ShareASale Shopify Plugin Overview
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For merchants that are upgrading their Shopify tracking from the older Shopify tracking pixel, you will need to remove the existing pixel from the ‘Additional Scripts' field from your Shopify checkout’s ‘Order Status Page’. Please refer to our Shopify Pixel Instructions to locate the existing pixel code that needs to be removed. |
Datafeed Generation
A datafeed can be generated in our ShareASale required format directly within the ShareASale Shopify plugin, clicking on the ‘Datafeed’ tab. Once generated, you will then need to upload this file in your ShareASale account. The file must then be compressed in a .zip or .gz folder prior to uploading.
Due to a limitation when retrieving the products in this manner, datafeeds are limited to to a max of 50 products. If you have more products, then we recommend reaching out to retrieve FTP Credentials (please see the FTP Account for Datafeeds section below).
Optional Settings
API Configuration
The ShareASale Shopify plugin allows merchants to reconcile transactions that have been previously tracked in their ShareASale account. Merchants can void transactions automatically, edit transactions, or even set up recurring transactions. To do so, you will need to configure some more settings in the plugin.
Login to your ShareASale account and visit Tools >> Merchant API page. If it’s not enabled, click “enable API.” Otherwise, find your API TOKEN and API KEY at the top of the page. Copy these so you can paste them into the API Configuration field.
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Once the credentials and have been entered and saved, two additional settings will appear.
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Automatic Voiding/Editing - allows transactions in the merchant’s ShareASale account to automatically reflect any edits and voids that were made in the merchant’s Shopify store.
Recurring Commissions - allows subsequent transactions to track within the merchant’s ShareASale account. This is ideal for those who sell subscriptions or plans that charges customers on a recurring basis. This feature is only compatible with merchants that use Subscriptions by Recharge to process their subscription based orders.
Stores Connect
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If your account is configured for StoresConnect, each store/site in your Affiliate program is assigned a Stored ID. In this field, enter the store ID for the site you’re installing tracking using this plugin. Otherwise, simply leave this field blank.
Xtype Tracking
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If you would like to pass ShareASale special information about each Affiliate-referred sale not normally captured in our standard tracking pixel, you can use the Xtype Tracking field. This is ideal for merchants with regional subdomains to distinguish transactions between these subdomains.
MultiNetwork Deduplication
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For merchants operating on multiple affiliate networks, we can determine which platform is credited the commission by activating this feature. This feature needs to be approved prior to activating.
FTP Account for Datafeeds
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Activating the FTP Account for Datafeeds setting in the plugin will upload all the products from your site automatically to your ShareASale account. Please submit a ticket to the ShareASale team as a separate set of credentials needs to be generated.
Product Level Commissions
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Merchants can enter commission rates for individual SKUs in your ShareASale account directly using this setting. You can toggle between paying out either a percentage or flat rate commission per product.
Please note that SKU Commissions will need to be enabled prior to function properly.
Exclude Products from Datafeeds
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Normally, the Shopify plugin pulls all products from either the FTP setting or Manually Uploading a datafeed. However, you wish to have certain SKUs removed from the datafeed, you can enter those SKUs individually in this setting.
Testing
Now that your tracking tags have been installed, we will need to test that everything is working as expected. To do this, we’ll simulate an Affiliate referred purchase by clicking a ShareASale test link and then running a purchase on your store. If the test is successful we’ll see a record appear in your ShareASale console, which we will VOID so that it doesn’t debit commissions from your account.
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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