Overview

The Vendor object is created to define a fee that should be applied to a specific vendor when serving ads or bidding. The fee is set as a custom CPM or percentage and gets associated to another object, typically a line item or campaign. If applying a vendor fee at a campaign level, the fee will be taken from a portion of the campaign's total revenue, instead of an individual line item. When creating a line item or campaign, this fee can be selected and applied in the General screen under Vendor Fees. Vendors belong to an account and are not advertiser specific, while global vendors are created by the system administrator and are available to all accounts.

Accessing Vendors

To access the Vendors page, navigate to Trafficking > Vendors at the top of the screen.

Vendors List View

List View Fields

Create a New Vendor

1. Navigate to Trafficking > Vendors > New Vendor. Additionally, vendors may be created by clicking the button, then clicking Vendor at the top right of the UI.
   
   

2. A screen will appear with the following fields to complete:
   *Required

   Field Name	Description
   Vendor Name*	Choose a desired name for this vendor fee.
   Fee Type*	Select a fee type: Currency type and Fee Amount are required fields when selecting either CPM or Percent. None CPM Percent
   Alternative ID	Alternative ID used for reporting in a third-party system.
   Add Notes	Add any desired notes for this vendor.
   Status	Active or Inactive.

   
   

3. Click Save on the lower right corner of the screen.

Apply a Vendor Fee

Once a vendor has been created and there is an associated fee, the vendor fee may be applied to a line item or campaign.

1. To apply this fee, open a campaign or line item to edit.
   
   
2. Navigate to the General tab > Vendor Fees.
   
   
3. Complete the following fields found below:
   

   
   

   Field Name	Description
   ID	Once a Vendor Fee is applied, an ID will be created for it.
   Vendor	Select the vendor associated with this fee via dropdown. If an inactive vendor is selected, an error message will display when moving to the next screen.
   Vendor Fee Name	Associate a free-text field name for this Fee.
   Fee Type	Options include: Default, Custom CPM, Custom Percent.
   Fee Amount	Adjust the fee amount that will be allocated to this Line Item.

   
   
   
4. Click Save.
   
   
5. Switch back to the overview tab and select a budget type: 
   1. If Spend with Vendor Fees is selected, any third-party data provider in Beeswax, Beeswax ad serving fees, and any custom Vendor Fees applied to the line item/campaign will be included in the budget.
      
      
   2. If just Spend is selected, the campaign or line item will spend without including fees, however, vendor fees additional to spend will be available in reporting.

Vendor Fees in Reporting

In order to view Vendor Fees in reporting:

1. Select Vendor Report from Analytics module at the top of the screen.
   
   
2. Select Spend and Vendor Fees as metrics.

Withholding Fees with Different Budget Types

Below are the optional methods of using fees with different types of budget on a line item or campaign. Since fees may be applied with different budget types, behavior for these fees varies. Review this table for an understanding of how certain fee types interact with budget types.