Affilinet Publisher FAQ
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Most Important Information For Recently Migrated Publishers
Important milestones for the affilinet platform closure
Last trading date - 30.09.2019
This is the last trading date of the affilinet platform and the last date you will see new transactions generated on your affilinet account.
New orders only on the Awin platform - 01.10.2019
From this date, new orders for migrated advertisers and publishers will be automatically transferred to Awin. From this date, no new transactions will be generated on affilinet.
Valdidation of open transactions - 24.10.2019
This is the last date open transactions can be validated on affilinet.
Transferring open transactions from affilinet to Awin - from 25.10.2019 onward
From this date onward, all remaining open transactions will be automatically transferred for migrated advertisers and publishers. The affilinet order validation functionality will not be available from 25 October.
Last log-in to afflilinet - 28.02.2020
For technical reasons, the log-in to your affilinet account will remain available until 28 February 2020. You will be able to access any historical data until this time, however, we strongly recommend downloading and saving any reports you need as early as possible.
All important information for the closure of the affilinet platform
What is happening to the affilinet platform on 30 September 2019?
Monday 30 September is the last trading day of the affilinet platform. From 01 October, no new transactions will appear in your affilinet publisher account. From this date, it will no longer be possible to apply to an affilinet program.
What is the last date I will track a transaction on affilinet?
The last date you will record a new transaction in your affilinet account will be 30 September 2019.
What will happen to the clicks and orders I generate for advertisers who have migrated to Awin from 01 October 2019?
If you have updated your affilinet links to Awin links, your clicks, orders and commission will appear in your Awin reports as normal.
If you have not updated your affilinet links, but your advertiser has migrated and you have a valid partnership, our automatic redirect system will forward orders tracked via an affilinet link to Awin for a limited time period.
After migration, advertisers will no longer maintain any banners, textlinks or product data on affilinet. In order to work with the most up to date materials from your advertisers, please update your links to the relevant Awin equivalent as soon as possible.
Please refer to the Awin Advertiser Migration Wiki for the full list of advertisers who have migrated to Awin: http://wiki.awin.com/index.php/Advertiser_migration_roadmap_affilinet
What happens to the clicks and orders I generate for advertisers who have not migrated to Awin after 01 October 2019?
If your advertiser has not migrated to Awin, your orders will not be forwarded to the Awin platform. The last date you will track orders from advertisers who are not migrating to Awin will be 30 September 2019.
All open transactions that were generated before 01 October 2019 and are still open on 25 October, will be approved.
I have not been able to update all my tracking to Awin links by 01 October 2019. What will happen to the clicks and orders I generate using affilinet tracking?
Please replace all your affilinet advertising material and tracking links with the equivalent Awin tracking links as soon as possible. After migration, advertisers will no longer maintain any banners, textlinks or product data on affilinet. In order to work with the most up to date materials from your advertisers, please update your links to the relevant Awin equivalent as soon as possible.
If you have not updated your affilinet links, but your advertiser has migrated and you have a valid partnership, our automatic redirect system will guarantee orders tracked via an affilinet link are forwarded to Awin for a limited time period.
Please refer to the Awin Advertiser Migration Wiki for the full list of advertisers who have migrated to Awin from affilinet: http://wiki.awin.com/index.php/Advertiser_migration_roadmap_affilinet
Orders generated for advertisers who have not migrated to Awin will not be tracked or remunerated from 01 October 2019.
I do not have an Awin publisher account. What will happen to orders I generate via affilinet after 01 October 2019?
If you do not have a valid Awin account, your orders will not be forwarded.
If you would like to create a new account, please sign up to the Awin platform via the following link. https://ui.awin.com/publisher-signup/en/step1. Once you have completed the application process, you can sign up to available Awin advertiser programs.
Will be all advertisers available on Awin?
Please refer to the Awin Advertiser Migration Wiki for the full list of advertisers who have migrated to Awin from affilinet: http://wiki.awin.com/index.php/Advertiser_migration_roadmap_affilinet.
What information can I access on affilinet from 01 October 2019?
