What are House Line Items in DFP?

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Last updated on July 20th, 2022 at 08:12 am

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  • DFP Line Items

    In DFP, a publisher has to add the names of the advertisers from which it is running multiple ads. For each of these advertisers, it has to create an order which is basically a folder containing line items. A line item defines an advertiser’s agreement with the publisher to buy the specific number of impressions ( for CPM), clicks ( for CPC) or time ( for CPD) during a certain time at a certain price. Each line item also includes details with respect to the positioning of the advertiser’s ad and, optionally, the time of the week at which it will get showcased and also to whom it will be displayed.

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    Each line item in DFP has a type. Now each type has a default priority value. Thus all line items have priority values of their own. Line item types and priority values regulate the how the line items will be organized for ad selection. The type and priority of a line item determines how DFP will organize the competition between all the other line items for each ad impression.

    For example, if a line item of priority 4 competes with a line item of priority 12 for an ad impression, DFP prioritizes the line item of priority 4 over the one of priority 12. So the rule is that the lower the number, the higher the priority.

    There are 7 different line item types in DFP- Sponsorship, Standard, Network, Bulk, Price Priority, AdExchange/AdSense, and House.

    What are House line items?

    The ad inventory of a publisher’s website has two parts – guaranteed and non-guaranteed (or remnant).

    Non-guaranteed inventory is the part of the ad inventory that is sold to advertisers or ad networks without a time cap after the guaranteed inventory has been directly sold to advertisers. Ad networks often buy remnant inventory in bulk and then sell them to advertisers on a CPM or CPC basis.

    House line item type is a non-guaranteed inventory with a priority level of 16. This is the line item type with the lowest priority and is typically used when a publisher wants products/services chosen or endorsed by it.  These normally do not generate any revenue and are delivered only if no paying line item type is available. These are eligible to directly compete with AdSense.

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    The Benefits of House line item

    House line items are remnant inventory and are thus less expensive than any guaranteed inventory. House line items thus provide a very cost-efficient way for publishers to promote their own products and services or those supported by it.

    Conclusion

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    Among the seven line item type in DFP, six are for promoting products of advertisers. This is the only line item type that publishers have for promoting their own brand. That is why a house line item is a very unique and important line item type.   

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