A standard campaign in Peerclick is a redirect campaign that incorporates all PeerClick elements (offers, landers, traffic sources, affiliate networks) to create a campaign funnel. Some components are optional and not required for running the campaign.
The following guide is best suited for affiliate and solo marketers that promote offers from affiliate networks buying traffic from traffic source platforms. You can also check other ways to set a PeerClick campaign according to your needs.
Before You Start
Open 4 platforms for quick access before signing in to PeerClick:
Traffic source: sign up, top up your account.
Affiliate network: find an offer in an affiliate network.
Domain provider: buy a custom domain.
A public landing page on the Internet: create it or get from your affiliate network.
Set Your Campaign
1. Add Custom Domain
1. Add Custom Domain
PeerClick provides a dedicated test domain that can be used if:
you create a campaign to get acquainted with the tracker settings.
you generate manual data to see how it works and shows at the tracker panel.
A custom domain is used to generate tracker links and pixels.
It should not be used at any other place with any other purposes (including placing a landing page on this domain).
There are two ways to add a domain to the tracker: standard (manual) or via integration.
Tracker links and pixels with HTTPS protocol are generated on the HTTPS domain selected at the campaign settings.
To get a domain with HTTPS protocol, request for SSL.
2. Create Offer Source
2. Create Offer Source
Create an offer source as an element in PeerClick (your affilite network template).
An offer source is your affiliate network, your partner, direct advertiser, or your own products – someone who gives you the offers to promote.
Repeat these steps if you need to add several affiliate networks.
At the top left side of the settings window:
1. Go to the Offer sources tab.
2. Click +New on the left side of the dashboard.
3. Use search field to find the required affiliate network.
4. Click an icon of the required affiliate network.
! Full API label on the icon means there's an API integration available.
5. If you are using an affiliate network that is not on the list, you can create it yourself by selecting Create custom template.
6. For custom template, enter the affiliate network name.
For predefined template all data is already filled.
7. Click Create offer source.
3. Create Traffic Channel
3. Create Traffic Channel
Create a traffic channel as an element in PeerClick (your traffic source template).
A traffic channel (ad network, any place with the traffic) is where you get your traffic from. It can either be a paid channel of traffic like Google Ads, Facebook, Outbrain, Propellerads, etc., or your own website with organic traffic. In both cases, it is obligatory to add it to your account.
Repeat these steps if you need to add several traffic channels.
At the top left side of the settings window:
1. Go to the Traffic channels tab.
2. Click +New.
3. Use search field to find the required traffic source.
4. Click an icon of the required traffic source.
! Full API label on the icon means there's an API integration available.
5. If you are using a traffic source that is not on the list, you can create it yourself by selecting Create custom template.
6. For custom template, enter the traffic source name.
For predefined template all data is already filled.
7. Click Create traffic channel.
4. Create Offer
4. Create Offer
Create an offer as an element in PeerClick.
An offer is your ad URL which you will advertise.
Repeat these steps if you need to add several offers.
At the top left side of the settings window:
1. Go to the Offers tab.
2. Click +New.
3. Give a name to your offer in the Name field.
4. In your affiliate network account, copy the offer URL to the clipboard. Paste the offer URL that you have copied from the affiliate network in the Offer URL field.
5. Click Create an offer to add the offer to PeerClick.
5. Create Lander
5. Create Lander
Create a lander as an element in PeerClick.
A lander (LP, a landing page, a landing, a prelanding, a prelander) is a publicly accessible webpage that contains CTA link to an offer.
Repeat these steps if you need to add several landers.
At the top left side of the settings window:
1. Go to the Landers tab.
2. Click +New.
3. Give a name to your landing page in the Lander name field.
4. Insert the URL of your landing page in the Lander URL field.
5. Click Create lander.
6. Сreate Campaign
6. Сreate Campaign
Create a PeerClick campaign to get a tracker campaign link.
A campaign is an element in PeerClick that incorporates elements (offers, landers, flows, traffic sources) to create a campaign funnel.
At the top left side of the settings window:
1. Go to the Campaigns tab.
2. Click +New.
At the left side of the settings window:
3. Give a name to your campaign in the Campaign name field.
4. From the Traffic source drop-down menu select the traffic source that you have previously created.
At the right side of the settings window:
5. Click + Add offer to choose offers from the list.
6. Click + Add lander to choose landers from the list.
7. Click Create.
7. Launch Campaign
7. Launch Campaign
The PeerClick campaign is created but there's few final steps to finish the settings and get the data.
1. Set a postback to PeerClick or a postback pixel to get conversion data.
2. Set a click URL to get click data.
3. Set cost settings to get cost data.
4. Copy a Campaign URL link and paste it at the traffic source as the offer link to get visit data.
Copy the generated link at the Tracking section.
This link is inserted instead of the offer link received from the affiliate network or advertiser, when creating a campaign in a traffic source.