Publisher Tools

Voucher/Coupon Codes

Optimise provides access to merchant approved voucher/coupon codes, discounts and offers alongside their associated deeplinks. You can find these in your affiliate account under Tools > Voucher Codes

If there are any voucher/coupon codes or offers that are exclusive to your AffiliateID they will automatically appear in your account.

You can download voucher/coupon codes or offers from your account or access via the API Optimise Network API

Data Fields

Data Field	Data Type	Description
VoucherCodeID	Integer	A unique ID for the offer
Code	String	The voucher/coupon code if applicable
Title	String	Title for the offer
Description	String	Description of the offer
ActivationDate	Date	The date the offer starts
ExpiryDate	Date	The date the offer ends
TrackingURL	String	A deeplink tracking URL to the offer on the merchant's website
CategoryName	String	Not used
Status	String	The status of the offer
AddedOn	String	The date the offer was added
Merchant	String	The merchant
Product	String	The product
Type	String	Not used
Discount	Decimal	The discount % amount

Product Feeds

You can view product feeds for Advertisers under Tools > Product Feeds

Selecting a Feed

Choose a Feed to download from the list. Clicking "View" will download the feed, clicking "Get URL" will display the Feed Download URL.

You can also choose to view the download URL by clicking "Get URL":

Download URL

The Download URL is constructed as follows: https://product-feeds.optimisemedia.com/{FeedID}?aid={AID}&format={xml/csv/google} Feeds can be downloaded as XML, CSV or Google Shopping format. You must specify the format. {AID} is your unique AID, {FeedID} can be found on the "Download Product Feeds" page in your Affiliate Login.

You can dynamically construct a URL with the FeedId and AID:

https://product-feeds.optimisemedia.com/feeds/{FeedID}?aid={AID}&Format={xml/csv/google}

You can access a list of available Product Feeds for your Affiliate account via the API. Review the Optimise Network API documentation for more information.

Formats

You can download a product feed in either XML, CSV or Google Shopping Format. Simply change the &format= parameter in your Feed Request URL to the desired format.

XML

https://product-feeds.optimisemedia.com/feeds/{FeedID}?aid={AID}&Format=xml

CSV

https://product-feeds.optimisemedia.com/feeds/{FeedID}?aid={AID}&Format=csv

Google Shopping

https://product-feeds.optimisemedia.com/feeds/{FeedID}?aid={AID}&Format=google

Data Fields

Parameter	Data Type	Description
ProductSKU	String	Product SKU provided by the Merchant
ProductName	String	Product Name
ProductDescription	String	Product Description - this may contain formatting provided by the Merchant
ProductPrice	Decimal	Product Price
ProductPriceCurrency	String	Product Price Currency as 3 digit ISO standard value. eg. GBP, USD, INR
DiscountedPrice	Decimal	The Product Price with any discount applied
WasPrice	Decimal	The Previous Price of the product before any discount was applied
ProductURL	String	The Optimise Tracked Deeplink URL
PID	Integer	Optimise Programme ID
MID	Integer	Optimise Merchant ID
ProductSmallImageURL	String	URL to small product image
ProductMediumImageURL	String	URL to medium product image
ProductLargeImageURL	String	URL to large product image
MPN	String	Manufacturer Part Number
StockAvailability	String	Indicates whether item is in stock or not. More info
Brand	String	Brand associated with product
Colour	String	Colour of the product
Location	String	Location of the product such as with a Daily Deal
Custom1	String	Free text custom field
Custom2	String	Free text custom field
Custom3	String	Free text custom field
Custom4	String	Free text custom field
Custom5	String	Free text custom field
CategoryName	String	Category Name as supplied by the Merchant
CategoryPathAsString	String	Full Category Path as supplied by the Merchant

StockAvailability

The following values will appear in this field:

• In stock
• Out of stock
• Null value – we are not supplied stock information by the merchant for this feed

Deeplinks

See the dedicated deeplinking guide.

Linkables

Turbo-charge your Website with instant deeplinks via Linkables link automation.

