TrafficStars and RedTrack
TrafficStars is a platform for buying and selling worldwide premium traffic in just a few clicks. It is easy to use for both beginners and expert media buyers. TrafficStars is a powerful, self-serve Ad Network and Ad Exchange.
RedTrack has an API integration with TrafficStars, which gives you the following benefits:
- Pause: campaign, creative
- Create automated rules
Before you begin
Before you proceed with the integration, make sure to have the already added:
- Custom tracking domain
- Offer source and Offer (if you’re an Affiliate)/ Brand and Website (if you’re an Advertiser)
Integration steps
1. Add TrafficStars template to RedTrack.
Traffic channels → New from template → find TrafficStars and press Add → Save the template:
2. Integrate TrafficStars with Redtrack.
2.1 Go to your TrafficStars account to copy Client ID and Client secret:
2.2 Get back to RedTrack-> go to the added TrafficStars traffic channel settings-> scroll down to the section TrafficStars API integration-> fill in the necessary fields (see how to find values for Client ID and Client secret in step 2.1) and press Save changes:
The “Active” button means API integration is on.
3. Create Campaign in RedTrack with TrafficStars as your Traffic channel.
Campaigns → Create new campaign → use this guide for Affiliates / this guide for Advertisers to help you add the campaign with TrafficStars as your traffic channel → once your campaign is saved, copy the automatically generated click URL (your tracking link):
4. Get back to your TrafficStars account to create the Campaign and add RT tracking link in there.
4.1 On the TrafficStars menu press Create a campaign:
4.2 Fill in all the mandatory info in the fields:
4.3 Copy the Click URL from your RT Campaign settings (step 3.2) and paste it to the Creatives section of the Campaign settings in your TrafficStars account:
5. Set up the Postback URL in RedTrack
In Campaign settings (created in step 3) scroll down to S2S Postback for TrafficStars → press Add → check if the needed values are in place and filled in correctly → Save changes to your campaign:
6. Set up the automation and enjoy.
Check out the following articles for the automation features:
- Integrated Traffic channels (for a general overview of the automation features in RT)
- Auto rules
- Auto cost update