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Formatting customer lists for audience matching on Meta and Google

Prepare customer lists for Meta and Google Ads with supported fields and correct formatting.

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With customer list targeting, you can reach specific users across Meta and Google ads by uploading your contact data, like emails or phone numbers. Formatting your lists correctly in Fluency lets you maximize match rates and ensure successful audience targeting.

Want to create audiences using CRM data? Reach out to your Advertising Engineer for additional guidance.


Supported fields

Below are the supported fields and proper formatting for customer CRM match lists. All data must be SHA256 hashed before being passed to Fluency. All fields are optional.

operation

Must either be ADD or REMOVE (indicates whether this user should be added or removed from the list at the partner)

If left empty, Fluency defaults to ADD

email_address

Supported by both Google and Meta

first_name

Supported by both Google and Meta

last_name

Supported by both Google and Meta

address_country_code

Use ISO two-letter country codes

Supported by both Google and Meta

address_postal_code

Supported by both Google and Meta

5 digit codes are allowed for US; for all other countries, leave out postal code extensions

address_city

Use a-z only

Lowercase only, with no punctuation, no special characters, and no white space

Supported by Meta only

address_state

Use the 2-character ANSI abbreviation code, lowercase

Normalize states outside the US in lowercase, with no punctuation, no special characters, and no white space

Supported by Meta only

address_city

birthday_day

Use the DD format: 01 to 31

Supported by Meta only

birthday_month

Use the MM format: 01 to 12

Supported by Meta only

birthday_year

Use the YYYY format: 1900 to the current year

Supported by Meta only

phone_number

Format phone numbers using the E.164 format

Supported by both Google and Meta

mobile_device_id

Supported by both Google and Meta

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