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All About SKAdnetwork

All About SKAdnetwork

Updated over 8 months ago

At a Glance: This article helps you understand what SKAdnetwork is and how we can get attribution from it.


SKAdnetwork or StoreKit Ad Network, is a way to get attribution data from Apple against successful installs and post-installs. The process of integration starts with getting a SKAdnewtork ID from Apple.

How does the whole process work?

  • App Owner Needs to Integrate Adnetwork/publisher SKAdnetwork ID inside Mobile SDK

  • Whoever is running the ad in the chain needs to use Adnetwork's SKAdnetwork ID in the advertising app whose SKAdnetwork ID is integrated into the App SDK.

  • Once Apple gets the install with the SKAdnetwork Signature, it will postback to the respective Adnetwork anytime in 24 hours.

  • The Adnetwork Tracking platform will receive the postback and redirect that post back directly to the MMP partner.

  • Now, after doing attribution, MMP will fire the privacy postback of the network with just the campaign ID and publisher ID as the main information.
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What is the postback flow?

SKAdnetwork

APP B, which is getting promoted by the Adnetwork

APP A, which is used to display the APP B ad.

  • The ad signature is added in App B, which has your Skadnetwork ID.

  • On another app, an ad for APP B is being displayed.

  • The user clicks on the ad and is redirected to the App Store.

  • The user makes the install.

  • Apple will check the signature added to the ad and Skadnetwork ID in the SDK

  • In 24 hours, Apple will send a postback to you.

Once Apple Fire postback to Trackier, further flow would be.

SKAdnetwork


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Skadnetwork Limitations

  • Publisher ID will work in the range of 1-100 for per campaign or APP ID

  • Postback will be fired once every 24 hours.

  • No click ID is associated in the process

  • You can't send or receive any extra information.

  • View-through attribution is not supported.

  • Audience building would be hard.
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