AutoTag is a Tracking Tag feature that automatically appends the Click ID to every outbound link, form submission, and checkout redirect on your site — before the visitor clicks — so the identifier travels with them to the destination.
How AutoTag works
Section titled “How AutoTag works”AutoTag uses the right parameter name for each destination: atclid by default, or the network-specific parameter when the destination is a recognized affiliate network (sid for CJ, subId1 for Impact, tid for ClickBank; see the Tracking Group ID table for every network). For links AutoTag can’t auto-detect, place the --CLICK-ID-- token as any parameter’s value and the Tag substitutes the real Click ID at page load. If a link already carries a SubID value, AutoTag merges rather than overwrites. AutoTag tags standard links (a elements) in the page. A link that a script adds after the page loads may or may not be tagged, and a button drawn inside a video player’s iframe never is. See Links Added After Page Load for the copy-link test and the fixes.
AutoTag is one of the Tracking Tag’s three automation features, alongside AutoScan (crawls the page to find trackable links and forms) and AutoTrack (tracks form submissions and outbound clicks).
AutoTag vs Click ID
Section titled “AutoTag vs Click ID”- Click ID — AutoTag appends the Click ID; it is not the identifier.
Frequently asked questions
FAQ was last reviewed on 2026-06-23