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Programmatic Advertising In Malaysia

Primal is a programmatic advertising agency in Malaysia, buying display, video and audio ads across ad exchanges with your audience data and reporting every placement against your targets.

Brands That Plan Their Media With Primal

  • Decathlon
  • KLIA
  • McDonald's
  • AEON Bank
  • Samsung
  • foodpanda
  • Dior
  • Uniqlo
  • Prudential
  • Starbucks
  • OGAWA
  • Canon
  • FWD
  • Under Armour
  • DHL Express
  • Onitsuka Tiger
  • IHG Hotels & Resorts
  • Panasonic
  • Generali
  • TUMI
  • LG
  • Clarins
  • Kia
  • ROYCE'
  • Unilever
  • Traveloka
  • Grand Seiko
  • Tokio Marine
  • AIG
  • Bayer
  • Chubb
  • Stripe
  • Decathlon
  • KLIA
  • McDonald's
  • AEON Bank
  • Samsung
  • foodpanda
  • Dior
  • Uniqlo
  • Prudential
  • Starbucks
  • OGAWA
  • Canon
  • FWD
  • Under Armour
  • DHL Express
  • Onitsuka Tiger
  • IHG Hotels & Resorts
  • Panasonic
  • Generali
  • TUMI
  • LG
  • Clarins
  • Kia
  • ROYCE'
  • Unilever
  • Traveloka
  • Grand Seiko
  • Tokio Marine
  • AIG
  • Bayer
  • Chubb
  • Stripe
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Why Programmatic

One Campaign Across Many Publishers

Programmatic advertising in Malaysia lets one campaign buy impressions across many news, lifestyle, video and audio publishers at once, through automated auctions that price each impression as the page or stream loads. The same buying tools reach your own customer lists and site visitors outside Google and Meta, and cap how often one person sees an ad across every publisher in the plan. Primal plans each programmatic campaign around who you need to reach, checks where the ads ran, and reports reach and conversions against your targets.

What We Do

What Our Programmatic Advertising Services Cover

Our programmatic work has 6 parts. The plan sets which come first for your brand.

  • Media PlanningFormats, publishers, audiences and budget set against your reach and lead targets before any spend starts.
  • Demand-Side Platform BuyingCampaigns run on a demand-side platform (DSP), the software that bids for each impression across ad exchanges as it becomes available.
  • Audience DataYour customer lists and site visitors, targeting by page topic, and audience segments from data providers where the platform offers them.
  • Display, Video And AudioBanner ads, video ads on publisher sites and apps, and audio ads on streaming and podcast platforms, each judged on the measure that fits it.
  • Brand SafetyInclusion and exclusion lists, content category settings and viewability checks, so ads run on pages that suit your brand and in positions people can see.
  • ReportingImpressions, viewability, reach and frequency, clicks, conversions, cost per thousand impressions (CPM) and return on ad spend (ROAS), with the list of sites and apps where your ads ran.
Recognised

Recognised For Media Strategy And Data

Primal’s media work has won regional awards, including Silver for Excellence In Personalisation Marketing at the Marketing Excellence Awards Malaysia, for a Primal Malaysia campaign.

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How A Primal Programmatic Campaign Runs

A 5-stage process, from the audience plan to reports that show where every impression ran.

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Plan Audiences And Formats

Who to reach, which formats and publishers fit, and the targets for reach, cost per thousand impressions and conversions.

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FAQ

Your Programmatic Advertising Questions Answered

Is programmatic advertising worth it for my brand?

Programmatic is worth it when you need reach beyond Google and Meta, or want to show ads to your own customer lists across many publishers at once. It needs a budget large enough to test audiences and formats. A small budget usually returns more on search and social first, and we say which fits in the first conversation.

How do I choose a programmatic advertising agency in Malaysia?

Ask which demand-side platform the agency buys through, whether you will see the placement reports, how media costs and fees are shown, and which case studies it can share with figures. Check how it measures conversions beside reach.

How do you keep ads on suitable sites?

Each campaign runs with inclusion or exclusion lists, content category settings and frequency caps. The placement report is reviewed during the campaign, and sites that do not suit your brand are removed.

How is programmatic advertising reported?

Each report shows impressions, viewability, reach and frequency, clicks and conversions, with CPM and cost per acquisition (CPA), and the list of sites and apps where your ads ran.

Do you run programmatic campaigns outside Malaysia?

Yes. One campaign can buy across several Southeast Asian markets, planned with colleagues in our Bangkok and Singapore offices and reported on one plan.

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Speak To Our Programmatic Team

A 30-minute conversation with a senior media specialist about your audiences, your formats and the publishers your buyers read.

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Speak With Us

Book a quick call to see how we help you grow, without endlessly trying new agencies, waiting for a better year or hiring expensive in-house teams.

  • We learn about your business and your goals
  • We find where your growth can come from
  • You see the next steps: a strategy meeting, then launch
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