Feature update history:
25/07/24 – Custom questions can be added to apply to run application.
Create offers with limited access and have direct control over who has the access to the offer, without the micromanagement of private offers – this is the essence of the "apply to run" feature.
This feature is available only for Enterprise plans.
What are apply to run offers
Apply to run offers means that affiliates have to send an application to take part in a specific offer for their clicks and conversions to be counted by the system. An affiliate has to send an application from their portal, and you can review, approve, or decline the application in your Trackdesk portal.
In this sense, they are very similar to private offers, and, as in private offers, you can even add affiliates manually to offers yourself in order to skip the application process.
How to set up apply to run
Setting up apply to run on offers is very simple; simply select it in the visibility option in the general tab on offer create/edit:
Customizing applications
By default, affiliates have to fill out a general message to their applications. You can further customize applications by adding additional parameters affiliates will fill out on their applications and add a consent checker if you want to add any custom terms to your offer that affiliates have to comply with in order to take part.
To require user content, tick the "Require user consent" checkbox. You can fill in the link to your external terms or just add a general text into the editor below.
To add custom questions to your applications, click the "New question" button in the Custom questions section.
You can choose if the question should be required or optional. There are several answer types you can add to your application:
true/false questions
text answers
single/multiple selections from a predefined list
Managing apply to run offers
Offers set as apply to run will show up on affiliates' available offer list. They will have to send an application in order to access the offer. You will find pending applications in the main menu, under Offers -> Offer applications.
Here you can review, accept and reject applications:
To review who has the access to the offer, see history of applications and assign affiliates manually, navigate to Offer detail –> Affiliate tracking tab.
From this overview, you can also revoke access to affiliates who were previously approved or manually added.
