Trackdesk can connect with a wide range of 3rd-party affiliate networks, affiliate tracking platforms, and partner/referral platforms. This allows you to bring external offers into your Trackdesk account, let your affiliates promote them through Trackdesk links, and track conversions consistently, all from a single dashboard.

This article covers the general setup process and provides platform-specific examples for each supported integration.

Requirements

For the integration to work, the 3rd-party platform must support:

Accepting custom tracking parameters (subIDs / Click IDs) in their offer or tracking links.
Postbacks (S2S tracking) to be able to send conversions back to Trackdesk.
The ability to insert values from subIDs into the postback.

Step-by-step setup

Step 1: Configure redirect tracking in Trackdesk

Campaigns for 3rd-party platforms in Trackdesk must use redirect tracking. This ensures every click is assigned a unique CID (short for Click ID) and this ID is passed to the 3rd-party platform for future reference of conversions.

Step 2: Create an offer in Trackdesk

For each 3rd-party offer link, create a new offer in Trackdesk.

Paste the platform's offer link as the Landing page.
Append Trackdesk's {cid} token into a subID parameter supported by the platform.

Example:

https://platform.com/tracking-link?SUBID_PARAMETER={cid}

Where {cid} will be replaced dynamically by Trackdesk with a unique Click ID when the end user navigates through the affiliate tracking link from your Trackdesk account.

Step 3: Set the postback in the 3rd-party platform

In the platform's dashboard, configure a postback URL to send conversions back to Trackdesk.

General format:

https://TENANT_ID.trackdesk.com/tracking/conversion/v1?conversionTypeCode=CONVERSION_TYPE&cid=CID_MACRO&amount.value=PAYOUT_MACRO&externalId=ORDER_ID_MACRO

Replace these values:

TENANT_ID: your Tenant ID
CONVERSION_TYPE: the code of your Conversion Type, for example sale
CID_MACRO: the platform's macro that returns the Trackdesk cid captured at end user visit
PAYOUT_MACRO: the platform's macro that returns the affiliate payout or commission amount
ORDER_ID_MACRO: the platform's macro that returns the order or conversion ID. This parameter is valuable for backwards reference to the advertiser platform

Note that the name and format of the three macros above fully depend on the 3rd-party platform and its terminology; they might be named differently.

Affiliate networks

Traditional affiliate networks where you promote external offers and receive tracking links and postbacks. Below are platform-specific examples for connecting each network to Trackdesk. Each platform's own macros (for example {cid}, #s2# or {{...}}) are written in that platform's syntax and must be kept as they are.

Admitad

Example format of tracking link from Admitad that will be added to the Trackdesk offer as landing page. In Admitad, navigate to Programs → select a program → Get Link (or Banners and Links section):
```
https://ad.admitad.com/g/xxx/?subid1={cid}
```
Postback that will be set up in Admitad to return conversions to Trackdesk account. In Admitad, navigate to Tools → Postback URL → Add postback URL:
```
https://TENANT_ID.trackdesk.com/tracking/conversion/v1?conversionTypeCode=sale&cid=[[[subid1]]]&amount.value=[[[payment_sum]]]&externalId=[[[order_id]]]
```
Replace TENANT_ID with your Tenant ID.

Advidi

Example format of tracking link from Advidi that will be added to the Trackdesk offer as landing page. In Advidi, navigate to Offers → select offer and copy the tracking link from the offer details:
```
https://advidi-offer.com/?s2={cid}
```
Postback that will be set up in Advidi to return conversions to Trackdesk account. In the offer details, scroll to the Sub-ID & Callbacks section, set Callback Type to URL, and paste the postback URL:
```
https://TENANT_ID.trackdesk.com/tracking/conversion/v1?conversionTypeCode=sale&cid=#S2#&amount.value=#price#&externalId=#tid#
```
Replace TENANT_ID with your Tenant ID.

Awin

Example format of tracking link from Awin that will be added to the Trackdesk offer as landing page. In Awin, navigate to Link Builder in the publisher interface, or go to Marketplace → select advertiser → Get Link:
```
https://www.awin1.com/pclick.php?mid=3&id=26491&clickref={cid}
```
Postback that will be set up in Awin to return conversions to Trackdesk account. In Awin, navigate to Advanced Settings → Transaction Notification → Call-back URL:
```
https://TENANT_ID.trackdesk.com/tracking/conversion/v1?conversionTypeCode=sale&cid=!!!clickref!!!&amount.value=!!!transactionAmount!!!&externalId=!!!transactionId!!!
```
Replace TENANT_ID with your Tenant ID.

