ClickBank New Integration

As of June 4, 2024, ClickBank released new affiliate tracking parameters to supplement the existing tracking ID (TID) functionality for affiliate tracking links. These updates give affiliates better tracking, reporting, and automatic integrations with AnyTrack.

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Success

AnyTrack is already integrated with the new affiliate tracking parameters.

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Already integrated?

If your ClickBank account is already integrated with the new ClickBank tracking parameters, you just have to update the ISN version to Version 8.0 to enable your AnyTrack integration:

1. ClickBank links are automatically tagged with the new extclid tracking parameter.
2. The postback URL for both the Order Page Impression and Purchase events already supports the new parameters.
3. What you need to do is update the ISN version to version 8.0 to receive the new affiliate tracking parameters.

The New ClickBank Integration

With AnyTrack, you can send accurate conversion data from your ClickBank account to your ad platform Conversion APIs (Google Ads, Facebook Ads, TikTok Ads, and more) in real time. This allows you to optimize your ad campaigns with rich conversion data and track complete customer journeys. AnyTrack also enables affiliate marketers to build custom audiences across all ad platforms, with granular customer journey insights, including product-level data and abandoned carts.

How the ClickBank AnyTrack Integration Works

1. Traffic: When visitors land on your website, AnyTrack collects traffic source data and First Party data.
2. Engagements: When visitors click on your ClickBank affiliate links, AnyTrack does a few things:
   1. Collects granular data tied to the OutboundClick.
   2. Triggers Event Tracking API requests to your Tracking Tags and analytics.
3. Customer Checkout: When the visitor lands on the Order Page, AnyTrack tracks the Order Page Impression and triggers an InitiateCheckout event. See the conversion payload example below.
4. Conversions: When your visitor completes the checkout, AnyTrack receives the conversion data through the ClickBank Postback URL.
5. Attribution: AnyTrack processes the conversion data and reports it across the AnyTrack Dashboard.
6. Conversion API: AnyTrack then sends your conversions to your ad platform Conversion APIs so you can feed your ad platform machine learning and automatic optimization with 100% of your conversion data.

Technical Details

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Note

These technical details are for reference only as they are automatically set by the AnyTrack Tracking Tag.

Standard Conversion Event Mapping

AnyTrack enables you to track all Event Types from ClickBank and map these events to either standard events or custom events.

For example, if you promote products that have recurring sales, you can map the initial sales to the standard Purchase event, and map the REBILL conversions to a custom Conversion name.

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Warning

When you update the ClickBank conversion mapping, you must map the custom Events to your ad platform Conversion Events. Learn more about Event Mapping.

The ClickBank Postback URL

Upon adding ClickBank to your AnyTrack account, you will get your ClickBank postback URL. This postback URL will allow you to get your conversion data from the ClickBank servers to the AnyTrack server.

https://t1.anytrack.io/xxxxx/collect/ClickBank

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Important

The ClickBank integration requires the AnyTrack Tracking Tag in the head section of your website or landing pages. Learn how to install the AnyTrack Tracking Tag on your website.

Setup Guide

Step #1: Add ClickBank to your AnyTrack Account

1. Go to the Integration Catalog, search for ClickBank.

2. Now click on the ClickBank card and then click on Install.

Step #2: Connect your ClickBank account

Step #3: Sales and Rebill Tracking

1. Copy the Postback URL from your AnyTrack account.
2. Access your Instant Notification settings (Vendor Settings >> My Site >> Advanced Tools >> Edit).

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   Note

   While you are setting up your postback in a vendor setting page, do not worry as this is the same page Vendors and Affiliates set their Postback URL. The parameters sent to affiliates are different than the parameters sent to Vendors.

3. Add the key: AnyTrack.
4. Paste (ctrl+v) the Postback URL in the Instant Notification URL Field.
5. Select Version 8.0.
6. Click on Test IPN.
7. Save (The IPN tracks the Sales, Upsells, and Rebills).

Step #4: Order Form Tracking

1. Access your Integrated Sales Reporting settings (Vendor Settings >> My Site >> Integrated Sales Reporting >> Add Tracking Code).
2. Select "Tracking Tag" and click "Add".
3. Paste (ctrl+v) the postback URL in the Tracking Tag URL Field.
4. Select Track As: "Affiliate".
5. Select only "Order Form".
6. Save

Step #5: Adjust the Conversion Event Mapping

The Event Mapping allows you to define which events to track and map them to Conversion Events you will forward to your ad platform integrations (e.g., Facebook Conversion API).

Validate Your Integration

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Install the AnyTrack Pixel Helper Chrome extension to verify the AnyTrack Tracking Tag is installed on your website. It also shows connected ad platforms and browser-side events. View the Pixel Helper guide.

Link Tracking

Since tracking starts when visitors click on offer links, verify that your links are tracked and AutoTagged.

