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Real-Time Postback Setup Wizard

The reason your conversions show up "days later" is almost always that you're reading the operator's dashboard instead of receiving a server-to-server postback into your own tracker. This wizard builds the two pieces that fix that — the postback URL you hand the operator, and the click-tag that carries your click ID — correctly formatted for your tracker, so a deposit fires into your tracker the instant it happens.

1. Your setup

Your tracker

Your tracker's postback domain

The domain your tracker receives postbacks on. Copy it from your tracker; don't include https://.

2. What the operator sends back

These tokens are given to you by the operator / affiliate network — they're substituted with real values when the operator fires the postback. Ask your affiliate manager which tokens their platform (Cellxpert, Income Access, MyAffiliates, etc.) supports; the defaults below are the most common.

Operator's click-ID macro

The token the operator replaces with the click ID you passed them. Common: {clickid}, {subid}, {aff_sub}.

Sub-ID parameter the operator reads

The parameter on your click link the operator stores your click ID in. Common: subid, sub1, aff_sub.

Payout

Operator's payout macro

The token the operator replaces with the commission/revenue amount.

Conversion event optional

Label for the goal, if your tracker separates events (e.g. registration vs FTD).

Enter your tracker's postback domain to generate the URLs.

Your real-time tracking setup

A. Postback URL — give this to your operator / network

Paste this into the operator's affiliate panel under Postback URL / S2S / server postback for the conversion event. The operator fires it — with the macros filled in — the moment a conversion happens.

B. Click-tag — append this to the tracking link you send traffic to

Wire it up in order

What this does — and doesn't — do

This makes your own tracker real-time: a server-to-server postback pushes each conversion into your tracker the instant the operator records it, instead of you waiting on their dashboard export. It does not read the operator's private data or bypass their reporting — no free, static tool can, and anything claiming to would be faking it. What it removes is the dashboard lag, which is the real source of the "my numbers show up days later" pain. Always confirm the exact field names and macros in your tracker's and operator's own docs, then fire one live test conversion to confirm it lands.

Before you go live, paste the finished Postback URL into the Postback / Tracking URL Debugger to catch unresolved macros or missing params.