Snapchat advertising guides
Snapchat advertising guides
Snapchat offers advertising creative best practices and tools, industry playbooks, audience insights, video tutorials, and more to support you in achieving your business goals.
Creative resources
Creative resources
Check out creative best practices to help you create beautiful and compelling ads on Snapchat
Check out creative best practices to help you create beautiful and compelling ads on Snapchat

Creative best practices for advertising on Snapchat
Creative best practices for advertising on Snapchat
Use these creative best practices to create engaging Snap Ads and Story Ads that drive user action on Snapchat.

Ad specs for Snapchat Ads
Ad specs for Snapchat Ads

Recreate the real world with AR on Snapchat
Recreate the real world with AR on Snapchat
Leverage the Snap Camera to connect with your target audience digitally. Create an impactful Lens AR Experience using these tips.
Creative tools
Creative tools
Advertising on Snapchat is easy with our suite of free to use creative tools
Advertising on Snapchat is easy with our suite of free to use creative tools
Snap Publisher
Snap Publisher
Design ads from scratch or use one of our templates. Convert your existing video assets to vertical videos for full-screen mobile ads.
Lens Web Builder
Lens Web Builder
Businesses of any size can create an AR experience in minutes using hundreds of our free objects and animations with Lens Web Builder.
Insights
Insights
Reach your target audience and meet your business goals with Snapchat
Reach your target audience and meet your business goals with Snapchat
E-commerce
E-commerce
Drive online sales and desired website actions.
Apps
Apps
Drive app installs and re-engage your app users.
Video tutorials
Video tutorials
Visit the Snapchat YouTube channel to learn how to get started, create ads, and optimize your campaigns.
Visit the Snapchat YouTube channel to learn how to get started, create ads, and optimize your campaigns.
Getting started
Getting started
When creating a campaign in Ads Manager, you can choose between two workflows: Instant Create or Advanced Create
When creating a campaign in Ads Manager, you can choose between two workflows: Instant Create or Advanced Create
Launch an ad in minutes with Instant Create
Launch an ad in minutes with Instant Create
1. Select your objective: web visits, calls and texts, app installs or app engagement
2. Upload your photo or video, or simply input your website URL to import photos
3. Define your audience, budget and duration
4. Add payment details and publish!
Take full control of your campaigns with Advanced Create
Take full control of your campaigns with Advanced Create
1. Choose your objective: awareness, consideration or conversion
2. Name your campaign, choose ad format and select your audience
3. Set the duration and budget for your campaign and determine the placement of your ad
4. Design your ad
5. Publish!
Pricing
Pricing
Learn how to scale ads on Snapchat with any budget
Learn how to scale ads on Snapchat with any budget
Set your budget
Set your budget
With a minimum daily budget of $5, businesses of all sizes can advertise on Snapchat.
Optimize towards your goal
Optimize towards your goal
Optimize towards your desired Snapchatter action with goal-based bidding.
Measure results
Measure results
Monitor your campaigns and adjust your budget based on results.
Begin your success story today!
Begin your success story today!
Create your first ad in less than five minutes, with just a photo and a few clicks. Reach an engaged audience that lives only on Snapchat, and drive results to build and scale your business.
Create your first ad in less than five minutes, with just a photo and a few clicks. Reach an engaged audience that lives only on Snapchat, and drive results to build and scale your business.