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How To Request Missing POP

Chase proof of performance that never arrived, and why this is the one follow-up that is genuinely time-limited.

Written by Zachary Cuva

POP does not always arrive on its own. Where a unit has run but no proof has come back, you can request it — and this is something your account can do directly rather than going through AdQuick.


Requesting It

  1. Open the campaign and go to Creatives → POPs.

  2. Find the units with no proof against them.

  3. Trigger a request for the missing POP.
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The request goes to the media owner responsible for those units.


Timing Matters More Here Than Anywhere

POP can only be photographed while the creative is up. Once a campaign comes down, a proof that was never taken cannot be produced.

So a POP chase is genuinely time-limited, unlike most follow-ups:

  • Check within the first week of units going live.

  • Request anything missing straight away rather than at the campaign's end.

  • Check again mid-flight, particularly on long campaigns.
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*Note: A client asking for POP after a campaign has ended is the worst time to discover it was never collected. Nothing can be done about it at that point, which is why the first-week check is worth building into your routine.


Finding The Gaps

The POPs section shows which units have proof and which do not. On a large campaign, compare against your booked units — every booked unit that has run should have POP against it.

Digital units sometimes work differently from static ones, since a screen carrying rotating creative is not photographed the same way as a printed board. If digital POP looks thin, ask rather than assuming it is missing.

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