your request to add funds has been sent.

>We have placed your account on the waiting list and will send you a notification as soon as the platform becomes available to you.

Re: Telegram Ad Platform

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post #13
post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are these types of structurings common in the ad industry?

As an outsider, what is very common is conversion tracking, aka knowing whether people actually click your ad and buy your products, because that's the ultimate metric to optimize for. Most of the ad tracking we see in the web is actually not needed for the targeting part, but for the conversion tracking part. This product lacks conversion tracking, so I wonder if people with large enough budgets find it justified to…

How do they optimize clicks if they don't impinge on your privacy? I didn't read the page in detail so maybe I'm missing something

Re: Telegram Ad Platform

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post #13
post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are these types of structurings common in the ad industry?

As an outsider, what is very common is conversion tracking, aka knowing whether people actually click your ad and buy your products, because that's the ultimate metric to optimize for. Most of the ad tracking we see in the web is actually not needed for the targeting part, but for the conversion tracking part. This product lacks conversion tracking, so I wonder if people with large enough budgets find it justified to…

Although no external links are allowed, you can still track conversion with good old promo codes.

Re: Telegram Ad Platform

#29
post #7

The minimum spends look ridiculous. >To ensure and maintain high quality of ad content, a minimum advance payment of €2,000,000 is required to launch ads on the Telegram Ad Platform. >Of this payment, Telegram holds €1,000,000 as a deposit, and makes the remaining sum available to the advertiser to spend on displaying ads. >If the contract is terminated and the advertiser spent less than €10,000,000 on ads within the…

I think that’s typical for a big platform - big ad agency relationship.

These conditions are not for regular ad buyer, but for an agency that commits to the volume and re-sells it to businesses.

Re: Telegram Ad Platform

#30
post #7

The minimum spends look ridiculous. >To ensure and maintain high quality of ad content, a minimum advance payment of €2,000,000 is required to launch ads on the Telegram Ad Platform. >Of this payment, Telegram holds €1,000,000 as a deposit, and makes the remaining sum available to the advertiser to spend on displaying ads. >If the contract is terminated and the advertiser spent less than €10,000,000 on ads within the…

This, plus the very strict rules (no links, no conversion tracking, no targeting) makes me think this will be hugely unsuccessful

But what do I know. I don't have 1 million EUR as a deposit lying around.

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