How does the tracking work?

The publisher has added a tracking URL or banner to their websites/app/email etc.
A user sees an interesting advertisement on the publishers website and clicks on the URL
The network registers the click (or impression) and adds a cookie to the users’ browser
The user does a desired action on the advertisers website (buys a product/subscription, asks for a quote etc) and pays
After payment is being processed, the user is send to a thank you page and the advertiser fires the networks pixel
The network processes the data from the pixel and connects the sale/lead to the affiliate
Commission is being calculated by the networks’ system and this amount will be added to the account saldo of the publisher
The network will invoice the advertiser and after they’ve received the payment, the network will pay out to the publisher.

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