---
title: "Quick start for network managers: create the demand side"
description: "Stage 1 of the network quick start — create the advertiser, the campaign and a Local File banner for a site placement, with the fields each save needs and what success looks like."
type: "tutorial"
audience: [network-manager]
keywords: [quick start, first ad, create advertiser, create campaign, create banner, local file, ad unit, demand side]
ui_path: "Account → Advertisers / Publishers"
---

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# Quick start for network managers: create the demand side

**Goal:** in about ten minutes, have one chain on the demand side — *Bluebird Outdoor* → a
campaign → a 300×250 banner — saved and ready to be linked to a placement.
It is one stage of the [network quick start](https://epom.com/ad-server/docs/start/quick-start-network.md), whose prerequisites, caveats and fix-it table apply here too.

## Steps

### Stage 1 — create the demand side (advertiser → campaign → banner)

1. Go to **Account → Advertisers**. In tree mode, use the action rail next to the tree and
   click **New advertiser** (in grid mode the **New advertiser...** button sits above the grid).
2. On the **Create new advertiser** page fill in **Name** (the only required field) and leave
   the status toggle on **Active**.
   ![Create new advertiser page](https://epom.com/docs-images/ad-server/quick-start-network/new-advertiser.webp)
3. Click **Save**. Success: you land on the advertiser's full edit page — the Basic info card
   is now joined by Targeting, Limits, Frequency capping, Sharing settings and the advertiser's
   other cards.
4. Click **New campaign** (on the action rail, or **Add new campaign** in the advertiser's
   header). Fill in **Name**, keep the status **Active**, and leave **Weight** — and
   **Priority**, which shows only with the **Manage Priority** permission — at its default for
   now. Click **Save**. Success: a "Campaign saved" toast, and you land on the campaign edit
   page.
5. With the campaign selected, click **Add new banner for...** on the action rail (or **Add new
   banner** in the campaign's header). The menu holds one **Add banner for ...** entry per
   placement type you may create banners for. Pick **Add banner for Site Placement** (standard
   display).
6. On the new-banner form fill in **Name** and pick the **Banner type**. For the simplest first
   run use **Local File** and upload your image under **Banner creative** (**Upload file**; **From
   link** takes a URL instead). Set **Ad unit** to match your creative (pick the matching ad unit,
   e.g. 300×250, or choose a custom unit and enter **Width** and **Height**), and enter the
   destination **URL** the click should open.
   ![New banner form](https://epom.com/docs-images/ad-server/quick-start-network/banner-basic-info.webp)
7. Click **Save**. Success: a "Banner saved" toast, and you land on the new banner's edit page.
   The creation save never asks you to link anything; you link manually in Stage 3.

## What next

- [Quick start for network managers: create the supply side](https://epom.com/ad-server/docs/start/quick-start-network-supply-side.md) — Stage 2
- [Quick start: serve your first ad as a network manager](https://epom.com/ad-server/docs/start/quick-start-network.md) — the whole path, its caveats and fix-it table