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$1 Guide - Step 2: Grab the Offer URL (49)

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Next, we need to get the offer url from Mobipium.


1. Go here to log in:

https://affiliates.mobipium.com/


2. Click on “Smartlink” in the left menu.




3. Look for “PN All Landings (186)” and click on “Set Pack”:




4. Give the link a name – “Push Link 1” would be fine. Checkmark the box for “I have read and agreed to the accepted traffic and regulations”, then click “SET PACK”.




5. Copy the link in the next pop up window and save it somewhere (in a text editor or notepad or word document).




6. In whichever text editor you pasted the url, add this bit (called a “tracking token”) to the end of it: &tid=[IMPRESSIONID]

So that your complete url would be in this format:

Save this link – we’ll be plugging that into PopAds to send traffic to it later.

(IMPORTANT: Do NOT use the link I posted above – that’s an example link I’m using to show you the format YOUR link should be in. Copy your link from your Mobipium account and add the tracking token above. All our links will be different – otherwise Mobipium wouldn’t know who made which conversion.)


7. Hit up your AM on skype to request that they approve the url you’ve just created. Please make sure they verify with you that the url has been approved BEFORE proceeding to the next step! We definitely don’t want to waste money sending traffic to a dead link.

To double-check that the link is approved, paste it into your browser. If you see an actual page with a push notification pop up, that means your link is ready to go!

But if you see a blank page with an error message, it means the link has yet to be approved.

This is an example of what an approved link should lead to when you browse to it:



Mobipium is constantly updating this page so what you see may be different from the image above, but you’ll always see that push notifications popup at the top – because this offer is all about collecting push subscribers - when they click "Allow" and give their permission for push ads to be shown to them later (this is what we’re getting paid for).




Amy

Links to the Entire Tutorial:

Introduction

Step 1: Apply to a Traffic Network and Affiliate Network

Step 2: Grab the Offer URL

Step 3: Set Up Campaign on PopAds

Step 4: Optimize the Campaign

Bonus Module: Further Testing and Optimization

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Amy

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so in the campaign url it should be like https://4551672.catchtheclick.com/?mob=xxxxx&tid=[IMPRESSIONID] but where I will get that impressionid ?

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You won't get that impression id anywhere.

This is the link you have to use, no need to replace anything.

[IMPRESSIONID] is dynamic token - you don't replace it, traffic source does when sending out traffic (a.k.a visitors or people) to that link.

In other words - format that you pasted is correct and you should leave tid=[IMPRESSIONID] as it is.

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Should the offer URL be viewable with dynamic token on the end of it?

Offer URL is viewable without dynamic token on the end of URL, but with token page times out.


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Can you please PM me the link? And can you please reply to this thread to let me know you've sent it? I'll take a look.

Thanks!


Amy


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Hi Amy, I've PM you the link.

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Ah I see what's happening: It seems like Mobipium is checking the variable [IMPRESSIONID] and giving an error because it doesn't recognize it. When you actually use the link with the [IMPRESSIONID] variable attached, as the destination url in popads, PopAds will replace this variable with an actual value and Mobipium will be fine with it and it will show the offer page just fine.

To test this yourself: Replace [IMPRESSIONID] in your link with any number, e.g. 123, and the link will load.



Amy

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Hi Amy! Just wanted to make sure if it is possible to go through the same process using another ANs such as Mobidea, Clickdealer, Haka.

Thanks in advance for your reply


Murad

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Absolutely!

You can also apply the method to other traffic sources that allow S2S conversion postback, so you're not limited to PopAds.

Please note though that the tokens will be different - both for the traffic source postback url you insert into the affiliate network, and for the destination url you insert into the traffic source when setting up a campaign.

Let me know which aff network and which traffic source you want to apply this method to and I'll tell you which tokens to use.



Amy

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That's awesome )

Would like to try both Clickdealer and Haka using PopAds



Thanks in advance !


Murad

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You're very welcome! Here's how to implement postbacks between PopAds and Clickdealer and Haka.

