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Create a Meta Audience Postback

Meta Ads Audience Postbacks allow you to send conversion data from Katalys directly into your Meta Ads account, helping you build high-performing audiences and optimize campaign delivery.

Follow the steps below to set up Meta Audience Postbacks in the Katalys Marketing Platform:

Step 1: Access Postback Settings

  1. Login to your account and click “Postbacks” from the sidebar menu,
    or click here to go there now →

  2. Click “Add Postback”

  3. Choose “Facebook Ads Audience” from the list of available methods.

Navigate to Postbacks in KMP

Select a Postback Method

Step 2: Connect to Facebook Business Manager

  1. Click “New Meta Connection” to link your Meta account or select “Manual Entry”

    1. Manual Entry will require the Dataset ID and Access Token. Review the linked Meta Instructions for information on accessing the Dataset ID and Access Token.

  2. Click “Setup This Pixel”

  3. Add a Display Name for the Pixel.

Step 3: Confirm selections and save

  • Confirm your selections.

  • Save to enable your postback.

  • Once saved, Katalys will begin forwarding qualifying conversion events to your Facebook Business Manager account in real time.

Your Meta Audience Postback will appear in the Postbacks section of your account.

Setting Campaigns Live and Managing Postbacks

Before your campaign goes live, ensure you’ve reviewed and completed the required items on Tracking Click Campaigns ->

Then, learn more about how to manage your postbacks here ->

Meta Definitions

The data pushed to your Meta pixel will have the following fields set for each event sent to the Meta pixel.

Field

Then…

Action Source

Always set to website

Event ID

Always set to the unique value {SEQ}:{version}

Event Time

Time of the conversion or event

Currency

Always set to USD

Order ID

Set to {SEQ}, the Katalys Sequence Number used to reference conversions or events within KMP

Event Name

An Event Postback will be dynamic, based on category.

A Conversion Postback will create a Purchase event.

Event Value

Partner or Advertiser Event Postback:

  • No value is set for events.

Partner Conversion Postback:

  • When conversion is billable, set to the payout value of the conversion.

  • When conversion is last-click, set to $0.

  • When conversion is rejected, set to $0.

  • When conversion is partial-attribution, value is missing.

Advertiser Conversion Postback:

  • Configurable, by default set to the “Order Value”. Can alternatively be set to the Katalys Commission value if you modify the setting on the Postback-Edit screen.

If an event was previously reported with a >$0 value, and must be adjusted to $0, then the event might have a negative value.

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