Paid media, AI creative and measurement for apps, games and ecommerce

Batches of 20–80 ads, from €363 per finished ad

Maltrea
Maltrea

Performance marketing and AI creative

Ad spend gets one desk and a paper trail

Maltrea makes the creative, buys seven channels and traces each euro back through SKAN and MMP data.

Most growth budgets pass through three sets of hands. One supplier shoots the ads, another buys the placements, a third explains the results. When a figure drops, each has someone else to blame.

At Maltrea those jobs share a desk. The strategist who briefs an ad can see what it spent. The buyer who spent it can see what it returned. The next order of creative is written from that record.

The clients are apps, games and ecommerce brands growing quickly. They keep full access to their accounts and read the same figures the desk reads.

Finished ads in each batch
20–80
Starting price per finished ad
€363
Channels on one plan
7
Ratios: 9:16, 4:5, 1:1
3
Of ads finished by a person
100%
FormatsMaltrea, page 2

Six ways an ad reaches the feed, taken apart

The desk produces all six. These drawings were made for this page and advertise nothing: they show how each format is put together.

Nobody warned me about this so I tested it myself Get the app 1 2 3
Fig. 2. Vertical video, 9:16. 1 A hook in the opening frames. 2 Subtitles burned into the picture. 3 A closing card with one action.
REC honestly, did not expect this 1 2 3
Fig. 3. UGC, 9:16. Filmed to look like someone talking to their phone. 1 Face to camera. 2 The product in hand. 3 Large captions over the picture.
Less noise. One calm place for everything. Try it 1 2 3
Fig. 4. Static, 4:5. One frame has to do everything. 1 A single claim. 2 A single picture. 3 A single button.
Move 1 2
Fig. 5. Motion, 1:1. Graphics animated rather than filmed. 1 Keyframes set the path. 2 The loop returns to the start.
Fig. 6. The three ratios, 9:16, 4:5 and 1:1, at equal height. Only the width changes.
Still guessing? See it side by side. Start here 1 2 3
Fig. 7. Carousel, 1:1 cards. The viewer advances the story. 1 The setup. 2 The turn. 3 The offer.

A batch can mix these builds, so the desk compares them on the same figures rather than arguing about taste.

Raw frame After grading prompt: planet over a salt flat 1 2
Fig. 8. AI concept, 1:1. 1 The frame as generated. 2 The same frame once a person has graded the colour.
The factoryMaltrea, page 3

Inside the line where AI drafts and people sign off

Maltrea runs its own AI creative factory for video ads. Its purpose is test volume that a conventional shoot schedule rarely allows.

A strategist sets the direction. Generative tools produce the footage. An editor then works through each ad by hand, adding subtitles and grading the colour, before anything goes to the buyers.

Each run yields 20 to 80 ads ready to launch, cut in three ratios for the placements on the plan. Prices start at €363 per finished video ad.

Who works at each stage

  1. People

    01 Idea

    Concept and creative direction.

  2. People

    02 Brief

    Hooks and scripts written per channel and audience, with formats chosen to suit.

  3. PeopleAI

    03 Production

    AI generates. People edit and run the quality checks.

  4. People

    04 Finish

    Sound, subtitles and colour, added by hand.

  5. People

    05 Launch

    Delivered to spec for Meta, YouTube, TikTok and the rest of the plan.

Fig. 9. Stages of the production line. AI works in stage 03; people work in all five.

Ads a person has cut, captioned and graded

Fig. 10. Share of ads finished by a person before delivery. The bar has nowhere further to go.

Reader tool: batch planner

Set the batch size and the chart does the sum

40 ads

× 3 ratios (9:16, 4:5, 1:1)

from €14,520

Indicative. Batch size times the €363 starting price; the brief sets the final figure.

