Hey everyone! We need some brainstorming on how to monetize our media portal. We have started streaming sports events, but due to licensing agreements, we are forced to strictly block viewers from certain countries. On top of that, the payment gateway sometimes crashes for subscriptions because of risk flags. People are eager to watch a game, but end up seeing only a message about restricted access and leave.

It is a real shame to lose such a hot traffic stream, especially since we have already paid to attract these users. How do you handle these situations to give visitors an alternative instead of a closed window? I also wanted to ask about advertisers: how do prepaid campaign balances and CPC/eCPM payments work if you place overlays on these rejected sessions?

Great! This is a common issue in streaming, because licensing rights constantly tie our hands. On our movie portal, we also initially just displayed a "not available in your region" message until we realized it was a pure loss. Then we started redirecting blocked users to relevant partner offers. To do this, we integrated ReTarget.gg , where a single script automatically displays a Geo Popup upon entry and a Decline Popup when users decline an offer. Advertisers prepay their balances, and CPC or eCPM payments are calculated based on offers that are actually matched in permitted regions. By the way, which geographic region gives you the highest drop in traffic during matches?