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COUPON CODE TRACKINGShareASale has added many new features to address the

landscape of coupon and deal Affiliates in the performance

marketing channel. There are three we are going to discuss

in this particular series - each relating to Coupon Code

Tracking.

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ENTER COUPON CODE DETAILS Enter in any details specific to the coupon

code, such as start date, end date and expiration.

FORCE EXCLUSIVITY Select “Yes”. When active, any transaction where this

coupon code was used will be credited to the Affiliate for whom this deal is

private.

SCENARIO 1

Create an exclusive coupon for one Affiliate, and enforce exclusivity.

Control commissions of customer-only email coupons and deals.

Create coupon codes for the big coupon Affiliates, and make sure they only use those coupons.

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An Affiliate requests an exclusive coupon. You want to ensure only this Affiliate is able to receive commission for this coupon code when used at checkout.

MAKE DEAL PRIVATE To force deal exclusivity, you must first make this deal

“private” to one single Affiliate.

REQUIRE COUPON USE FOR SPECIAL COMMISSION Select “Yes” to require

the code to be used in order to qualify for the deal related commission.

START DATE:

END DATE:

TITLE:

DESCRIPTION:

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COUPON CODE TRACKINGEach of these new features can help manage and grow your

Coupon Affiliate segment. Remember, Coupon Affiliates

can be an important building block - one of many - to a

successful and diverse program.

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CREATE A NEW CUSTOM COMMISSION RULE Prior to sending out an internal

code to your customers, create a new commission rule that states, “When a

coupon code equals “SAVE10”, set percentage to zero.

SCENARIO 2

Create an exclusive coupon for one Affiliate, and enforce exclusivity.

Control commissions of customer-only email coupons and deals.

Create coupon codes for the big coupon Affiliates, and make sure they only use those coupons.

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You want to send a customer-only coupon via email, but you don’t want to have the coupon show up in the Affiliate channel.

SEND CUSTOMER EMAIL Once you have your rule saved, send out your cus-

tomer email. Just remember, while you may not be able to control user-gener-

ated content, you can control your Affiliate commissions.

RULE NAMEEmail-Coupon

COMMISSION ACTIONSet percentage to 0%

STOP PROCESSING MORE RULESYES

CONDITIONSIf Coupon Code = “SAVE10”

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COUPON CODE TRACKINGPlease note that a lot of these options require the setup

of Affiliate Tags and in some cases additional parameters

in your ShareASale Tracking Pixel. For help with either of

these, just send in a support ticket to ShareASale and we

can help you make these changes!

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CREATE FIRST COUPON COMMISSION RULE

Set up your first rule to say “If Tag=Coupon and

Code=Save20, Set Commission to 10%.” Be sure to

select “Stop Processing More Rules”.

SCENARIO 3

Create an exclusive coupon for one Affiliate, and enforce exclusivity.

Control commissions of customer-only email coupons and deals.

Create coupon codes for the big coupon Affiliates, and make sure they only use those coupons.

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You want to give codes to big coupon sites, but you want to make sure they only use thosespecific coupons.

This is best accomplished using a series of commission rules as seen below. Remember, you must have tags set up in your account to set up this series of rules.

CREATE SECOND COUPON COMMISSION RULE

Set up your second rule to say “If Tag=Coupon and

Code=Holiday15, Set Commission to 10%.” Be sure to

select “Stop Processing More Rules”.

CREATE A FINAL CATCHALL COMMISSION RULE

Set up your final rule to say “If Tag=Coupon, Set

Commission to 0%.” If any of the previous rules are

true, the rules will stop processing and never get to

this rule.

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COMMISSION ACTIONSet percentage to 10%

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CONDITIONSIf Tag = “Coupon” ANDIf Coupon Code = “Holiday15”

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