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Using the Affiliate Console

Americart Support
posted this on September 05, 2012 18:26

The Affiliate Console consists of several pages geared toward providing an affiliate with an easy-to-use but in-depth look at how their campaign is performing.

Affiliate Console URL: http://www.yourdomain.com/store/affiliates 

 

  • The dashboard provides an overview report in the form of charts along with several other statistics.
  • The Campaign Report gives a more in-depth look at the affiliate's statistics, listed by day.
  • The Get Links area provides an easy method for building links to products in your catalog.
  • The My Account page is the central place to change any of the settings related to the affiliate.

 See the Affiliate Console Reference for a closer look at each of these sections.

Using the Dashboard

To see a quick review of common and useful statistics, select a date range for which you wish the report to be generated using the date range selector in the bottom left of the page, then click Select. The charts and textual information will update accordingly. By default, the date range is set to show totals for the current month. Note that charts may appear blank if there is no data for that particular date range.

 If you wish to log out of the affiliate console, simply click the Log Out button in the upper left corner, under the Affiliate Info section.

 The dashboard is reachable at any time by clicking the Home button on the Affiliate Console menu bar.

 See the Affiliate Console Dashboard Reference for an explanation of each chart and statistic.

Building Links

 

Building links to products, categories, or manufacturers on your site is a simple two-step process.

  1. First, enter a phrase into the search box, which will return a list of manufacturers, categories, and products that match the search terms if any are found.
  2. Clicking the icon beside an entry will create a link to that particular manufacturer, category, or product to copy and paste into any web site. The link includes the affiliate's unique Ad Code (a unique identifier which shows where visitors, customers, and orders originate. This can be from a Keyword Campaign, Banner, Email, etc.) so they will get credit for any visitors or sales that they bring to the site.

Viewing the Campaign Report

Similar to the dashboard page, the Campaign Report has a selectable date range for which the report is generated. A grid will be shown with totals for each day between the dates that are specified. Note that dates with no information will not be shown.

For an explanation of the columns shown on the report, see the Affiliate Campaign Report Reference.

Changing Your Affiliate Account Settings

All settings related to your affiliate account are changeable through the My Account page. Each of the fields are described on the page, but most should be self-explanatory. If you require more assistance with your account settings, contact support.