IronSource is an advertising network that delivers consistent results regardless of geography, vertical, or creative format. As part of the Unity ecosystem, it provides high-quality in-app traffic without fraud, flexible CPA optimization, and a high conversion rate.
The advertising platform is connected to over 88% of the top mobile games in the United States, and IronSource's total monthly audience reaches 2.5 billion users. In comparison, Facebook's monthly audience was 3 billion in 2024.
With proper management, traffic from IronSource can provide an ROI of 60% to 150%, thanks to accurate analytics and bid management.
However, there is an important caveat. It is almost impossible to access IronSource from the outside.

Advantages of working with ironSource

1. Flexible optimization for key events
IronSource offers a wide range of options for optimizing ads for install, registration, or deposit.
2. Flexible bidding
Individual bids for each app. Instead of a blanket disablement, prioritize levels and fine-tune sources for efficient budget allocation.
3. Direct publishers
Work with apps directly without intermediaries. This reduces the cost of CPI compared to DSPs and makes traffic more affordable for the same volume.
4. Minimum fraud and zero bans
The platforms carefully monitor traffic, so there is almost no fraud. And most importantly, there are no bans or rejects like in Facebook.
5. Long-lasting advertising campaigns
It is enough to set up a combination once: choose an offer, select an app, and create a creative, and the campaign can run smoothly for 1-3 months without any interference.

What Verticals Can You Work With in IronSource

iGaming (casinos, betting)
Dating — native formats work well in games
Finance — investments, trading, and banking offers
Utilities — VPN, antiviruses, cleaners
E-commerce, especially with a focus on mobile applications
EdTech / Learn2Earn — educational platforms, quizzes, and mini-games with engagement
Health & Fitness — apps for healthy living, weight loss, and meditation
Entertainment / Streaming — TV shows, videos, music, live apps

Tips for launching, scaling, and optimizing

We launch campaigns using CPI and tCPI formats. Each campaign gets 4–6 creatives. To ensure even spend distribution, we split creatives across different campaigns. This gives every variation a chance to be tested, instead of letting the algorithm prioritize only the creatives it picks first.
We start with a bid 30–50% above the GEO average to consistently win the auction during the first few days. After that, we adjust based on performance.
We use event postback setup. This allows us to display separate columns for registrations and deposits, making it easier to track events and set bids for publishers based on the results they generate.
We pause creatives that burn budget without delivering results.
We remove publishers with low IPM — for example, if there are no installs after 500 clicks — and blacklist publishers that generate registrations or deposits at too high a cost.
We increase bids for publishers with strong conversion rates to scale volume, and lower bids for “borderline” publishers to give more priority to better-performing sources.
Once the campaigns have completed the learning phase, we switch to tCPE optimization to improve overall campaign efficiency.

Conclusion

ironSource is an advertising network that offers a wide range of options for optimizing, scaling, and testing your hypotheses.
It is not easy to get access to it, and the ability to work with multiple advertising accounts at once is rare.
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