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You can create new offers by going to the Offers Admin and click on the "Add Offer".  Once created it will prompt you to enter details about the offer, the default landing page for the offer, geographic targetting for the offer and the marketing type.  Once created, you can also edit your offers by clicking on the "Edit Offer details" in the Offers Admin.
 
You can create new offers by going to the Offers Admin and click on the "Add Offer".  Once created it will prompt you to enter details about the offer, the default landing page for the offer, geographic targetting for the offer and the marketing type.  Once created, you can also edit your offers by clicking on the "Edit Offer details" in the Offers Admin.
  
*'''Offer Name''' - the name of your offer
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*'''Offer Name'''
*'''Short Name ''' - this is used for short name style linkcodes (affiliate.commission.offer.landing_page.1.2.3.4.5.6)
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*'''Short Name '''- this is used for short name style linkcodes (affiliate.commission.offer.landing_page.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0)
*'''Offer Launch ''' - the date you would like your offer to launch
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*'''Offer Launch '''- the date you would like your offer to launch
  
  
 
==Create Landing Pages==
 
==Create Landing Pages==
 
You will be asked to specify the details of your default landing page when creating an offer, but you can also create additional landing pages for your offer by clicking on "Add New Landing Page" action icon in the Offers admin.  Additional landing pages can be used for the purposes of variety, special promotions or any other reason, providing your affiliates with multiple ways to promote your offers. The required fields for creating a new landing page are:
 
You will be asked to specify the details of your default landing page when creating an offer, but you can also create additional landing pages for your offer by clicking on "Add New Landing Page" action icon in the Offers admin.  Additional landing pages can be used for the purposes of variety, special promotions or any other reason, providing your affiliates with multiple ways to promote your offers. The required fields for creating a new landing page are:
*'''Landing Page Name''' - the name of your landing page
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*'''Landing Page Name'''
 
*'''Short name ''' - this is used for short name style linkcodes  
 
*'''Short name ''' - this is used for short name style linkcodes  
 
*'''url''' - this is the url for which your landing page is located
 
*'''url''' - this is the url for which your landing page is located

Revision as of 19:58, 3 November 2011

Offerit
For Affiliates
Automatic SubIDs
Affiliate Stats Dumps
Linkcode
Link Groups
Affiliate Custom Pixels
Affiliate Host and Post
Offerit Affiliate Area
Affiliate Account Details
Affiliate Account Change Log
Affiliate Creatives
Affiliate Creatives Search
Affiliate Settings
Affiliate Custom Pixels
Affiliate Linkcodes
Affiliate Linkcode Settings
Affiliate Login History
Affiliate Messages
Affiliate Dashboard
Dashboard Key Statistics
Dashboard Statistics Summary
Affiliate Payment History
Quick Links
Affiliate Referrals Report
Affiliate Referring URL Report
Affiliate Remote Login
Affiliate Signup
Affiliate Statistic Filters
Affiliate Statistic Views
Affiliate SubIDs
Offerit Setup
Creating Admin Accounts
Tracking Domain
Edit Affiliate Text
Edit CSS Colors
Getting Started Admin
Offerit Quick-Start Guide
Tracking in Offerit
Pixel Builder
Offerit Postback Examples
Replacement Variables
Currency Exchange Rates

