Processing Billions of Monthly Ad Requests at Scale

About the Client

AnswerMedia is a digital advertising media company based in Overland Park, KS with 11-50 employees. The company operates in the video advertising space, connecting publishing partners with video content and ad inventory at massive scale.

As their business grew and video ad request volumes reached into the billions per month, AnswerMedia needed a custom platform to give publishing partners direct access to their video database with professional-grade tools.

The Challenge

AnswerMedia needed a web-based private platform for their publishing partners to access a video database with embedding, effects, and other features. The platform had to handle the demands of a high-volume advertising business while remaining intuitive for partners who weren't necessarily technical users.

Off-the-shelf solutions couldn't meet the specific requirements of their business model. They needed a custom-built platform designed for their exact workflow — from video management and embedding to partner access controls and analytics.

The platform needed to deliver on three fronts:

  1. Partner-facing video access. A private, web-based interface where publishing partners could browse, embed, and apply effects to video content.
  2. Scale for billions of requests. Infrastructure capable of processing billions of video ad requests per month without performance degradation.
  3. Fast time to market. With a budget of approximately $50K and a timeline of October 2015 through February 2016, delivery needed to be efficient and focused.

The Solution

Active Logic designed and developed the platform from October 2015 through February 2016. Rob, CEO of Active Logic, led the project with a dedicated team including a project manager, frontend developers, and backend developers. The team built a complete web-based platform tailored to AnswerMedia's advertising operations.

Custom Platform Design

Built a private, web-based platform from the ground up, giving publishing partners direct access to AnswerMedia's video database with embedding capabilities, effects, and content management tools.

Full-Stack Team

Deployed a cross-functional team with frontend and backend developers working under direct leadership from Active Logic's CEO. This structure ensured architectural decisions were made at the right level from day one.

Scale-Ready Architecture

Designed the platform architecture to handle the massive throughput required by AnswerMedia's advertising business — billions of monthly requests with consistent performance and reliability.

The Outcome

The platform Active Logic built enabled AnswerMedia to effectively process billions of requests for video ads each month. It became an invaluable asset to their business, providing publishing partners with the tools they needed while supporting the company's growth in the digital advertising space.

"In addition to the diversity of expertise in technologies their team offers, they're also easy to communicate with and very detail oriented."

CEO AnswerMedia

Technology

Web Development Platform Development

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