In this article, we’ll show you how to set up RedTrack to track your Explodely affiliate sales.
We’ll go through these 5 major steps:
I. Create an Offer Source
II. Create an Offer
III. Create a Campaign
IV. Get Campaign Link
Let’s begin.
I. Create an Offer Source
1. In your RedTrack account, click on "Offer sources" on the left.
2. Click on the + New From Scratch button
3. In the pop-up window:
i) Enter "Explodely" as the Name.
ii) Choose "USD" as the currency.
iii) In the Postback Parameters, add [tid] in the CLICKID field and [adv1] in the SUM field.
Optional: Add any extra fields under Additional Parameters if required, but please change the parameter names in ISN builder or contact support to confirm the parameter names if in doubt.
Now the ISN builder is live, so if saved as per this article, the ISN will work automatically. Affiliates can also use ISN builder to add more parameters to the postback if required.
iv) Your Postback URL will be updated.
Important: Copy the Postback URL RedTrack generates.
4. Click on the Save button.
5. Next, in your Explodely affiliate account, click on Account-> Instant Sales Notification.
Choose the settings as shown in the following screenshot, and paste the Postback URL from RedTrack as the ISN URL:
6. Click on the Update button.
II. Create an Offer
1. In your Explodely account, go to Marketplace > Promote.
2. Enter {clickid} in the Tracking ID field, then click Create Affiliate Link.
3. Copy this affiliate link for the next steps in your RedTrack account.
a) In your RedTrack account, click on "Offers" on the left.
b) Click on the + Create New Offer button
c) In the pop-up window:
i) Enter the offer name.
ii) Select Explodely as the Offer Source.
iii) Paste your affiliate link in the URL field.
iv) Click Save.
III. Create a Campaign
1. In your RedTrack account, click on "Campaigns" on the left.
2. Click on the "+ Create New Campaign" button
3. In the pop-up window:
i) Under General > Name, enter your campaign name (e.g., Solo Ad 1).
ii) Select your traffic source from the Traffic channel dropdown.
iii) Choose whether to track ad costs under Campaign cost.
This is not required for links that go on your landing page's CTA, so you can set this to "DONOTTRACK".
4. In the Offers section on the right, choose the offer you created in the previous steps
5. Click Save.
IV. Get Your Campaign Link
1. In your RedTrack account, go to the Campaigns page.
2. Hover over your campaign name, and click on the "chainlink" icon to copy your tracking link.
Use this URL on your landing page buttons or in email ads.
Please contact us if you have any questions or concerns at support@explodely.com.