Advertisers · Step-by-step guide
Prepare private live show plans
Prepare a schedule and production notes for native Affnet and external-platform shows, with private version history.
A reviewed tutorial in English has not been published for this lesson version. Follow the written steps below.
Before you start
- Your own linked advertiser account and a confirmed agreement from a live-selling opportunity.
- An active advertiser account and currently confirmed agreement to create or edit a plan.
- For practice, a qualified training environment and separate advertiser, host and staff accounts. Planning does not prove broadcast or checkout readiness.
Follow the steps
Open the correct agreement
Open Campaign agreements and select the confirmed live-selling agreement. Check the advertiser, selected partner and exact terms. Select Private live show plans, then Prepare a show.
What you should see: Live show plans opens for your advertiser only. The link is shown for confirmed live-selling agreements, not unrelated service categories. Host and staff accounts cannot read private plans.
Describe the planned show
Enter Show title and choose Planned delivery: Native Affnet, External platforms or Native and external. Enter Planned start (UTC) and Planned end (UTC), including seconds, or leave both empty while undecided. End must follow start; convert your local time to UTC before entering it.
What you should see: The draft describes the intended modes and exact UTC window. It does not book the host, resolve schedule conflicts or enable those streaming destinations.
Prepare the production notes
Use Destination notes for intended channels and account names, Run of show for the ordered production sequence, and Product and checkout preparation for seller references and unresolved questions. Expand a text field if needed. Never paste passwords, stream keys, tokens or customer payment details.
What you should see: Notes remain ordinary private text. They do not create provider connections, catalog products, prices, checkout links or payment instructions.
Save and verify the version
Select Save private plan once and wait. Reopen the saved detail and expand its entry in Saved history. Compare the title, mode, UTC seconds and exact production notes. If another editor changed the plan, reload and review the current version before editing again. After an uncertain result, inspect history before retrying.
What you should see: A confirmed save has a new version and immutable history. Pending controls stay locked. A failed or uncertain save does not justify creating duplicate plans or claiming a booking.
Archive unused work and arrange the handover
When preparation is no longer needed, check the confirmation that this plan will remain read-only and cannot be reopened for editing, then select Archive plan. Reopen it and its history to check retention. For a plan you intend to use, arrange host availability, commercial readiness, moderation, provider setup, products/checkout and go-live approval separately with operations.
What you should see: Archived plans stay readable and cannot be edited. A paused advertiser or cancelled agreement cannot save new edits, but can inspect and archive its existing private plans. Saving or archiving moves no money and publishes no show.
If something goes wrong
The planning link is missing
Check that the agreement comes from a live-selling opportunity, has a confirmed version and belongs to your advertiser. Return from historical agreement view to the current agreement. Do not use another advertiser's account.
A time field is rejected
Use a valid UTC calendar time with seconds. Set both start and end or leave both empty. Ensure end follows start. Read the error beside the specific field; other entered notes remain available.
Save fails or the result is uncertain
Reload the plan and inspect Saved history for the attempted version. Resolve account/agreement restrictions or stale edits before trying again. Preserve the reference and observed time when asking operations for help; omit private keys and credentials.
Try it in training
In training, save a plan for both modes with UTC seconds and multilingual notes, revise it, inspect both historical versions, prove host/staff/other-advertiser access is denied, then archive it and verify the notes remain readable. State which booking, broadcast and payment steps remain separate.
Check your understanding
Does saving a Native and external plan reserve the host or start checkout and streaming?
No. It saves advertiser-private preparation only. Availability, booking, funding, provider connections, products/checkout, moderation and go-live approval require separate implemented and verified workflows.