Connect Your Tracker to GTaro Ads

• How it works
• Tracking macros
• Postback URL
• Voluum
• RedTrack
• Binom
• Keitaro
• Other trackers
• Test
• FAQ

How it works

Tracking macros

Add these macros to the link you paste into the Redirect URL of your GTaro campaign. GTaro replaces each one with a real value on every click. The same macros work in every format: popunder, push, native, banner and direct link.

Example of a Redirect URL in GTaro:

Postback URL

When a conversion happens, your tracker sends a GET request to this URL. Replace {EXTERNAL_ID_TOKEN} with your tracker's token for the traffic source click ID (see the table below).

• The postback takes only the click ID. GTaro counts conversions; payouts stay in your tracker.
• A successful postback returns {"success":"Conversion stored successfully"}. If you see {"error":"Invalid format"}, the click ID was cut or changed on the way.
• Send one postback per conversion. A repeated postback with the same click ID is counted as another conversion.
• The click ID does not expire: a postback is accepted however long after the click the conversion happens.

Voluum

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1. Go to Traffic sources → Create → Traffic source → Create custom traffic sources and name it GTaro Ads.
2. In Advanced parameters, set the External ID row: Parameter cid, Token {postbackid}.
3. Add custom variables with Add parameter: source = {source}, subid = {subid}, campaign = {campaign}.
4. Turn on Traffic Source Postback URL and paste https://gtaroads.net/postback?id={externalid}. Save.
5. Create a campaign with this traffic source and paste the campaign URL into the Redirect URL of your GTaro campaign. Voluum adds the parameters to the URL for you.

Voluum sends one traffic source postback per conversion. If you track several conversion types, choose which ones are sent with Traffic source postback URL per event type.

RedTrack

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1. Go to Traffic channels → New from scratch and name it GTaro Ads.
2. In Click id, enter {postbackid}.
3. In Additional parameters, add sub1 = {source} (name: source), sub2 = {subid} (name: subid), sub3 = {campaign} (name: campaign).
4. In S2S Postback URL, paste https://gtaroads.net/postback?id={ref_id}. Save.
5. Create a campaign with this traffic channel and paste the tracking link into the Redirect URL of your GTaro campaign.

Binom

Binom users: +10% bonus on your first deposit (from $100, bonus up to $1,000). Mention code BINOMGT10 to your account manager.

1. Go to Traffic sources → Create and name it GTaro Ads.
2. In External ID, enter {postbackid}.
3. Tick Use tokens and add: source / {source}, subid / {subid}, campaign / {campaign}.
4. In Postback URL, paste https://gtaroads.net/postback?id={externalid}. Keep the postback share at 100%. Save.
5. Create a campaign with this traffic source and paste the campaign link into the Redirect URL of your GTaro campaign.

If you only want the first conversion of each click to reach GTaro, set the S2S postback mode to send the first conversion only.

Keitaro

Keitaro users: +10% bonus on your first deposit (from $100, bonus up to $1,000). Mention code KEITAROGT10 to your account manager.

1. Go to Sources → Create and name it GTaro Ads.
2. In the parameters table, set external_id to {postbackid}, source to {source}, sub_id_1 to {subid} and ad_campaign_id to {campaign}.
3. In S2S postback, paste https://gtaroads.net/postback?id={external_id}. Use Send only statuses if you want to pass only approved conversions. Save, then Apply to campaigns if the source is already in use.
4. Create a campaign with this source and paste the campaign link into the Redirect URL of your GTaro campaign.

Sent postbacks are logged in Maintenance → Logs → S2S postbacks.

Any other tracker

1. Create a custom traffic source named GTaro Ads.
2. Put {postbackid} in the field for the traffic source click ID (often called External ID or Click ID).
3. Map {source} and {subid} to two custom parameters.
4. Set the traffic source postback to https://gtaroads.net/postback?id= followed by your tracker's click ID token.

BeMob uses {externalId}: tick the statuses you want to send in the source settings, only Approved is ticked by default. ClickFlare uses {external_id} and needs Traffic Source Postback URL turned on with the conversion event selected.

Test your setup

1. Launch your GTaro campaign with a small daily budget.
2. Open your tracker's report: clicks should arrive with a filled click ID, source and sub ID. If you see the literal text {postbackid}, the macro is in the wrong field or misspelled.
3. When the first conversion comes in, check the tracker's postback log. GTaro answers {"success":"Conversion stored successfully"}.
4. In your GTaro account, open Statistics: the Conversions column shows the conversion right away. Group by source and sub ID to compare placements.

Troubleshooting

Ready to track your traffic?

Create a campaign, add the macros to your tracker link and start with a small budget. Our team can check your setup before launch.