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10-16-2014 03:40 AM #1 pulsefiremedia (Member)
problem setting up conversion pixel from POF to Prosper 202

Hi all,
I am using POF and trying to set up a conversion tracking pixel from pof to prosper 202. So far the conversion hasn't been tracked I want know if I had set up the prosper202 correctly. I will post the pages that I was confused about so perhaps i can get some insight to what the problem might be. I took from pof the ifram pixel tracking and pasted in the traffic source setup section. I thought that this the correct setting but since it is not working, I need some help with it. Thanks you in advance.



10-16-2014 04:59 AM #2 zeno (Administrator)

In the campaign URL section you should split your custom variables to pass in different subids.

Otherwise, you won't be able to get the network to pass conversions back to prosper202 with a postback URL, and your data will be a mess.

At the moment you are passing ...&s1=[[subid]][[c1]][[c2]][[c3]][[c4]]

If you passed unique values for all of these from your traffic source, e.g. your ad URLs were ....&c1=male&c2=21-25&c3=angle1&c4=banner1

Then what you would effectively pass to the network is a single piece of data with the value "1234male21-25angle1banner1"

Now, you need to pass the subid '1234' back to Prosper202 to track the conversion. That's going to be a right pain in the ass when it has male21-25angle1banner1 attached to it's rear end.

My point: split your data into the available network subids sensibly: ...&s1=[[c1]]&s2=[[c2]]&s3=[[c3]]&s4=[[c4]]&s5=[[subid]]

Don't use [[subid]] as the value passed for s1, you will break Cake and it will get angry.

Then, at your network, place your postback URL and use the #s5# token to pass back this [[subid]] value, i.e. 1234.



On to your traffic source setup.

I believe you need to remove the iFrame tags. Just paste the source URL, i.e. everything inside the quote marks from that contain the http:// link.

When you pick the pixel type - image, iframe, etc., it automatically knows to add the right enclosing tags.

10-18-2014 03:50 PM #3 pulsefiremedia (Member)

Thanks for the tips. I made the changes to my subids and iframe.

Can you take a quick look at my MB and let me know if this was set up correctly?

10-19-2014 07:25 AM #4 zeno (Administrator)

Looks fine to me!

Run a test conversion - load your p202 campaign tracking URL with an appropriate VPN and get through to the offer.

Watch the spy and you'll see your click pass through, the subid, etc. Disconnect from VPN > check network stats and see if the same subid appears as subid5.

Then, open up Google Chrome or any browser in private mode (I don't use FF as it stupidly shuts everything you have open), then load your postback URL as above but with the subid value replaced with whatever was passed through.

Once you load that, it should go to a blank page. Now go check your p202 stats and see if the conversion was picked up.

10-21-2014 12:05 AM #5 pulsefiremedia (Member)

Hi zeno, I have tried this but it does not work. I have fixed the iframe conversion pixel for POF but I think there might still be something wrong with my subids I posted it. Can you please take a look at this again and let me know if something is wrong here? I just can't seem to get it right

10-21-2014 01:21 AM #6 zeno (Administrator)

That looks fine. Is s1/s2/etc. dating being passed to your network when you test the link?

Do postbacks to p202 itself work?

The p202 pixel is an iFrame which means it will be client-side. You don't fire these like you would a postback URL so if you didn't come from a PoF ad, it wont work.

10-21-2014 01:28 AM #7 pulsefiremedia (Member)

Nothing is being passed back. As of now I have a few conversions that registered on maxbounty but none registered on POF still. So strange. Don't really know what to do right now.

10-21-2014 01:30 AM #8 pulsefiremedia (Member)

prosper 2 is also not registering conversion either so that means the conversion is not being passed back from the post back url?

10-21-2014 02:53 AM #9 zeno (Administrator)

Right, that's critical - no postback, no 3rd party pixel.

It also just dawned on me that since you're using an iFrame pixel for PoF that it needs to be fired by the client so will have to be placed at the network.

Several ways to do this:

1) Place the p202 postback and the PoF pixel directly with the network (e.g. if Cake use the postback URL and the pixel HTML box).

2) Use the p202 Universal Smart Pixel (not a postback) instead

First though, check your Mundo stats and see if you are getting numbers in the s5 column.

Also - just noticed an error - you have [[subid]][[c1]] as s5 in your URL. Firstly, you have already passed [[c1]], secondly, you need to pass the value of [[subid]] ONLY back to prosper202.

If you have a [[c1]] value of 'bob' then your postback might send back '1234bob' and this is useless to a computer that explicitly needs to hear '1234'.

10-21-2014 03:50 AM #10 pulsefiremedia (Member)

Oh I am using Maxbounty which has an entire different system of their own not mundo. It doesn't use cake and apparently it only can pass up to two-piece of sub-ID data so only s1 and s2. Does this change everything? Should I still use the p202 Universal Smart Pixel (not a postback) instead? Thank you

10-21-2014 04:05 AM #11 pulsefiremedia (Member)

this is how my subid data looks right now when i go into Maxboutny reporting. it looks like a huge mess.

10-21-2014 04:08 AM #12 pulsefiremedia (Member)

oh to add on, he variables such as cartoon1, blue, purple. those are my different C1 that I put when I generated the links from Prosper 202 to put in my creatives in POF. I am not sure if that can help with solving this puzzle, but I just thought the more info you know the better you can help me Thank youuu!

10-21-2014 04:53 AM #13 zeno (Administrator)

Quote Originally Posted by pulsefiremedia View Post
Oh I am using Maxbounty which has an entire different system of their own not mundo. It doesn't use cake and apparently it only can pass up to two-piece of sub-ID data so only s1 and s2. Does this change everything? Should I still use the p202 Universal Smart Pixel (not a postback) instead? Thank you
My bad, I recall the network starting with M but should have checked the earlier posts.

Your data shows you are passing subids - hence the "100cartoon2" and "58cartoon3" which undoubtedly came from you passing [[subid]][[c1]]

You can manually upload the 100, 146, and 48 leads into p202.

I don't use MaxBounty so maybe someone else will chime in, but all you need to do is pass [[subid]] on it's own - as either s1, or s2, or their equivalents. Keep [[c1]] away from it.

Then, you can pass [[c1]] with the other one - e.g. under s2.

You can still use your p202 postback URL you just need to get the data passed correctly first.

As for PoFs pixel, again you have two options - place the universal smart pixel at MaxBounty (I do not know what you can and can't place with them and for this offer specifically), or use the postback as is and additionally place PoFs iFrame pixel on this offer.

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