Google creative status code 218: Ad contains a vendor domain that could not be attributed to any known vendor.
What Google creative status says
Ad contains a vendor domain that could not be attributed to any known vendor.
Google returns this number in ${CREATIVE_STATUS_CODE} on the loss notice. It is not an ${AUCTION_LOSS} value. A search for Google creative status code 218 is this status.
What was checked
Google checked the vendors declared on the creative against the request and against Ad Exchange eligibility.
What to change
Remove the excluded or ineligible vendor from the creative, or skip requests that exclude it.
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