What are deep links?
Deep links are the common term for URLs that link directly to a specific page, such as a product page, rather than a general landing page. For example:
https://www.aspire.io/ is a general landing page
https://www.aspire.io/blog/influencer-marketing-sales-roi is a deep link to a specific page on Aspire's website (in this case, a blog post)
When using Aspire's link tracking capabilities, you may want your creators to direct their audience to specific pages or products on your website. You can do this by creating deep links!
How do I create deep links?
You'll first need to create a Link Tracking offer within your Sales Tracking dashboard. When adding members to an offer through Sales Tracking or within your project workflow, you'll see the option to add one deep link per member.
Using the "Sales Links" Stage Within a Project
Select the members you wish to create links for, then click "Create Sales Links".
There will be a field next to each member's name called "Deep Link" where you can enter the URL you want their link to redirect to.
Using the Sales Tracking Dashboard
You can also generate deep links when adding members to an offer from your Sales Tracking dashboard directly. It will follow a similar flow, where you can add the URL for each deep link per member.
⚠️ We do not currently support editing or updating a deep link after it has been created. Please carefully review the URL(s) entered before generating links.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why am I receiving a yellow warning message when entering a URL?
If the domain of the URL you enter in the Deep Link field does not match the domain of the Offer URL, you will receive a warning message to ensure that proper tracking is setup for the URL you want to use.
In general, the URL you enter in the Deep Link field should have the same domain as the Offer URL. For example, if your Offer URL Tracking is set to https://www.aspire.io/, then your Deep Links should also begin with https://www.aspire.io/.
However, if you are utilizing our affiliate marketing integrations with Impact, ShareASale, or Awin, the domain for your deep links can vary from the Offer URL.
Why am I receiving the error "Deep Link must be a valid URL"?
The URL must begin with "https://" or "http://".
Can creators generate their own deep links?
Within your Offer settings, you can enable or disable creators from generating deep links through their affiliate portal. Under Advanced Options, if the setting "Allow creators to generate deep links" is toggled on, creators will have the option to create as many deep links as they want. When this setting is toggled off, creators will be unable to generate deep links for this offer within their affiliate portal. More information can be found in this article.