Additional Tracking

Feature Summary

NATS offers the ability to allow your affiliates to add additional passthrough variables in their linkcodes which are stored with a member's subscription record. These variables then become available on postbacks. In addition to these pass-throughs, methods for forcing the join option to be used on the join form and changing the default join option are also available.

Join Option Variables

These variables are controlled by the Force Join Option in Linkcodes affiliate permission, found in the affiliate's settings. If the permission is not set to Allowed for an affiliate, NATS ignores both variables and the join page works as usual.

You can force a specific join option on the join form by passing the following variable in the URL: nats_at[force_optionid]={Option ID}

When a surfer arrives through a link with this variable, the join page shows only that option and hides every other option. For example, ?nats_at[force_optionid]=123 shows only option 123.

You can change the default join option on the join form by passing the following variable: nats_at[default_optionid]={Option ID}

This preselects the given option but still shows all the other options on the join page.

The option ID must be one that is already available on that site's join page. If it isn't, NATS ignores the variable and shows the normal options.

Subscription Passthrough Variables

You can add up to 5 additional subscription passthrough variables that will be stored with the member's subscription:

nats_at[subscription_passthrough1]={Passthrough Data 1}
nats_at[subscription_passthrough2]={Passthrough Data 2}
nats_at[subscription_passthrough3]={Passthrough Data 3}
nats_at[subscription_passthrough4]={Passthrough Data 4}
nats_at[subscription_passthrough5]={Passthrough Data 5}

Keeping these variables in the URL after redirect

By default, the nats_at array will not be available in the URL after the tracking redirect. It is still stored with the subscription and will become available on postbacks. You can control this behavior with the configuration "REMOVE_EXTRA_QUERY_TRACKING_VARS" which can be found in the "Surfer" section of the configuration admin.

Additional Parameters

If you need to ensure that any existing pass-throughs are overwritten and not used (pass-throughs are stored based on the surfer's IP & session), add the following parameter to the track link: nats_at[clear_existing_values]=1

Additional Notes

Example link:

https://{Link Domain}/track/{NATSCode}/?nats_at[force_optionid]={Option ID}&nats_at[default_optionid]={Option ID}&nats_at[subscription_passthrough1]={Passthrough Data 1}&nats_at[subscription_passthrough2]={Passthrough Data 2}

The tracking is site-specific. Going through a link code resets it.