How to Design a Display Creative

Creatives are the actual ads that potential customers will see. Display creatives allow for advertisers to display multiple images of their product/brand to both desktop and mobile users. 

Objectives

In this how-to article, you will learn how to...

  • Create and publish a display creative. 

Step 1: Navigate to creatives section of Amazon DSP

  • Navigate to “Campaign manager.” 
  • Click on “Creatives” and “Create creative.”

Step 2: Choose the type of creative

  • Click “Continue” under the display option of your choosing. Options include standard display and third-party-served display. For the purpose of this how-to article, the standard display option will be used. 

Step 3: Name your creative

  • Give your creative a name and make sure all other basic settings are correct.

Step 4: Add a click-through

  • Choose a destination URL. The destination URL will provide a link to where the user will be navigated to once the creative is clicked. In this how-to article, coffee beans will be used as the example product. 

Step 5: Upload assets

  • Select images you would like to use for the creative. Or, choose from Amazon’s own creative assets. 
  • Test out different placements of the images. 

Step 6: Choose final settings

  • First, select where in the asset that you would like the AdChoice tag to show.
  • Check the “Border” box if you would like to add a border to all assets in this creative. 
  • Third party click URL, third-party impression URL, and additional HTML are all optional settings. 

Step 7: Save your creative

  • Once it is approved, your creative will be attached to your line item.

What have you accomplished?

After reading this how-to article, you should now be equipped with the skills to...

  • Design your own display creative.
  • Publish a creative aimed at attracting more customers to your product or brand.