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Understand how Tap connects plans, RFPs, supplier responses, orders, and delivery while keeping people in control.

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What Tap is

Tap is transaction infrastructure for media. It connects buyers and suppliers through the work that turns a campaign goal into a Plan, an RFP, a supplier response, and a human-approved path to booking.

Tap is not a DSP, SSP, or conventional media planner. It does not replace professional judgment or every system a media team already uses. It gives both sides a connected transaction record, clear handoffs, and the Tap Agent to prepare the next useful step.

Follow the transaction

The main path through Tap is:

Plan → RFP → RFP Exchange → Avail Response → Order → Post-Buy

ObjectWhat it means
PlanThe buyer's planning workspace. It holds the campaign objective, Client context, budget, flight dates, and the facts used to prepare requests.
RFPA structured buyer request for one market and one medium. A sent revision freezes the request suppliers receive.
RFP ExchangeThe property-specific space created for each selected Supplier Property when an RFP is sent.
Avail ResponseA supplier's versioned menu of independently orderable media options. Its draft stays private until a supplier submits it.
OrderThe buyer's immutable commercial request to one Supplier Property. The supplier confirms or declines the whole Order.
Post-BuyThe delivery summary submitted after a confirmed flight ends.

Choose your path

Work with the Tap Agent

The Tap Agent works from the current Tap objects, your conversation, and the source material you provide. You can ask it to:

  • turn a campaign goal or uploaded brief into an editable Plan;
  • identify missing information and explain why it matters;
  • prepare RFP drafts and recommend relevant Supplier Properties;
  • compare submitted Avails by spend, projected impressions, CPM, and material trade-offs;
  • find the next human decision across active Plans and RFP Exchanges.

Treat AI output as prepared work, not hidden authority. Tap should state gaps instead of guessing. It must not invent rates, inventory, availability, IDs, or unsupported Product details.

Know what each side can see

Tap keeps planning work private until the relevant person chooses to share or submit it.

InformationVisibility
Plan discussion and working assumptionsBuyer-side planning context
Plan budgetBuyer-side planning context, not an RFP input
RFP draftPrivate to the buyer until Send RFP
Sent RFP revisionVisible to the selected suppliers and immutable for that revision
Supplier Avail draft and private sourcesPrivate to the supplier until Submit Avails
Submitted Avail ResponseVisible to the buyer in the relevant RFP Exchange
Sent OrderVisible to the buyer and the selected Supplier Property

Find your way around the buyer app

  • Home opens the Tap Agent. Start a new chat or use the getting-started prompts to begin a Plan.
  • Campaigns opens your Plans list. Use it to find active planning work, Plans with Orders, folders, and archived Plans.
  • Notifications shows transaction activity that may need attention.
  • Brands holds reusable Client context.
  • Contacts keeps the people connected to supplier relationships.
  • Memories holds saved context and source material you want Tap to use again.

Use Search in the navigation to find conversations, Plans, brands, contacts, memories, and app pages without opening each section first.

Understand current media support

Tap is designed as all-media transaction infrastructure. The current end-to-end buyer and supplier transaction flow through the Tap Agent supports US TV and radio. Tap may still help you reason about other media, but those recommendations are planning advice and must be transacted outside Tap until a supported transaction path is available.

Complete a useful first session

  1. Start a new Plan

    Open Home and describe the campaign outcome in plain language. Add the Client, audience, markets, dates, and budget when you know them.

  2. Review the facts

    Check the Plan details and correct assumptions. A useful draft is more valuable than false completeness.

  3. Prepare the request

    Ask Tap to create the RFP drafts you need. Inspect each request before selecting recipients or sharing anything externally.

  4. Keep the next decision human

    Review the exact recipients and request revision before Send RFP. Later, review submitted Avails before building and sending an Order.

Continue through the guide

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