Gamelink
These step-by-step instructions walk you through the steps to set up Gamelink and describe setting up a site and a program that track all traffic you direct to Gamelink. First you setup Gamelink as a Third Party, next you setup a site in NATS devoted to tracking Gamelink Traffic, finally you setup a Third-Party Program to properly payout your affiliates for sending traffic to Gamelink.
Please setup your account with Gamelink before starting.
Third-Party Admin
Log into NATS and navigate to the screen, 3rd-Party Admin.
- Towards the bottom, pick Gamelink from the dropdown box and click on Add.
- In the Fees section, enter in the amount Gamelink will charge you. Below that, you may choose how NATS takes out the Third-Party fees. Before Payout means you are sharing the costs with your affiliates and After Payout means you pay all third-party fees.)
- In the Account info section, fill in the :
- Souce: the three-character code provided by Gamelink that identifies your affiliate program.
- Login: the username provided by Gamelink for redirecting traffic to Gamelink.
- Pass code: the password provided by Gamelink for redirecting traffic to Gamelink.
- Default NATS Code: the linkcode to be sent to Gamelink if one is not provided by the referring URL already (this acts as a catch-all so that you can track ALL traffic going to Gamelink via NATS). You do not need to set this up now; this may be configured after you set up a third-party site in NATS. You may enter any valid NATS linkcode, but we recommend you use the default linkcode for your Gamelink site in NATS (to be configured next).
- Click “Save” on the right-hand side.
Sites Admin
Within NATS, navigate to the screen, Sites Admin.
- Click on Add a Site near the top of the Sites Admin.
- On the next screen, choose 3rd Party as the Site type.
- Enter a Site Name. You may also give a Site description and Thumbnail (Icon) URL.
- Enter a shortname for this new site. (Shortnames can only be used once within NATS and can only contain letters and numbers.)
- Click on “Save Changes”. This displays additional options below.
- The first new item is a drop-down box listing all third parties set up in NATS. Choose Gamelink from this dropdown.
- Enter the linkdomain that will redirect to Gamelink.
- Scroll down to the section, Third Party Details. In the URL field, enter the Gamelink URL you want the user to visit after they go through your tracking script.
- At the top, you will see 3 URL's. The first URL should look something like this:
http://<domain>/track/<?=$_REQUEST['nats']?$_REQUEST['nats']:'xxxxxxx'?>/page.html
Where <domain> is the linkdomain setup in Step 7 and xxxxxxx is the default NATS code needed in Step 4 in the third-party configuration instructions above. Return to the Third Party Admin screen and add this NATS code to the Gamelink setup.
Programs Admin
Within NATS, navigate to the screen, Programs Admin.
- Choose whether to create an enabled program or disabled program by clicking on the appropriate link: Create New Enabled Program or Create New Disabled Program.
- Give the program a name and a shortname .
- Leave extended payout desc and extended type blank.
- For Program Type, select Standard in the drop-down box.
- Click on Add Program; a new section will appear.
- Add your 3rd Party Site to the Program in the new section.
- Configure the affiliates referral fees . Use the Join and Rebill fields to set affiliates payouts (Use join to payout on first-time transactions and rebill for any repeat business from the same surfer.)
Note: Third-parties do not notify NATS about new sales and sign-ups immediately -- there may be up to a 24-hour delay before NATS records third-party transactions.