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<b>Can I use Sub-IDs with my tracking links?</b><br />
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Absolutely! If you want you can add a Sub-ID to the end of any tracking link for even more granular tracking.<br />
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For example, here’s a regular tracking link:<br />
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<code>http://$linkdomain/linkID</code><br />
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If you wanted to add a Sub-ID with the value of “homepage” you can just add it to the end like this:<br />
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<code>http://$linkdomain/linkID/homepage</code><br />
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Or a Sub-ID with the value of “top_banner” like this:<br />
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<code>http://$linkdomain/linkID/top_banner</code><br />
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You can add up to 5 Sub-IDs to the end of any tracking or rotator link just by adding them one after the other, separated with a “<code>/</code>” :<br />
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<code>.../value1/value2/value3/value4/value5</code><br />
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By clicking on the number in the TC column of your overall stats, you can view the stats broken down by individual Sub-IDs. The breakdown shows only the first two Sub-IDs so, for meaningful results, you’ll want to make sure they are distinct combinations:<br />
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<img src="//cdn.clickmagick.com/images/user/faqs/faq3tcstats.jpg" /><br />
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You can see any additional Sub-IDs by hovering over the <img src="//cdn.clickmagick.com/images/user/moreinfo.png" /> symbol: <br />
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<img src="//cdn.clickmagick.com/images/user/faqs/faq3subids.jpg" /><br />
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The Sub-ID breakdown from the stats page only shows results based on the first two Sub-IDs. If you need a more detailed report based on all 5 possible Sub-IDs, use the <strong><a href="/user/reports.cgi" target="_blank">Sub-ID Stats Report</a></strong> that you can find in the <strong>Tools</strong> menu under “Link Reports”.<br />
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For more details check out the video tutorial below which can also be found on the <strong><a href="/user/tutorials.cgi" target="_blank">Tutorials</a></strong> page:<br />
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<td><b><a href="/misc/video.cgi?name=subids" id="video-link-new">How To Use Sub-IDs with Tracking Links</a></b></td>
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<strong>Combine your Sub-ID stats</strong><br />
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If you have more than two Sub-IDs and you want to see the data from your link stats—without having to download the data—simply combine multiple Sub-IDs into a single Sub-ID using a separation character, such as a “-”.<br />
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For example instead of using a link like this with three Sub-IDs:<br />
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<code>http://$linkdomain/linkID/subid1/subid2/subid3</code><br />
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... you could combine subid2 and subid3 using a hyphen or other character like this,:<br />
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<code>http://$linkdomain/linkID/subid1/subid2-subid3</code><br />
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Just be aware that when you combine multiple Sub-IDs like this, you might exceed the maximum length for a Sub-ID which is currently 50 characters. Any extra characters will be dropped.<br />
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<strong>Passing Sub-IDs to your Primary URL</strong><br />
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If you want to pass your Sub-IDs to the link in the Primary URL, you can do that too. The tokens <code>[s1]</code>-<code>[s5]</code> can be used anywhere in your Primary URL and ClickMagick will replace each token with the corresponding Sub-ID that is passed in with each click.<br />
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For example if you wanted to pass the first Sub-ID to the <code>offer</code> parameter in the query string of your Primary URL, you would do it like this:<br />
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<code>http://www.company.com?offer=[s1]</code><br />
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If you were passing the third Sub-ID to another ClickMagick tracking link (or rotator) in your Primary URL, you would simply pass it forward just as you would pass any Sub-ID to a link or rotator:<br />
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<code>http://$linkdomain/linkID/[s3]</code><br />
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That would pass the <code>[s3]</code> value as the first Sub-ID to the link.<br />
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<div class="faq-tip"><b>Tip:</b> Before using Sub-IDs, you’ll want to make sure you understand exactly what you can pass in them. Sub-IDs are pretty flexible, but there are a few restrictions:<br />
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