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Ad Frequency Capping

Frequency capping limits how many times a single user sees the same ad or campaign within a defined window, such as three impressions per day or ten per week.

Caps are enforced at ad, campaign, or account level and can be per impression, per click, or per conversion event.

Without caps, retargeting audiences in particular tend to receive very high repetition, which inflates frequency metrics and wastes spend on users who have already ignored the message.

A practical example

Example: a software vendor caps its retargeting campaign at four impressions per user per week and routes additional eligible impressions to a prospecting audience instead.

What to evaluate before investing

  • Verify whether caps can be set per user across campaigns or only within a single campaign, since cross-campaign caps require identity resolution.
  • Check the minimum and maximum cap granularity: hourly, daily, weekly, or lifetime windows.
  • Ask how the platform reports capped impressions so you can quantify reach lost to the cap.

Limitations and tradeoffs

Tight caps protect user experience but can starve campaigns that need repetition to convert, especially in long B2B sales cycles where fewer touches may mean slower recall.

Plan your next step with MeshLine

Connect this decision to your automation, organic marketing and customer lifecycle management. In a MeshLine demo, discuss your existing tools, the scope you need and how to measure the result.