Ask about this batch
Fig. 11. Cost of a batch from 20 to 80 ads at €363 per finished ad. Drag the line, click the chart or use the arrow keys.
PlaybooksMaltrea, page 4

Four sectors, four figures that decide whether spend can grow

These are starting positions, not case studies. Each is organised around one figure, and none quotes a client result.

ServicesMaltrea, page 5

Media, creative and measurement report to the same desk

The readers here are CMOs and founders who prefer one accountable group to refereeing suppliers.

Paid media

The desk runs the campaign. The MMP keeps the score.

Strategy, account structure, bidding and budget all sit with the desk. When it reports, the source is your MMP and not a screenshot from a platform.

User acquisition runs on seven channels: Google, Meta, TikTok, Apple Ads, Snapchat, Moloco and ChatGPT Ads. Table 1 sets out what each one is for.

Creative

The ads land with the people spending the money

AI creative production delivers 20 to 80 video ads per run, at a starting price of €363 apiece, directly to the buyers on your account. Visit the line.

Measurement

Tracking and attribution get audited before anything else

The desk checks the instruments first: AppsFlyer or Adjust, then SKAN conversion values on iOS. Where attribution runs out of answers, an incrementality test takes over.

SKAN
Null values diagnosed, postback windows set, conversion values mapped.
MMP
AppsFlyer or Adjust, with SDK and events tested and duplicates ruled out.
Lift
Geo holdouts that settle what attribution cannot.

From one install to one budget decision

  1. Signal

    Meta, Google, TikTok, Apple Ads or Snapchat reports the install.

  2. MMP

    AppsFlyer or Adjust logs it and removes duplicates against store data.

  3. iOS

    On iOS, a SKAN postback arrives and the desk reads its conversion value as a revenue event.

  4. Check

    A geo holdout tells real lift from chance.

  5. Act

    The money and the next creative brief move according to the return.

Fig. 12. The path of a single install through the measurement stack. No values are shown because none are general: each account has its own.

The working cycle: four moves, then the next batch

  1. 01 Research

    First, find where the return is

    Work opens with your own ad account, store page and site. Three questions come first: who is converting today, which creative ideas are exhausted, and how much competitors pay.

    • Your account, store page and site
    • Angles past saturation
    • What rivals bid in the category
  2. 02 Create

    Then order in bulk

    Ordering 20 to 80 ads at once, from €363 apiece, gives the desk real variation to compare instead of one favourite to protect.

    • Video, UGC and AI concepts
    • 20 to 80 ads in every run
    • Trimmed to the placements purchased
  3. 03 Buy

    The briefers also spend

    Brief and budget stay with the same people, across Google, Meta, TikTok, Apple Ads, Snapchat, Moloco and ChatGPT Ads. There is no handover to go wrong.

    • All seven channels on one plan
    • Programmatic through Moloco
    • You keep full account access
  4. 04 Learn

    The return writes the next order

    Reviews work from SKAN and MMP figures and little else. Ads that earned get followed up; ads that did not get dropped from the next brief.

    • Spend and attribution open to you
    • Winning angles go back to the brief
    • Nothing hidden, rebates included

What step 04 finds goes into step 01 of the next batch.

Also on the desk

Seven further services, in brief.

TikTok Ads

Ads edited to the pace of the feed. A viewer who keeps watching is what the budget is paying for.

Apple Ads

Search placements on the App Store, where the person has already typed what they want.

Snapchat Ads

A younger audience, reached with vertical video shot for this screen and not cut down from elsewhere.

ChatGPT Ads

Some buyers now do their research in ChatGPT. These placements reach them there, earlier than a search would.

App Store Optimization

A stronger store page turns more of your paid traffic into installs before any extra spend.

CRM and retention

Acquisition is costly. Retention work makes sure the users you bought stay and keep paying.

Answer Engine Optimization

ChatGPT and Perplexity now recommend products. The work is getting your name into those answers and tracking it as one would any channel.

