Manual Commission Tracking
TL;DR — Manual commission tracking means conversions are recorded but uploaded to the publisher’s dashboard on a fixed schedule rather than immediately after they happen. A sale may have been tracked successfully, but it won’t appear in reporting until the advertiser’s next upload cycle. On Involve Asia, the upload schedule for manual tracking offers is stated on the offer’s description page, so publishers know exactly when to expect conversions to appear.
What Is Manual Commission Tracking?
Manual commission tracking is the alternative to real-time tracking. Rather than passing conversion data to the affiliate platform the moment a purchase happens, the advertiser collects conversions over a period and uploads them in batches on a specific day or schedule.
This means a publisher whose referred customer completes a purchase on a Monday may not see that conversion appear in their dashboard until the advertiser’s next scheduled upload — which could be several days later. The conversion is still being tracked; it simply hasn’t been pushed to the platform yet.
Manual tracking is more common in industries where transaction data needs to be processed or verified before being reported, such as travel, financial services, or offers with complex fulfilment. It can also reflect technical limitations on the advertiser’s side that make real-time API connections impractical.
Manual Tracking on Involve Asia
On Involve Asia, offers using manual commission tracking are labelled as such on their offer description page, alongside the specific upload schedule — for example, in one month. Publishers should check this before promoting to understand when conversions will appear and avoid treating a delayed conversion as a missing one.
If a conversion from a manual tracking offer hasn’t appeared after the stated upload schedule has passed, that’s the point to investigate further — either by checking whether the purchase actually went through or by submitting a missing conversion report with the Order ID, purchase date, and sale amount. Submitting a report before the upload cycle has run is unlikely to be actionable.
Related Terms: Real-Time Commission Tracking · Track Type · Missing Conversions · Conversion Creation · Offer Page
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