Apply to Run Offers

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.

With apply to run offers, affiliates must submit an application to take part in a specific offer before their clicks and conversions are counted. An affiliate sends the application from their portal, and you review, approve, or decline it in your Trackdesk portal.

In this sense they're very similar to private offers - and, as with private offers, you can add affiliates to the offer manually to skip the application process.

Setup is simple: select Apply to run in the visibility option on the general tab when creating or editing an offer.

By default, affiliates fill out a general message with their application. You can toggle on Quick application, which lets affiliates submit with a single click without filling in any additional information.

You can customize applications further by adding parameters affiliates fill out, and by adding a consent checkbox if you want them to agree to custom terms before taking part.

To require consent, tick the Require user consent checkbox. You can add a link to your external terms or enter general text in the editor below.

To add custom questions, click New question in the Custom questions section. You can mark each question required or optional, and choose from several answer types:

Apply to run offers appear in affiliates' available offer list, and affiliates must apply to access them. You'll find pending applications in the main menu under Offers → Offer applications, where you can review, accept, and reject them.

Here you can review, accept and reject applications:

To see who has access to an offer, view application history, and assign affiliates manually, go to Offer detail → Affiliate management.

From there you can also revoke access for affiliates who were previously approved or manually added.