1. Load the website where you added the AnyTrack Tracking Tag.
2. Hover on the ClickBank offer URL.
3. Inspect the URL and look for the parameter appended to the URL: extclid=kQECYO2xNgY4nMd88wypHAd0DHts1mhpy9

AutoTag Methods

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AutoTag is a function enabled by default through the AnyTrack Tracking Tag. It appends extclid and click_id data to affiliate links.

• Default: By default, AnyTrack automatically identifies and AutoTags ClickBank links found on your website. Like this sample ClickBank link.
• AutoScan: AnyTrack scans links that are embedded in redirects plugins and AutoTags them accordingly.
• Manual:
  • Tracking Group Attribute: You add the tracking group attribute to links according to their tracking requirements. For example: data-tracking-group="ClickBank" or rel="ClickBank". More about Tracking Group.
  • Click ID Token: You manually append the extclid: &extclid=--CLICK-ID-- to the offer link.

Once the links are set up, you can check in your ClickBank account reports and see whether the extclid parameters are passed to the offer links.

Here is an example of how you would manually update links for ClickBank:

<a href="https://example.foo/goto/ClickBank" data-tracking-group="ClickBank">Hover on the ClickBank Demo Link to see the AnyTrack click_id</a>

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Tracking Group refers to the integration technology. For example, the ClickBank Tracking Group is ClickBank and the Rakuten group is rakuten. The Tracking Group

Conversion Tracking

To validate your setup, wait for a conversion or trigger a test conversion yourself and inspect the conversion logs.

ClickBank Conversion Payload Example

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This is the new extclid parameter appended to the ClickBank hop link: "extclid": "kQECYO2xNgY4nMd88wypHAd0DHts1mhpy9"

{
  "verificationHash": "135CBA87",
  "country": "US",
  "tracking_type": "direct",
  "click_timestamp": "2024-05-19T12:37:28.444230Z",
  "role": "AFFILIATE",
  "affiliateCommission": "0.00",
  "device_model": "Apple Macintosh",
  "os": "Mac OS",
  "city": "New York",
  "os_version": ">=10.15.7",
  "useragent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/126.0.0.0 Safari/537.36",
  "extclid": "kQECYO2xNgY4nMd88wypHAd0DHts1mhpy9",
  "device_type": "Desktop",
  "itemNo": "1",
  "productTitle": "Product Name Online Blueprint",
  "click_id": "6ec6b660-ff6e-47a9-979b-77d51e93d9c8",
  "device_brand": "Apple",
  "vendor": "vendorName",
  "browser": "Chrome",
  "browser_lang": "en",
  "browser_version": "126",
  "state": "New York",
  "affiliate": "anytrackio",
  "trackingCodes": "k0q0e0c0y0o2x0ng0y4n0md88wyp0h0ad000d0hts1mhpy9"
}

{
  "affiliateTrackingParameters": {
    "extclid": "0dMIgXmvDOgivGxx31F2fNVJatcphsFHj" //AnyTrack Click ID parameter
  },
  "role": "AFFILIATE",
  "totalAccountAmount": 121.3,
  "commonTrackingParameters": {
    "deviceType": "Phone",
    "country": "US",
    "trackingType": "hop",
    "os": "Android",
    "useragent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 13; SAMSUNG SM-S134DL) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) SamsungBrowser/22.0 Chrome/111.0.5563.116 Mobile Safari/537.36",
    "clickTimestamp": "2024-09-30T13:25:16.059080697Z",
    "clickId": "ee8386b9-xx-434d-b24b-a619a43ee532",
    "osVersion": "13",
    "browser": "SamsungBrowser",
    "browserVersion": "22.0",
    "deviceModel": "Samsung SM-S134DL",
    "state": "Louisiana",
    "deviceBrand": "Samsung",
    "browserLang": "en"
  },
  "upsell": {},
  "attemptCount": 1,
  "transactionTime": "20240930T092316-0700",
  "version": 8,
  "transactionType": "SALE",
  "lineItems": [
    {
      "productTitle": "Three Bottles of Neuro-Thrive",
      "shippable": true,
      "quantity": 1,
      "recurring": false,
      "lineItemType": "STANDARD",
      "shippingLiable": false,
      "productDiscount": 0,
      "shippingAmount": 0,
      "itemNo": "neurothr-3b-v",
      "taxAmount": 13.28,
      "accountAmount": 121.3,
      "productPrice": 177
    }
  ],
  "totalOrderAmount": 190.28,
  "vendor": "neurothriv",
  "paymentMethod": "VISA",
  "receipt": "xxxxx",
  "affiliate": "xxxxxx",
  "trackingCodes": [
    "00d0m0ig0xmv0d0ogiv0g0fkw310f2f0n0v0jatcphs0f0hj" //Previous version Click ID parameter
  ],
  "customer": {
    "billing": {
      "address": {
        "country": "US",
        "state": "FL",
        "postalCode": "32526"
      }
    }
  }
}