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Best tracker for PIN submit/mobile (13)

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Hi

What's the best tracking software for someone that's completely new. I know there are a lot of guides but ease of use is obviously important (I think?).
I'm thinking of Mobile Content Offers/PIN submits.
Is there any tracking software better for this particular vertical?

I was considering Voluum, but still not too sure.

Thanks in advance

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I would recomend Voluum for you since its a hosted solution, which means you have one less thing to worry about (hosting). Voluum works well with mobile/pins, there are no special requirements for these offers really. Voluum can get costly with higher volume, but its very good option for the starters.

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The same features offers AdsBridge, but considerably cheaper that Voluum. You can try AdsBridge for free and if you like it upgrade your pricing plan. That most important you will get total professional support, and will get the best cloud hosted solution to manage your campaigns.

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if absolutely new and dont mind using hosted solution, Voluum is the most popular choice amongst affiliates. otherwise Adsbridge as above. if looking for self-hosted trackers, thrive and funnelflux are the way to go.

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I agreed with Voluum, the setup is so simple.

Below are some guides on how to set-up Voluum, I'm sure there's more in the forum:

http://stmforum.com/forum/showthread...oluum+tutorial

http://charlesngo.com/voluum-campaign-setup/

-Jonathan

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Thanks for all of the replies guys. I want simplicity so maybe i'll consider Voluum.
Does anybody know if Adsbridge is just as simple?

Thanks!

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I used AdsBridge trial, I think they have more traffic sources added as templates so will be easier from this point of view, but considering you add them only once and you forget about them, it's not a big deal.

The design of adsbridge is nice and seems also easy to use, but I stuck with Voluum for a few reasons:

the free version of adsbridge has its limitations which could be annoying even for a beginner and it kinda forces you to upgrade (you would want to have your custom domain for tracking, rather than the default ones which might get reported as malware, etc)

if you consider using zeropark as traffic source, it integrates perfectly with Voluum (same company) and the visits from zeropark don't count in your voluum's Events plan (1 million events per month for 99$). You might think 1 million events is much and you don't need more, but if you start doing pop/redirect campaigns, you'll see it's easy to get 33k popup views per day, hence you could go over your 1 million Events and forces you to upgrade to the next payment plan

there are more tutorials for setting up voluum. Maybe you will find similar tutorials for adsbridge or whatev tool, but definitely Voluum has the most tutorials available, written by other marketers.

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Thanks for the input.
Do you have any experience with Thrive by any chance?

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No. Since I'm a beginner, I prefer a managed/hosted tracker, so I don't have to bother with hosting it on a VPS, etc. I host my landers on S3 so I didn't want to purchase a VPS for Thrive only. Seems like a good tracker, I've seen some great reviews, but still looks like Voluum is the option top affiliates use it.

Still, when you'll get high volume campaigns, you could consider switching to Thrive, since their plan is about 50% cheaper for high volume traffic (we're talking about millions of views per day here).

Also, @iAmAttila said last year on his blog that he uses Voluum for display traffic and Thrive for pop: "When it comes to huge volume (think pops, redirects, and the like) nothing beats thrive."

http://iamattila.com/thrive-tutorial...ive-volume.php

One last thing to consider, is that if you use a self-hosted tracker, you'll have it only on a server in a single location. That can slow a little the redirects if you're running traffic from the other side of the globe. Voluum has about 12 servers all over the world or something like that, so their redirects will use the closest server to the users location, hence the faster redirect.

I think the only way to tell which is better is to see it for yourself. But in my opinion, a managed tracker like Voluum or adsbridge is better for a beginner, one less thing to care about

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That was last year. Things move fast, you may want to check this -> http://stmforum.com/forum/showthread...l=1#post255037

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FunnelFlux looks pretty good.
There doesn't seem to be any guides and other info on using it though, other than the thread that you linked.
Although it looks pretty intuitive, this could pose a problem for me since i'm a complete beginner.

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There is this video series where I create a whole profitable campaign from start to finish: http://www.funnelflux.com/forums/for...art-to-finish/

There are also a few other videos here: http://www.funnelflux.com/forums/for...flux-features/

And the "tell me how to..." section of our forum: http://www.funnelflux.com/forums/forum/howto/

Plus this new mastermind (hasn't started yet): http://stmforum.com/forum/showthread...ker-Mastermind

And I know Caurmen is working on other guides.

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Hey, haven.
AdsBridge has all the same features as Voluum like user-friendly interface, and even more, like LP builder, auto-optimization, multi-user access, affiliate networks intergration and other features, but for the lower price. You can create your first account FOR FREE and if you face some difficulties setting up your campains, our ready-to-react support will assist you as quick as only possible.

We provide FAQs where you can find almost all the answers, as well as our Blog user-guide, that shows you step-by-step solutions for you campaigns creation.
Have a nice day.

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