Multi-device affiliate attribution

First go to ContactCloud > New master record field.

The field name used in this guide is Affiliate. However, the name can be chosen as desired. Row is selected as the type on KlickTipp. If you are using another autoresponder, select either Hidden input or Text at this point. Look at your provider’s documentation for more information on this step.

Under Listbuilding > New Listbuilding, select the software in which you want to embed the opt-in form. In this guide, OptimizePress is selected.

3.1 Content page with link to your opt-in page

Now create a content link to your opt-in page in the vendor view under Account > Content pages​. The affiliate ID is recorded in the opt-in form, which is not visible to the end user since you previously set the field to hidden. Click on Create content page, enter the opt-in page for the field Target URL and then select the product that should be marketed with this opt-in page.

3.2 Content page with link to your sales page

As in step 3.1, go to Account > Content pages​ in the vendor view and click on Create content page. In the field Target URL, enter your sales page and select the corresponding product again.

You then use the content link in step 4 to create the email. Important: Use the content link with HTTPS, whereby the target URL of the sales page does not necessarily have to contain HTTPS. The additional field Affiliate may be empty if the opt-in page is called up without an affiliate link (which does not work with the content link without HTTPS).

You can find the content link with HTTPS by clicking on the pencil icon to open the menu for editing the content link.

If an affiliate ID has been entered for an email address, this must be taken into account when calling up the sales page. This means that the content link created in step 3.2 must now be included in your newsletter or follow-up email.

The link from step 3.2 has a placeholder for this:

https://www.digistore24.com/content/123/456/%%AFFILIATE%%/

In this example, %%AFFILIATE%% is the placeholder for the additional field Affiliate and is specific to the autoresponder, so you should not just use it. The appropriate placeholder can be found in the autoresponder’s documentation. You can remove CAMPAIGNKEY at the end of the link.

On KlickTipp, go to the selection menu Placeholder when creating the email and select the field created in step 1. In this case, the field is called Affiliate.

This placeholder is then added to the end of the link. Of course, you can also use it in the hyperlink.

Note: This link should not be shortened with a URL shortener; otherwise the placeholder can no longer do its job.