This article will show you how to set up a traffic source to begin taking sales from third parties, and includes how to place a pixel, how to get it over to your traffic source, and how to test it properly.
Watch this step by step demo video, with high-level instructions listed below.
Adding a new traffic source in Subscribe.
Once a traffic source is added to the CRM, we can add it in Subscribe. Not all CRMs require you to add a traffic source. Whether the traffic source is added to the CRM or not, it needs to be added in Subscribe to fire Pixels properly.
1. In Subscribe, open the lefthand menu and select "Traffic Sources"
2. Click "+ Add Traffic Source" button and fill in the fields with the traffic source "Name" and the "ID" as it appears on your CRM
3. Click "SAVE"
Note: If the CRM allows you to have any ID, you can type anything you want here
Setting up pixels
There are two options to add a pixel - from the Project itself, or from the Traffic Sources menu.
* From a Project:
1. Go to the "PIXELS" tab under Project
2. Click "+ Add Pixel" button to start setting up the pixel
* From the Traffic Source Menu:
1. Click the Traffic Source Name
2. Click "+ Add Pixel" button to start setting up the pixel
In both cases, the prompt window contains the same fields and have the same purpose
1. Select a "Traffic Source" from the dropdown menu
2. Select the "Project Name" to which you want to add the pixel
3. Input "Campaign ID"
4. "Product ID" or IDs - it is possible to create a pixel per product, but you can also add multiple products to a pixel. Make sure to separate each product Id with a pipe " | " as in the picture above.
5. Select the pixel type from the dropdown
6. Pixel code
Preparing the project URL
Subscribe uses several different variables to track Affiliates or Traffic Sources (ts).
There is a specific structure for preparing tracking variables - see this article for details: Affiliate tracking links for projects.
ts= “your digital ID here”
s1=“your SubID 1 here”
s2=”yourSubID 2 here”
clickid=
Formulate these variables into URL - separating each of the variables with ampersand symbol “&”
Ex: ts = 1F7A6815&s1=&s2=&clickid=
Add that variable URL to the end of the offer URL, following the last backslash “/“ and a question mark “?”
Ex: https://superdietpills.com/?ts = 1F7A6815&s1=&s2=&clickid=
When this traffic source comes into the page, it’ll track in the customer’s session. All this information will automatically store in the CRM.
Test the tracking link
Use the link you generated
Make a test purchase
Inspect the code, and you should see the tracking link