Buyer readiness

Campaign readiness dashboard

Use this dashboard when a contextual, private marketplace, or direct campaign is almost ready to launch but the team still needs one shared view of package proof, creative approval, destination QA, inventory contracts, reporting fields, and readout limits.

A campaign can be attractive and still be unready. The dashboard separates the parts that need commercial agreement, ad operations, buyer handoff, and measurement judgment so the launch decision is not hidden inside a campaign name or a loose email thread.

Advertisement Buyer-readiness unit.

1. Campaign record

2. Ready, revise, or hold matrix

Use the middle column only when the campaign can launch after a named fix. Use hold when the missing item changes the package, destination, trafficability, or strongest allowed readout language.

Checkpoint
Hold
Revise
Ready
Package proof
Inventory contract
Creative approval
Destination QA
Measurement setup
RecordWhat it provesLink or owner
Audience intent mapThe reader job and clean-fit category match the buyer offer.
Package proof sheetThe package, eligible URLs, exclusions, placements, and reporting grain are visible.
Inventory readiness matrixPlacement IDs, ad-unit paths, accepted sizes, refresh rules, and reporting keys match.
Creative acceptance recordDisplay files, native fields, click URLs, labels, active dates, and backup sizes are approved.
Landing-page QA recordDestination speed, message match, form path, source fields, consent, and routing are ready.
Reporting field dictionaryPackage, placement, creative, device, traffic-quality, outcome, and conclusion fields are named.

4. Launch controls

5. Decision record

How to read the dashboard

A ready campaign has a stable package, a trafficable placement contract, approved creative, a working destination, and report fields that match the claim the buyer expects to make. A revise decision is useful only when the fix is small and owned. A hold decision protects the buyer and publisher when the missing item would change what was bought or what the report can fairly say.

Pair with

Start with the audience intent map, media kit, private marketplace buying terms guide, and advertiser intake worksheet. Then attach the contextual package proof sheet, private marketplace package brief template, private marketplace deal review checklist, inventory readiness matrix, creative asset acceptance checklist, landing-page QA worksheet, reporting field dictionary, campaign readout QA checklist, and creative and destination troubleshooting matrix before the final report becomes a renewal or retest decision.