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Portugal

What is open in the country, how the deposit is priced and which launches we ran in this region.

Cost per FTD · region corridor
$60–180
Market

What to know before the brief

Creative languagePT-PT
Local currencyEUR
Prime time20:00–23:30
Where the audience isInstagram · YouTube · WhatsApp
Regulator and licenceSRIJ licenceLicensed market · betting and casino · licence: 6–9 mo.
How the first deposit is paidMB Way · Multibanco · Cards · PayPal

Prime time is local time: creator posts and streams are scheduled against it. The budget is fixed in dollars; the local currency is there for reconciliation with internal reports.All regulators and licences.

Sources

What can be bought

Available

Paid Social

Social gives volume and cheap reach, but almost nowhere allows direct gambling ads.

Meta Ads · TikTok Ads · Social Media Campaigns
Available

In-App Advertising

Mobile app inventory: large volume, low price, wildly uneven quality.

Mobile Traffic · In-App Display · Video
Available

Programmatic & Native

Buying through a DSP gives control over frequency, placements and lists, while native formats reach an audience that ignores…

DSP · Native Ads · Display
Available

Influencer Marketing

A creator transfers trust an ad cannot. The cost of a mistake is higher: a bad media buy costs budget, a bad creator also costs…

YouTube · TikTok · Instagram
Available

Streaming Campaigns

Live is the only format where the product is shown in real time and uncut.

Kick · Twitch · YouTube Live
Available

Telegram & Community Marketing

Topical communities are an audience that already plays and already compares.

Telegram Channels · Betting Communities · Casino Communities
Available

Email Marketing

The only channel where the audience belongs to you or a partner rather than a platform.

Email Campaigns · Newsletter Placements · Reactivation
Available

SEO & Organic Placements

The slowest channel and the only one that does not switch off with the budget.

Casino Reviews · Comparison Sites · Organic Placements
Available

Crypto Exchange Marketing

An exchange has a long road to the first trade: sign-up, verification, funding.

CEX · DEX · Trading Platforms
Available

Trading Volume Campaigns

The goal is not to add users but to lift turnover. Those are different campaigns: volume comes from a small share of active…

Trader Acquisition · Trading Activity · Volume Growth
Available

Token & Memecoin Marketing

Here the window is measured in hours, not weeks. Everything that must appear on launch day is bought and approved in advance…

Launch preparation · Communities · Coverage
Available

Crypto Exchange / Swap Service Promotion

People use an exchanger at the moment of need and compare three things: rate, speed, verification requirements.

Comparison and aggregators · Search and reviews · Communities
Available

Telegram Mini Apps & Web3 Games

The 2024 tap-to-earn wave showed the main thing: millions in weeks is achievable, keeping them after the airdrop is not.

Mini Apps · Telegram Games · GameFi
Available

Crypto Influencer & KOL Marketing

In crypto a creator answers to their audience with their audience’s money — and the audience remembers.

YouTube · X · Telegram
Available

X (Twitter) Growth & Promotion

For a crypto project X is not a promotion channel, it is where the project exists.

Account and agenda · Threads and reach · Working with creators
Conditional

PPC / Paid Search

Search answers people who are already looking: a player types your brand, a category, or a competitor.

Google Ads · Bing Ads · Search Campaigns
Conditional

ASO & App Promotion

A store is both a traffic channel and a gatekeeper. A real-money app is published only by a licensed entity and only in a list of…

App Store · Google Play · App Campaigns
Conditional

Trading & Binary Options Marketing

The most heavily regulated area of all. Binary options are banned for retail clients in the EU under the 2018 ESMA decision and…

Trading Platforms · Binary Options · Trader Acquisition
Cost by source in this country

What a deposit costs through each source

SourceFTD costStatus
Email Marketing$30–90Available
Telegram Mini Apps & Web3 Games$30–90Available
SEO & Organic Placements$36–108Available
Token & Memecoin Marketing$36–108Available
In-App Advertising$42–126Available
Telegram & Community Marketing$45–135Available
Programmatic & Native$48–144Available
Crypto Exchange / Swap Service Promotion$48–144Available
X (Twitter) Growth & Promotion$51–153Available
Paid Social$54–162Available
Trading Volume Campaigns$54–162Available
Streaming Campaigns$57–171Available
Influencer Marketing$60–180Available
Crypto Exchange Marketing$60–180Available
Crypto Influencer & KOL Marketing$60–180Available
ASO & App Promotion$66–198Conditional
PPC / Paid Search$69–207Conditional
Trading & Binary Options Marketing$78–234Conditional

The regional corridor multiplied by the source coefficient from the benchmarks; sources closed in the region are not shown. A September 2026 benchmark, not a product forecast. All 18 sources across 8 regions

Order of magnitude

How many deposits a budget buys

$10 000
55–166 FTD
$30 000
166–500 FTD
$50 000
277–833 FTD

The budget divided by the deposit price corridor, before fee and timing. The exact figure is calculated for your product and source — in the calculator.

Before the budget

What a launch requires

The platform conditions for this region come from our availability matrix. They are checked before the media plan, not after.

PPC / Paid Search

Tier 2: Certification required; review takes from a week to a month. Europe: Italy has banned gambling advertising since 2019; the rest run on certification.

Channel mechanics
Paid Social

Meta permission plus country limits; the Dutch influencer ban also affects placements.

Channel mechanics
In-App Advertising

Networks accept the category by country list; Italy and the Netherlands are closed.

Channel mechanics
Programmatic & Native

Exclusion lists are built per country.

Channel mechanics
Influencer Marketing

The Netherlands bans gambling influencer advertising; Germany restricts it.

Channel mechanics
Streaming Campaigns

Sports and esports are allowed; slots only under a national licence.

Channel mechanics
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