Need a quick and easy way to get the latest promotion and sale updates from your advertiser/merchant partners? AvantLink’s Merchant Ad Tools provides a central location to identify and integrate the perfect ad for your site.
IDENTIFYING ADS/PROMOTIONS
The Merchant Ad Tool allows you to generally review all updated text, image/banner or html promotions from your advertisers/merchants. Looking for something specific? You can also:
- Choose ads/promotions from specific advertisers
- Search by seasonal promotions
- Isolate ads/promotions based on deals and coupon codes
- Create Ad Groups to help organize ad campaigns for use in contextual ads or other API requests
INTEGRATING ADS/PROMOTIONS
Once you have identified the perfect ad or promotion, adding them to your site is quick and easy. Simply select the Get Html hyperlink next to the ad and choose the appropriate Integration.
A common question often asked: what are the main differences among the integration types?
- Dynamic/Javascript:
- Banner & Text ads will update when the ad is changed by the merchant. This is a great option for affiliates as many merchants update a specific ads with their current promotion. If the ad name says 'current promotion', the merchant typically keeps updating that ad.
- Banner & Text Ads will record impressions with this integration type.
- Standard HTML:
- Banner ads only will update on your site when the ad is changed by the merchant.
- Banner & Text ads will record impressions with this integration type.
- URLs Only (No Html):
- Provides the ability to insert a tracking link to any text or image on your site.
- Text ads will not record impressions with this integration type.
- Banner ads will record impressions as long the Image URL is used. The Tracking URL is required for the tracking to work. (the URL's are available separately).
Don’t forget to add a Custom Tracking Code (CTC) if you wish to add additional tracking parameters of your choosing.