Channel Breakout By Merchant API

Results from this API will show the lead gen performance stats for a given advertiser, broken out by channel and then affiliate.

Base URL 

/API/v2/Reports/ChannelBreakoutByMerchant

Parameters

StartDate - Required.  The start date (starting point) to filter results by date.  Needs to be a date in the following format: MM/DD/YYYY

EndDate - Required.  The end date (ending point) to filter results by date.  Needs to be a date in the following format: MM/DD/YYYY

TrafficFilterChannelStats - Required.  Used to filter the results by lead status.  Can be one of the following integers or strings:

  • "All" or "1" (No Traffic Filtering)
  • "InvalidDataField" or "2" (Filtering by Invalid Data Field)
  • "CampaignRules" or "3" (Filtering by Campaign Rules)
  • "ThirdPartyRules" or "4" (Filtering by Third Party Rules)
  • "TierRules" or "5" (Filtering by Tier Rules)
  • "ChannelRules" or "6" (Filtering by Channel Rules)
  • "RejectedResponse" or "7" (Filtering by Rejected Response)

MerchantId - Required.  The ID for the advertiser you want to view stats for.

Example URL

https://api.linktrust.com/v2/Reports/ChannelBreakoutByMerchant?StartDate=10/09/2013&EndDate=10/09/2013&TrafficFilterChannelStats=1&MerchantId=1000

