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2006-11-14 Release Summary

ClickBank is pleased to announce the release of its redesigned account management system, promotion tracking capability, and a transaction analytics beta.

The redesigned account management system includes updated navigation, more comprehensive reporting, and new application features to enhance your productivity while managing your account(s). Some of the key features of this enhancement are:

  • Intuitive navigation
  • Paycheck detail report showing all transactions for a specific paycheck
  • Receipt hyperlink displays individual transaction details
  • Sortable results
  • Filtering capability

The promotion tracking enhancement allows affiliates to add an 8-character tracking code to the hoplink and order process, which provides the ability to accurately track and manage their campaigns. Some of the key features of this enhancement are:

  • Allows affiliates to add a code to the hoplink process for promotion tracking
  • Captures promotion tracking code during the order process
  • Displays the promotion tracking code in the transaction report(s)

The transaction analytics beta is a tool for fundamental business analysis. Both vendors and affiliates will benefit from the visibility this feature provides into their business, product and partner performance. Some of the key features of this enhancement are:

  • Aggregated transaction detail by timeframe, tracking code, vendor, affiliate, or product
  • Sortable results
  • Download to csv

We hope you find these enhancements helpful. If you have any questions or comments about the site, please contact customer service. For more information about each of the enhancements, please refer to the "What's New" section of this document.

What's New

Account Management

Summary

This enhancement makes the ClickBank account management tool easier to use and provides more comprehensive transaction detail. This manifests itself on the site through a more intuitive navigation, flexible report viewing options, and complete paycheck related transaction reporting.

Web Page Changes

Top and Main Navigation


Transaction Detail

  • Sortable results
  • Filtering capability



Paycheck Reporting


Paycheck Specific Detail


Known Issues

  1. Changes to the account management system may cause automated "site scraping" tools to break. If you are experiencing difficulties with such tools, please contact the provider of your tool for resolution.

Frequently Asked Questions

Stats FAQ

  1. What information is available to me in my transaction detail report?
  2. What do the alternate codes in the transaction detail table, column "Item", mean?
  3. How do I filter on certain transaction types?

Accounting FAQ

  1. Why haven't I received my check?

Tracking Codes

Summary

As an affiliate, the tracking code enhancement provides the power to track and manage your campaigns by tying a specific sale back to the promotion that initiated it. The tracking code is implemented throughout the ClickBank system as "tid". The format of the hoplink URL with a tracking code is located below.
http://AFFILIATE.PUBLISHER.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=ZZZZZ

In order for the feature to work properly, you must adhere to these standards during its implementation. The tracking code value, which is "zzzzz" in the example above, can be 8 characters long, containing alpha and numeric characters only. Any value longer than 8 characters will be truncated. Any value containing characters other than alpha or numeric values will have the entire tracking code value removed from the hoplink and order process and, will not show in the transaction report. Tracking code values received lower case characters will be set to all uppercase. The tracking code parameter, which is "tid" in the example above, must be lower case.

Web Page Changes

Hoplinks


Transaction Detail Report

Known Issues

  1. Changes to the fields in the transaction detail may cause automated "site scraping" tools to break. If you are experiencing difficulties with such tools, please contact the provider of your tool for resolution.

Frequently Asked Questions

Hoplink FAQ

  1. How do I add a Tracking Id (TID) to a hoplink?

Affiliate FAQ

  1. Where can I find information about adding a tracking id to my hoplink?
  2. Where can I view the tracking code on an order?
  3. Will the publisher see my tracking code?

Account FAQ

  1. What is a ClickBank nickname?

Transaction Analytics (Beta)

Summary

The transaction analytics beta is a new tool to help both publishers and affiliates analyze business results. This versatile transaction aggregation tool provides summary level detail for tracking codes, vendors, affiliates, or products. Simply choose the value you want to aggregate and timeframe, then click the "GO" button to produce your results. The tool allows you to sort by column to quickly identify top performers per category. You will also find an export function that allows you to download the data for additional review or charting.

Web Page Changes

Analytics

Known Issues

  1. None

Frequently Asked Questions

Stats FAQ

  1. Where can I find aggregated transaction detail for my account?
  2. What does "No Affiliate" or "No Tracking Code" represent in my transaction analytics report?