This post explains why you need projects as well as how to add, edit, and manage them.              

What is a Project

A Project is a platform which you use to promote the services of an advertiser in the Travelpayouts affiliate network.

Projects include:

• own sites
• pages on social networks and YouTube channels
• email newsletters
• context advertising and traffic arbitration
• offline travel agency and many more.

Projects help brands evaluate the type of traffic and its compliance with the rules.

To start working with affiliate programs, you need to create at least one project.

Opportunities for partners

Projects are designed to help partners analyze the performance of every platform on which they use affiliate tools and promote brand programs. Together with the Sub ID, projects make tracking sales and statistics more convenient and transparent.

Besides, having created a project once and having filled in all the necessary information, you can apply for joining any program in two clicks (earlier for each application it was necessary to fill in everything from scratch).

You can create projects for different resources, areas of activity, and so on. All affiliate tools can be viewed in statistics by the project.

How to add a project

There are two ways to add a new project:

• through a special section;
• when applying to join a program.

Projects section

To add a new project, go to the My projects section.

Once in the Projects tab, click Create project.

Next, choose the category that describes you best from the list:

For example, if you have your own blog, through which you sometimes order travel services — choose the first option. If you own a travel agency, which has a website you can create two projects — one for customers from the website, and the second one for those who come to your office.

You can learn more about project types and choose the one that fits you most here.

After choosing the suitable option for your project, click Next.

Specify the project URL in the second step and select the channels for your project. For example, you have a website about traveling in Europe and also a social network and newsletter. You do not need to create a separate project for each channel, you just need to select them in this step: 

You can combine different platforms you use. For example, you may list a website, a social media page, and a YouTube channel as one project if they have same audience and topic.

In the next step, we would like to know more about your audience: 

Tip: If you have content on a coupon/promo code website, estimate the number of clients visiting your project to read articles and those who come by coupon requests. Select the option which generates more traffic.

Next, enter a name for the project. Create short but understandable titles to help you navigate project reports: 

After specifying the project's name, click Finish project. A notification about the project creation will appear.

Creating a project when submitting an application

Another way to create a new project is to send a request to join an affiliate program.

Go to the Programs section and choose an advertiser you are interested in. Once in the About tab, check their terms and rules, check the "I accept the terms of partnership agreement" checkbox, and click Join the program.

If you have already created projects, you will be able to select one of them when submitting your request. The description of the project already contains all the necessary information that advertisers require to approve your request.

To create a new project and send a request to join a program, click Create. Further, all steps are similar to the process of creating a project described above.

If you send a request to join an advertiser to an advertiser that approves each project manually, the status of the application will be displayed in the About tab.

If the program doesn’t require pre-approval, the project will be immediately connected to the program.

After that, you can go to the Tools section and get the link or widget code with the project ID.

Project management

You can disconnect any project at any time and connect another project instead. To do this, open the affiliate program page and click Manage Traffic Sources.

You’ll see a pop-up window with the list of all your projects:

• Unsubscribe — disconnects the project from the program. Please note: clicks on tools added for this project will no longer be recorded in your statistics.
  
• Subscribe — send a request to connect a new project. You can connect any number of projects if they do not contradict the rules of the affiliate program. If you have connected several projects, you can choose them in the settings of affiliate tools.

Editing projects

To edit the project data, go to the Projects section and click the pencil icon opposite the project name.

You can edit:

• project name
• channels — If, for example, there is a channel on YouTube linked to a site, you can add it in the editing section. Then the traffic from YouTube will also be counted in the statistics for that project
• project details.

After you finish editing the project, click Save.

If you have stopped working on a project and want to completely hide it from statistics and your personal account, in edit mode, click Archive.

If you still have questions about working with projects, please contact our support team.