Publishers can use this tool to monetize content by easily converting your linkable assets with tracking links automatically.

Benefits

• Automatically creates deeplinks for each product mentioned in your content.
• Increased organic search traffic
• Increased referral traffic
• Increased brand exposure and affinity

Getting Started

To get started place the following script in the header of your website. You can also place it in a tag manager such as Google Tag Manager. Or if you are using Wordpress install the Optimise Linkables Wordpress Plugin.

The script must appear on all pages of your website where you want to monetise your links.

Replace XXXXX with your AID.

<script type="text/javascript">
OAID=XXXXX;ORef=escape(window.parent.location.href);!function(){var a=document.createElement("script");a.type="text/javascript",a.async=!0,a.src="//track.omguk.com/la?aid="+OAID+"&ref="+ORef;var b=document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0];if(b)b.appendChild(a,b);else{var b=document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0];b.parentNode.insertBefore(a,b)}}();
</script>

Testing

You can test that the Linkables JavaScript is properly configured on your site by using the Chrome Browser Extension: Optimise Tag Inspector

Adding a UID/SubID

You can add SubID's (UID - Unique Identifier) to Optimise Linkables as follows (replacing YYYYY with your chosen UID value or an empty value):

<script type="text/javascript">
OAID=XXXXX;OUID='YYYYY';OUID2='YYYYY';OUID3='YYYYY';OUID4='YYYYY';OUID5='YYYYY';ORef=escape(window.parent.location.href);!function(){var a=document.createElement("script");a.type="text/javascript",a.async=!0,a.src="//track.omguk.com/la?aid="+OAID+"&uid="+OUID+"&uid2="+OUID2+"&uid3="+OUID3+"&uid4="+OUID4+"&uid5="+OUID5+"&ref="+ORef;var b=document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0];if(b)b.appendChild(a,b);else{var b=document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0];b.parentNode.insertBefore(a,b)}}();
</script>

There are 5 optional UID values available which can be viewed in the Transactions Overview Report:

Field Name	Field Type	Field Size
UID	String	50
UID2	String	50
UID3	String	50
UID4	String	50
UID5	String	250

Reporting

See performance by editing our predefined reports or creating your own. Modify the report and add the Tracking Type dimension to see traffic broken down by linkables.

Browser Extension

Introduction

The Chrome Optimise Deeplink Extension can be downloaded from the following URL: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/optimise-deeplink-generat/odmndofhknafmcjhcfmbjgkfeekihnol?hl=en

tip

Chrome Extensions can be installed in either Chrome or Edge. Browse the Chrome Web Store in either browser.

Optimise Deeplink Generator 2.0 is a fast and simple way to generate deeplinks for your Optimise Affiliate Campaigns. Simply register your account, browse to an advertiser's website and click the browser icon to automatically generate deeplinks.

Choose from:

• Tracking URL
• Short Tracking URL with omgrefer.com
• QR code
• Social sharing links

Discover commissions, campaign information offers and promotions right from within the browser just by navigating to an advertiser website and clicking the extension button.

Getting started

To configure the extension access your API Key as this will be requried to configure the Extension.

1. Download the extension from the Google Chrome Web Store: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/optimise-deeplink-generat/odmndofhknafmcjhcfmbjgkfeekihnol?hl=en
2. Get your API key from the Dashboard under Admin > Service Account
3. Enter your AID. Find this by clicking on the user menu in the top right
4. Enter the AgencyId. Find the correct AgencyId here
5. Click Save

Optimise Assistant

Optimise Assistant is a Facebook Messenger Bot that creates a quick and easy way to generate targeted tracking links for your social media posts. Review the rules on posting affiliate links to social media. You can also view quick reports for your campaigns.

https://m.me/optimiseassistant

Use the email address and password for your Optimise Publisher account to login to Optimise Assistant.

tip

Sometimes Apps and Social Share buttons use shortened versions of the URL so you should use the URL displayed in the browser for the Advertiser/Product that you want to promote. You can open this in the browser and wait for it to fully load before copying the URL