When should I use a campaign id in my tracking link?

Campaign IDs

Under an affiliates account, traffic that they send through (either through links or banners) records under a campaign id.  Campaign ids are unique per affiliate, and by default, all traffic records under campaign 1.

• Campaigns are simply a way to split and report on statistics.   They are not related to commission or customer groups.
• Campaign ID’s range from 1 to 65000
• Campaigns do not need to be pre-created or registered.  A campaign number can dynamically be used in a link
• You can use the same campaign across multiple customer groups

The campaign number is dynamically inserted into the record URL, such as

Example campaign ids

http://record.acmegaming.com/_ufy984ffiu34fhf043hf0430if/1/

http://record.acmegaming.com/_ufy984ffiu34fhf043hf0430if/2/

http://record.acmegaming.com/_ufy984ffiu34fhf043hf0430if/3/

http://record.acmegaming.com/_ufy984ffiu34fhf043hf0430if/999/

http://record.acmegaming.com/_ufy984ffiu34fhf043hf0430if/65000/

How this is show on the front end

In the front end the reporting can be broken down by campaign to see the effectiveness of each individual campaign.