# Cost aggregation

Combining advertising costs from multiple sources into one consistent report.

Combining advertising costs from multiple sources into one consistent report.

## An example

A team imports daily spend from two platforms and reports the total in one currency.

## Why it matters

Align currencies, time zones, refunds and fee treatment to avoid misleading totals.


## Related terms
- [Ad placement](https://jolts.xyz/resources/glossary/ad-placement)
- [Ad spend](https://jolts.xyz/resources/glossary/ad-spend)
- [Advertiser](https://jolts.xyz/resources/glossary/advertiser)
- [Publisher](https://jolts.xyz/resources/glossary/publisher)

## Next step

[Explore advertising](https://jolts.xyz/advertisers) or [monetize your AI app](https://jolts.xyz/publishers).