Build a tracking link
Open the offer under Offers, copy the link from its Tracking link card and put each user’s own ID in place of {SUB_ID} every time you show it. That ID comes back on the postback, so it’s how you know whom to credit.
See also: Click tracking
On this page
Offers, then Get offer
Open Offers, find the offer and choose Get offer. The offer’s page opens, with its details and steps.
Request access if the offer asks for it
Some offers need our approval for each publisher. If the page shows Request offer access instead of a link, choose it: the tracking link appears on the page once we approve.
Copy the link from the Tracking link card
The card holds the link with your IDs already in it. Choose Copy link. It looks like this:
https://click.affiliateos.ai/click?off_id=aff_ab12cd34ef56&pub_id=pub_7Hn2&partner_id=prt_Q81x&sub_id={SUB_ID}&device_id={DEVICE_ID}Example IDs. Keep every part except the two placeholders exactly as copied.
Part What it is Change it? off_idThe offer No pub_idThe network your account belongs to No partner_idYour account: who gets paid for the click No. Strip it and the conversion isn’t yours. sub_id={SUB_ID}Your user’s ID Yes, every time, for every user device_id={DEVICE_ID}The phone’s advertising ID Fill it in when you have it, or leave it Put your user’s ID in place of {SUB_ID}
Where you show the offer (a button in your app, a link in an email to one reader), replace
{SUB_ID}with that user’s own ID, URL-encoded. Example, for user u_48213:https://click.affiliateos.ai/click?off_id=aff_ab12cd34ef56&pub_id=pub_7Hn2&partner_id=prt_Q81x&sub_id=u_48213&device_id={DEVICE_ID}Add your own values if you need them
Replace
{DEVICE_ID}with the IDFA or GAID when you have it, and append up to ten of your own values assub1tosub10to get them back on the postback. Pass your user ID and sub IDs on a tracking link lists every parameter and its limits.Check it worked
On the Tracking link card, type a test user’s ID in Test with one user ID (optional), copy the filled link and open it on your phone. Complete the offer, then open Reporting, then Flight Recorder, and type the same ID in Sub ID to trace the conversion to your postback. A link with no
sub_idat all is refused.
| The offer’s page says | Why | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Capped for today, with a time it reopens | The offer hit its daily cap | Come back after that time, or run another copy of the offer from the link on the card |
| Your access request is pending | We haven’t decided yet | Wait for the link to appear |
| Access was declined for this offer | We declined your request, sometimes with a note under the message | Read the note, and email hello@affiliateos.ai with the offer ID before you ask again |
| This offer is not active right now | The advertiser paused it, or it ended | Pick another offer |
| Your access is approved, but the tracking link is not configured yet | The link isn’t set up on our side | Email hello@affiliateos.ai with the offer ID |
With Offer Links, our team picks offers for you and sends a tracking link for each. Those links work the same way: put your user’s ID in sub_id before you show them.
Each property with Tracking Links turned on has its own link template on its Overview tab, with an asset_id in it so clicks and conversions keep the property. It also carries {OFFER_ID}: put the offer’s ID there as well as your user’s ID in {SUB_ID}.
Your publishers copy their links from their own dashboard, the same way. When your network sends traffic itself, use each offer’s trackingUrl from the Network API. Your network ID is already in pub_id; replace {SUB_ID} with your user’s ID, the same as above.