Thread: Day 2: b)Setting Up the Tracker (Funnelflux)

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1)Sign Up for a Funnelflux Account

-Sign up through this link for the STM-exclusive deal: https://funnelflux.com/pro/stm/?refe...aign=forum_sig

When you sign up with this link, you get a free month and a 50% discount for the following 6 months.





After signing up, you should receive an email with log in instructions. The log in link is here:

https://ui.funnelflux.pro/


2)Register a Tracking Domain

Next you'll need to register for a domain to use for your tracking links. This is mandatory as Funnelflux does not provide a default tracking domain.

You can register this domain with any registrar. The instructions below are for Namecheap, which is my registrar of choice.

-Register an account on Namecheap.com if you don't yet have one.

-Sign in, click on "Domains" > "Domain Name Search".

-Pick a domain name for your tracker. It's not really important what the name is really, because nobody except the traffic source reviewers and possibly the owners of the website your ads will be appearing at will see this link. I mean don't include any swear words or something that will scream "this is spam" for google, but other than that, it can be anything.

Enter your desired domain name into the search field and press ENTER to check and make sure it's not already registered. Domain names that have already been taken will say "TAKEN" and show a "make offer" icon at the end of the row. Domain names that are available will show an "add to cart" icon.





Although it doesn't have to be a .com domain, some people believe that .com domains are less likely to be flagged/banned by google. Also, word has it that .com domains are faster (https://stmforum.com/forum/showthrea...ns-For-Landers). So I'd recommend getting a .com if you're not sure.

-Once you've decided on a domain name, click on "Add to cart". Then put your cursor on the cart icon at the upper right and click on "View Cart" where you'll need to complete the purchase.



No need to buy any of their additional services:



Regarding Auto-Revew - you have two choices:

a)Toggle "AUTO-RENEW" to ON for now, then if the domain gets flagged by google, come back to turn it off.

b)Leave "AUTO-RENEW" at OFF (should be by default). Then pay for another year one year from now if the domain isn't flagged by google by then.

Either approach would be fine - it depends on your habit and preference.

Leave WhoisGuard at "ENABLE" (now "FREE FOREVER!" on Namecheap) to be safe - I don't know what you'll be running, but it would probably be safer to not have your name associated with the campaigns you run.

No need to get Premium DNS.



Click on "Confirm Order" and make your payment to complete the purchase process.


3)Add the Tracking Domain to Funnelflux

-Log into Funnelflux, click on the "Settings" icon in the left menu > "Domains" tab at the top > "+ Add Domains".



-Enter your domain name into the empty field and click "Add".



-A new entry appears for your domain name, along with an IP in the column "Allocated IP Address". Highlight and copy this IP - you'll need to paste it into Cloudflare in a minute.



-Toggle your domain to ON:




4)Add and Configure DNS on Cloudflare

Next you need to set up the domain on Cloudflare - it will take care of the DNS and SSL for you.

-First step would be to sign up for a Cloudflare account if you don't have one:

https://dash.cloudflare.com/sign-up

-Log into your Cloudflare account: https://dash.cloudflare.com/login

-On the "Home" tab, click on "+ Add a Site":



-Enter your domain and click "Add site":



-Choose the free plan and "Confirm plan".



-In the DNS management section click "+ Add record":



-For "Type" select "A"; for "Name" type "@"; for "IPv4 address" paste the IP you just copied from Funnelflux; click "Save".



-Click the "Continue" button at the bottom. You'll then be shown a couple of nameservers you'll need to replace on Namecheap:



-Go to Namecheap > "Manage" settings for the domain you registered > "Domain" tab. In the "NAMESERVERS" section, select "Custom DNS" and paste the two nameservers from Cloudflare into here:



-Don't forget to click on the green checkmark to save!

-Go back to Cloudflare and click on "Done, check nameservers".



-On the next page, leave everything else at default and click "Done" at the bottom.

-Select "Page Rules" from the top > on the next page click "Create Page Rule":





-Put your tracking domain in the first field and add a "*" at the end.



-Then using a combination of "Pick a Setting" and "+ Add a Setting", add the settings as in the screenshot below.




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Wasn't too painful now was it? Congratulations - your Funnelflux tracker is now ready for action!



Amy

Originally Posted by bigmoneybrad

Hi @vortex I have set all this up, but now I am getting this when I click the link to my tracker out of my landing page


It still works sometimes, but I am worried that it will start showing this error again when I run a campaign. Do you know what this error is and how I can ensure that it doesn't come up again?

The same was happening to me two days ago, but it fixed by itself. I don't know if it was an error from Funnelflux.

@bigmoneybrad Are you still experiencing this issue? Like @dseopro1000 said, sometimes these things just take a little bit of time to sort themselves out - some changes take time to register. If you're still seeing the same let me know and I'll ask @jeremie our resident tech wizard!


