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Tracking In CPA Marketing

by InternetLover
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Hi,

Can anyone tell me how I can track my CPA offers?

I have signed up for Google Analytics and on the page where it says: 'What are you tracking'? Do I choose the option of 'One domain to multiple subdomains'?

Also, this domain in question, is that the domain of the CPA offer, or my domain name?

After I get the code, what do I do next?

Many thanks in advance.
#cpa #marketing #tracking
  • Profile picture of the author PandoraMarketing
    Go grab yourself

    Prosper202 Self Hosted Apps - It's FREE!

    It might go straight over your head but have a read, it's a vital tool...
    also i will have a guide out soon for the less knowledgable!
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    • Profile picture of the author Cash37
      Originally Posted by PandoraMarketing View Post

      Go grab yourself

      Prosper202 Self Hosted Apps - It's FREE!

      It might go straight over your head but have a read, it's a vital tool...
      also i will have a guide out soon for the less knowledgable!
      Too bad prosper doesnt work on every host and is a pain in the A to try to get working on almost every server I've tried. Tracking 202 is decent but you're relying on their uptime.

      There really arent any good tracking solutions IMO.
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  • Profile picture of the author PandoraMarketing
    @Cash37 - That comment I totally disagree with you over and over and over again and i'm sure alot more experienced marketers will back me up It isn't a pain to install at all, get a better host... job done! trust me you won't find better than prosper.
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    • Profile picture of the author Cash37
      Originally Posted by PandoraMarketing View Post

      @Cash37 - That comment I totally disagree with you over and over and over again and i'm sure alot more experienced marketers will back me up It isn't a pain to install at all, get a better host... job done! trust me you won't find better than prosper.
      I'm "a lot experienced" and I can tell you that Prosper is decent at best. Don't want to bad mouth their product but it doesn't do anything MS Excel can't do. Yes its nice, WHEN IT WORKS....
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  • Profile picture of the author juczam
    My understanding you need to track CPA offers wherever they will be such as text ads, banner ads, pop ups and so on. I have using Prosper202 for while and I had few minor problems solving basically its refreshing page. Installation process is simple however you have to check your hosting server features to make sure it goes to work.
    I had shared hosting at Seohosting ( Hostgator) and currently I run Prosper202 on VPS server at Beyond hosting. I am tracking several campaigns and it is working fine.
    You have to avoid cheap shared hosting performance would be compromised.
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    • Profile picture of the author Cash37
      Originally Posted by juczam View Post

      My understanding you need to track CPA offers wherever they will be such as text ads, banner ads, pop ups and so on. I have using Prosper202 for while and I had few minor problems solving basically its refreshing page. Installation process is simple however you have to check your hosting server features to make sure it goes to work.
      I had shared hosting at Seohosting ( Hostgator) and currently I run Prosper202 on VPS server at Beyond hosting. I am tracking several campaigns and it is working fine.
      You have to avoid cheap shared hosting performance would be compromised.
      Had a $199 VPS that it wouldn't run on... I believe it doesnt even run on Windows servers. Oh well
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  • Profile picture of the author imback
    Prosper202 or tracking 202

    They both work great and both have free training tutorials


    CHAD
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  • Profile picture of the author ChrisBa
    Originally Posted by InternetLover View Post

    Hi,

    Can anyone tell me how I can track my CPA offers?

    I have signed up for Google Analytics and on the page where it says: 'What are you tracking'? Do I choose the option of 'One domain to multiple subdomains'?

    Also, this domain in question, is that the domain of the CPA offer, or my domain name?

    After I get the code, what do I do next?

    Many thanks in advance.
    As stated above - check out prosper202 or tracking202.. i dont believe analytics will work well with this type of tracking..
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  • Profile picture of the author PandoraMarketing
    Excel to track.... are you nuts? Love it :p (Sarc)
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    • Profile picture of the author Cash37
      Originally Posted by PandoraMarketing View Post

      Excel to track.... are you nuts? Love it :p (Sarc)
      Im as serious as a heart attack.

      Excel doesn't have nearly any of the issues 202 does.

      Ex. Search results in Tracking202

      Note there is no solution posted for 90% of the problems people have with 202.... they just act like it is a one time thing, because so many people sing their praises but there is a whole crop of people in my boat who can't get this software to do anything worthwhile.

      If it works for you, great. But it isn't anywhere near perfect and I personally cannot, have not, and will never recommend it.
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  • Profile picture of the author mtmjohn
    Originally Posted by InternetLover View Post

    Hi,

    Can anyone tell me how I can track my CPA offers?

    I have signed up for Google Analytics and on the page where it says: 'What are you tracking'? Do I choose the option of 'One domain to multiple subdomains'?

    Also, this domain in question, is that the domain of the CPA offer, or my domain name?

    After I get the code, what do I do next?

    Many thanks in advance.
    Prosper202, BevoMedia and CPVLab. These 3 are the best cpa tracking tools
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  • Profile picture of the author Bevo Troy
    InternetLover- let me know if you need any help with the Bevo Media Tracker. I am here to help!
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  • Profile picture of the author MikeMorgan
    If you are promoting CPA offers with paid trffaic sources , it is advisabe that you use

    Prosper202 Self Hosted Apps

    It is one of the best tracking programs which can be used with almost top traffic sources such as PPC , PPV , POF , etc
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  • Profile picture of the author Scott B
    So, the bottom line is: forget CPA and go develop some tracking software that works well. Instant riches await you.
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    • Profile picture of the author macdamrack
      Hi,
      Remember that you cannot use Tracker202 in your FB Ads URL. It got blacklisted a few weeks ago (my experience).
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  • Profile picture of the author Alex Tran
    InternetLover, prosper202 and t202 are good tools. They have a learning curve though, so budget at least a week to learn how to install, tweak, and understand the results.

    You asked about Google Analytics (GA). This is a good tool and is very easy to use. However, it is not real-time.

    First grab your GA code, and place it on every page that you want to track.

    Ideally, you want to place the GA code on your CPA thank-you page too. The problem is that you don't normally have direct access to the thank-you page of a CPA offer. The way to get around this is to ask your affiliate manager to place your code on the CPA offer's thank-you page. They will be happy to do this for you.

    Next, in the GA admin panel, set up your goals.

    For example, set up goal #1 as:

    Landing page to opt-in.

    Then goal #2 is:

    opt-in to thank you page for opt-in.

    Goal #3 is:

    CPA offer on thank-you page to CPA thank-you page (this means that the conversion was successful for the CPA offer).

    And so on.

    I hope this helps.

    BTW, you should get the conversion tracking code from your paid traffic source and ask your AM to place it on the CPA thank-you page as well. This code is normally real-time. When a conversion happens, you will be able to track.

    Good luck.
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