From 01 October, there will be no change to your current access to the affilinet platform.
Will any historical reports or my invoice history be transferred to Awin?
Historical data will not be transferred to Awin. Please download all information you require from affilinet, such as historic report and invoice history, before 28 February 2020.
How long will advertisers have to process the open transactions tracked on affilinet?
An advertiser will have until 24 October to validate open transaction on affilinet. After this date, the order validation functionality will be deactivated.
For advertisers who have migrated, any open transactions which have not been validated by 24 October, will be transferred to the advertiser's Awin account from 25 October onward. The advertiser will be free to accept, amend or decline these orders on Awin via their normal validation process. Please note, all original order dates will be respected in line with any auto-validation period of the program.
What happens with all open transactions which an advertiser does not validate before 25 October 2019?
For advertisers who have migrated, any open transactions which have not been validated by 24 October, will be transferred to the advertiser's Awin account from 25 October onward. The advertiser will be free to accept, amend or decline these orders on Awin via their normal validation process. Please note, all original order dates will be respected in line with any auto-validation period of the program.
How will my orders which are transferred from affilinet to Awin look in my reports?
Each transferred transaction will:
- Respect the original order transaction date
- Respect the remaining validation period based on when it was tracked in affilinet
- Be imported on the Awin commission template rate with which you are operating
- Map the affilinet Sub ID to the Awin pref
- Map the affilinet original Order Date to the Awin parameter "tdt"
- Map the affilinet original Click Date to the Awin customparameter5
- Be identifiable as a transferred transactions via custom parameter "10:affilinet"
My order has been rejected from affilinet with reason code "order moved to Awin", what does this mean?
From 25 October, any transactions that a migrated advertiser has not validated, will be automatically transferred to their Awin account. Following the successful transferal, you will see the order cancelled from your transaction list with the reason code “order moved to Awin”.
What happens if an advertiser approves an order on affilinet after 25 October?
It will not be possible for advertisers to validate an order on affilinet from 25 October.
If the advertiser has not migrated, all open transactions will be automatically approved.
I have not migrated my publisher account to Awin. What happens to orders which I generate after 01 October?
As an unmigrated and unmapped publisher, we are not able to forward your transactions to Awin using our automatic redirect. Any new transactions you generate from 01 October will be rejected.
If you would like to create a new account, please sign up to the Awin platform via the following link. https://ui.awin.com/publisher-signup/en/step1. Once you have completed the application process, you can sign up to available Awin advertiser programs.
What is the date of the final payment run from affilinet?
You will receive the final payment from the affilinet platform from early - mid November.
Is it possible to transfer the credit to my Awin account?
No. It is not possible to transfer confirmed commission to your Awin account. You will receive your credit via your normal payout process.
What will happen with my credit if I am under the payment threshold of 25 (£, € or CHf as appropriate)?
The final payment run for all publishers with a credit balance greater than 10 (£, € or CHf as appropriate) will be paid from affilinet in early-mid November. If you have further questions about your account balance after this time, please contact the Publisher Team via: publishersuccess@awin.com.
How l can I access my historic financial records (invoices, credit notes) on affilinet?
Please take the opportunity to download any financial documentation, including invoices, from affilinet as soon as possible; this service will be discontinued as of 31 December 2019. After this time, it will not be possible to retrieve historic financial documentation from affilinet.
How long will I be able to log-in to affilinet?
For technical reasons, the affilinet platform will be available in a limited capacity until 28 February 2020.
What happens after the affilinet platform is deactivated on 28 February 2020?
As soon as the affilinet platform is deactivated, no further transactions generated by affilinet tracking links will be forwarded to Awin. All affilinet tracking links will no longer function and therefore will not be forwarded to your Awin program. If you have not already done so, please exchange as soon as possible all affilinet tracking links (creatives, product data, link builder deeplinks, mobile links etc.) with Awin tracking link.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why do i need an account on the awin platform?
Awin and affilinet are currently merging into one business and this process is set to be complete by the end of 2019. In order to create a unified, global affiliate network for our clients, we are migrating all programs and publishers into one single platform – the Awin platform.