(IMPORTANT: Some of the urls below have spaces in them - this should NOT be present - vbulletin adds them automatically. It's a glitch. Please make sure YOUR links don't contain spaces.)


Clickdealer:

1)Grab your postback url from PopAds - something that looks like:

http://serve.popads.net/cpixel.php?s...onversionValue

2)In Clickdealer go to "Tools" > "Global Postback" and insert your PopAds postback, but replacing "impressionId" with "#s2#" and "conversionValue" with "#price#":

http://serve.popads.net/cpixel.php?s...&value=#price#

3)Get your affiliate link from Clickdealer for the offer:

https://securecloud-sw.com/?a=12345&c=123456&mt=8

4)Insert your affiliate link into PopAds as the destination url, but appending "&s2=[IMPRESSIONID]":

https://securecloud-sw.com/?a=12345&c=123456&mt=8&s2=[IMPRESSIONID]


Haka:

1)Grab your postback url from PopAds - something that looks like:

http://serve.popads.net/cpixel.php?s...onversionValue

2)In Haka go to "Postback" and insert your PopAds postback, but replacing "impressionId" with "{keyword}" and "conversionValue" with "{payout}":

http://serve.popads.net/cpixel.php?s2s=1&aid=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx&id={key word}&value={payout}
(Again - that space in {keyword} shouldn't be there - vbulletin glitch.)

3)Get your affiliate link from Haka for the offer:

https://haka-mobi.com/click?hash=1234&pid=5678&aid={your_source_id}&keyw ord={your_click_id}&keyword2={app_name/site_name}&keyword3={your_session_id}

4)Insert your affiliate link into PopAds as the destination url, but replacing "{your_click_id} with "[IMPRESSIONID]" and also replacing "{your_source_id}" with any number (1 would be fine):

https://haka-mobi.com/click?hash=123...aid=1&keyword=[IMPRESSIONID]


Disclaimer: The above instructions are written based on my experience with tracking links, but I haven't actually run these setups myself. They SHOULD work, but if they don't, please let me know and I'll run a quick campaign to troubleshoot. You can run a test campaign and spend $0.50 and pause the campaign - all you need is to make one conversion to verify if the setup works or not. Note: You may need to wait up to an hour for postback to be fired.


Hope this helps! Again, please let me know if any of the above doesn't work.



Amy

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Hi Amy!

was following the above instructions for Haka to run a test campaign and got 0 conversions.

here is my PopAds postback url:

http://serve.popads.net/cpixel.php?s2s=1&aid=a2cf1dee111988a773f2204bdea71 e2a&id={keyword}&value={payout}

and my Haka affiliate link :

https://haka-mobi.com/click?hash=16944&pid=2146&aid=1&keyword=[IMPRESSIONID]&keyword2={app_name/site_name}&keyword3={your_session_id}


Hope this info is enough to find out where is the catch is


Murad

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Let's clarify. Did you get 0 conversions on Haka, or did you get conversions on Haka, but they aren't reported at PopAds?

The first does not indicate a problem with your postback. Doesn't confirm it works, but also doesn't indicate a problem.

The second does indicate a problem with your postback.

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0 conversions on Haka , also 0 conversions on the PopAds report

https://prnt.sc/wausja

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Got it. So postback isn't your issue. Your issue is the funnel didn't convert. Keep testing ads, landers and offers.

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Thanks a lot, will do!!!

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Please exclude keyword2 and keyword3 from your link, i.e. only use:

https://haka-mobi.com/click?hash=169...aid=1&keyword=[IMPRESSIONID]

Then run enough traffic to make that first conversion in Haka ($0.50 should be enough - but you'll need to manually monitor and pause the campaign, as the minimum daily budget you can set is $2.50).

As @iwanttofly has pointed out, you won't know whether the postback is working or not, until you've made your first conversion using this new setup.



