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07-26-2022 09:54 PM #1 stungads (Senior Member)
Values Passed Through Tracking Link

Is there a way to see what values are passed through the URL parameter in real time after a user clicks the tracker link?

From what I understand you can see &sub3, &sub4 values in the tracker, but how do you see it real time?

I'm trying to see what fills in into &sub3, &sub4, etc....



07-27-2022 12:49 AM #2 quintyfresh (Senior Member)

@stungads

Hey looks like you are using chrome. In this case you can use a plugin called "Redirect Path."

Just make sure you open a new tab, make sure the plugin is active, and paste whatever link you want. It will track every URL it passes through and can be looked at once it reaches the destination. FYI, good to do this on affiliate offers sometimes and see if its brokered just as a side note.

Its here in the chrome store: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/d...ggjokdkkebmdll

I am not affiliated with it in any way. It just works good for me. I used to use a service for this called whatrunswhere which may also still be active except that it runs on US based servers. You can change your computer IP with a VPN and the redirect path plugin will actually track the urls as if you in that country since it runs off of your client browser.

Hope this is what you need, now make some money on TikTok.


07-27-2022 01:34 AM #3 stungads (Senior Member)

Quote Originally Posted by quintyfresh View Post
@stungads

Hey looks like you are using chrome. In this case you can use a plugin called "Redirect Path."

Just make sure you open a new tab, make sure the plugin is active, and paste whatever link you want. It will track every URL it passes through and can be looked at once it reaches the destination. FYI, good to do this on affiliate offers sometimes and see if its brokered just as a side note.

Its here in the chrome store: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/d...ggjokdkkebmdll

I am not affiliated with it in any way. It just works good for me. I used to use a service for this called whatrunswhere which may also still be active except that it runs on US based servers. You can change your computer IP with a VPN and the redirect path plugin will actually track the urls as if you in that country since it runs off of your client browser.

Hope this is what you need, now make some money on TikTok.
FML, still working on tracking ecom events with TikTok, but surely I'll get there either next day or by EOW **hopefully** . But, thanks! Isn't the parameters supposed to be filled out?





07-27-2022 04:45 AM #4 quintyfresh (Senior Member)

Hey,

Yes it is supposed to be filled out if it travels through any place where those variables get filled and it redirects them again. Although...I should probably have asked you what you are trying to see? What a user sees? Then you have you click through the link wherever the end user does so that the variables can be filled and pass along with it. If you paste a raw tracker link there is nothing to be filled as its just gonna be blanks for testing. I know you know this, and sorry if it's coming off as elementary information. Just trying to make sure I am helping best as possible. Without the links variables being changed at their point at the traffic source like usual before the click those variables will remain placeholders when you try to do it yourself.

Also, I hope I didn't misunderstand your question. If you are talking about in your tracking software, then I am sure you can use the click event viewer if it has it and set the option to show sub3, sub4, sub5 etc so it can tell you what those were for each click. You may be able to see it that way also.

With this method I showed you would have to come from where the user does, and it would swap those variables real time like a normal user and you would be able to see them. Does this make sense? Perhaps this solution isn't exactly what you need. Sorry for suggesting if that's the case I don't want to lead you down the wrong trail.


07-27-2022 02:39 PM #5 stungads (Senior Member)

Quote Originally Posted by quintyfresh View Post
If you paste a raw tracker link there is nothing to be filled as its just gonna be blanks for testing. I know you know this, and sorry if it's coming off as elementary information. Just trying to make sure I am helping best as possible. Without the links variables being changed at their point at the traffic source like usual before the click those variables will remain placeholders when you try to do it yourself.
Oh.......well I kinda remembered now that you brought it up. Now that you mention it, I think the values won't change unless ads are actually being ran. If I copy paste it, the values won't change dynamically.

Code:
https://redtrackcampaignurl.com/62ce04c274b54c0001990709?utm_source=TikTok&sub2=__CAMPAIGN_ID__&sub3=__AID__&sub4=__CID__&sub5=__PLACEMENT__&sub6=__CAMPAIGN_NAME__&sub7=__AID_NAME__&sub8=__CID_NAME__&ref_id=__CLICKID__
I was thinking that that once I click through the above link, __Campaig_ID__ would populate on that tool you mentioned. But, if I append let's say &ref_id={clickid} the redirect link to the product page if I had &ttclid={clickid} <---- it would populate that. So I don't know if that's grabbing the user's information and then parsing it over to the next page.


07-27-2022 04:10 PM #6 iwanttofly (Veteran Member)

Quote Originally Posted by stungads View Post

Code:
https://redtrackcampaignurl.com/62ce04c274b54c0001990709?utm_source=TikTok&sub2=__CAMPAIGN_ID__&sub3=__AID__&sub4=__CID__&sub5=__PLACEMENT__&sub6=__CAMPAIGN_NAME__&sub7=__AID_NAME__&sub8=__CID_NAME__&ref_id=__CLICKID__
Only TikTok will populate any of the __X__ subs. And I believe it will only do that with valid traffic. TikTok is a bitch at times, sorry.


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