Request to Change Currency from SGD to USD
kei
Hello doubleclick and Authorized Buyers team: I would like to follow up with some additional questions regarding the RTB request currency configuration:
- Is it possible to contact the technical team to check if the bidfloorcur in RTB requests can be changed to USD?
If this is not possible, could you kindly provide the reasons why such a change is not feasible?
2. If changing the bidfloorcur to USD is not possible:
DSPs will need to implement logic for exchange rate calculations or currency conversion based on bidfloorcur and cur.
In such cases, when the following bid request is sent, should the DSP reflect real-time exchange rates for SGD to USD when
responding?
Example:
If the bidfloor is 0.93 SGD and the DSP responds in USD, the USD bid must meet
or exceed the equivalent value of SGD 0.93 based on the exchange rate.
Example RTB Request and Response:
BidRequest
{
"bidfloor": 0.93,
"bidfloorcur": "SGD",
"cur": ["USD", "SGD"]
}
BidResponse
{
"price": 0.68,
"cur": "USD"
}
Additionally, I have noticed that the pretarget budget is also configured in SGD, and the account information slot is set to Asia/Singapore. Could you kindly confirm if these settings are related to why the RTB requests are being delivered in SGD?
Your insights on this matter would be greatly appreciated. Please let me know if you need any further information.
Thank you for your continued support, and I look forward to your response.
Authorized Buyers API Forum Advisor
I'll respond to your questions in order:
- Account configuration is out if this support forum's scope, so I can't say for sure, but I would recommend contacting your account manager to check whether the account currency can be adjusted. If an account manager hasn't been assigned to your account, or you have lost their contact details, you can get in contact with one via this form .
- Yes, you are able to change the currency used from the account currency in the bid response, but that value still must meet or exceed the bidfloor when converted to the currency specified in bidfloorcur ..
- I can't be certain what specifically triggers the account currency being set because it is out of my scope, but my understanding is that it is an account setting, so what you're describing sounds consistent with that. Assuming it is configurable on our end, an account manager would be better able to assist with that.
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kei
However, we would still hope to change the bidfloorcur from SGD to USD in the traffic we receive.
Could you kindly clarify whether the account manager in question is our Authorized Buyer partner account manager or a Google account manager? Your guidance on this would be greatly appreciated so we can proceed with the appropriate contact.
Looking forward to your response.
Authorized Buyers API Forum Advisor
I don't have additional guidance concerning the terms "Authorized Buyer partner account manager" and "Google account manager"–I would recommend using the contact form if you are unable to get in touch with someone who can investigate your account configuration question.
I did discuss the issue of currency a bit internally, and my understanding is that once an account is created, the configured currency is immutable. As a result, if you were very interested in using a different currency, the only method would be to create a new account configured to use that currency. I'm not aware of what (if any) conditions determine whether this approach is used. Keep in mind that this could involve a lot of work on your end, since you would likely need to recreate any configurations (e.g. creatives, pretargeting, deals, etc) you want to keep from the previous account. Once again though, account configuration is out of scope for this API support alias, so I recommend you contact an account manager to discuss whether this is a reasonable option for your circumstances.