What happens if i already have an awin account?
During the migration process we will be in contact with you to inquire wether you have an existing account to which we can migrate your affilinet partnerships to. If you have no account at Awin we will create one for you and proceed to migrate your partnerships.
What will happen with my program memberships?
Once a program you have a partnership with migrates, the membership will be replicated on to the new account(s) we have created for you, or to the accounts we have consolidated your activities to.
Once a program you have a membership with migrates – you will receive an email notification.
Where do i find an overview of already migrated advertisers?
Please bookmark the following website to access the upcoming/current advertiser migration status.
Will i have to reapply to my programs?
No, all of your program memberships will automatically be replicated onto your account(s) on the Awin platform once they migrate.
What happens if i have activities in more than one affilinet country?
The Awin platform enables you to have partnerships with advertisers in all active regions with one account. Our recommendation is for you to consolidate all your affilinet publisher accounts onto one Awin account unless you have internal requirements to separate your activities into single accounts.
Why do i have a new account if programs in my region won’t migrate yet?
We are commencing the migration of your Publisher Account prior to the advertiser migration, in order to give you ample time to familiarise and set up your new account on the new platform.
Additionally, you will be able to have immediate access to our complete program base across multiple territories and verticals including retail & shopping, telco, travel and finance.
Do i have to do anything even if i have no active partnerships in my new account?
Yes - please make sure you complete your profile on the new platform to ensure programs are able to find you once they migrate:
- Profile information (include short description!)
- Bank details + VAT details (leave out the country code, e.g. “DE”, in front of the VAT number)
- Promotional spaces (your adspaces/URLs)
- Company Logo (include profile picture)
- Active Sales Regions
- Active Industries
- Users linked to your account / correct owner
- Primary Promotional Type (if applicable, you can add secondary promotional types). In case your primary Promotional Type is incorrect, please contact your local migration hotline (see below).
Will i have to change my technical settings?
Some technical changes on your side are required, such as Publisher Webservice, Product feeds and Order Notification. Make sure to familiarise/reintegrate the equivalents of all your current affilinet integrations on the new platform.
Links to the Awin equivalents:
- Publisher Webservice - API
- Product feeds - Product data feeds
- Order Notification - Shared tracking
Publisher SubID:
If you are using sub ID's on current affilinet programmes you will need to implement click ref on the Awin platform.
To do this please follow this link Publisher_Click_Ref
Do i have to change my links? What will happen with my existing affilinet links?
All existing affilinet links will continue to be tracked for a certain period of time. As soon as a program you have a partnership with has migrated to the Awin platform, our central tracking system will redirect clicks and sales to your Awin publisher account.
What will happen to my payments?
All affilinet payments will continue to be paid out as usual. However, once a program migrates you will receive credit notes on the new platform and the payments will be transferred to the bank details you provide on the new Awin account.
What will happen with my statistics?
Once a program migrates all new stats will appear on the Awin reporting.
Local migration hotlines
Please contact your local migration hotline for any questions:
Regional advertiser migration roadmap affilinet
Overview of all advertisers who have migrated to Awin from affilinet
Guides & technical documentation
- Awin Publisher Wiki - Index page for all publisher related information
- Awin Publisher Interface guide - Guided tour through the publisher profile
- Create a feed - Download an Advertiser Feed - The Create-a-Feed tool allows you to put together a datafeed
- Publisher click references - Click references allows you to add a tracking reference to a link
- Click references report - The Click references report shows aggregated statistics based on the clickref used in click links
- Transaction Notification - Near to real-time reporting feature which ensures that every time a transaction is recorded, a notification is sent to the publisher's system
- Transaction Notification translation table - Transaction Notification variables overview
- My offers – vouchers & offers - Overview of available vouchers or offers
- Linking Methods - How to generate deeplinks
- Publisher API guide - The Awin API provides the necessary functionality to retrieve all the information about a Publisher’s transactions and Awin's advertisers.
- Publisher API translation table - API variables overview