In this article, we’ll show you how to set up RedTrack to track your Explodely sales.
We’ll go through these 4 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 [amount] in the SUM field.
Optional: Add any extra fields under Additional Parameters if required, but please change the parameter names in IPN builder or contact support to confirm the parameter names if in doubt.
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 Seller account, click on Seller Hub-> Settings-> Developers.
Choose the settings as shown in the following screenshot, and paste the Postback URL from RedTrack as the IPN URL:
6. Click on the Update button.
II. Create an Offer
1. In your Explodely seller account, go to Seller Hub -> Products.
2. Click on the "chainlink" icon for the product you want to track.
3. Enter {clickid} in the Tracking ID field and click on Update Payment Link.
4. Copy the updated payment link for the next steps in your RedTrack account.
5. Now go to your RedTrack account and follow the steps below:
a) 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 Payment 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 sellers@explodely.com.