Captive portal ads
You can show your own adverts on your hotspot captive portal: a new package, an installation offer, or a local business you have a deal with. Ads are managed in two steps:
- Upload images or videos to your ad library
(Sales & Promos → Advertising,
/dashboard/advertising). - Schedule an ad as a live ad, choosing when, where and how often it
shows (Live Ads,
/dashboard/advertising/live).
The ad library
Section titled “The ad library”Advertising Content shows every ad you have uploaded, with totals for Total Ads, Total Views, Views Today and Views This Week. Search by title or description, filter by All Types, Images or Videos, and sort by Newest First, Oldest First, Most Views or Title A-Z. Click an ad to open it, where you can preview it, edit its Title and Description (Save Changes), see its statistics, schedule it, or delete it.
Upload an ad
Section titled “Upload an ad”- On Advertising, click Upload New (or Upload Your First Ad).
- Enter a Title and optional Description.
- Drag and drop up to 10 files into Media Files, or click to choose them. Images can be JPG, PNG, GIF or WebP; videos MP4, WebM or MOV; up to 10 MB each.
- Click Upload Ad Content. Each file becomes an item in your library.
Banner sizes
Section titled “Banner sizes”The upload page includes Ad Banner Specifications. In short:
- Make banners landscape, about 2:1. A good size is 800–1200 px wide by 400–600 px high; the minimum is 340 × 192 px.
- Banners are cropped to fill the space, so keep text and logos in the central 85% horizontally.
- For video, MP4 (H.264) plays most widely.
Schedule a live ad
Section titled “Schedule a live ad”- Click Live Ads on the Advertising page, then Schedule Ad. (You can also open an ad in the library and schedule it from there.)
- In Schedule Live Ad, choose the ad under Select Ad Content.
- Pick the Days of Week it should run, and optionally a Start Time (optional) and End Time (optional) for the daily window.
- Set the targeting and delivery options you need (see below).
- Optionally set an Expiry Date (optional). After it, the ad stops showing.
- Click Schedule Ad. You see “Live ad created successfully”.
Live ad options
Section titled “Live ad options”| Field | What it does |
|---|---|
| Priority (0–100) | Picks the tier an ad competes in. Higher tiers are shown ahead of lower ones. You can also nudge priority up or down from the Live Ads list. |
| Share within its tier | How often the ad wins against others in the same tier. An ad at 300 runs three times as often as one at 100. |
| Show only on these devices | Phones, Tablets, Computers. Leave empty for all. |
| Show only on these systems | Android, iOS, Windows, Mac, Linux. Leave empty for all. |
| Link when tapped / Link text | A web page to open when the ad is tapped (for example a “Shop now” button). It opens in a new tab; tapping does not skip the ad. |
| Seconds to watch (this ad) | How long the customer must watch. Leave empty to use your portal’s setting. |
| Connect time this ad earns (seconds) | Free connect time watching this ad earns, where your portal rewards ad views. Leave empty to use the portal’s setting. |
| Times one customer may see it | A per-customer view cap. |
| Views this ad is sold to deliver | A total view target. When set, delivery is paced evenly across the run rather than used up at once. |
Manage live ads
Section titled “Manage live ads”The Live Ads list shows each scheduled ad with its schedule and status. Search by ad title and filter All Status, Active Only or Inactive Only. From the list you can raise or lower an ad’s priority, switch it active or inactive, or remove it from live.