Sponsor video in online session room
Feature purpose:
Sponsorship opportunity that allows for a sponsored video to be played in the online session room while users wait for the actual session to begin
Working with this feature:
Uploading a video
Admin can upload a sponsored video for online session rooms on the sponsor’s page in Management/Sponsors.
That video will only be shown if the sponsor is included in the sponsors section on the session setup page in Management/Sessions.
File size is limited to 50MB
File format must be MP4 or WebM.
Configuring Video Skip Duration
Under Management/Sponsors/Settings we have a setting Duration Before Sponsored Video Can Be Skipped. This option sets the duration that the Continue button will be blocked for users, forcing them to watch the sponsored video.
By default this is set to 0 seconds, meaning that the Continue button will not be blocked at all, but the number of seconds can be adjusted as you desire.
Video Display in Online Session Room
When joining online sessions, the user may encounter a sponsor video at the beginning. If a sponsor video is available, it will show up before the user is able to click "Continue."
The "Continue" button stays inactive for a certain duration set by the admin in setting Duration Before Sponsored Video Can Be Skipped. During this time, a countdown appears next to it, showing how long until you can proceed. Once the countdown hits zero, the button becomes clickable.
If there's a delay set for skipping sponsor videos, but no video is present when you join the session, the "Continue" button stays active.
Additionally, if the video's duration is shorter than the specified skip delay, the button remains inactive only for the video's duration, not for the full set time.
During the video, you can't fast-forward or rewind. You can only adjust the volume or pause. If paused, the countdown on the "Continue" button also pauses, giving you enough time to catch up on the video when you resume.
The video will also display a sponsor bar with their name, logo, and a link button. Clicking the button will take you to the sponsor's page in a new tab.
Rules for showing sponsored videos
If there are matchmaking results from sponsors with videos for the user who is joining the session, the video with the highest match is shown. After that, the ID of the video that was shown is noted and when that same user enters the next online room, this sponsored video is removed from the pool of and the video from the sponsor with the next highest match is shown.
This process continues until ten sponsors have been removed from the pool based on matchmaking results, or until there are no more matchmaking results for that user from the pool of sponsors with videos.
In either case, all previously removed sponsors then return to the pool and the cycle begins anew.
If there are no matchmaking results from sponsors with videos at all, then the highest-priority sponsor is shown (based on setting Priority in Search List in Management/Sessions.).
Again, the video ID is remembered and when the user enters the next online room, this sponsored video is removed from the pool and then video from the sponsor with the next highest set priority is then shown.
This process continues until there are no more sponsors with videos available then the removed sponsors return to the pool and a new cycle begins.
Statistics
In Management/Sponsors/Statistics/Video Statistics. there is a list of sponsors along with the total number of video views (Show Total) by participants and the total clicks on their name/logo (Click Total).
In the dropdown menu, you'll find the participants who clicked on a sponsor's name/logo