ClickBank

Example format of tracking link from ClickBank that will be added to the Trackdesk offer as landing page. In ClickBank, navigate to Marketplace → select offer → Get Affiliate Link, or go to Affiliate Link Tools → Create tab:
```
https://4ce34itez4sc9s2orvvdjwyfaw.hop.clickbank.net/?tid={cid}
```
Postback that will be set up in ClickBank to return conversions to Trackdesk account. In ClickBank, navigate to Integrations → Postback/Pixels → Add Integration:
```
https://TENANT_ID.trackdesk.com/tracking/conversion/v1?conversionTypeCode=sale&cid={tid}&amount.value={affiliate_earnings}&externalId={order_id}
```
Replace TENANT_ID with your Tenant ID.

ClickDealer

Example format of tracking link from ClickDealer that will be added to the Trackdesk offer as landing page. In ClickDealer, navigate to Offers → select offer and copy the tracking link from the offer details:
```
https://mb-npltfpro.com/?a=80221&c=191617&s2={cid}
```
Postback that will be set up in ClickDealer to return conversions to Trackdesk account. In the offer details, scroll to the Sub-ID & Callbacks section, set Callback Type to URL, and paste the postback URL:
```
https://TENANT_ID.trackdesk.com/tracking/conversion/v1?conversionTypeCode=sale&cid=#S2#&amount.value=#price#&externalId=#tid#
```
Replace TENANT_ID with your Tenant ID.

CrakRevenue

Example format of tracking link from CrakRevenue that will be added to the Trackdesk offer as landing page. In CrakRevenue, navigate to Offers → select offer and copy the tracking link:
```
https://t.grti.com/xxx?url_id=0&aff_id=62455&offer_id=85692&aff_sub={cid}
```
Postback that will be set up in CrakRevenue to return conversions to Trackdesk account. In CrakRevenue, navigate to Settings → Global Postback URL, or set it per-offer under the Sub-ID & Callbacks section:
```
https://TENANT_ID.trackdesk.com/tracking/conversion/v1?conversionTypeCode=sale&cid={aff_sub}&amount.value={payout}&externalId={transaction_id}
```
Replace TENANT_ID with your Tenant ID.

Digistore24

Example format of tracking link from Digistore24 that will be added to the Trackdesk offer as landing page. In Digistore24, navigate to Marketplace → select product → Promote Now → Copy promolink:
```
https://www.checkout-ds24.com/redir/123456/examAffId/examCamp?cid={cid}
```
Postback that will be set up in Digistore24 to return conversions to Trackdesk account. In Digistore24, navigate to Sales & Partners → Integrations → Add New Integration → S2S Postback:
```
https://TENANT_ID.trackdesk.com/tracking/conversion/v1?conversionTypeCode=sale&cid={cid}&amount.value={amount_affiliate}&externalId={transaction_id}
```
Replace TENANT_ID with your Tenant ID.

FlexOffers

Example format of tracking link from FlexOffers that will be added to the Trackdesk offer as landing page. In FlexOffers, navigate to Advertisers → Search Advertisers → select an approved advertiser and get the tracking link from their links section:
```
https://track.flexlinkspro.com/a.ashx?foid=177.A171465&foc=1&fot=9999&fos=1&fobs={cid}
```
Postback that will be set up in FlexOffers to return conversions to Trackdesk account. In FlexOffers, navigate to Flex Apps → Postback URLs for a global postback, or go to Advertisers → Search → select advertiser → Postback button for a per-advertiser postback:
```
https://TENANT_ID.trackdesk.com/tracking/conversion/v1?conversionTypeCode=sale&cid=#fobs#&amount.value=#ca#&externalId=#on#
```
Replace TENANT_ID with your Tenant ID.

