Awareness Teaser - Gender Home (Web)

Format Guidelines

What is Gender Home Awareness Teaser?

The Gender Home Awareness Teaser is a high-visibility advertising format designed to capture customers’ attention and introduce brands or campaigns early in their shopping journey. Positioned prominently within the Home Feed, it provides an opportunity to create a strong first impression through engaging visuals and clear messaging.

The format is particularly suited to awareness-focused campaigns, helping brands build visibility, communicate key campaign messages, and encourage customers to explore further. To make the most of the placement, creative should be visually distinctive, easy to understand at a glance, and aligned with the campaign’s overall brand identity.

How it works

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Initial state on Gender Home

The video will play automatically for 5 seconds, then pause.

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During swiping

Your creatives and two relevant products to have a stronger connection across the creative towards your articles   

What you need to deliver

Three main assets 1. Cover Slide Animated Image and Image, 2. Two Slide Images, 3. Selected SKUs in each slide are required to maximize your campaign performance. Everything else (brand name, sponsored tag, paginator) is fixed by the platform.

Cover Slide Image

Cover slide animated image (optional)

Uploading a video for the first cover is highly recommended. Animated Image, 5s muted, looped

  • Format: MP4

  • Duration: 10 seconds, muted

  • Size: 700 x 674 px

  • Max. file size: 10MB

Cover slide image

One image, no SKUs at a time.

  • Format: JPG or PNG

  • Size:  2229 x 2145px

  • Max. file size: 500 KB

Slides

One image of each slide with two SKUs at a time. Match the SKUs to the image for maximum engagement.

If an item within a slide is out of stock, it will be hidden. If all items within a slide are out of stock, the entire slide will be hidden.

Slides 1,2 are mandatory. Slides 3,4 are optional.

Poster image:  

  • Format: JPG or PNG

  • Size:  2229 x 2145px

  • Max. file size: 500 KB

SKUs:

12 SKUs that correspond to the products featured in the poster image, and will display two SKUs at a time.

Copies

Title, Subtitle, Paragraph. Fixed and continuously display across all slides

  • Title: 22 characters

  • Subtitle: 42 characters

  • Paragraph: 95 characters

  • Call-to-Action Button : 22 characters

Button text

Customisable. e.g. Explore now, Explore [Brand name]

Destination

Customisable, within Zalando only.

Fixed Elements

These elements are fixed and do not need to be provided by you.

How to Make the Content Experience Great

1. For better legible experiences:

  • Image background color must be no brighter than #F3F3F3. No additional borders needed.

  • Provide text elements separately rather than embedding them directly into visual assets.

  • Keep all critical content (Logo, Product) within the marked safe area to ensure visibility across formats.

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2. Avoid all caps. Use sentence case for a clean, approachable, and consistent visual hierarchy.

3. Avoid URLs in text elements. Do not include URLs directly in text elements. Use designated link components or other approved interaction patterns to direct users to external destinations.

4. Accessibility requirements. All creatives must comply with the European Accessibility Act (EAA) guidelines for Zalando ad formats. Make sure your content complies with the Zalando standard.

Readiness Checklist

Further Questions

For questions about your campaign setup, contact your Zalando Marketing Services account team.