Welcome! This article will teach you how to set up a ClickBank Postback on NewsBreak. ClickBank is a prominent E-commerce platform and affiliate marketplace that connects marketers with digital products. We have provided this integration with the intention of simplifying tracking for these affiliate marketers.
💡Note that Version 7.0 is no longer supported, please update to Version 8.0 to successfully integrate.
1. Log in to your ClickBank account, click "Accounts" on the left panel, and select your desired account name.
2. Within your account page, click on "Vendor Settings" on the top navigation bar.
3. In the "Vendor Settings" view, click "My Site" near the top of the screen.
4. Once you access the site configuration view, scroll down until you see the "Advanced Tool" section. Click on "Edit" on the right side of this section.
*Note: If this is your first time setting up a Postback on ClickBank, you may need to request access to the Instant Notification URL. See below for reference:
Check "Yes" for everything and save the changes to request access.
5. Enter the 'Edit" view of Advanced Tools and set the Secret Key and Instant Notification URL as follows:
- Secret Key: MONETIZENEWS
- Instant Notification URL: https://business.newsbreak.com/tracking/clickbank
💡 Make sure you click "TEST IPN" twice for verification and save the changes. Now you are ready to test your event on NewsBreak!
[Now you are all done on the ClickBank side of things! Switch over to your NewsBreak ad account to test your conversion flow end-to-end.]
1. Create and test your conversion flow end-to-end in NewsBreak's Event Testing Tool.
- Head to Event Management once you log in and select "Create/Test Web Event."
- Then name your event, please choose "Postback"as your event tracking type, choose "ClickBank" as your 3rd party tracking service, and choose "sale" as your conversion event in the dropdown.
2. Test the Postback integration!
After selecting required fields, you should be able to see the test section show up. Please enter the URL you get from ClickBank (offer URL or more likely, the test URL you get from your ClickBank POC) and click "Go test" to trigger your conversion event. Once you've triggered the event, please return back to NewsBreak's page to see the test result.
*Note: According to ClickBank, you should use the parameter "tid" in your URL to pass through the click ID, so please make sure you have this part added in your ClickBank tracking URL: tid=__CALLBACK_PARAM__ . For reference, here is an example of a Clickbank Tracking URL that would work for a NewsBreak Postback: https://hop.clickbank.net/?vendor=[seller account nickname]&affiliate=[affiliate account nickname]&lid=6100&tid=__CALLBACK_PARAM__
3. Save your event.
- Hopefully you will see "Test: Successful" and then you can save your event on the right-hand side of the screen.