Overview
With Attrace, sales affiliate tracking can be on a decentralized blockchain solution.
Merchant = Party selling product or service
Publisher = Other parties that promote and direct traffic to Merchant
Sales can have following statuses:
- Open
- Approved
- Sale
- Rejected
Architecture
In order to implement Attrace as a merchant it is important to understand the underlying architecture of the network. Attrace is a decentralized solution, meaning that a party can take responsibility for its own transactions on the network.
Server side
Every party can implement a server side connector (available in different languages like PHP, NodeJS, and more) to create and sign transactions on the network. This means that a tracking is always online, as long as the website is available.
Currently, Attrace does not support .net connectors yet. Hence we set up a so called serverless solution for Merchant, which is hosted on this domain: https://eservice.srv.cons.attrace.com. The integration-configs, javascript and api will be hosted here in a dedicated box.
Implement the tracking as Merchant
As a Merchant you need to add the mtag javascript library on the page you want to track the conversion.
Note that the 8 chars (x kCcc6el) are random to avoid caching, it could be replaced by any other hash, like for instance revision number or so.
Invoke a conversion
In order to invoke a conversion, add the following javascript:
- First param should always be ‘sale’. Attrace also supports ‘leads’.
- Second param is a callback, this can be kept null.
- Third param is metadata you want to store with this sale, like order ID or booking reference.
- Last param is an array of sales values. Just put in the total amount of this sale, as a string. The network will calculate the right commission based on the agreement.
Statistics
For statistics, log on to your advertiser dashboard.