Amy

Glad you solved it :-)

Originally Posted by najeethecoptwriter

Hey, would anyone happen to know the solution to fixing these errors?

They occur every time I click the button that takes me from the landing page to the next step of my funnel.

Thanks!

You can't just click through the lander.

Save the lander in Funnelflux, then create the funnel in Funnelflux and obtain a destination URL. THEN put that url in your browser and click on the link on the lander, and Funnelflux will know which offer to direct you to.

Note: If the offer only accepts certain devices/browsers/countries, be sure to use the same when browsing, or you may not see the offer. If the offer only accepts carrier traffic, it would be impossible to see the offer page yourself unless you subscribe to a service like Adplexity Carrier.

The click url will only be replaced with the offer link when you browse to Funnelflux' destination link. Clicking on the click url itself will not take you to the offer.

If you have further questions please don't hesitate to ask.


Amy

Hello, @votex ,when I set the page rule, I can't find "Always Online", on my surface I just can use "Auto Minify", I don't know if they are the same?

And where is "namecheap" comes from? FuunelFlux Pro or Cloudflare?

Thanks a lot.

Don't worry about always online.

The two most important are Cache Level > bypass and SSL > flexible.

We will be rolling out a new domain approach soon that doesn't require these rules, or even specifically using Cloudflare (though its arguably the best DNS provider to use for most people).

Namecheap is a domain registrar -- it's where you purchase domains. It has no relationship to FunnelFlux or Cloudflare, it is an entirely separate company/platform.

To summarise:

1 - Registrar - this is where you buy domains. These platforms like Namecheap and GoDaddy register domains for you and push their existence to the global servers that list all the domains in existence. Here we set "nameservers" which determine what system controls our DNS records.

2 - Cloudflare - this is a DNS service provider. You'll create an account here, add a domain, and it will give you the custom namerservers to set in Namecheap. Now Namecheap tells the "global registry" that Cloudflare is the platform that should be contacted for any of your DNS records. In Cloudflare you then set A, CNAME, etc. records for your domain.

3 - FunnelFlux - as an end software system, we provide an IP address for you to point a domain or subdomain at, which ultimately connects requests to our system.

So when a user goes to domain.com/tracking-link/ in a browser, this is what actually happens:

1. DNS resolution happens in multiple steps. The first being the ".com" global registry is asked who is in charge of "domain".
2. The registry provides the Cloudflare nameservers, which Namecheap had previously saved
3. Cloudflare then gets asked for information about "domain.com"
4. Cloudflare returns an IP address for "domain.com"
5. The request now gets routed to 12.34.56.78

Well, that's a simplification, but that's how a lot of this stuff ties together.

Hi,

Yes that rule is correct -- it should be domain.com/*

It will auto-correct it since its the logical end result.

If you put domain.com*, you are stating anything that starts with domain.com, matching any string that follows.

But every file on domain.com technically would have a slash, e.g. domain.com/lander.html, domain.com/path/page.php, etc.

Even domain.com?query=params is technically the same as domain.com/?query=params, just the / can be excluded in this one case and the webserver compensates. So Cloudflare is just correcting the rule to a more technically correct form.

Originally Posted by dienmykieugro

Amy, must I add and configure DNS on Cloudflare?
After changing nameserver, I can't open my site and log in WordPress....My domain comes from Bluehost, they always can solve my problems in time, but I can't contact anybody else on Cloudflare, I feel that it's unconvenient for me, my technology about site is really poor，I need customer service cames up in time........
Could I just use Bluehost nameserver? If I can, how's it going next?

Sincerely
Lynn

I'm confused - you registered a domain to use as the Funnelflux tracker domain, right? Why is wordpress involved?

I'm not strong in tech either. The method above works. I would strongly recommend following it. This is something you only need to set up once.

How do you know what you did isn't working properly? Did you try to set up a campaign link in Funnelflux? And when you browse to the link does it take you to the landing page or offer?



Amy

Originally Posted by dienmykieugro

Amy，sorry to disturb you，could I add your Skype to confirm something？If you approve，it‘s my pleasure.
My Skype id is：live:1214212510
Great thanks for you.

Sincerely
Lynn

I like to leave that as a last resort, as I'm already swamped with work.

If we absolutely can't figure things out via posts, we can explore that. But let's try to resolve this here first.



Amy

Originally Posted by dienmykieugro

I have fixed my site, when it was fixed and I can open it, I'm really happy!!!!!!

Thanks Amy, I will continue learning knowledge and use them, give you my heart hahaha~~~~
Great thanks for you...

I'm really glad you're happy! But I'm not sure if your funnelflux domain was set up correctly. Being able to access your site is a completely separate matter.

Let me reply to this in a separate thread - the one where you posted all the links...



Amy


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