Recommended Config Guide

1. What is Recommended Config?

By combining high-quality strategies validated through extensive experimentation with developers’ historical data, HyperBid can automatically generate an optimal request strategy configuration, helping developers improve monetization revenue while lowering the configuration barrier.

After Recommended Config is generated, major modifications are not recommended, because the strategy templates have been validated through extensive experimentation and their parameters have been optimized for the best performance. Manual changes may affect revenue performance.

2. Available Strategy Templates

Multiple Max Strategy

How it works: The existing mediation unit serves as the base configuration and handles most ad requests. An additional mediation unit containing multiple ad units with floor prices is created as a higher eCPM layer and sends requests in parallel with the base mediation unit. By securing high-value ads, it raises overall eCPM without affecting overall fill.

Expected results: Higher eCPM and ARPU, a lower overall fill rate, and a positive impact on overall revenue.

3. Configuration Process

3.1 Select a Strategy Template

When creating or editing a mediation unit, turn on “Use Recommended Config” to select the strategy template you want to try. After you select a template, the system will automatically check whether the prerequisites for using the strategy are met. You can proceed to the next step once the prerequisites are met.

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3.2 Create Max Ad Units and Set floor prices in Third-Party Dashboards

After entering the second step, you can view the system-recommended units and floor price settings. You need to create the units in the third-party dashboards and set their floor prices according to the specified rules.

Step 1: Create Ad Network Placement IDs

In the dashboards of all ad networks that need to be integrated with Max, such as Liftoff and Pangle, prepare 3 sets of placement IDs without floor prices:

• Placement A: For the Control Group’s base mediation unit (reuse the placement in the existing Max Ad Unit; no need to create a new one)
• Placement B: For the Variable Group’s base mediation unit (a new placement is required)
• Placement C: For the Variable Group’s higher eCPM mediation unit (a new placement is required)

⚠️ Note: Placements B and C must be newly created. Do not reuse placements currently receiving live traffic, to avoid contaminating the A/B Test.

Step 2: Create Max Ad Units

In the Max dashboard, prepare multiple Max Ad Units (seven in this example), add the corresponding placements, and set the floor prices for each ad units according to the system’s recommendations.

Notes:

• ⚠️ Disable AdMob for Max Ad Unit IDs 3–7 with floor prices to prevent additional AdMob requests from the floor price layers from triggering rate limiting.
• Max Ad Unit IDs 3–7 with floor prices can be created by duplicating Max Ad Unit ID 3 to reduce configuration effort.

Step 3: Enter the Max Ad Unit IDs in the HyperBid Dashboard

Enter the Max Ad Unit IDs into the unit ID fields in the HyperBid dashboard, then click “Generate Configuration” to proceed to the next step.

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3.3 Generate the Mediation Unit Configuration

The system will generate a preview of the units and Advanced Stettings based on the Max Ad Unit IDs entered in the previous step. The configuration is not yet active at this stage. You can adjust the configuration to suit your needs, but major modifications are not recommended, as they may affect strategy performance.

3.4 Start an A/B Test (Optional)

You can choose whether to start an A/B Test to evaluate the Recommended Config.

• If you skip the test, the Recommended Config takes effect immediately;
• If you start the test, the Recommended Config will be used as the Variable Group, and the A/B Test will be started according to the previewed experiment plan. The configuration takes effect once the experiment becomes active.

4. Q&A

Q1: Can I modify a mediation unit configuration generated by Recommended Config?

Yes. After the configuration is generated, you will enter the standard configuration page, where all settings can be adjusted. However, the strategy templates have been validated through extensive experimentation and their parameters have been optimized for the best performance. Major modifications are not recommended, as they may affect strategy performance. If you need a completely different configuration, we recommend creating a new mediation unit and configuring it manually.

Q2: Can I create multiple mediation units using Recommended Config for one app?

Yes. You can create separate mediation units for different ad formats, but we recommend creating only 1 for each ad format.

Q3: Can mediation units created using Recommended Config coexist with other mediation units?

Yes. For the Multiple Max strategy, they must coexist. The Multiple Max strategy requires an existing mediation unit of the same ad format:

• Existing mediation unit: Handles requests without floor prices and serves as the regular request source (base fill)
• Mediation unit created using Recommended Config: Handles requests across multiple floor price layers to explore higher eCPMs

Q4: Is a low fill rate in the floor price layers normal?

A low fill rate is expected. The floor price layers are not the primary source of fill; their main purpose is to give high-value ads an additional opportunity to compete.

Q5: Can an existing mediation unit switch to Recommended Config?

Yes. Click the “Use Recommended Config” button or link on the mediation unit edit page to enter the Recommended Config flow.

Note: After you apply Recommended Config, the system will disable all units and traffic groups currently configured under the mediation unit and regenerate the configuration based on the strategy template.