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| Historically, Q4 has been our strongest quarter, and we expect to see favorable market dynamics with an increase in media spend being targeted to reach both general and multicultural audiences |
| Well, what we think is the processes that we've been able to set up will lend ourselves to have a competitive advantage towards the middle market |
| Our technology partnerships and our overarching business strategy have enabled us to meet a growing number of customers' demand and further the capabilities of our technology platforms |
| And really, some of the benefits that you've seen where we are today and what we are anticipating from now until the end of the year is really all three of those components coming together in the culmination of that operational execution that our team has been able to execute against |
| Furthermore, our recently announced strategic partnerships have also helped drive our business to new highs |
| The processes we put in place, the way that we've structured our organization and the way that we are able to operate, we think that gives us the actual competitive advantage against many of our publicly traded competitors that are out there in the marketplace in some of the privately held ones that are held by other PE firms |
| And I think we are actually enjoying the benefits of that differential that's actually in the marketplace versus the publishers and the impressions that are actually available |
| And as Mark previously mentioned, we believe that currently, our stock is significantly undervalued based on the substantial growth in both revenue and EBITDA |
| So we feel pretty good and pretty confident about our position in the marketplace, and we are anticipating growth from now Q4 as well as in 2024 |
| I would actually say it's really operational excellence |
| Proud to report incredibly strong financial results and operational performance for this quarter |
| Our revenue this quarter was driven by strong performance by both our sell side and buy side advertising segments |
| Our sell side platform saw substantial growth as a result of our technology investments, increased operational efficiencies and partnership expansion |
| We are pleased to report increases in sell side revenue growth of 174% and buy side revenue growth of 10% over the same period of 2022 |
| Growth in revenue or the sell side and buy side of our business resulted in a direct positive impact on both net income and EBITDA |
| Really a combination of all three have yield -- yielded pretty much successfully for us the fruit that we saw in Q3 and we are expecting to see the same in Q4 |
| If we weren't confident, we wouldn't have revised up the way that we did, but we are pretty confident in the relationships that we've been able to build and the platform that we've been able to establish and the growth that we actually have on our road map |
| So we are still bullish on our business, even though some of our peers might be having some other difficulties, but we are really confident in the model that we've been able to build here at Direct Digital |
| Our buy side advertising segment also saw strong performance, growing 10% year-over-year and contributing about $700,000 to our overall revenue growth, finishing the quarter with $7.9 million in revenue compared to $7.1 million in the same period of last year |
| Number two, really the operational efficiency of our platform has been an added benefit and the people and the process that we've actually put in place into the buying community |
| As Mark stated, our sell side platform has heavily benefited this quarter from continued investments in the technology stack, operational structure and increasing publisher partner engagements |
| We are still seeing in the marketplace strong demand for the multicultural publishers that we've added into our inventory |
| As a result, our open marketplace CPM platform continues to benefit as middle market businesses seek our differentiating thoughtful approach to our advertiser technology and our tech-enabled solutions |
| The exceptional performance of our sell side advertising segment drove the majority of the increase |
| Sell side revenue per advertiser also increased 241% |
| And we are pretty confident that that's going to hold for us through the 2024 year |
| As a result of all these initiatives, DRCT saw significant growth across both the sell and buy side |
| Sell side advertising segment revenue grew to $51.6 million for the third quarter and contributed $32.8 million of the increase or 174% growth over the $18.9 million in revenue in the same period last year |
| By removing the aforementioned warrant overhang, executing on our re-platforming strategy and continuing our operational excellence, we believe we will pave a way for growth in our stock, valuing Direct Digital Holdings at a similar level to our peers |
| And that has been actually a benefit for us |
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| Additionally, incremental costs associated with investments in our sell side technology stack, which were about $500,000 in the third quarter of 2023 impacted gross margin |
| Buy side gross margin decreased in 2023 to a level that we believe is sustainable, reflecting our strategic focus on customer retention and increasing customer lifetime value |
| There's -- The Trade Desk is out talking about some cautiousness in Q4 that stabilized in a little rough in October, stabilized in November |
| I do -- this is -- so let me just add a little bit of a follow-on to that because I'm trying to get a sense of -- this market has been really tough for small platforms to get trials and expand its spends |
| Sell side revenues, which grew as a percentage of our overall revenue, have a lower gross margin than our buy side segment |
| Forward-looking statements are subject to risks, which could cause DRCT's actual results to differ from its historical results and forecasts, including those risks set forth in DRCT's filings with the SEC |
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