You can use a dedicated test domain or a custom domain as a tracking domain. A custom domain allows you to track traffic independently of other users, while a test domain is used by everyone and can be banned at any time.
There are two ways to add a domain to the tracker: standard (manual) or via integration.
Adding a Custom Namecheap Domain via Integration
Setting up a custom domain on the Namecheap side
Go to your Namecheap account and prepare your own domain, for example, exdomain.com
Creating an integration in PeerClick
1. Go to the Integrations section.
2. Click on the Namecheap icon.
3. Enter your Namecheap username.
Go to Namecheap, Profile section.
Go to Personal Info section.
Copy the value from the Username field.
4. Enter your Namecheap API key.
Go to Namecheap, Profile section.
Go to Tools section.
Next to Namecheap API Access field, click Manage button.
4. Opposite the Whitelisted IPs field, click the Edit button.
5. Click the Add IP button.
6. Enter any name.
7. Enter IP 144.76.183.252
8. Enter your Namecheap password.
9. Save changes.
10. Return to the previous page by clicking the Done button.
11. Copy your API key and paste it into the corresponding PeerClick settings field.
5. Save changes.
Manual Adding a Custom Namecheap Domain
Setting up a custom domain on the Namecheap side
Purchase a domain at https://www.namecheap.com/ and log in to your account.
Select Domain List from the menu on the left.
Click the Manage button next to the domain.
Go to the Advanced DNS tab.
Go to the Host records section.
Click the Add new record button.
Select the CNAME from the Type drop-down menu and enter redirect.topeerclick.com.
Setting a custom domain in PeerClick
1. Go to the Settings section.
2. Go to the Domains section.
3. Click the Add domain button. The settings window will appear:
4. Go to settings.
5. n the window that opens, specify your custom domain in the format subdomain.domain.com if the Cname is specified for the subdomain, or in the format domain.com if the Cname is specified for the domain.
6. Select index type:
By selecting Default in the settings and going to the domain address, you will see the message The domain is successfully added.
By selecting 404 Page Not Found in the settings and going to the domain address, you will see the corresponding error on the page.
By selecting Redirect to campaign, specifying the corresponding campaign in the field that appears and going to the domain address, you will be taken to the specified campaign.
These settings are used to redirect random traffic to your domain address.
7. Save the changes.
The new domain record with the subdomain will appear in the tracker's list of domains.