Rokt connection rokt-destination

Overview overview

Rokt unlocks value in ecommerce using AI-driven real-time decisioning to make each Transaction Moment™ more relevant. It delivers personalized experiences and connects advertisers with high-intent customers. Connect Adobe Experience Platform audiences to Rokt to improve campaign performance through smarter targeting, suppression, and personalization. Reach the right customers at the right time while reducing wasted spend.

IMPORTANT
The destination connector and documentation page are created and maintained by the Rokt team. For any inquiries or update requests, contact your Rokt Account Manager or reach out at support@rokt.com.

Use cases use-cases

The following use cases show how Experience Platform customers can use the Rokt destination.

Use case #1: Retargeting use-case-1

Re-engage high-intent customers who visited your site or app but did not convert. Build an audience in Experience Platform including users who browsed specific product categories or abandoned a checkout flow. Then push that audience to Rokt to serve personalized offers at the point of purchase on partner sites. Rokt operates within the transaction moment, immediately after a customer completes a purchase elsewhere. Retargeted audiences are reached when purchase intent is at its peak, driving higher conversion rates than traditional display retargeting.

Use case #2: Suppression lists use-case-2

Prevent wasted spend and irrelevant experiences by suppressing audiences who should not receive certain Rokt offers. Common suppression use cases include excluding recent converters, loyalty members in an active promotion, or users who opted out of marketing. For example, exclude customers who purchased in the last 30 days. Sync these suppression audiences from Experience Platform to Rokt in real time. This keeps campaigns focused on net-new or re-engageable users. This improves ROI and protects the customer experience.

Prerequisites prerequisites

Before setting up the Rokt destination in Adobe Experience Platform, you must obtain the following credentials from your Rokt Account Manager:

Your Rokt Account Manager will provision these credentials in the Rokt platform prior to your setup. Contact your Account Manager if you have not yet received them.

Supported identities supported-identities

Rokt supports the activation of identities described in the table below. Learn more about identities.

Target Identity
Description
Considerations
email
Plain text email address
Recommended. Used for profile matching in Rokt.
email_lc_sha256
Email addresses hashed with the SHA256 algorithm
Both plain text and SHA256 hashed email addresses are supported. When your source field contains unhashed attributes, select the Apply transformation option to have Experience Platform automatically hash the data on activation.
phone
Plain text phone number
Used for profile matching in Rokt.
phone_sha256
Phone numbers hashed with the SHA256 algorithm
Both plain text and SHA256 hashed phone numbers are supported. When your source field contains unhashed attributes, select the Apply transformation option to have Experience Platform automatically hash the data on activation.
GAID
Google Advertising ID
Select the GAID target identity when your source identity is a GAID namespace.
IDFA
Apple ID for Advertisers
Select the IDFA target identity when your source identity is an IDFA namespace.
aepProfileId
Adobe Experience Platform Profile ID
Maps the Profile ID (xdm:_id) as a fallback identifier.

Supported audiences supported-audiences

This section describes which types of audiences you can export to this destination.

Audience origin
Supported
Description
Segmentation Service
Yes
Audiences generated through the Experience Platform Segmentation Service.
All other audience origins
Yes

This category includes all audience origins outside of audiences generated through the Segmentation Service. Read about the various audience origins. Some examples include:

  • custom upload audiences imported into Experience Platform from CSV files,
  • look-alike audiences,
  • federated audiences,
  • audiences generated in other Experience Platform apps such as Adobe Journey Optimizer,
  • and more.

Supported audiences by audience data type:

Audience data type
Supported
Description
Use cases
People audiences
Yes
Based on customer profiles. Use these to target specific groups of people for marketing campaigns.
Frequent buyers, cart abandoners
Account audiences
No
Target individuals within specific organizations for account-based marketing strategies.
B2B marketing
Prospect audiences
No
Target individuals who are not yet customers but share characteristics with your target audience.
Prospecting with third-party data
Dataset exports
No
Collections of structured data stored in the Adobe Experience Platform Data Lake.
Reporting, data science workflows

Export type and frequency export-type-frequency

Refer to the table below for information about the destination export type and frequency.

Item
Type
Notes
Export type
Audience export
You are exporting all members of an audience with the identifiers (email, phone, mobile ad ID, or others) used in the Rokt destination.
Export frequency
Streaming
Streaming destinations are “always on” API-based connections. As soon as a profile is updated in Experience Platform based on audience evaluation, the connector sends the update downstream to Rokt. Read more about streaming destinations.

Connect to the destination connect

IMPORTANT
To connect to the destination, you need the View Destinations and Manage Destinations access control permissions. Read the access control overview or contact your product administrator to obtain the required permissions.

To connect to this destination, follow the steps described in the destination configuration tutorial. In the configure destination workflow, fill in the fields listed in the two sections below.

Authenticate to destination authenticate

To authenticate to the destination, fill in the required fields and select Connect to destination.

  • Username: Your API Key, provided by your Rokt Account Manager.

  • Password: Your API Secret, provided by your Rokt Account Manager.

    The Rokt destination configuration screen in Experience Platform, with account details, authentication fields, and destination details filled in.

Fill in destination details destination-details

To configure details for the destination, fill in the required and optional fields below. An asterisk next to a field in the UI indicates that the field is required.

  • Name: A name by which you will recognize this destination in the future (e.g., “Rokt - Retargeting Audiences”).
  • Description: A description that will help you identify this destination in the future.

Enable alerts enable-alerts

You can enable alerts to receive notifications on the status of the dataflow to your destination. Select an alert from the list to subscribe to receive notifications on the status of your dataflow. For more information on alerts, see the guide on subscribing to destinations alerts using the UI.

When you are finished providing details for your destination connection, select Next.

Activate audiences to this destination activate

IMPORTANT

Read Activate profiles and audiences to streaming audience export destinations for instructions on activating audiences to this destination.

Map attributes and identities map

The Rokt destination supports the mapping of identity namespaces from Experience Platform to Rokt identity fields. You must map at least one identity to successfully activate an audience. The recommended mappings are shown in the table below.

Source field
Target field
Considerations
IdentityMap: Email
Identity: email
Recommended
IdentityMap: Email_LC_SHA256
Identity: emailSha256
Recommended
IdentityMap: Phone
Identity: phone
Optional
IdentityMap: Phone_SHA256
Identity: phoneSha256
Optional
IdentityMap: GAID
Identity: gaid
Optional
IdentityMap: IDFA
Identity: idfa
Optional
xdm: _id
Identity: aepProfileId
Optional

Here is an example of a full mapping:

The mapping step of the Rokt destination activation workflow in Experience Platform, with source and target identity fields configured.

NOTE
At least one email-based identity mapping (email or emailSha256) is strongly recommended to maximize match rates in Rokt.

Configure audience schedule audience-schedule

After completing the mapping step, configure an audience schedule for each selected audience. Provide a Start date for when the audience should begin syncing, and a Mapping ID (a label used to identify this audience within Rokt). You can use the Experience Platform audience name or any descriptive string that helps you and your Rokt Account Manager identify the audience.

Data usage and governance data-usage-governance

All Experience Platform destinations are compliant with data usage policies when handling your data. For detailed information on how Experience Platform enforces data governance, read the Data Governance overview.

Additional resources additional-resources

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