Impact

Example format of tracking link from Impact that will be added to the Trackdesk offer as landing page. In Impact, navigate to Discover → My Brands → Copy Link, or use the Create a Link widget on the dashboard:
```
https://track.impact.com/c/12345/67890/1234?subId1={cid}
```
Postback that will be set up in Impact to return conversions to Trackdesk account. In Impact, click on your user profile → Settings, then under Technical, select Event Notifications:
```
https://TENANT_ID.trackdesk.com/tracking/conversion/v1?conversionTypeCode=sale&cid={subId1}&amount.value={ORDERAMOUNT}&externalId={ORDERID}
```
Replace TENANT_ID with your Tenant ID.

MaxBounty

Example format of tracking link from MaxBounty that will be added to the Trackdesk offer as landing page. In MaxBounty, navigate to Dashboard or Search, select an offer, and copy the tracking link from the offer details:
```
https://www.mb14.com/lnk.asp?o=12345&c=123456&a=654321&s2={cid}
```
Postback that will be set up in MaxBounty to return conversions to Trackdesk account. In MaxBounty, click the profile icon → Global Postback, select URL from the dropdown, and paste the postback URL. Alternatively, set it per-offer under Sub-ID & Callbacks:
```
https://TENANT_ID.trackdesk.com/tracking/conversion/v1?conversionTypeCode=sale&cid=#S2#&amount.value=#RATE#
```
Replace TENANT_ID with your Tenant ID.

Perform[cb]

Example format of tracking link from Perform[cb] that will be added to the Trackdesk offer as landing page. In the Perform[cb] affiliate portal, navigate to Offers → select offer → Creatives tab and copy the tracking link:
```
https://{pcbdomain}.com/c/aff?lid=123&subid1={cid}
```
Postback that will be set up in Perform[cb] to return conversions to Trackdesk account. In the Perform[cb] affiliate portal, navigate to Offers → select offer → Testing & Tracking tab and paste the postback URL in the Postback URL field:
```
https://TENANT_ID.trackdesk.com/tracking/conversion/v1?conversionTypeCode=sale&cid={subid1}&amount.value={payout}
```
Replace TENANT_ID with your Tenant ID.

Rakuten Advertising

Example format of tracking link from Rakuten Advertising that will be added to the Trackdesk offer as landing page. In Rakuten Advertising, navigate to Links → Find Links, or use Search → Product Links / Text Links / Banners and click Get Link:
```
https://click.linksynergy.com/?id=1234567&mid=98765&u1={cid}
```
Postback that will be set up in Rakuten Advertising to return conversions to Trackdesk account. Rakuten Advertising uses the Postback API for postback configuration via the Developer Portal. Refer to the Rakuten Developer Portal documentation or contact your Rakuten account manager for setup assistance:
```
https://TENANT_ID.trackdesk.com/tracking/conversion/v1?conversionTypeCode=sale&cid=<u1>&amount.value=<commissions>&externalId=<order_id>
```
Replace TENANT_ID with your Tenant ID.

Tradedoubler

Example format of tracking link from Tradedoubler that will be added to the Trackdesk offer as landing page. In Tradedoubler, navigate to Your Programs → select a program, then use the Link Matrix (found under Useful Tools) to generate a tracking link:
```
https://clk.tradedoubler.com/click?p=123456&a=1234567&g=12345678&epi={cid}
```
Postback that will be set up in Tradedoubler to return conversions to Trackdesk account. Tradedoubler uses the Conversions API for postback configuration. Refer to the Tradedoubler Developer Portal or contact your Tradedoubler account manager for setup assistance:
```
https://TENANT_ID.trackdesk.com/tracking/conversion/v1?conversionTypeCode=sale&cid=${epi}&amount.value=${orderValue}&externalId=${transactionId}
```
Replace TENANT_ID with your Tenant ID.

Affiliate tracking platforms

Platforms used to run affiliate programs, often requiring custom setup of tracking links and postbacks. The same redirect + postback principle applies: pass Trackdesk's {cid} into the platform's tracking link and configure a postback to return conversions.

Affise

Example format of tracking link from Affise that will be added to the Trackdesk offer as landing page. In Affise, navigate to Offers → select offer → Tracking tab:
```
https://yournetwork.g2afse.com/click?pid=100&offer_id=5678&sub1={cid}
```
Postback that will be set up in Affise to return conversions to Trackdesk account. In Affise, navigate to Profile → Global Postbacks, or go to Offers → select offer → Your Postbacks:
```
https://TENANT_ID.trackdesk.com/tracking/conversion/v1?conversionTypeCode=sale&cid={sub1}&amount.value={sum}&externalId={transactionid}
```
Replace TENANT_ID with your Tenant ID.

