HELP: Prosper 202, subID's, False Information

maulsl88 · 12-02-2009, 05:08 PM

Hello everyone,

Today I got started with my first PPC campaign on Facebook with an offer targeted to the UK audience.

I generated 102 clicks across 4 different ads that I'm split testing. With these 102 clicks I didn't have any conversions.

I wanted to see what it looked like when you imported the subID's from the affiliate network into Tracking 202 since I had never done this before.

So I went ahead and took the subID's and updated them into Tracking 202. Oddly enough when I hit the refresh button to see the data I had generated from today, it said that I had made over $180 from my campaign which is totally false.

I'm quite curious why tracking 202 would say that I generated leads when there is no data to support that what-so-ever.

I went ahead and made a post on the Prosper 202 forum, but those guys never respond to threads, so I thought I'd post here and see what other people with experience with Tracking 202 think.

Anyone?

EDIT: I've also got one other question related to Pixels. I'm promoting an offer that just requires the user to download something, do I need to have my affiliate manage place a pixel on the advertisers success page?

indexphp · 12-02-2009, 05:18 PM

Maybe your using it wrong??

Prosper202 creates its own sub-ids. Thats why you format your affiliate link in the way you do. When something converts... you feed those sub-ids back into Prosper to complete the tracking loop. Since it created those sub-ids, it knows which ad, which traffic source, etc...

If you had 102 clicks... and no conversions... you shouldn't have fed it back any sub-ids. Maybe you fed it the sub-ids that were just clicks. You only feed it sub-ids that converted.

maulsl88 · 12-02-2009, 05:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by indexphp

Maybe your using it wrong??

Prosper202 creates its own sub-ids. Thats why you format your affiliate link in the way you do. When something converts... you feed those sub-ids back into Prosper to complete the tracking loop. Since it created those sub-ids, it knows which ad, which traffic source, etc...

If you had 102 clicks... and no conversions... you shouldn't have fed it back any sub-ids. Maybe you fed it the sub-ids that were just clicks. You only feed it sub-ids that converted.

Ya you're right. I just added the subID's to see what it did. But if those subID's didn't convert, what I'm curious about is why it would show $180's worth of conversions when there was none? I would have thought that there would have just been a bunch of zeros instead of it telling me that I head leads across all four of my ad's.

indexphp · 12-02-2009, 05:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by maulsl88

Ya you're right. I just added the subID's to see what it did. But if those subID's didn't convert, what I'm curious about is why it would show $180's worth of conversions when there was none? I would have thought that there would have just been a bunch of zeros instead of it telling me that I head leads across all four of my ad's.

Because you told Prosper they DID convert by updating them. If you had 103 clicks... it created 103 sub-ids. If you went through and pulled out a bunch (that didn't really convert)... and fed them back into Prosper, then you are telling it "Hey Prosper, these sub-ids DID convert"

maulsl88 · 12-02-2009, 05:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by indexphp

Because you told Prosper they DID convert by updating them. If you had 103 clicks... it created 103 sub-ids. If you went through and pulled out a bunch (that didn't really convert)... and fed them back into Prosper, then you are telling it "Hey Prosper, these sub-ids DID convert"

HaHa...Ok ya that makes sense. Thanks Index for clearnin that up. I was kinda worried that mayb I did make sales but they didn't count or something.

I apologize for what probably seems like a dumb question, but I'm new to CPA/PPC so I'm just tryin to get a grasp on things.

Thanks again man

Jeff M · 12-10-2009, 10:19 AM

Yep, i just did the same thing a few days ago. Just had to clear them out and add the converted ones in and all good now.

12-02-2009, 05:08 PM	#1
maulsl88 HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 155 Thanks: 31 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	HELP: Prosper 202, subID's, False Information Hello everyone, Today I got started with my first PPC campaign on Facebook with an offer targeted to the UK audience. I generated 102 clicks across 4 different ads that I'm split testing. With these 102 clicks I didn't have any conversions. I wanted to see what it looked like when you imported the subID's from the affiliate network into Tracking 202 since I had never done this before. So I went ahead and took the subID's and updated them into Tracking 202. Oddly enough when I hit the refresh button to see the data I had generated from today, it said that I had made over $180 from my campaign which is totally false. I'm quite curious why tracking 202 would say that I generated leads when there is no data to support that what-so-ever. I went ahead and made a post on the Prosper 202 forum, but those guys never respond to threads, so I thought I'd post here and see what other people with experience with Tracking 202 think. Anyone? EDIT: I've also got one other question related to Pixels. I'm promoting an offer that just requires the user to download something, do I need to have my affiliate manage place a pixel on the advertisers success page?

12-02-2009, 05:18 PM	#2
indexphp Custom Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: California Posts: 837 Thanks: 3 Thanked 139 Times in 92 Posts	Re: HELP: Prosper 202, subID's, False Information Maybe your using it wrong?? Prosper202 creates its own sub-ids. Thats why you format your affiliate link in the way you do. When something converts... you feed those sub-ids back into Prosper to complete the tracking loop. Since it created those sub-ids, it knows which ad, which traffic source, etc... If you had 102 clicks... and no conversions... you shouldn't have fed it back any sub-ids. Maybe you fed it the sub-ids that were just clicks. You only feed it sub-ids that converted.

12-10-2009, 10:19 AM	#6
Jeff M Determined War Room Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Social Networking Contact Info	Re: HELP: Prosper 202, subID's, False Information Yep, i just did the same thing a few days ago. Just had to clear them out and add the converted ones in and all good now.
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