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Namecheap Additional Tracking Domain
Namecheap Additional Tracking Domain
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Setting up a custom domain on the Namecheap side

  1. Purchase a domain at https://www.namecheap.com/ and log in to your account.

  2. Select Domain List from the menu on the left.

  3. Click the Manage button next to the domain.

  4. Go to the Advanced DNS tab.

  5. Go to the Host records section.

  6. Click the Add new record button.

  7. Select the CNAME from the Type drop-down menu and enter redirect.topeerclick.com.

Setting a custom domain in PeerClick

1. Go to Settings.

2. Go to the Domains section.

3. Click the Add Domain button. In the window that opens, specify your custom domain and save it.

4. Request an SSL certificate if necessary. How to get SSL.

5. Mark your domain as default. If you need to use the lander-to-offer URL to configure a campaign with lander or tracking pixels, check their settings on your side, as they should now use your custom domain.

6. To check whether you have parked the domain correctly, use any resource to check the CNAME record or go to the domain editing and select Index type.

  • Selecting Default in the settings and going to the domain address, you will see the inscription The domain is successfully added.

  • Selecting 404 Page Not Found in the settings and going to the domain address, you will see there is a corresponding error on the page.

  • Selecting Campaign redirect, specify the appropriate campaign in the field that appears. Going to the domain address, you will be redirected to the specified campaign.

These settings are used to redirect random clicks to the address of your domain.

You can also get similar validation results when using proxying. PeerClick does not recommend using proxy, as does not guarantee the correct tracker work.

7. When deleting a custom domain, specify another custom or test domain in the window that appears. All campaigns associated with the domain to be deleted will use the specified domain.

8. When you add a domain to your account, the domain is checked for CNAME record. If, when adding, the domain is highlighted in red and marked as invalid, make sure that you have correctly parked the domain according to step 6 of this article. Then click Verify DNS settings to revalidate the domain.

9. Go to the Campaigns section and go to the campaign editing in the Tracking section.

10. Select a custom domain as the campaign domain.

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