Example XML Response

<ChannelBreakoutByMerchantReportResult>

<ChannelBreakoutByMerchant>

<ParentRow>

<Stats>

<Accepted>2</Accepted>

<Approved>2</Approved>

<Attempts>5</Attempts>

<Margin>74.5162</Margin>

<Qualified>2</Qualified>

<RejectedError>1</RejectedError>

<RejectedResponse>0</RejectedResponse>

<RejectedRule>0</RejectedRule>

<RejectedTimeout>0</RejectedTimeout>

<ReturnRate>1</ReturnRate>

<Returned>2</Returned>

<TotalAffiliateCommission>29.1366</TotalAffiliateCommission>

<TotalRevenue>103.6528</TotalRevenue>

<CHID>136</CHID>

<CID>100197</CID>

<CampaignName>**Bret's Lead Campaign</CampaignName>

<ChannelName>5rea</ChannelName>

<Enabled>true</Enabled>

<Type>Post</Type>

</Stats>

<Children>

<Child>

<Accepted>2</Accepted>

<Approved>2</Approved>

<Attempts>5</Attempts>

<Margin>74.5162</Margin>

<Qualified>2</Qualified>

<RejectedError>1</RejectedError>

<RejectedResponse>0</RejectedResponse>

<RejectedRule>0</RejectedRule>

<RejectedTimeout>0</RejectedTimeout>

<ReturnRate>1</ReturnRate>

<Returned>2</Returned>

<TotalAffiliateCommission>29.1366</TotalAffiliateCommission>

<TotalRevenue>103.6528</TotalRevenue>

<AFID>100030</AFID>

<AffiliateName>*Dr Pepper</AffiliateName>

<Suspended>false</Suspended>

</Child>

</Children>

</ParentRow>

<ParentRow>

<Stats>

<Accepted>8</Accepted>

<Approved>3</Approved>

<Attempts>11</Attempts>

<Margin>25.0000</Margin>

<Qualified>4</Qualified>

<RejectedError>0</RejectedError>

<RejectedResponse>0</RejectedResponse>

<RejectedRule>0</RejectedRule>

<RejectedTimeout>0</RejectedTimeout>

<ReturnRate>0.375</ReturnRate>

<Returned>3</Returned>

<TotalAffiliateCommission>15.0000</TotalAffiliateCommission>

<TotalRevenue>40.0000</TotalRevenue>

<CHID>139</CHID>

<CID>100197</CID>

<CampaignName>**Bret's Lead Campaign</CampaignName>

<ChannelName>Albert</ChannelName>

<Enabled>true</Enabled>

<Type>Post</Type>

</Stats>

<Children>

<Child>

<Accepted>0</Accepted>

<Approved>0</Approved>

<Attempts>1</Attempts>

<Margin>0.0000</Margin>

<Qualified>0</Qualified>

<RejectedError>0</RejectedError>

<RejectedResponse>0</RejectedResponse>

<RejectedRule>0</RejectedRule>

<RejectedTimeout>0</RejectedTimeout>

<ReturnRate>0</ReturnRate>

<Returned>1</Returned>

<TotalAffiliateCommission>0.0000</TotalAffiliateCommission>

<TotalRevenue>0.0000</TotalRevenue>

<AFID>100004</AFID>

<AffiliateName>#1Best Affiliate, Inc.</AffiliateName>

<Suspended>false</Suspended>

</Child>

<Child>

<Accepted>8</Accepted>

<Approved>3</Approved>

<Attempts>10</Attempts>

<Margin>25.0000</Margin>

<Qualified>4</Qualified>

<RejectedError>0</RejectedError>

<RejectedResponse>0</RejectedResponse>

<RejectedRule>0</RejectedRule>

<RejectedTimeout>0</RejectedTimeout>

<ReturnRate>0.25</ReturnRate>

<Returned>2</Returned>

<TotalAffiliateCommission>15.0000</TotalAffiliateCommission>

<TotalRevenue>40.0000</TotalRevenue>

<AFID>100030</AFID>

<AffiliateName>*Dr Pepper</AffiliateName>

<Suspended>false</Suspended>

</Child>

</Children>

</ParentRow>

</ChannelBreakoutByMerchant>

</ChannelBreakoutByMerchantReportResult>

Example JSON Response
{
   "ChannelBreakoutByMerchant":[
{
"Stats":{
"CID":100197,
"CampaignName":"Lead Gen Campaign 1",
"CHID":136,
"ChannelName":"Channel 1",
"Type":"Post",
"Enabled":true,
"Attempts":5,
"RejectedRule":0,
"RejectedTimeout":0,
"RejectedError":1,
"RejectedResponse":0,
"Qualified":2,
"Approved":2,
"TotalAffiliateCommission":29.1366,
"Accepted":2,
"Returned":2,
"ReturnRate":1.0,
"TotalRevenue":103.6528,
"Margin":74.5162
}
"Children":[
{
"AFID":100030,
"AffiliateName":"ACME Inc",
"Suspended":false,
"Attempts":5
"RejectedRule":0,
"RejectedTimeout":0,
"RejectedError":1,
"RejectedResponse":0,
"Qualified":2,
"Approved":2,
"TotalAffiliateCommission":29.1366,
"Accepted":2,
"Returned":2,
"ReturnRate":1.0,
"TotalRevenue":103.6528,
"Margin":74.5162
}
]
},
{
"Stats":{
"CID":100197,
"CampaignName":"Campaign 1",
"CHID":139,
"ChannelName":"Channel 1",
"Type":"Post",
"Enabled":true,
"Attempts":11,
"RejectedRule":0,
"RejectedTimeout":0,
"RejectedError":0,
"RejectedResponse":0,
"Qualified":4,
"Approved":3,
"TotalAffiliateCommission":15.0000,
"Accepted":8,
"Returned":3,
"ReturnRate":0.375,
"TotalRevenue":40.0000,
"Margin":25.0000
},
"Children":[
{
"AFID":100004,
"AffiliateName":"Acme Inc 2",
"Suspended":false,
"Attempts":1,
"RejectedRule":0,
"RejectedTimeout":0,
"RejectedError":0,
"RejectedResponse":0,
"Qualified":0,
"Approved":0,
"TotalAffiliateCommission":0.0000,
"Accepted":0,
"Returned":1,
"ReturnRate":0.0,
"TotalRevenue":0.0000,
"Margin":0.0000
},
{
"AFID":100030,
"AffiliateName":"Acme Inc 3",
"Suspended":false,
"Attempts":10,
"RejectedRule":0,
"RejectedTimeout":0,
"RejectedError":0,
"RejectedResponse":0,
"Qualified":4,
"Approved":3,
"TotalAffiliateCommission":15.0000,
"Accepted":8,
"Returned":2,
"ReturnRate":0.25,
"TotalRevenue":40.0000,
"Margin":25.0000
}
]
}
]
}

 

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