Amy

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Clickdealer:

1)Grab your postback url from PopAds - something that looks like:

http://serve.popads.net/cpixel.php?s...onversionValue

2)In Clickdealer go to "Tools" > "Global Postback" and insert your PopAds postback, but replacing "impressionId" with "#s2#" and "conversionValue" with "#price#":

http://serve.popads.net/cpixel.php?s...&value=#price#

3)Get your affiliate link from Clickdealer for the offer:

https://securecloud-sw.com/?a=12345&c=123456&mt=8

4)Insert your affiliate link into PopAds as the destination url, but appending "&s2=[IMPRESSIONID]":

https://securecloud-sw.com/?a=12345&c=123456&mt=8&s2=[IMPRESSIONID]





Hi Amy!

Just have tested the offer from Clickdealer (0.50 usd spent) and got 0 conversions .

my Popads postback: http://serve.popads.net/cpixel.php?s...&value=#price#


my affiliate link from CD: https://mb-npltfpro.com/?a=118405&c=251462&mt=18&s2=[IMPRESSIONID]



SCREENSHOT - https://prnt.sc/wc7qk8


Probably it can help to identify the issue.


Thanks !!!

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Did you see any conversions in Clickdealer though?

What about click stats? Are you seeing ANY stats on your Clickdealer dashboard?

Let's make sure that the traffic is ending up at the right offer first. The postback can only be verified when a conversion is made - which will be the next thing we look at.



Amy

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Unfortunately it didn't help ! still got no conversions after exclusion keyword2 and keyword3 from the link.

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Nope, unfortunately no conversions!

I can see only clicks from stats.

SCREENSHOT - https://prnt.sc/wc7qk8

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We know that the offer link is correct. The traffic is going to the intended offer - you can see from Clickdealer's stats.

Please run more traffic - until you see the first conversion in Clickdealer.

Only THEN will you be able to verify whether the postback is working.

The purpose of the postback is to post conversions from Clickdealer to the tracker. So if you haven't made a single conversion, then you can't know whether the postback is doing its job.



Amy

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Hi @vortex (Amy). I got the link approved by Mobipium (same link as per the Tutorial) but when I checked the link in my browser my AV blocks it and tells me it has blocked a malicious attack. My concern is that PopAds will ban my account if I run with this smart link. Is my AV just being over protective because of the Push notification?

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Quite a few people are running these smartlinks on popads, you should be fine.

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Hello Amy,
Can you please tell me whether i need to add " [IMPRESSIONID]" only or "&tid=[IMPRESSIONID]" after my mobipium link?
Either way my link is forbidden and not working.

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Hello Amy

The offer link which I had created for push notification purpose is not working. I may have done mistake somewhere.

Can you please tell me whether I need to add "[IMPRESSIONID]" only or "&tid=[IMPRESSIONID]" after my mobipium offer link?
Please help me..

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I just answered this very same post in another thread - please see my reply there.

I still don't understand what you mean by "not working". Are you saying you've put the offer link in the browser and the offer page is not displaying?



Amy

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After putting the offer link in browser its showing forbidden blank page.

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That's weird! Is it the same link you posted in the other post? I put that in my browser and was able to see the offer.

https://4577924.catchtheclick.com/?m...8N3uVaD42x5zHg



Which country are you in? And what browser are you using? And what device were you browsing from? The offer currently only works on chrome, and only from either desktop or Android devices.



Amy

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I am browsing from Google chrome and my device is acer laptop. So is it safe to save the exact link to run campaigns later? I am now following ur 40 days tutorial. And I am stuck in only day 2

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Which tracker are you using? I've provided step-by-step instructions on how to prepare Mobipium links for the tracker etc. If you tell me which tracker, I'll paste the link to the specific lesson below.

If you're using chrome and laptop there's no reason why pasting the link you copied from Mobipium into the browser won't work. I can certainly see the offer when I paste your link into my desktop chrome browser. But just in case, please check with your Mobipium AM to make absolutely sure that your account and links are active.

And when you run your first campaign, please do so on popads and set the budget to the minimum $2.50. That way you can verify the tracking without wasting too much money in case you need to fix something. Please keep me updated on progress so I can provide further guidance. Screwing up tracking and wasting money can cause a lot of frustration.



