An ad built to look like an organic post in the feed it appears in — low ad-vibe, native framing, no obvious design system.
When to use it
Cold traffic on Meta and TikTok, where anything that reads as an ad gets scrolled past reflexively. It is the format that buys you the first second.
The thing to get right
It still has to be disclosed as an ad by the platform, and it should not misrepresent what it is. Native means designed like a post, not disguised as someone else's.
The format at a glance
- Output — a still image ad.
- Structure — a single frame, with the copy composited on top.
- Family — Image ads.
- Recipe id — native_post, which is what you name when you ask for it by hand or from an agent.
Is native the same as disguised?
No. Native means designed like a post rather than pretending to be someone else. The platform still labels it as an ad, and misrepresenting what it is fails the policy and the reader at the same time.
Related formats
Static, direct-response creative for the feed: the headline, the offer, the proof, the comparison. Every word on these is composited by the app after the picture is rendered, so the copy comes out exactly as written.
- Whiteboard explainer — a hand-drawn whiteboard/sketch explainer — the concept or how-it-works sketched out
- Annotated callouts — the product annotated with handwritten-style callout notes + arrows pointing at features
- UGC side-by-side — a split-screen UGC comparison — two real moments side by side (problem vs solution / before-after in-use)
- Lifestyle + stat overlay — a lifestyle photo with bold stat/number overlays — proof composed onto a real moment
- Pattern-interrupt — a deliberate pattern-interrupt that breaks the feed — unexpected visual that forces a stop
- Bold color-block graphic — a bold geometric color-block design — the product popped on flat brand-colour blocks
The full catalog is on the creative recipes index.
Models that render it
This format is rendered by an image model, with the copy composited on top afterwards. Nano Banana Pro is the default pick. The image models page compares the rest, including GPT Image, FLUX1.1 Pro and FLUX.1 [dev].
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