Introduction

Automate is a JavaScript link publishing tool that streamlines affiliate marketing efforts. By automatically generating commission links from regular links for your partnered advertisers, Automate saves you time and maximizes your earning potential. Available to all publishers in all networks, including Japan. Automate ensures you never miss out on commission opportunities. 

How It Works

Once you install Automate, you can insert regular links to your advertiser partners' web pages on your site. When visitors click these links, the links are automatically turned into commission-generating links. You no longer need to create the links in your Publisher Dashboard manually. Existing affiliate links will still work as expected.

Requirements

To use Automate:

• Your website or blog can accept JavaScript.
• Your advertiser partner allows deep linking.
• You are partnered with the advertiser to earn commissions from these links.

Benefits

Install Automate to experience the following benefits; click the + to see more:

Reporting

You can track links generated by Automate using performance reports in the Reporting Interface:

1. Go to Reports in the navigation header and click Performance.
2. Use the Choose Report drop-down menu to select the report you want to run.
3. If you have installed the default Automate script with no custom u1 value added, click Add and Remove Columns and add the Member ID (U1) field. For links automatically affiliated by Automate, the cell will be populated with “automate,” as shown in this example:

   

4. If you use a script with a custom u1 value, that u1 value will stay intact and will not be replaced with “automate.”

Troubleshooting

Automate will always attempt to generate a deep link. If the advertiser disables deep linking, the redirect will go to the advertiser's chosen default landing page, ensuring you still earn commissions.

If you publish a link that Automate is not able to affiliate, that link is not broken. The user will still be redirected as expected, but the link will not have affiliate information.

To check that Automate is working, use your browser's developer tools and examine the console messages:

If you are unfamiliar with how to do this, follow these steps after installing Automate:

1. Click a link to an advertiser partner URL.
2. At the appropriate time, run a performance report to see the click you made. This click should be displayed in your reports.

Automate may take up to 24 hours to reflect relationship changes when adding or removing advertisers from your program. If it has not been updated after 24 hours, contact Customer Support.

Next Steps

Review instructions for installing and using Automate.