Admin Dashboard
The Admin Dashboard
Reporting Admin
The Reporting Admin
Track and Strack
  Report Breakdowns
Profit and Loss Report
Subscription Report
Transactions Reports
Affiliate Ratios Report
Affiliate Managers Report
Visitor Actions Report
Referral Tier Payouts Report
Referral Signup Payouts Report
Additional Commissions Report
Graphical Affiliate Comparison Report
The Single Day Comparison Report
Actual Affiliate Payments Report
Offers Admin
The Offers Admin
Offers
Offer Setup
Affiliate Referrals
Tracking Domain
Commissions
Commission Changes
Suppression Lists
Pixel Builder
ID Numbers
Offer Partner
Offer/Landing Page Redirection
Setting Rules
Admin Host and Post
Offer Post URLs
Offer Goals
Affiliates Admin
The Affiliates Admin
ID Numbers
Affiliate Managers
Affiliate Referrals
Affiliate Activation
Admin-Only Settings
Affiliate Overrides
Creating Admin Accounts
In-House Accounts
Add Manual Sale
Manual Invoice
Affiliate Documents
Affiliate Enabled Offers
Change Affiliate Status
Account Changes
Advertisers Admin
The Advertisers Admin
Account Changes
Advertiser Invoices
Generate Invoice
Advertiser Approval
Change Advertiser Status
Customers Admin
Customers Admin
Manually Adding a Customer
ID Numbers
Payments Admin
The Payments Admin
Payvia Types
Payout Periods
Payvia Dump Formats
Payment Dump Entry Numbers
Payment Dump Variables
Check Functions
Setting Rules
Payment Methods
Payza
Creatives Admin
The Creatives Admin
Add New Creatives
Add New Creative Type
Offeritcode
Code Builder
Track and Strack
Setting Rules
  Default Creative Types
Creative Types
Image Banners
Flash Banners
Dynamic Text Banners
Feeds
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Page Peels
IM Popups
Footer Ads
Page Ads
Overlays
Communications Admin
The Communications Admin
Add News Item
Sending Messages
Signup Questions
Configuration Admin
The Configuration Admin
Affiliate Signup Postback URL
Edit Affiliate Text
Edit CSS Colors
REST API
General
Offerit REST API Overview
GET /service/ping
PATCH /service/set_currency_exchange_rates
Advertiser
PATCH /advertiser/edit_advertiser
POST /advertiser/add_advertiser
Affiliate
GET /affiliate/get_links
GET /affiliate/get_single_link
GET /affiliate/search
GET /affiliate/decode_trackingcode
PATCH /affiliate/edit_affiliate
PATCH /affiliate/payvia
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
Customer
PATCH /customer/set_customer_details
PATCH /customer/lock
PATCH /customer/unlock
PATCH /customer/forget
GET /customer/export
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
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
POST /transaction/approve_pending_transaction
GET /transaction/click_detail
SOAP API (*deprecated*)
API
Add Affiliate
Add Affiliate Sale
Add Offer
Approve Transaction
Creative Types
Decode Offeritcode
Deny Transaction
Disable Affiliate Landing Page
Edit Affiliate Sale
Enable Affiliate Landing Page
Get Affiliate Stats
Get Allowed Affiliates
Get Landing Page Details
Get Offer Details
Get Offer List
Get Profit Loss Report
List Affiliate Details
List Affiliate Subaffiliates
Ping
Set Affiliate Status
Set SubAffiliate Status
Set Member Details
Record Affiliate Click
Misc.
Rules
Freeform Date
Affiliate Custom Signup
Offeritcode
Tracking in Offerit
Offerit Logos
Void Conversions Remotely

Add a Tracking Domain

A tracking domain is the domain that is used for your linkcodes.

Offers

You can create new offers by going to the Offers Admin and click on the "Add Offer". Once created it will prompt you to enter details about the offer, the default landing page for the offer, geographic targetting for the offer and the marketing type. Once created, you can also edit your offers by clicking on the "Edit Offer details" in the Offers Admin.

  • Offer Name
  • Short Name - this is used for short name style linkcodes (affiliate.commission.offer.landing_page.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0)
  • Offer Launch - the date you would like your offer to launch


Create Landing Pages

You will be asked to specify the details of your default landing page when creating an offer, but you can also create additional landing pages for your offer by clicking on "Add New Landing Page" action icon in the Offers admin. Additional landing pages can be used for the purposes of variety, special promotions or any other reason, providing your affiliates with multiple ways to promote your offers. The required fields for creating a new landing page are:

  • Landing Page Name
  • Short name - this is used for short name style linkcodes
  • url - this is the url for which your landing page is located
  • tracking domain - this is the domain that is used for your linkcodes


Creatives

Creatives are advertising tools that affiliates use to promote your offers on their sites and can be managed in the . Every time a visitor to your offer clicks on a creative link it counts as a page view for that affiliate and every time one is displayed it counts as an impression for the affiliate. There are multiple different types of creatives that affiliates can use to promote your offers including:

  • Banners
  • Downloadable and Embedded Videos
  • Page Peel Ads and IM Popups
  • Half/Full Page Ads
  • Mailing Ads and Content Zips


Commissions

The Commissions Admin is used to set up how you provide compensation to your affiliates. There multiple different ways you can choose to pay your affiliates:

  • raw page view
  • unique page view
  • qualified page view
  • sale (flat rate and/or percentage)
  • continuity (flat rate and/or percentage)
  • CPM (1,000 impressions)


Linkcodes

Linkcodes are links that contain the offeritcode for the affiliate that can be used to direct visitors to a specific landing page. Affiliates can filter the linkcodes for which they have access by specifying a certain Offer, a Commission that they are enrolled in and Languages for which the Landing Pages are available. After clicking the "Apply Changes" button, at list of Landing Pages based on those filters will appear along with linkcodes for those landing pages.


Templating Offerit

Start templating your Offerit affiliate area and approval/denial templates. The amount of time you spend on this step can vary greatly depending on how much you want to customize.

  • If you like our default templates and simply want to put your logo at the top of the Offerit page, changes in the affiliate area can take as little as a day.
  • If you have your own design concept and want to build your affiliate area from the ground up, the process can take weeks or even months depending on how much you want to change or do, how much time you devote, and how many people you can put on the task.
  • If you already have an existing HTML design that you want to integrate with Smarty (the templating engine used by NATS), we can provide a value added service where we will add the Smarty code to your HTML design at an hourly rate. If you are interested in this service, please submit a support ticket.
  • Complete documentation on how to properly construct your Offerit templates can be found here: The Skins and Templates Admin