CAKE

Example format of tracking link from CAKE that will be added to the Trackdesk offer as landing page. In the CAKE affiliate portal, navigate to Offers → select offer → Creatives tab and copy the tracking link:
```
https://cakebaseurl.com/?a=CakeAffID&c=CakeCreativeID&s1={cid}
```
Postback that will be set up in CAKE to return conversions to Trackdesk account. In the CAKE affiliate portal, navigate to Offers → select offer → Testing & Tracking tab and paste the postback URL in the Postback URL field:
```
https://TENANT_ID.trackdesk.com/tracking/conversion/v1?conversionTypeCode=sale&cid=#s1#&amount.value=#price#&externalId=#tid#
```
Replace TENANT_ID with your Tenant ID.

Everflow

Example format of tracking link from Everflow that will be added to the Trackdesk offer as landing page. In Everflow, navigate to Offers → select offer → Tracking Links:
```
https://www.yournetwork.com/click?o=1&a=1&sub1={cid}
```
Postback that will be set up in Everflow to return conversions to Trackdesk account. In the Everflow Partner Platform, navigate to Postbacks → Add Postback:
```
https://TENANT_ID.trackdesk.com/tracking/conversion/v1?conversionTypeCode=sale&cid={sub1}&amount.value={payout_amount}&externalId={order_id}
```
Replace TENANT_ID with your Tenant ID.

Offer18

Example format of tracking link from Offer18 that will be added to the Trackdesk offer as landing page. In Offer18, navigate to Offers → select offer → Generate Tracking URL:
```
https://example.o18.click/c?o=5000&a=1000&aff_click_id={cid}
```
Postback that will be set up in Offer18 to return conversions to Trackdesk account. In Offer18, navigate to Shortcuts → Postback:
```
https://TENANT_ID.trackdesk.com/tracking/conversion/v1?conversionTypeCode=sale&cid={aff_click_id}&amount.value={payout}
```
Replace TENANT_ID with your Tenant ID.

Scaleo

Example format of tracking link from Scaleo that will be added to the Trackdesk offer as landing page. In Scaleo, navigate to Offers → select offer → Assets and Links section, or use the Link Builder:
```
https://yourcompany.scaletrk.com/click?o=16&a=1&aff_click_id={cid}
```
Postback that will be set up in Scaleo to return conversions to Trackdesk account. In Scaleo, navigate to Offers → select offer → Conversion Tracking section, or go to Tools → Postbacks, Pixels:
```
https://TENANT_ID.trackdesk.com/tracking/conversion/v1?conversionTypeCode=sale&cid={aff_click_id}&amount.value={payout}&externalId={transaction_id}
```
Replace TENANT_ID with your Tenant ID.

Trackdesk

Example format of tracking link from advertiser using Trackdesk that will be added to your Trackdesk offer as landing page. As an affiliate on the advertiser's platform, navigate to Offer List → select offer → Get Link, then append ?affS1={cid} (or &affS1={cid} if the link already contains ?) to the generated link to pass your Trackdesk Click ID.
```
https://ADVERTISER_TENANT.trackdesk.com/click/OFFER_ID/AFFILIATE_ID?affS1={cid}
```
Postback that will be set up in advertiser's Trackdesk affiliate portal to return conversions to Trackdesk account. In advertiser's Trackdesk affiliate portal, navigate to Tools → Postbacks → Create new postback and enter your Trackdesk postback URL in the URL to Fire field.
```
https://TENANT_ID.trackdesk.com/tracking/conversion/v1?conversionTypeCode=sale&cid={affS1}&amount.value={payout}&externalId={conversionId}
```
Replace TENANT_ID with your Tenant ID.

