ShareASale’s tracking involves two 'tags' or 'pixels' which are snippets of code installed specifically on the lead confirmation 'thank you' page and in the header of every other site page. The first tag is for tracking conversions (i.e. leads) and the second for assisting with Affiliate click attribution accuracy in certain browsers.
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merchantID=XXXXX | Your Merchant ID (XXXXX), which can be found in the top left corner of your ShareASale account. |
transtype=salelead | The transtype parameter is simply set to ‘sale’ ‘lead’ for all sale lead tracking pixels. Tracking leads is covered in a different document. |
amount=0.00 | The amount parameter must be passed with a hard-coded zero amount formatted to two decimal places. |
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If you were emailed a link to this document, a test link may have been provided to you. If it wasn’t, you can obtain one from your account by clicking here.
NOTE: If you do not click the test link your order will not track.
The test link should direct you to your own store. Once there, please purchase any item in your store. Sometimes Merchants will have a test item worth $1.00 sale price, but above $0.00 minimum.
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