StandardsMaltrea, page 6

Why Maltrea settles the ad before the budget

The desk is fully remote and spread across time zones, working for apps, games and ecommerce brands in a hurry to grow. Four rules govern that work.

  1. 01

    The ad comes first

    Work begins with the ad because no bidding strategy rescues a weak one. Buying and measurement come next, and they govern pace and scale.

  2. 02

    Practitioners, not go-betweens

    Nobody at Maltrea manages a channel they have never run themselves. Your call is with whoever makes the changes.

  3. 03

    Open books

    Any decision can be checked. You get the spend, the MMP data, how attribution was worked out and each incrementality test it rested on.

  4. 04

    Thinking shown in writing

    The desk puts its reasoning on paper. Test plans, the logic behind them and the conclusions all get written down and shared.

Channels and stackMaltrea, page 7

Seven channels, read from one set of figures

Spend runs across all seven and gets measured in your MMP. You and the desk look at the same numbers.

NameTypeWhat the desk uses it for
GoogleSearch and appYouTube, search and app campaigns
MetaPaid socialApp installs and social placements
TikTokPaid socialShort video native to the feed
Apple AdsSearchApp Store search, Today tab, product pages
SnapchatPaid socialVertical video at full screen
MolocoProgrammaticApp growth bought programmatically
ChatGPT AdsResearchPlacements during buyer research
AppsFlyer, AdjustMeasurementMMP: attribution, event checks, deduplication
SKANMeasurementiOS postbacks and conversion values
Table 1. The seven channels, then the measurement stack beneath them. Platforms are named in text only.
Q&AMaltrea, page 8

Eight questions, answered on the record

QWho will actually run my account?

A A practitioner rather than an account manager. Everyone at Maltrea has managed a live channel, so the person you speak to is the one adjusting the campaign. What was spent, how it was attributed and the logic behind each call all stay visible to you.

QWhat does Maltrea do, in one paragraph?

A It handles performance marketing and user acquisition for apps, games and ecommerce brands. The job has three parts: making the ads, UGC and AI-generated video among them; buying media on Google, Meta, TikTok, Apple Ads, Snapchat, Moloco and ChatGPT Ads; and reporting what the money brought back.

QWhat does creative cost?

A Prices start at €363 per finished video ad, and ads are sold in batches of 20 to 80, so the smallest batch starts at €7,260. Batches exist for comparison: the desk learns from the differences between ads.

QWhat happens inside the AI creative factory?

A It is Maltrea’s in-house line for AI video ads. A strategist develops each concept, AI generates the footage, and people then cut, caption and grade every ad before delivery. A run holds 20 to 80 ads, with prices starting at €363 per ad.

QDo you make the creative, or only buy the media?

A Both, and on purpose. The desk makes video, UGC and AI-generated ads, 20 to 80 at a time, starting at €363 each. The buyers on your account then choose the next round according to what the last one returned.

QWhich channels are covered?

A Seven: Google, Meta, TikTok, Apple Ads, Snapchat, Moloco and ChatGPT Ads. Whoever writes the creative brief also runs the channel, so no work changes hands midway.

QHow do you handle tracking and attribution?

A As a job in its own right. The first task is an audit of AppsFlyer or Adjust, because later decisions rest on that data. On iOS, SKAN conversion values are pinned to the events that best predict revenue. Incrementality tests cover what attribution cannot. You and the desk read the same dashboards.

QWho is this for?

A Apps, games and ecommerce businesses on a steep growth path, with a live product and money set aside to promote it. The person writing in is usually the CMO, a founder or the head of growth. The work often includes mobile app marketing, user acquisition for games and app store optimization.

Letters to the deskMaltrea, page 9

Bring the desk your number

Say what the account is, what it has to reach and what is holding it back. You get back the first test the desk would run and its likely cost, written plainly for whoever answers for the figure.

  • 20–80 ads in a batch
  • €363 starting price per finished ad
  • 7 channels on one plan
  • Full account access for you

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