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Mini update: Been toying with the dashboard interface a bit, trying to keep it clean and intuitive for both advertisers and publishers. Also working on payments and payouts integration… still struggling with that part, but making slow progress I’ve decided to structure everything around...

Yess! Thanks for the encouragement. This is the stuff i would have loved to read earlier in my career. So sharing in public to encourage others that have the tools or means to do it :)

Thanks so much! Still a lot to build, but excited about how it’s shaping up

It’s definitely the kind of project that can stretch your resources if you’re not careful. So far I’ve kept things lean by doing most of the development and planning myself (infra, backend, user interface, API, etc.), and I have just devoted around 10 hours to it. I develop for a living but I...

Thanks a lot! Really appreciate the encouragement, I never thought people would be interested on this. Yeah, it's a tough space but that's also where the biggest gaps are, incumbents don't really innovate and there are some inefficiencies and outdated approaches that could be improved. Im glad...

Totally get it, giving admin access isn’t ideal for most people but that's the first thought that came to mind But letting people use their own bots would make it hard to handle key stuff like tracking, deleting posts, and reporting properly, or posting when the system demands. Plus, most folks...

Thanks a lot! Definitely trying to shake things up a bit Appreciate the support

Oh, I forgot to mention that there will be live stats! I added a realtime sync layer on top of the database (websockets + redis) so updates will be streamed to the user as they come. No more refreshing or waiting to check campaign performance! There will be realtime view of where ads are being...

Oh, I also made some assets for opengraph and brand image, thanks chatgpt for the illustrations PS: I'm blurring brand and images because I don't know if this would be considered promotion or anything like that. Not including links or brand name

Small update: I've been designing the database schemas with every relation that I will need. Starting to set up a payment provider aggregator (I won't depend on a single payment gateway but multiple of them so the payment can be re-routed if anything goes wrong) Learnt all the models and jargon...

Oh thanks! Never heard of them. I wonder if they could also handle payouts

Appreciate that! I'll be dropping a full update every week with how things are going. Trying to keep it raw and useful, not just hype. Worst case? We all learn a few things from it.

100% agreed, billing is such a pain in this case. I've talked with CCBill a couple hours ago and they only support sexual content, no gambling, sports betting or the likes. So I might use a payment orchestrator and route each kind of campaign through different payment networks, in order to have...

Thanks man, appreciate it! Gonna keep this thread updated weekly. Whether it scales or burns, it’ll be a fun one to watch

Hey guys, So I’ve decided to build something kinda wild: a programmatic ad network for “banned” stuff: adult content, gambling, alcohol, and all the spicy niches that Google and Meta don’t want anything to do with. These industries print money, have paying audiences, but they’re still stuck...

What is the verification process like? Do you need sms or what?

I think that you should wait a little bit to see who keeps the biggest market share. There’s a lot of competition right now in the space and 90% of startups that are in this business are prone to bankruptcy. Even big players like Uber aren’t profitable yet.

I would definitely be doing what I’m doing now. What’s the point if you’re not enjoying life as is?

I couldn’t agree more

Would you mind sharing the CDN you use? I’m looking for a competitive alternative to Cloudflare. I’m also considering serving videos from a VPS with 10gb/s connection and unlimited bandwidth. Did you explore any other routes than CDN?