Amy


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Hi @vortex Would this url be correct with Funnelflux and Popads? I have regular Mobipium market links working, now giving these smartlink offers a try.

https://4602261.catchtheclick.com/?mob=BD1usvoT2JrvOmEmGkb7Q1vjUWCO7g_BmBmJGXl-7p5eNoLvIPFc9UQ3pcGoTw_YwHAfnxOf8N3uVaD42x5zHg&tid ={hit}

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I'm quite confused: Are you using Funnelflux as a tracker, or just putting the mobipium link into PopAds directly, without using a tracker?

If you're NOT using a tracker, then the parameter and variable at the end should be tid=[IMPRESSIONID].

If you ARE using Funnelflux as a tracker, then yes your link above would be correct - to put into Funnelflux as the offer link. Then of course you'd create a funnel/campaign in Funnelflux to generate a campaign link to put into PopAds.

If I haven't answered your question, please clarify.



Amy

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Hi and thanks for this tutorial.
May I skip the request approval link step?
I tested the link and it seems to work, it opens some kind of game or something i personally would consider spam 😁

Are there really people who click those things? Serious question:
https://gyazo.com/d5a32b02780ee3d424250bd902f11f68

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Make sure you're approved - otherwise you may not get commissions for conversions.

And yes - people do click on those. Just not many. But pop traffic is cheap. So it all works out.



Amy


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Thanks Amy!

Do you have a tutorial or some article about how to choose offers?
I mean if we manage to make it work with these campaigns, I suppose later on, we should step up and choose more higher quality offers (Still with low payouts in order to learn of course and not spend all our money).

Thanks!

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For experienced affiliates, no.

But here are some general guidelines:

1)Do some spying to see which verticals (kinds of offers) and which specific offers are appearing the most often, for any specific geo. Those would be worth testing. Doing so will give you a good idea what kinds of stuff does well for that geo.

(Of course, there would be more competition as well. You may also want to test verticals and offers that nobody else is running - they could turn into big winners as well. But those would be the riskier candidates. Sticking to verticals you're seeing more often would be the safer way.)

2)Talk to lots of people to find out what works and what doesn't. This is why networking is ultra important. It's like market research - the more people you poll, the more clear the picture. Talk to other affiliates, affiliate managers, traffic source reps. You'll have a list of things you'd want to test, whether they be verticals or offers or angles or traffic sources.

3)At the end of the day, you can never be sure unless you test. So in general, spy + talk to people to define what you're wanting to test, and then test to find out.

This is pretty general I know, but hope it provides a starting point for your explorations!



Amy

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You are helping a lot.
Can you suggest a spy tool which on the affordable side of the pricing? ��

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Certainly!

Adplexity and Anstrex are solid.

https://stmforum.com/forum/showthrea...or-STM-Members

https://stmforum.com/forum/showthrea...ted-frequently

Each has several products corresponding to different traffic types (pop/push/native/etc.)


For FB, I like these:

https://www.visto.li/

http://adpatrol.com/buy/


(BTW You can find all sorts of discounts here:

https://stmforum.com/forum/forumdisp...ts-amp-Bonuses)



Amy

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Thanks a lot. May I ask what kind of affiliations are u in?

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What do you mean by affiliations? Affiliate networks? Spy tools?



Amy

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Yeah sorry, wrong term. I mean what kind of approach you use. Are you running and affiliate web site or are you media buying for specific verticals? Which is your fav traffic source, etc.

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I remember @jaybot had a spy tool with a free version, but i don't remember which one. Maybe cpa.rip?

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Yup:

https://push.cpa.rip/

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I've run various paid traffic types in the past. As for affiliate websites - was into those too for a few years in the distant past, when all it took to rank in the search engines was get a EMD domain and/or spam links using software like SENuke / GSA etc.

Right now I'm fiddling with Tikok - it's somewhat more lenient than FB, and competition is lower. Still trying to dedicate more time towards that.

I also help other people run traffic to their websites - like an agency I guess except I never had to market as one because word just got out on its own. I guess this would be similar to what you were doing. Mainly running social traffic and expanding to other platforms. I only do this for services I believe in. Keeps life interesting!

