How to Set Up International Redirects in HitPath

This will guide you through setting up and monetizing your redirect traffic in HitPath with YTZ’s smart link.

Step One: Grab your tracking link from YTZ

Login to your YTZ account and grab the tracking link for the chosen smart link to get started! If you need any assistance or have any questions about the campaigns, please reach out to your account manager.

In the YTZ dashboard, go to the Campaigns section on the left-hand side. Example: Select campaign #20 – Mainstream Smart Link
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Scroll down to the Tracking Link section and agree to the terms to generate your unique tracking link. Add {hid} in the S1 field. It is also recommended that you pass source IDs through the KW field. These will automatically update the URL in the section below. Copy the URL.

Since we will be setting a global postback for your entire account, you can leave the postback section blank at the bottom for all of your campaigns.

Step Two: Create Campaign in Hitpath

Login to your Hitpath account.
Set up YTZ as an advertiser. Click on the Advertiser tab > Add New Advertiser.
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Fill out the advertiser details. You can leave User Name and Password blank.
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Next, you need to set up the YTZ smart link as a campaign. 
Go to the Campaigns tab > Maintenance > Create Standard Campaign.
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Under General Info > Redirectors > Paste the YTZ smart link URL.
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Under the Commission & Reporting tab, change the Payout Type to Variable Payout. You can set the percentage to whatever percentage you want to pay to your affiliates. 
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You can use the default settings for all other sections of the campaign set up. 
Click Create Campaign to complete the set up.

Step Three: Set up Smart Link on all of Your Offers

To set up the smart link to monetize your all of your redirect traffic, you can use Hitpath's Bulk Edit feature under the Campaigns tab.
Start with Edit Value > Geo Targeting. Choose the route based on the redirect traffic you want to monetize. 
Select the YTZ Smart Link you set up in a previous step in both 'Alternate Redirect' sections.
Under 'Apply to' you can select all of the campaigns you want to add the redirect to. Add Selected and Save.
Monetize device, browser & status redirects by selecting each of these from the Edit Value drop down menu and repeating these steps.

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You can also do this set up one offer at a time by choosing the offer, updating the targeting options and adding the smart link as the redirect URL in the General Info section. But we recommend using the smart link as a fallback on all of your offers to earn as much passive income as possible.

Paused/Cancelled Campaigns

When changing the status on individual offers - don't forget to choose the Alternate Redirect action and send the traffic to the smart link offer! Otherwise the traffic will go to a dead page and you will not earn any revenue.

Step Four: Add Your Postback to YTZ

To grab your postback from Hitpath, go to Advertisers > Maintenance > YTZ.
Select PostBack URL from the drop down and copy the URL that appears under 'Pixel'.
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Login to YTZ and go to the Postback section of the dashboard.
Click Add Account Level Postback.
Make sure you have the correct protocol selected (http or https).
Paste your Hitpath postback URL without the https.
Replace [TRACKING_VARIABLE] with {S1}
Remove &transid=[UNIQUE_TRANSACTION_ID]
Add &ate={REVENUE} to the end of the url.
Click Create Postback.
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That’s it - You have successfully set up your postback and set up YTZ as a redirect on your offers in Hitpath! Now you will earn revenue on traffic that was previously going to waste. Make sure to use the alternate redirect function on all of your offers to maximize your earnings.

If you have any questions or suggestions for improvements for this guide please contact us at [email protected] or reach out to your AM directly.