URL affiliate checker & tracking
Overview
Use the URL Affiliate Checker to keep track of sales generated by members of the 2Checkout Affiliate Network for services/products that you sell using a third-party e-commerce platform.
- 3rd party e-commerce provider -> URL affiliate checker -> detects 2Checkout cookie -> 2Checkout buy links
- 3rd party e-commerce provider -> URL affiliate checker -> does not detect 2Checkout cookie -> third-party buy-link
Requirements
In order to use URL Affiliate Checker, the following requirements must be met:
- The 2Checkout Affiliate Network is enabled for your account.
- Products sold through a third-party platform and available to 2Checkout Affiliates must be configured within the 2Checkout platform as well, and need to be assigned to commissions lists associated with 2Checkout Affiliates. Make sure to specify a commission you're willing to pay for affiliate referrals.
How does the URL Affiliate Checker work?
The URL Affiliate Checker enables you to redirect shoppers to 2Checkout ordering pages when they're referred by a 2Checkout Affiliate. The 2Checkout system tracks sales referred by affiliates and ensures that they get rewarded correctly and receive commissions for sales generated.
Installing the URL Affiliate Checker
To install the URL Affiliate Checker replace the Buy-buttons links (the buy-links placed on your call to actions) with the Affiliate Checker links generated using the Control Panel. Essentially, you need to replace the links on the buy-buttons that point to the third-party shopping cart. The 2Checkout system checks if shoppers come from a 2Checkout affiliate:
- If shoppers are referred by a 2Checkout affiliate (a cookie is detected) they're redirected to the 2Checkout ordering link (2Checkout shopping cart);
- If the Affiliate cookie is not present, the visitor will be redirected to a page of your choice.
URL Affiliate Checker link generator
Follow these steps to generate the affiliate checker link:
- Generate a buy-link for your products using the 2Checkout Control Panel.
- Enter the link generated into the Regular 2Checkout buy-link field.
3. Specify the URL where shoppers will be redirected in case that no 2Checkout affiliate cookie is detected.
4. Click the Generate link button and copy and paste this code replacing your regular buy links.
5. Shoppers clicking on the URL Affiliate Checker buy-links will be redirected to the 2Checkout shopping cart, if a 2Checkout affiliate ID is detected, or to the third-party shopping cart that you use.
6. Orders placed by shoppers which used the buy-links from 2Checkout affiliates will immediately be visible in the Order search area of the Control Panel.
Order promotions
Overview
Apply discounts to the total order value, including taxes. Offers configured with Order Promotions are designed to discount a fixed amount from the total value of all products added to the cart during the shopping process.
Order promotions are applied by default to the total order value before taxes. Reach out to 2Checkout Support if you need to apply the discount to the net order value.
Availability
Available for all 2Checkout accounts.
Example
2Checkout displays order promotions as an additional product added to the shopping cart, either automatically or after the shopper adds the coupon code.
Adding an order promotion
- Log in to your Merchant Control Panel account.
- Navigate to Marketing tools → Promotions → Order promotions.
- Click on Add order promotion.
- Give the promotion a suggestive title and description. Shoppers can see the promotion title during purchase.
- Add localized promotion names for any of the supported languages. The 2Checkout shopping cart automatically displays localized promotion names based on the selected shopping cart language.
- Select when you want the promotion to run. You can limit promotions to a specific time interval or let them run indefinitely. To start a promotion as soon as you mark it Active, leave the start date empty. If you don't set the end date, the promotion will stop when the maximum number of orders has been reached or will continue to run if the maximum number of orders is unlimited.
- Choose the coupon/voucher type:
- Single - one voucher to impact multiple orders;
- Multiple - individual and unique, per-order vouchers.
- Choose whether to restrict the promotion to a number of orders, or apply it for all orders. This option is only available for single coupons.
- Fill in the promotion coupon/voucher code. The maximum length of a coupon code is 255 alphanumeric characters.
- Single: enter the coupon values manually
- Multiple: either add the values manually one coupon per line or use the coupon generator available in the Control Panel to generate 5, 10, 20, 30, 50, or 100 vouchers at a time and either append them to an existing list or replace existing items. The generator creates random vouchers that resemble this: D8C10E32. 2Checkout recommends limiting the number of coupon codes to a maximum of 25000.
- Choose whether or not to apply discounts automatically. Only available for single coupons. This option applies discounts to all selected products in all orders, without the need for shoppers to enter the coupon manually.
- Choose whether or not to publish the promotion to the 2Checkout Affiliate Network.
- Activate the promotion.
- Click Save.
Advanced options for order promotions
If you apply a fixed discount, you can choose to apply it on the gross cart value (default) or on the net cart value.
This option is available only upon request. Please reach out to your Sales representative or 2Checkout Support to activate it.
