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5996 Conversions for iGaming Offer with PropellerAds’ Social Traffic Type [Case Study]
PropellerAds’ Social Traffic Type feature helped a media buying team reach a whooping 5996 conversions for their iGaming promotion. This is a significant result given that iGaming is a highly competitive niche in South Africa and Nigeria, with Europe slowly but steadily approaching them.
We asked the team how they achieved that and they shared their success secrets and challenges.
Important Information on iGaming in South Africa and Nigeria
Before we proceed with the case study, it’s important to mention that South Africa and Nigeria’s iGaming platforms have low average deposits. However, they see frequent deposits, which helps maintain good ROI for affiliates.
The Offer and Campaigns: A Combination of Traffic Sources
Our client is an affiliate of a licensed iGaming company. They’ve launched as many as 300 ad campaigns, combining various traffic sources to maximise target audience reach.
Here’s a summary of all the information we got from them on their offer and campaigns:
- Earning method: They use the RevShare model, with each registered user counting as a conversion. The optimization efforts were based on their leads and performed by our partners.
- Target audience and GEO: iGaming enthusiasts from South Africa and Nigeria and people interested in sports.
- Campaign period: June – July 2024.
- Landing page: All users who click on their ads are redirected to the registration page of the iGaming brand’s official site.
- Traffic sources: They combine multiple sources, including PropellerAds, Google Ads, and Facebook. And, while all these sources bring in good traffic, PropellerAds excels by offering the best quality leads.
- Ad formats from PropellerAds: In-Page Push and Popunder/Onclick. These are the most commonly used ad formats for iGaming advertisers as they perform the best. Still, some of our partners opt for Push notifications instead, since it depends on your offer specifics (and requires testing).
- Tracking: They used their own tracker.
Creatives Reinvented: Tips on Creating Captivating Visuals
Creating something unique in the iGaming vertical is a challenge given the high competition and everything that has already been invented. However, the guys from the media buying team tested some slight changes to classic creatives and found out that these little tweaks made a big change.
Here are the two things they added to typical ads that lead to more clicks:
- Match date: Adding the date of the game is like adding a deadline to an offer – it creates an urge for fans to act and click. And, yes, the media buying team saw a positive effect of this tweak, bringing in more leads.
- The teams playing: By including who’s playing, you send a clear message to the fans, reaching out to the right ones. No one likes guessing games.
Experimenting: The Key to Campaign Optimization
Launching 300+ campaigns within a month allowed the media buying team to try out different things. They could make data-driven decisions on which creatives to go with based on the results they got from their ads.
Let’s see what they experimented with and how that helped them optimise their promotions for best performance.
Popunder vs Social Traffic Type
The guys from the media buying team wanted to find out if a specific ad format could reduce conversion costs. They tested Popunder vs Social Traffic Type and discovered that the latter one achieved that.
A few words about Social Traffic Type: at PropellerAds, Social Traffic Type is an Onclick/Popunder targeting that helps advertisers cover only ad zones with social traffic that comes from the most widely-used networks, like Instagram, Facebook, and more.
This traffic type allows you to reach real social media users with no restrictions usually implied by social networks, especially when it comes to iGaming.
Here’re the results of their experiment:
| Campaign | Popunder traffic | Social Traffic Type |
| Impressions | 96 707 232 | 61 639 |
| Conversions | 5 938 | 58 |
| CR | 0,01% | 0,09% |
| CPL | 11.6 | 8.01 |
From this, it can be seen that Social Traffic Type drives a lot less traffic to the landing page, thus less conversions. However, it offers a higher CR compared to Popunder. With that in mind, it can be concluded that Social Traffic Type is a less expensive, yet effective method.
Campaign Optimization
After realising that Social Traffic offers a more cost-effective solution compared to the Popunder variant, the team aimed to enhance their results. Curious about the potential impact, they set out to refine their approach, applying the same campaign optimization techniques they’d used successfully in the past. The goal was to perfect their strategy and push performance even further.
The result
Nothing changed! None of the optimization actions were effective and the conversions remained the same.
Why did this happen?
According to our optimization specialist, it may be because Social Traffic Type consists of only active users regularly engaged in iGaming activities.
