Sellers.json

What is Sellers.json and OpenRTB Supply Chain Object? IAB Tech Lab has come up with a new initiative to combat ad fraud in the digital supply chain. This new initiative comes as a package of two tools - Sellers.json and OpenRTB Supply Chain Object. The ads.txt initiative, which has seen rapid adoption in the last one year has helped to identify all direct sellers, a publisher has authorized to sell its inventory, however, it lacks transparency when multiple sellers – SSPs/Exchanges/Resellers are involved in selling the same…

MGID becomes one of the first platforms to adopt the new IAB Tech Lab solutions to provide greater confidence in its offering MGID, the global pioneer in native advertising, has announced it is starting work to become one of the first ad tech companies to start posting the sellers.json file on its supply platform domains, and will support the OpenRTB SupplyChain object, to give buyers a better understanding of the inventory they are bidding on. Released by the IAB Tech Lab in April 2019 for public comment, sellers.json…

On April 11, IAB Tech Lab released both sellers.json and the OpenRTB SupplyChain object for initial public comment about Programmatic Advertising. Once these are finalized and live - likely some time in June - they will be a major step forward in the programmatic industry. Alongside the recent live release of app-ads.txt, IAB Tech Lab is making a significant push to dramatically increase transparency and oversight throughout the mobile in-app ecosystem. How Sellers.json and the OpenRTB SupplyChain Object Work Together for…