MyLead and ClickFlare Integration Guide

• The offer URL sends the ClickFlare click ID to MyLead in ml_sub1.
• The postback URL sends it back to ClickFlare with every conversion, together with the payout and a unique transaction ID.

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How the data flows

Ad click
  → https://trk.yourdomain.com/cf/r/CAMPAIGN?...
     (ClickFlare records the click and generates the click ID)
  → [optional lander → CTA uses the ClickFlare click URL]
  → https://golead.pl/p/F6SR/adXF/SQLD?ml_sub1=CF_CLICK_ID
     (MyLead stores the ClickFlare click ID in ml_sub1)
  → Visitor converts on the advertiser's page
  → MyLead fires your postback:
     https://trk.yourdomain.com/cf/cv?click_id=CF_CLICK_ID&payout=4.00&txid=MYLEAD_TRANSACTION_ID
     (ClickFlare matches the conversion to the original click)

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What you’ll need

• An active ClickFlare account with your own tracking domain set up. Shared domains get flagged by networks and blocked by browsers. See Tracking domains.
• A MyLead account with at least one traffic source added. MyLead won’t let you request a campaign without one.
• A campaign that MyLead has verified for you. Verification can take some time, so request it before you plan to launch.

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What the MyLead template contains

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Payout: decimal, not cents

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Setup

1

Set up your own tracking domain

Add a custom tracking domain before anything else, for example trk.yourdomain.com. The postback URL is built on this domain, so changing it later means updating the postback in MyLead too. See Tracking domains.

2

Report conversions by postback time

Go to Settings → General Settings and set Conversion registration time reporting to Postback Timestamp.MyLead reports a conversion on the day it happened. With the default Visit Timestamp, ClickFlare reports it on the day of the original click, so a conversion that comes in days later lands on a different date in each platform. See Conversion registration time.

This is an account-wide setting. It changes the date conversions are reported on for every campaign.

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Create the campaign

Go to Campaigns → New Campaign, choose Redirect tracking, pick your traffic source and select your tracking domain. See Creating a campaign.

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Create the MyLead affiliate network

While creating the offer for the campaign, create a new affiliate network in its Affiliate Network field. You can also create it first under Affiliate Networks → + New. Either way:

1. Search for MyLead and pick the template.
2. Check that Click Id is [ml_sub1], Payout is [payout_decimal] and Transaction ID is [transaction_id].
3. Leave Event Type empty.
4. Under Conversion tracking, select your own Tracking Domain and keep S2S Postback URL as the tracking method.
5. Set Payout currency to the currency your MyLead commissions are paid in.

ClickFlare builds the postback URL from these fields:

https://trk.yourdomain.com/cf/cv?click_id=[ml_sub1]&payout=[payout_decimal]&txid=[transaction_id]

Copy the postback URL and save the network.

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Get the campaign's tracking link from MyLead

MyLead gives you a link only after it verifies you for the campaign:

1. If you haven’t yet, add a traffic source under Traffic sources → New traffic source (in the Affiliate marketing menu).
2. Go to Campaigns → List of campaigns and pick the offer.
3. Choose your traffic source, describe how you’ll promote the offer and click Send for verification.
4. Once MyLead accepts it, open the offer and copy its URL address.

The link looks like this:

https://golead.pl/p/F6SR/adXF/SQLD

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Create the offer in ClickFlare

In the offer form:

1. Name the offer.
2. Select the MyLead affiliate network you just created.
3. Paste the MyLead link into Offer URL with ?ml_sub1={cf_click_id} at the end. If the link already has a ?, use &ml_sub1={cf_click_id}:

https://golead.pl/p/F6SR/adXF/SQLD?ml_sub1={cf_click_id}

If you pasted the link without ml_sub1, you can turn on Append Click ID to Offer Url instead. ClickFlare then adds ml_sub1={cf_click_id} from the template. Use one or the other, not both.

Write {cf_click_id} with braces. Without them MyLead stores the literal text cf_click_id, the postback returns that text, and the conversion cannot be matched to a click.

Set the payout to Auto so ClickFlare uses the payout value from the postback.

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Add the postback in MyLead

In MyLead, open Postback and API in the left menu, just below the statistics and reports. Older guides call it For Webmasters → Postback or Manage → Postback and API. Then:

1. Click Add a new Postback URL.
2. In Lead status that activates postback, pick Available to pay or Accepted. Not Any. See Which lead status to pick.
3. Paste the ClickFlare postback URL into Postback URL.
4. Save it. Depending on the panel version, the button says Create postback URL or Generate.

MyLead highlights the macros it recognises in green. If [ml_sub1], [payout_decimal] or [transaction_id] isn’t green, check its spelling.MyLead’s guides show this postback as account-wide, so it covers all your campaigns. None of them describe a postback for a single program.

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Add a lander (optional)

If you send traffic through a lander before the offer, the lander’s CTA must use the ClickFlare click URL, not the MyLead link. ClickFlare then adds the click ID when it redirects to the offer. See Paths with landers and offers.

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Save the campaign and launch

Save the campaign, copy the campaign URL from the Tracking tab and use it in your ads. Before you spend money on traffic, run the checks in Verify the setup.

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Which lead status to pick

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Why not Any

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Why the transaction ID matters

• Two conversions on the same click, for example two sales on a CPS offer, should each be their own transaction with their own [transaction_id], so ClickFlare counts both.
• A resent postback for the same conversion carries the same [transaction_id], so ClickFlare doesn’t count it twice.
• A status change on the same lead is expected to keep its [transaction_id], so it replaces the earlier conversion instead of adding one. That’s why the status you pick matters.

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Verify the setup

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Troubleshooting

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FAQ

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