I've run in the past (some still to this day): Pop, Adult, FB, Adwords, mobile (app) display and some push and native.

Adult: Was fun 6-7 years ago still when I was running adult dating and "men's health" stuff. Too competitive now IMO - in terms of running affiliate offers anyway.

Pop: I rode the wave when it was easier. High point was when carrier subscription offers were in full swing and 4-5 figure days were relatively easy. Now there are fewer good offers that are suitable for pop, plus competition is high so it's not easy to get volume. Still great for learning the ropes for cheap because you can get conversions and learn optimization etc. on low spend, but I wouldn't recommend to dwell there if you want to make substantial money. It's far from being dead though: https://stmforum.com/forum/showthrea...twinaxe-recipe

Mobile display: Was fun for a while when it was all the rage in 2014-2015. Then it got too competitive, and also there have been a lack of suitable offers. I'm not even sure any affiliates are running this type of traffic anymore - nobody has talked about this around here for some time.

FB, adwords, push and native are all alive and well. It has become more challenging to run affiliate offers on FB due to account bans and such. The "problem" with adwords, as usual, is that they have pretty stringent rules and high prices. Bing should be more lenient and I've been wanting to give them another try, but of course traffic volume is not comparable to adwords. Push - those weren't new but made a big comeback in the last 1-2 years, and then became less exciting. Native is still strong - lots of great tips in the native subforum from experts like @jack_l and @jaybot.

So that's my perspective - which, as much as I talk to quite some people to find out what's working or not, is still limited. For a more complete picture, please refer to this report, which we publish every year:

https://stmforum.com/whats-working-2021/

Hope that helps!



Amy

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Hi Amy, wow this is like another going out with a friend and have a nice talk.
Thanks for sharing your experience, this is helping a lot in order to see more clearly.

And the report yeah, wow, it's awesome, reading it already!

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#vortex @vortex
Sorry to ask this question again, after i got the link from mobipium, what should i add in the end of the URL (like "&tid=[IMPRESSIONID]"
do i need to add this in th end of URL exactly, or need to change something,
the ULR which i got from Smartlinks>PN All Landings>Setup Smartlink> is https://4645633.catchtheclick.com/?m...8N3uVaD42x5zHg

this URL works when i open it in browser.
Sorry if it seems an amateur question

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Hi! It IS an amateur question, which is very fitting since this is a newbie guide, wouldn't you agree?

You're exactly right - just append the token to the affiliate link. the [IMPRESSIONID] is a variable.

Tracking is a complex topic - I have an entire lesson in the 40-day tutorial that explains how it works. But in a nutshell, this is what happens:

1)When you put this link in Popads: https://4645633.catchtheclick.com/?m...aD42x5zHg&tid=[IMPRESSIONID]

Each visitor popads sends to this link, popads will replace [IMPRESSIONID] with an ID, and this ID will change with every visit.

So for example let's say popads shows the ad/offer to VisitorX - and they're showing the page as https://4645633.catchtheclick.com/?m...5zHg&tid=12345

2)Because this link belongs to mobipium, each time it is triggered, mobipium is "aware". Mobipium will actually store this value "12345" into their database, under the variable "tid".

3)If VisitorX actually converts (i.e. subscribes to the offer), mobipium will "post the conversion back" to popads. Remember that postback url you took from popads and pasted it into mobipium? That's the link mobipium will use. It will look something like this:

http://serve.popads.net/cpixel.php?s...andnumbers&id= {tid}&value={pay}

And when triggering this link, mobipium would replace {tid} with "12345" and {pay} with the payout of the offer. So something like this for example:

http://serve.popads.net/cpixel.php?s...andnumbers&id= 12345&value=0.03

4)When the postback link above is triggered, popads would "know" that VisitorX ID 12345 has converted with a value of $0.03. This will then be reflected in PopAds' stats.


Don't worry if this is confusing. It takes a while to understand how tracking works. The $1 guide is all action and no thinking - I've taken the thinking part out of the process on purpose, to give a taste of what it's like to set up a very simple ad campaign. For details, please see the 40-day tutorial.

Hope that helps!



Amy

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