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BidWave  / performance DSP

Pay for outcomes that survive.

Set a price per install, action, or click. BidWave buys verified programmatic supply against it, then bills on net outcomes. If an install or action is clawed back, the payout returns to your budget and the loss comes out of our margin.

Start with one campaign, hard caps, and a concrete objective. Scale on net results.

Pricing CPI · CPA · CPC
Budget Refunded on clawback
Settlement Net billable outcomes
For advertisers

Outcome buying
where reversals change the bill.

BidWave is built for teams that care about cost per net result, not just optimized media delivery. Start with the outcome, define the guardrails, then use live supply and quality feedback to decide where budget earns the next dollar.

/01 Outcomes

Buy CPI, CPA, or CPC on net settlement.

Set the objective, payout, destination, budget, pacing, caps, schedule, creatives, and measurement path before spend starts. Reversals return the payout to the funded budget.

Models
CPI · CPA · CPC
Controls
Budget · pacing · caps
Settlement
Gross · reversals · net
/02 Bid logic

A bidder that prices every impression against durable outcomes.

Every bid starts from your payout. Expected click, conversion, and reversal behavior set the price; floors, frequency caps, pacing, and margin guardrails shape it.

Value
Payout-derived EV
Quality
Net-of-reversal priors
Guardrails
Caps · floors · pacing
/03 Learning

Scale what proves itself.

Review delivery, spend, gross outcomes, reversals, and net outcomes - broken down by supply, geo, device, creative and more - while campaigns are still live and tunable.

Breakdowns
Supply · geo · device
Quality
IVT · reversal rates
Action
Scale or cut
For supply partners

Give performance demand
a cleaner path to your supply.

BidWave supports direct publishers and resellers who can provide quality inventory with clear authorization, useful context, and controls that protect buyer trust.

ads.txt

Authorized sellers for web inventory

app-ads.txt

Authorized sellers for app and CTV-style inventory

sellers.json

Seller and intermediary identity

OpenRTB schain

Parties involved in selling the request

/01 Inventory

Package the surfaces you're selling.

Represent web, app, CTV, audio, game, and DOOH inventory as properties and placements, with format and content context attached.

Surfaces
Web · App · CTV (+3 more)
Placements
Display or video slots
Categories
IAB content context
/02 Supply path

Make the seller relationship clear.

Give buyers the signals they need to understand who is selling each impression, how the inventory is authorized, and where resellers fit in the path.

Web
ads.txt
App & CTV
app-ads.txt
Resellers
sellers.json
Supply path
OpenRTB schain
/03 Yield

Operate supply without turning it into a black box.

Apply brand and category controls, manage direct or reseller workspaces, and review fill, eCPM, win rate, revenue by surface and more.

Controls
Category and domain blocks
Reporting
Fill · eCPM · win rate
Teams
Direct and reseller roles
Operational trust
Every dollar should leave a trail.

Saturated markets reward teams that can prove why spend happened, what survived, and what changed the invoice. BidWave connects setup, supply checks, operator actions, quality signals, and near-real-time reporting into one operating trail.

/01 ads.txt · app-ads.txt · sellers.json

Supply context travels with the bid.

Bid requests can be evaluated against registered inventory, authorization, reseller declarations, and supply-chain signals before spend is committed.

/02 Near real time

Performance is visible while it can still be corrected.

Near-real-time analytics, spend, gross outcomes, reversals, net outcomes, and quality signals help teams adjust campaigns before budget drift turns into a post-mortem.

/03 Net-outcome billing

Reversed conversions settle themselves.

When a conversion is clawed back, the payout returns, budgets and caps recover, and the reversal feeds supply quality scoring. Our margin absorbs the loss, so billing follows net outcomes.

/04 Per-workspace, per-role

Teams can operate the way they sell.

Advertisers, agencies, direct publishers, reseller networks, and finance teams can work through scoped companies, roles, and permissions.

FAQ

The basics
before a pilot.

Short answers for buyers evaluating whether BidWave fits a first outcome campaign.

What is BidWave?

BidWave is a performance DSP where advertisers pay per install, action, or click (CPI, CPA, CPC) on net settlement, and supply partners bring verified, accountable inventory to that demand.

How is BidWave priced?

Advertisers set a payout per outcome and fund a capped budget. Platform terms are agreed at onboarding, and reporting shows gross outcomes, reversals, and net billable outcomes.

What happens when a conversion reverses?

For CPI and CPA campaigns, the payout returns to the advertiser budget, caps recover, and the reversal feeds supply quality scoring. The loss comes out of BidWave margin, so the invoice follows net outcomes.

Who counts the outcome?

For CPI and CPA pilots, the advertiser's MMP or postback source is the referee. We agree the tracking path and discrepancy tolerance before spend starts.

What can advertisers control?

Advertisers can define objective, payout, budget, pacing, caps, targeting, schedule, creatives, attribution, and optional retargeting boosts before a campaign goes live.

What can supply partners bring?

Supply partners can model web, app, CTV, audio, game, and DOOH inventory, attach authorization and reseller context, apply brand controls, and review yield by property, placement and more.

How does BidWave handle supply quality?

Authorization files, reseller declarations, and supply-chain signals are checked against registered inventory, invalid traffic is filtered out, and reversal rates feed ongoing supply quality scoring - so spend can be evaluated before and after delivery.

How should we start?

Start with one controlled pilot: one measurable campaign with a hard budget from the demand side, or one clearly described supply package from the supply side. Scale only on verified results.