The campaign status shows the current state of a campaign. You can control the current state of a campaign in the Partner and Affiliate Centers. The status also effects the redirection of traffic.
The following are the five states of a campaign:
1 - Testing
- Traffic is redirected to the merchant.
- The campaign CANNOT be requested by affiliates.
- Creatives and links ARE available to assigned affiliates of the offer.
2 - Public Live
- Traffic is redirected to the merchant.
- The campaign displays in the Affiliate Center.
- Creatives and links are available to affiliates.
- The campaign can be requested by affiliates.
- Affiliate managers can assign the campaign to affiliates.
- Affiliates can see statistics.
- Partners can see statistics.
3 - Private Live
- Traffic is redirected to the merchant.
- The campaign IS NOT displayed in the Affiliate Center.
- Creatives and links are available to assigned affiliates only.
- The campaign CANNOT be requested by affiliates.
- Affiliate managers can assign the campaign to affiliates.
- Assigned affiliates can see statistics.
- Partners can see statistics.
4 - Paused
- Traffic is redirected to the merchant.
- The campaign IS NOT displayed in the Affiliate Center.
- Creatives and links ARE NOT available in the Affiliate Center.
- The campaign CANNOT be requested by affiliates.
- Affiliate managers CANNOT assign the campaign to affiliates.
- Assigned affiliates can see statistics.
- Partners can see statistics.
5 - Dead/Expired
- Traffic DOES NOT redirect to the merchant.
- Traffic is redirected to an expired location.
- The campaign IS NOT displayed in the Affiliate Center.
- Creatives and links ARE NOT available in the Affiliate Center.
- The campaign CANNOT be requested by affiliates.
- Affiliate managers CANNOT assign the campaign to affiliates.
- Assigned affiliates can see historical statistics.
- Partners can see statistics.
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