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Engageya as a Traffic source


The following document describes how to track Engageya traffic with Voluum.

I. Create a campaign in Voluum

A. (Optionally) Create an affiliate network element. Read the Add an Affiliate Network to Voluum article to learn how to do that.

B. Create an offer element. Read the Add an Offer to Voluum article to learn how to do that.

C. (Optionally) Create a lander element. Read the Add a Lander Element article to learn more.

D. Create a traffic source element. Voluum provides you with the Engageya traffic source template, so you can use it and skip most of the manual setup. In order to use this template, perform the following steps:

  1. In Voluum, go to Traffic sources.
  2. Click the Create button and select the Traffic source option from the drop-down menu.

  3. Select the Engageya template from the list of available templates.
  4. Click the Next button. The New traffic source form will appear.
  5. You can change or adjust any option in the New traffic source form. Once you have done so, click the Save button.

E. Create a campaign

In Voluum, go to Campaigns, click the Create button and select the Campaign Simple or Campaign Advanced option from the drop-down menu.

  1. In the New campaign form, select the Private Workspace that you want this campaign to be assigned to from the Workspace drop-down menu.
  2. Select the Engageya traffic source that you have just created from the Traffic source drop-down menu.
  3. Provide a name for the campaign in the Campaign name text field.
  4. (Optionally) Set a cost model.
  5. (Optionally) Select a lander you have previously created from the Landers drop-down menu.
  6. Select an offer that you have just created from the Offers drop-down menu.
  7. Click the Save button.

  8. Click the Copy button next to the campaign URL to copy it to the clipboard and paste it to any text editing tool.
  9. Click the Done button.

II. Create a campaign in Engageya

  1. In Engageya, click the Create new campaign button.
  2. Provide all required basic, targeting and budget settings and click the Next button.
  3. Upload a creative and provide a headline.
  4. Paste the campaign URL that you have copied from Voluum in the Click URL text field.
  5. Click the Add creative button.

  6. Click the Confirm & Proceed button.
  7. Review your campaign settings and click the Confirm & Approve button.
  8. (Optional) Follow the steps below only if you want to pass conversion info to Engageya. Click the Get code button.
  9. Go to the Server side tab.
  10. Copy the pixel ID to the clipboard, as shown in the picture.
  11. Click the Close button.

III. (Optional) Set up a postback URL

Do this only if you want to pass conversion info back to Engageya.

  1. In Voluum, go to the Engageya traffic source and edit it.
  2. Turn the Passing conversion info to traffic source toggle to on.
  3. http://pixel.engageya.com/gas-api/track.json?pixelid=215994&eng_click={externalid}
    In the Traffic source postback URL text field, replace the PUT_PIXEL_ID_HERE phrase with the pixel ID from Engageya. Your traffic source postback URL should look like this:
  4. Click the Save button.

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