Why is this good?
Because there’s no need for further campaign optimization when using Social Traffic Type.
Targeting Broader Audience
Our clients also widened their target audience. They focused on all mobile Android users, with iOS users being targeted once in a while. This resulted in higher CR and ROI even though the minimum deposit amounts are lower compared to the US and European markets.
Daily Budget Reduction
Our partners decided they wanted to see if less money spent on ads will change the traffic volume. Their daily budget was $500-$1000 and it turned out to be enough for constant conversion flow.
Wrapping Up
So, what have we learned from this case study?
- In-Page Push and Popunder ad formats are really effective in the iGaming vertical.
- Making slight changes to your creatives like adding match dates, players/teams’ names, and bonus information can make a big difference in your campaigns’ success.
- Try Social Traffic Type.
- Widen your audience.
- Include Tier 3 GEOs in your target zones. Although the deposits are lower, their high frequency makes up for it.
- The number of registered users and deposits shows the success of your campaigns.
Launch for Success with PropellerAds
PropellerAds is the go-to option for many advertisers in the iGaming vertical as they have various niche-specific tools for optimising campaigns.
Here’s what they offer to clients:
- High-quality traffic for offers in numerous verticals: iGaming, Finance, Utilities, Social, and more.
- Multiple ad formats and traffic types, including Push, Popunder, In-Page Push, Interstitials, Survey Exit (users who just completed a survey), Social Traffic Type and more.
- Unique tools for targeting specifically iGaming audience – Demographics and Interests Targeting.
- Great optimization tools like Subzones optimization.
- Cross-continent reach: Apart from serving African countries, they also work with clients from other continents offering traffic to all imaginable GEOs.
Maximise your iGaming offer conversion rate with PropellerAds!
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SOFTSWISS, an international technology provider with over 15 years in the iGaming sector, has partnered with South African entities for the Responsible Gambling Summit 2025, reinforcing its commitment to safe, sustainable play in one of its key growth regions. The two-day summit, organised by the South African Responsible Gambling Foundation, brings together regulators, operators, and experts to advance harm minimisation and industry collaboration.
The Responsible Gambling Summit 2025 will take place from 13 to 14 November in Johannesburg, South Africa, and will include an awards gala dinner recognising initiatives in safer gambling. The programme spans policy, compliance, innovation, and public education, with sessions on illegal market impacts, regulatory development, and technology’s role in prevention and intervention. A SOFTSWISS representative will join the panel discussion ‘Innovation, Technology, and Responsible Gambling’, which explores emerging risks and mitigation strategies in digital environments.
“Industry partnership is essential to keep responsible gambling and player protection visible, effective, and evidence-based across channels. We greatly value the commitment and partnership of prominent international companies, such as SOFTSWISS, whose support brings expertise and resources to these important initiatives in South Africa,” said Sibongile Simelane-Quntana, Executive Director at the South African Responsible Gambling Foundation.
“South Africa is a priority market for SOFTSWISS, and we are proud to support this summit’s mission to advance safer play through collaboration and technology,” said Miranda Guliashvili, Head of Regional Growth at SOFTSWISS. “We continuously apply responsible gambling best practices in our products to help operators build sustainable, compliant growth.”
Building on this commitment, the SOFTSWISS Anti-Fraud team has delivered measurable results: from January to August 2025, it prevented over 15 million euro in fraudulent transactions, resolved more than 56,000 tasks, and processed 70 player complaints submitted to gaming regulators and forums. As fraud tactics evolve – including attempts to use AI-generated deepfakes during verification – SOFTSWISS is strengthening its tools and processes to help operators maintain a secure, transparent environment.
About SOFTSWISS
SOFTSWISS is an international technology company with over 15 years of experience in developing innovative solutions for the iGaming industry. SOFTSWISS provides comprehensive software for managing iGaming projects. The company’s product portfolio includes the Casino Platform, the Game Aggregator with over 35,000 casino games, Affilka Affiliate Platform, the Sportsbook Software and the Jackpot Aggregator. The expert team, based in Malta, Poland, and Georgia, counts over 2,000 employees.
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Here are this weeks latest slots releases compiled by European Gaming
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