Source IDs are a simple way to attach information about various traffic sources to tracking links. They are an excellent tool for affiliates to monitor their different campaigns with custom sources. These parameters are used to store non-unique session information from the partner’s tracking system that they want to be passed back on conversion. To store unique session information—like click IDs or user hashes—use the partner click ID or unique value parameters instead.
Some of the most commonly used parameters are the traffic source and partner sub-ID parameters:
- source
- aff_sub
- aff_sub2
- aff_sub3
- aff_sub4
- aff_sub5
How you can update the tracking Link Manually:
Get any tracking link, and appended respective macros as per your choice and replace the placeholder values “AFFSUB” and “SOURCE” with the appropriate/dynamic macros from your tracking system. For instance, your tracking system might have a macro for ad placement that you can use to replace “AFFSUB,” and another macro for traffic source that you can use to replace “SOURCE.”
Sample Tracking Link:
Here’s below an example of a partner tracking link that uses both of these types of parameters:
https://go.urtrackinglink.com/aff_c?offer_id=XXX&aff_id=XXX&aff_sub=AFFSUB&source=SOURCE