Step 9 - Setup PopAds Postback in BeMob

[Luke]

Setup PopAds Postback in BeMob

We want to setup the PopAds postback in BeMob so that BeMob can notify PopAds whenever we get a conversion.

Earlier, we setup our postback from BeMob in MOBIPIUM. That was so that MOBIPIUM could notify BeMob whenever we get a conversion.

Now, we also want to let PopAds know when we get a conversion. Why? It’ll allow us to use PopAds reports to do some optimizations as well. It’s not 100% necessary and there are many advanced affiliates who refuse to give traffic sources this type of data on their campaigns, but we’re just beginners and I think the more data we have at our disposal (and the more we can learn about running reports and doing optimizations), the better.

Once we set the postback conversion tracking form PopAds in BeMob, we do NOT need to do it again. This does not change on each campaign. We’ll set it once and then BeMob will notify PopAds on all our future campaigns.

First, go back to your BeMob account and click on Traffic sources. Select PopAds and click Edit:

We need to replace your advertiser ID in your Postback URL. You’ll notice that in BeMob your PopAds Postback URL has the word REPLACE in it. That is what we’re going to replace.

Go back to PopAds (you should still be on the Conversion Tracking page) and look at the Postback box.

There is a long string of letters and numbers in the postback URL after aid=.

(copying this can be difficult because PopAds assumes you want to copy the entire URL when you click on it. You may need to copy the entire URL and then copy the string highlighted above)

You want to copy that string after the aid= and before the &id=. That is your advertiser ID. Once you have it copied, open BeMob back up and paste it where the postback in BeMob says REPLACE:

Click Save and you will never have to edit your PopAds traffic source template again!

Now, there’s not really anything we need to do but wait for PopAds to approve our Campaign (they should) and wait for our $5 budget to be spent.

PopAds can take awhile to approve new campaigns. I typically see my new campaigns approved within about 12 hours. I will set a stopwatch and let you know how long it takes them to approve this one. I submitted it at around 3:45pm. I hope it is approved before I go to sleep tonight. If not, it should be when I wake up.

14 hours later...

Campaign Approved!

I woke up this morning to see that my campaign had been approved and I had spent my $5 budget within 10 minutes:

So, it took about 14 hours for approval. Your campaign will likely take about the same amount of time.

I am now going to analyze the results of my first $5 test. You are welcome to continue with this guide while you wait for your campaign to be approved and run, but I also recommend you take a look through this section once your campaign has run so you can review your results using the methods I am about to show you.

NEXT: Step 10 - Analyzing Your PopAds Campaigns using BeMob

 

[thuannguyen]

Thnx luke

 

[Tripper]

All setup, thank you Luke! 100% confident I'm not here right not without your help, much gratitude and appreciation, thank you!

 

[rdnp]

loving this so far thank you!

 

[MaGeek]

Thx Luke!

 

[shomaky]

Thanks Luke!!

 

[mck]

For me, it took less than 1 hour to exhaust the $5 budget so it couldn't cover most times of the day.
Does it mean we can't optimize by the hours?

 

[Luke]

For me, it took less than 1 hour to exhaust the $5 budget so it couldn't cover most times of the day.
Does it mean we can't optimize by the hours?

Correct. You're also targeting the entire world. You won't be able to properly day part your campaign until you've limited your campaign by GEO. That's not overly important for this campaign though

 

[Millie]

All set up and waiting for approval. Thanks for the great guide Luke.

 

[filthyRichFreddy]

Steps 1-7 had me falling asleep -- basic housekeeping and setup, I guess. Do the necessary!

...then Step 8 was the thrill ride.

MAN, was that challenging . It would easily have taken weeks/months to sort out, if frustration didn't disuade first.

Thank you, Luke, for this amazing straight-forward, no B.S. guide.
And for literally being our guide into this jungle of techie wizardry.

I'm glad the barrier of entry is this high, though

You are lifting all of us affiliates with you ("aff" + "lift" = affLIFT).

Now just waiting for ma' pops over there at POPads to approve my champagne campaign

-- filthy rich Freddy

 

[Sherriee]

Thank you Luke...great help in this campaign setting up. A lot of learning curve...

 

[filthyRichFreddy]

@Sherriee , you don't have an avatar picture... let me know, and I'll make one for you. What or who do you want to be? Animal, human, cartoon... send a pic of yourself and I'll do my magic. Welcome to affLIFT!

 

[Mr.bisto]

Thank you so much Luke that was very to the point tutorial. I’m excited to see my analytics once my compain bein approved

 

[Neil]

Thanks really good guide so far, so many little bits I tend to skip over or completely miss entirely.
Might even get off my fat a$$ and give it a go!

 

[Vijay Kumar Sethi]

Set the campaign, waiting for the approval from PopAds.
I hope for the good results and learnings with my first campaign.

 

[sisserou]

Had to take a detour the last month, but back and now waiting for my campaign to be approved.

 

[sisserou]

OK, so it took 11 hours to approve. Campaign approved and ran while I was sleeping. On to the next step now.

 

[adicom]

Still waiting for the campaign to be approved by PopAds, it's been 10 hours. I hope I can get good results and data to continue my learning process

 

[madmari]

Wow - without this guide I do not think that I would have been able to get this right. All set up and waiting for PopAds approval.

 

[Freddy]

I just launched my first campaign now waiting for the approval of pop ads. Thanks Luke!