0 How to Add Detailed Conversion Tracking through your Affiliate Network

o track where conversions originate, you’ll want to start by creating a custom link/code for each area of your site that you want to track.  You can do this on most affiliate network websites or through your advertiser if they run their own affiliate program. This tracking code is called something different by each advertiser, but many call it a SID.
Sugarrae has an awesome tutorial on how to track and report on SID’s for 6 of the most popular affiliate networks (so bookmark her post!).  Here she explains how you can configure links in Commission Junction.

Adding a SID to a CJ Link

Find the link you want to use and click Get HTML code or Get JavaScript. Choose the website you wish to use the link on from the Web Site dropdown and then in the SID box, put whatever SID code you wish to. (for example, I might use “SIDEBAR” to denote it was a link that would appear in that site’s sidebar). Click Update Link Code after you’ve entered the desired SID in the box and the “wizard” will add your SID to the link for you.
Now, you don’t need to use the wizard to add an SID to your CJ link, but I find for new affiliates, creating new links, you might as well. But let’s say you wish to update CJ affiliate links currently on your site that you’ve already generated.
Simply take your current CJ affiliate link and add ?sid=YOURSID at the end of it:
http://www.kqzyfj.com/click-1111111-11111111?sid=WHATEVERYOUWANT
Commission Junction will automatically begin tracking that SID once it’s been clicked on and start showing it in your reports.
Viewing your CJ SID stats

While CJ makes it easy to add an SID, a decent reporting interface showing the stats for them is another issue. The only way I can see to view them is via the “Commission Detail” screen or report. To run a Commission Detail Report you need to go to Run Reports > Transaction Reports > Report Options and run a Commission Detail Report under “Select Report Type” and the when the “Filter Results By” section updates, you can choose to change the “Order By” drop down bar to Order By: SID and click Generate Report.
If you want grand totals for each SID or other aggregate totals, you’ll need to download the report and do it via excel.