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Account Tiers

Account tiers control how often each of your accounts is integrated (re-checked for new data). Most publishers have far more accounts than need a daily refresh, so tiers let you put your effort where the value is: your best accounts run every day, the rest run less often.

There are three tiers:

  • Tier 1 — Daily. Your highest-value accounts.
  • Tier 2 — Every 4 days. Mid-value accounts.
  • Tier 3 — Weekly. The catch-all for everything else. Tier 3 is unlimited.

Your plan limits how many accounts can sit in Tier 1 and Tier 2. Tier 3 has no limit.

New accounts get a 14-day grace period during which they run daily, no matter their tier. After that, the system settles each account into a tier based on a score (driven mainly by the revenue the account generates).

Reading the accounts screen

On the Accounts list, each account shows:

  • A Tier badge with its cadence (Daily / Every 4 days / Weekly), or Grace while it's in its first 14 days.
  • A Score — how the system ranks the account (higher = more valuable). Accounts you've pinned manually, or that are still in grace, don't show a score.
  • A pin icon when the tier was set manually (an override) rather than by the system.

At the top of the screen, the slot meters show how many Tier 1 and Tier 2 slots you've used out of your plan's cap (for example Tier 1 2/2). When a tier is full, its meter turns red.

Using the simulator

The simulator lets you plan and apply tier changes across all your accounts at once.

  1. Click Tier simulator.
  2. Click Calculate to load the system's proposed layout. Each account shows the tier it would land in and its cadence.
  3. For any account, use the Tier dropdown to pin it to a specific tier, or choose System to let the system decide. Search by name to find an account quickly.
  4. Watch the slot meters at the top — they update live as you move accounts. If you put more accounts in a tier than your plan allows, the meter turns red and you'll see a warning.
  5. Click Apply. Accounts you pinned become overrides; everything left on System keeps following the system's choice.

Apply is blocked while a tier is over its cap — move an account out of the full tier first.

Setting one account's tier

You don't have to open the simulator for a single change. On the Accounts list, open an account's menu (the button) and pick a tier under Set tier. If the tier is already full, you'll see a message asking you to free a slot first. To put an account back under system control, use the simulator and choose System.

"Recalculate"

Inside the simulator, Recalculate asks the system to re-score and re-tier your accounts right now. Use it after a big change (for example, right after tiering was first turned on) so the proposed layout reflects the latest data.

Why a manual run was blocked

If you try to run an account now and it was already integrated within its tier's cadence (for example a Tier 3 account integrated in the last 7 days), the run is declined and you'll see when the next manual run is allowed. To get a faster cadence, raise the account's tier (Set tier or the simulator) — or upgrade your plan for more Tier 1 / Tier 2 slots.

Demotion notifications

When an account moves to a slower tier, you'll get a notification telling you the new cadence. This is informational — no action is needed unless you want to pin the account back to a faster tier.

When to contact us

  • The tier badges or slot meters don't appear at all, even though tiering should be on for your plan.
  • An account is stuck in Grace well past 14 days.
  • Applying changes repeatedly fails with a cap error even though the meter shows free slots.