Affiliate Link Tracking

Reminder about affiliate link tracking

In order for tracking and attribution to take place, AnyTrack AutoTag your links with unique tracking id data.

Example: https://affiliatelink.foo?aff_id=123&offer_id=23&subid=xU4VVnJyCbFWIloIPdYap1

When AnyTrack is on your site, the entire data generation and link tagging happens automatically, without any special setup or additional configurations.

This is what we call AutoTag and it's part of the redirectless tracking feature.

Anatomy of an affiliate link:

• Affiliate link: https://affiliatelink.foo?aff_id=123&offer_id=23

• Query string: subid

• Dynamic string (click ID): xU4VVnJyCbFWIloIPdYap1

Since each affiliate software uses different URL formats and query strings, AnyTrack must be able to identify affiliate links so it can append the correct Query String and Click ID.

Examples of affiliate networks query strings

Examples of affiliate links that have been "autotagged":

HasOffers

✅ Each tab shows a different method.

<a class="lp-element lp-pom-button" id="lp-pom-button-250" 
href="https://go.nordvpn.net/aff_c?offer_id=2&aff_id=4479&
aff_click_id=Ww7Bz3Rxm47Eou0Fn3Eply" target="_self">
<span class="label">Click Me!1</span></a>

<a class="lp-element lp-pom-button tgid-hasoffers" id="lp-pom-button-250" 
href="https://anytrack.io/go/nordvpn/?aff_click_id=Ww7Bz3Rxm47Eou0Fn3Eply" 
target="_self"><span class="label">Click Me!1</span></a>

<a class="lp-element lp-pom-button" id="lp-pom-button-250" 
href="https://anytrack.io/go/nordvpn/?aff_click_id=Ww7Bz3Rxm47Eou0Fn3Eply"
rel="sponsored hasoffers" target="_self"><span class="label">Click Me!1</span></a>

<a class="lp-element lp-pom-button" id="lp-pom-button-250" 
data-tracking-group="hasoffers" href="https://anytrack.io/go/nordvpn/
?aff_click_id=Ww7Bz3Rxm47Eou0Fn3Eply" target="_self">
<span class="label">Click Me!1</span></a>

If you work with your own internal redirect system or with a link cloacker, make sure you pass the query string parameters to the destination URL. 💡 Learn how AnyTrack works with redirect plugins like Thirsty Affiliates.

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Query string in the offer link URL

If you prefer to add the query string directly to the offer link or if the affiliate network is not integrated in AnyTrack, you can manually add it to the link.

https://mysite.foo/goto/offer?aff_click={click_id}
https://mysite.foo/goto/offer?aff_click=--CLICK-ID--

Additional options

<a href="https://mysite.foo/goto/888" rel="888" ></a>
<a href="https://mysite.foo/goto/leadpages" rel="impact" ></a>
<a href="https://mysite.foo/goto/wpengine" rel="shareasale" ></a>
<a href="https://mysite.foo/goto/wpengine" rel="noreferrer shareasale" ></a>

👉 You can check on our site where we have have a list of the best affiliate marketing tools. Hovering on some of the links will show you the "subid" parameters.

What are link attributes?

In the example below, you can see that the link href is surrounded by several attributes. Those attributes are set to give more context to the link.

<a class="aff links" data-table="top10" data-action="cta" data-page="Top 10 Brands" 
data-brand="888.com" data-position="1" href="https://888.com" target="_blank"></a>

• data-table="top10"

• data-action="cta"

• data-brand="888.com"

How does AnyTrack use link attributes?

When you add the data-tracking-group attribute to your links, Anytrack will automatically append the required Query String and Click ID to the link when a visitor clicks on the link.

Example: 888 Affiliate Program

• Affiliate link https://mmwebhandler.aff-online.com/C/47984?sr=1664238

• URL Redirector: https://mysitedomain.foo/goto/888

• Data Tracking Group: data-tracking-group="888"

Code as it should appear on your site:

<a  href="https://mysitedomain.foo/goto/888" data-tracking-group="888" target="_blank"></a>A

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Alternative method: add the data-tracking-group as a url query string

https://mysitedomain.foo/goto/888?data-tracking-group=888

URL during the click event

https://mysitedomain.foo/goto/888?anid=0as8df0sad8f

URL after the redirect

https://mmwebhandler.aff-online.com/C/47984?sr=1664238&anid=0as8df0sad8f

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Each affiliate program has its own data-tracking-group name.

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Optional link attributes that AnyTrack uses for tracking additional information.

Here is an example of how a link should be added on your site.

<a href="https://anytrack.io/goto/leadpages" data-payout="1" 
data-tracking-group="impact" rel="nofollow" data-brand="leadpages" linkId="blog" 
data-at-href="https://anytrack.io/goto/leadpages">Try LeadPages Free</a>

CSS standard attributes

You can use the following CSS attributes to enable redirectless tracking on your links.

• Tracking Group: tgid-{affiliateNetwork}

• Commission: at-com-{numericValue}

• Brand Name: at-label-{brandName}

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