TUNE

Example format of tracking link from TUNE that will be added to the Trackdesk offer as landing page. In TUNE, navigate to Offers → select offer and copy the tracking link from the offer page:
```
https://demo.go2cloud.org/aff_c?offer_id=1&aff_id=1&aff_sub={cid}
```
Postback that will be set up in TUNE to return conversions to Trackdesk account. In TUNE, navigate to Offers → select offer → Your Pixels/Postbacks → Add New Pixel/Postback, and select Postback URL as the code type:
```
https://TENANT_ID.trackdesk.com/tracking/conversion/v1?conversionTypeCode=sale&cid={aff_sub}&amount.value={sale_amount}&externalId={transaction_id}
```
Replace TENANT_ID with your Tenant ID.

Partner / referral platforms

Platforms focused on SaaS partnerships and referral programs. These platforms have slightly different tracking capabilities, but the core integration approach remains the same: pass Trackdesk's {cid} via the tracking link and configure a postback to return conversions.

FirstPromoter

Example format of tracking link from FirstPromoter that will be added to the Trackdesk offer as landing page. In FirstPromoter, the referral link is auto-generated per promoter on the Campaign page → Referral link section:
```
https://yoursite.com/?fpr=affiliateid&fp_sid={cid}
```
Postback that will be set up in FirstPromoter to return conversions to Trackdesk account. In FirstPromoter, navigate to Promoters → select promoter → Postbacks → New Postback:
```
https://TENANT_ID.trackdesk.com/tracking/conversion/v1?conversionTypeCode=sale&cid={{visitor.sub_id}}&amount.value={{reward.amount | divided_by: 100.0}}&externalId={{event.id}}
```
Replace TENANT_ID with your Tenant ID.

Post Affiliate Pro

Example format of tracking link from Post Affiliate Pro that will be added to the Trackdesk offer as landing page. In Post Affiliate Pro, navigate to Campaigns → select campaign → Banners/Links to get the affiliate link:
```
https://shop.merchant.com/?a_aid=YourAffiliateID&a_bid=IDofTheBanner&data1={cid}
```
Postback that will be set up in Post Affiliate Pro to return conversions to Trackdesk account. In the Post Affiliate Pro merchant panel, navigate to Configuration → Tracking Settings → Callback URL:
```
https://TENANT_ID.trackdesk.com/tracking/conversion/v1?conversionTypeCode=sale&cid={$firstclickdata1}&amount.value={$totalcost}&externalId={$orderid}
```
Replace TENANT_ID with your Tenant ID.

Tapfiliate

Example format of tracking link from Tapfiliate that will be added to the Trackdesk offer as landing page. In Tapfiliate, navigate to Programs → select program → Referral link & Assets:
```
https://yoursite.com/?ref=affiliatecode&tm_subid1={cid}
```
Postback that will be set up in Tapfiliate to return conversions to Trackdesk account. In Tapfiliate, navigate to Affiliates → Postback → Add New Postback URL:
```
https://TENANT_ID.trackdesk.com/tracking/conversion/v1?conversionTypeCode=sale&cid=${click_subid}&amount.value=${commission_amount}&externalId=${conversion_external_id}
```
Replace TENANT_ID with your Tenant ID.

UpPromote

Example format of tracking link from UpPromote that will be added to the Trackdesk offer as landing page. In UpPromote, affiliate links are auto-generated and can be found in the Affiliate Dashboard → Referral Links section:
```
https://yourstore.com/?sca_ref=AFFILIATE_ID&sca_source={cid}
```
Postback that will be set up in UpPromote to return conversions to Trackdesk account. In UpPromote, navigate to Settings → Integration → Postback URL and toggle it on:
```
https://TENANT_ID.trackdesk.com/tracking/conversion/v1?conversionTypeCode=sale&cid={sca_source}&amount.value={total_commission}&externalId={order_id}
```
Replace TENANT_ID with your Tenant ID.

Other platforms

If your affiliate network or platform is not listed above, it can still be integrated with Trackdesk in most cases.

As long as the platform supports:

Passing a Click ID (subID parameter) in the tracking link
Sending conversions via postback (S2S)

...the same setup principles apply.

If you're unsure how to configure a specific platform, feel free to reach out to our support team:

Live chat available directly in the platform
Email: [email protected]

We're happy to help you set up the integration.

Summary

By connecting 3rd-party networks and platforms via redirect + postback integration, you can:

Centralize tracking inside Trackdesk.
Allow your affiliates to promote offers from other networks and platforms.
Ensure conversions are tracked reliably across all programs.

Connect 3rd-Party Affiliate Networks and Platforms