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Tracking in NATS For Networks
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Admin Dashboard
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The Reporting Admin
Track and Strack
  Report Breakdowns
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Payza
REST API
General
API Overview
GET /service/ping
GET /service/set_currency_exchange_rates
Advertiser
POST /advertiser/add_advertiser
PATCH /advertiser/edit_advertiser
Affiliate
GET /affiliate/get_links
GET /affiliate/get_single_link
GET /affiliate/search
GET /affiliate/decode_trackingcode
PATCH /affiliate/edit_affiliate
POST /affiliate/add_affiliate
POST /affiliate/affiliate_login_ips
Config
GET /config/get_global_void_ips
GET /config/get_global_post_ips
GET /config/get_global_hostnpost_ips
POST /config/add_global_void_ip
POST /config/remove_global_void_ip
POST /config/add_global_post_ip
POST /config/remove_global_post_ip
POST /config/add_global_hostnpost_ip
POST /config/remove_global_hostnpost_ip
Creative
GET /creative/get_creatives
GET /creative/get_creative_fields
GET /creative/get_creative_rules
PATCH /creative/delete_creative
PATCH /creative/edit_creative
PATCH /creative/edit_creative_rules
PATCH /creative/undelete_creative
POST /creative/add_creative
POST /creative/add_creative_rule
POST /creative/delete_creative_rules
Offer
GET /offer/get_conversion_caps
GET /offer/check_orderid_exists
GET /offer/get_commission_changes
GET /offer/get_details
PATCH /offer/activate_offer
PATCH /offer/edit_landing_page
PATCH /offer/edit_offer
PATCH /offer/pause_offer
PATCH /offer/set_commission_change_payouts
PATCH /offer/set_enabled_affiliates
PATCH /offer/set_offer_categories
PATCH /offer/set_offer_countries
PATCH /offer/set_offer_goals
PATCH /offer/set_offer_groups
PATCH /offer/set_offer_marketing_types
PATCH /offer/store_offer_ips
POST /offer/add_commission_change
POST /offer/add_landing_page
POST /offer/add_offer
POST /offer/add_tracking_domain
Reporting
GET /report/profitloss
GET /report/transaction
Customer
PATCH /customer/lock
PATCH /customer/unlock
GET /customer/export
PATCH /customer/forget
Transaction
GET /transaction/transaction_payout_preview
PATCH /transaction/transaction_update_revenue_by_orderid
PATCH /transaction/transaction_update_revenue_by_transaction_hash
POST /transaction/process_void
POST /transaction/process_chargeback
POST /transaction/process_reversal
GET /transaction/click_details
Creatives Admin
The Creatives Admin
Add New Creatives
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Code Builder
Track and Strack
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  Default Creative Types
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Communications Admin
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Add News Item
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Configuration Admin
The Configuration Admin
Affiliate Signup Postback URL
Edit Affiliate Text
Edit CSS Colors
Misc.
Rules
Freeform Date
Affiliate Custom Signup
Tracking Code
Tracking in NATS For Networks
Void Conversions Remotely

What is Track?

NATS For Networks uses the track feature in order to handle primary tracking for in-bound affiliate traffic. This can usually be found in affiliate linkcodes, such as the following example:

http://<tracking_domain>/track/xxxxxxx

In the above landing page, NATS For Networks will replace <tracking_domain> with the actual link domain for your offer and replace xxxxxxx with the proper affiliate Tracking code. This can be seen in the following image:

Figure 1.1 An Example linkcode using the standard track feature

As visitors hit the track link, NATS For Networks will perform its tracking, cookie, and session procedures before redirecting the visitor to their original destination landing page URL from the offers admin. The Tracking code itself, or the link domain (if no Tracking code is present) will be used by NATS For Networks to match a Tracking domain or offer id to the correct landing page URL.

What is Strack?

In contrast to track, strack replaces one offer ID another offer ID. If you need to provide links from one NATS For Networks offer to another, for example, you can use /strack/ to replace the default offer ID in the Tracking code with a new offer ID for the other offer. This also serves the purpose of preserving relevant affiliate information, as well as ensuring that affiliates get credit for any offers that have been completed.

Strack Formatting

http://<trackingdomain>/strack/<trackingcode>/<offerid_or_shortname>:<landing_pageid_or_shortname>/<commission_id_or_shortname>/<track_flag>/<optional_subdirectory_path>/
  • <trackingdomain> is the tracking domain of the offer in NATS For Networks, which will usually be something like example.com, where example.com is the domain of your main landing page.
  • <trackingcode> is the tracking code from your affiliate or the default tracking code for the offer. Normally this is available to you on a PHP-enabled offer through the usage of the following in-line PHP if statement -- <?=(!empty($_REQUEST['nats']) && !preg_match('/[\'\"<>()\\\+\[\]]/', $_REQUEST['nats']))?$_REQUEST['nats']:xxxxxx?> -- which translates to "If there is a value for NATS For Networks set in either GET, POST, or Cookie, use that value. Otherwise, use the default value provided (which is different for every offer)."
  • offerid_or_shortname is the ID number or shortname of your desired offer. This variable represents the target offer and may be different than the offer currently being viewed. If you wish to indicate that you do not want to override the offer ID number with a new one, you can use the value of 0 as the offer ID.
  • landing_pageid_or_shortname is the ID number or shortname of your desired landing page. This is the target landing page and may be different than the offer currently being viewed. You will need to have the offer ID set to the offer that your landing page is available on to use this variable.
  • commission_id_or_shortname is the ID number or shortname of the desired commission. You can use this variable to switch from one commission to another in your NATS For Networks. Switching commissions can be useful for things such as special offer links. If you do not wish to change the commission, set this value to 0.
  • track_flag is going to count as a new hit and reset the tracking cookie if it wasn't set to 0. If track_flag wasn't set then it will track the hit. If you don't want to track the hit then set the track_flag to 0.
  • optional_subdirectory_path specifies a path to a specific script, document, or subdirectory that is added onto the end of the URL after the tracking redirect. For example, if your offer's main landing page URL in the Offers Admin is www.example.com and you pass in /landingpage1/preview, it will add /landingpage1/preview to end of the URL after redirecting the visitor.