Awin API Integration

Awin’s thousands of retail, finance, and travel programs flow into Google Ads, Microsoft Ads, Meta Ads and more with wecantrack, through API and postback connections.

All your Awin conversions in:

How to integrate Awin affiliate conversions in Google Analytics

In order to integrate Awin conversions in Google Analytics and other marketing tools, it is necessary to attribute the sales data to the traffic data. Our service automatically places SubIDs in your affiliate links, which enables us to automatically match your traffic and affiliate conversion data.

You have the option to decide whether you want to connect your Awin network account to our system via API or Postback URL.

 

The installation is done in four simple steps:

  1. Create a wecantrack account
  2. Connect your Awin account to our system via Awin API or Postback URL
  3. Connect your website to our system
  4. Activate the integration feature

How to connect your Awin account via our API integration

If you want to connect your Awin account with our system, you need to provide us with an API key for each Awin accounts and with publisher IDs of all your Awin sub accounts. Those credentials need to be filled in within our data sources page which you can find by following this link: https://app.wecant​rack.com/user/data​-source/networks/a​win/accounts/creat​e

You can give each of the data connections different names and tags. This enables you to easily filter your data on account or sub account level.

Where can I find the Awin API key (OAth2 token)?

  • Log into your Awin account
  • Click on your user name in the top right corner and select API Credentials (or follow this link https://ui.awin.com/awin-api)
  • Type in your account password and click on “Generate my API token” if no key exists yet, else click on “Show my API tokens” after inserting the password

Where can I find the Awin Publisher IDs?

  • Log into your Awin account
  • Once logged in you are on your dashboard page that shows a list of all your sub accounts (link: https://ui.awin.com/user)
  • Underneath each of your sub account names you can find IDs (in the screenshot “111111”) – these are your publisher IDs

How to connect your Awin publisher account via Postback URL

Only one integration method is required, we recommend using the API because it provides more transaction details.

If you want to use the Postback URL connection, all you need to do is generate a Postback URL on our platform, which you will then place in your Awin affiliate network account. You can generate your Awin Postback URL here: https://app.wecant​rack.com/user/data​-source/networks/a​win/accounts/creat​e

 

 

How can I create a Postback URL for Awin?

  • Log into your We Can Track account
  • Go to Data Sources > Affiliate Networks > Awin or you can follow this link: https://app.wecant​rack.com/user/data​-source/networks/a​win/accounts
  • Click on + "Add New Account" and Select "Postback"
  • Give the network account a name of your choice (this name will appear in your reports)
  • Click on Generate Postback URL
  • Copy and Paste the Postback URL in your Awin publisher account.

How does the Awin sale to click attribution work?

Our JavaScript tag automatically locates each affiliate URL and appends an ID to it. It also collects your website’s session and click data. Once a sale is reported in AWIN, it is collected by wecantrack through the API connection. After that the sale is being attributed to the click and session and then imported to Google Analytics or other tools.

How to import Awin affiliate conversions to Google Analytics?

Once you fully connected your Awin publisher accounts to wecantrack you have the possibility to let us integrate those into your Google Analytics accounts. To accomplish that only two more steps are needed (JavaScript insertion on your website and Ecommerce activation in your Google Analytics accounts) which should not take longer than 10 minutes.

Do you want to learn more about our Google Analytics Integration feature? On our Google Analytics Integration page you can learn about the following:

How to import Awin conversions in Google Ads?

Once you have fully set up the Google Analytics Integration feature, integrating your affiliate sales data in Google Ads is an easy and quick task. We offer a Direct Google Ads integration and an integration via Google Analytics. Now you can import all your Awin conversion data into your Google Ads account and campaigns. Find out all about the different integrations we offer on our Google Ads integration page and start scaling up your campaigns performance today!

How to import Awin conversions to Microsoft Ads?

After you connected all your Awin accounts and websites, we can integrate affiliate conversion data coming from Microsoft Ads campaigns in your Microsoft Ads account. All you need to do is activate our Microsoft Ads integration feature and set up a conversion goal within your Microsoft Ads and we will push the conversions to your campaigns, ad groups, keywords and ads.

How to import Awin conversions to Facebook Ads manager?

It’s now possible to integrate your affiliate sales into Facebook Ads Manager. That will allow you to optimize your Awin Facebook campaigns in order to achieve the best ROI’s. By using our integration, you can easily import your Awin affiliate conversion data in your Facebook Pixel via the Facebook Conversion API.

Who is the Awin integration for

Connecting Awin to wecantrack is worth it if you fall into any of these buckets:

  • Content sites and review blogs running Awin links across multiple advertisers (retail, finance, travel) who need per-merchant revenue back in their analytics.
  • Cashback and coupon sites with high-volume Awin click activity who need clean attribution per program for paid acquisition.
  • Paid media buyers running Google Ads, Microsoft Ads, or Meta to Awin landing pages and needing commission data back in the ad platform for ROAS optimisation.
  • Anyone already tracking other networks with wecantrack who wants Awin commissions flowing into the same Google Analytics, Google Ads, Microsoft Ads, and Facebook Ads reports as the rest of their affiliate revenue.

Awin affiliate network at a glance

Awin logo

Awin hosts thousands of advertiser programs across retail, finance, and travel. Connect your Awin publisher account to wecantrack and every commission lands in Google Ads, Microsoft Ads, and Meta next to the click that drove it.

  • Network type: Multi-advertiser global affiliate network
  • Integration methods: API key (recommended) or Postback URL
  • Tracked event: Sale or lead, depending on advertiser program
  • Commission models: CPS (revenue share), CPA, CPL — set per advertiser
  • Reporting granularity: Per-advertiser, per-publisher, per-SubID
  • Cookie window: Defined by each advertiser program
  • Publisher payouts: Monthly, multi-currency
  • Program contact: Publisher dashboard at ui.awin.com

Frequently asked questions

Should I use the API or the Postback URL integration for Awin?

For Awin we recommend the API integration. Both methods deliver conversion data to wecantrack, but via the API we receive more transaction details from Awin, while the Postback URL connection does not provide as much information. Please only use one connection method.

What event does the wecantrack Awin integration track?

Wecantrack reports all transaction events which are reported back from Awin via API or Postback, this can include a sale, a qualified lead, or a CPA event. Awin reports each transaction with its advertiser, SubID, commission amount, status (pending, approved, declined) and more. wecantrack captures all of that and matches it to the click and session that drove it automatically.

Will my Awin conversions show up in Google Ads, Microsoft Ads, and Meta?

Yes. Once Awin and your websites are connected, wecantrack can automatically attribute each conversion to the original click/session and integrate it into Google Analytics, Google Ads, Microsoft Ads, Facebook Ads Manager and many other marketing tools and ad platforms, using each platform's conversion API or postback integration. You see Awin commission revenue alongside the campaign, ad group and keyword that drove it.

Do I need a developer to set this up?

No. The Awin API key is generated inside your Awin publisher dashboard and pasted into wecantrack. The Postback URL alternative is also a copy-paste setup. Wiring conversions to Google Analytics, Google Ads, Microsoft Ads, and Meta is handled inside the wecantrack UI.

Can I track SubIDs across different Awin advertisers?

Yes. Awin supports SubID parameters on every affiliate link, so you can label traffic by channel, creative, page, or campaign. The SubID values are also registered within wecantrack and available within the dashboard and reports.

How long does the integration take to set up?

Most partners finish the Awin API setup within a couple of minutes; you merely need to generate the OAuth2 token in Awin, paste it into wecantrack, add your publisher IDs, done. The longer part, if you have not done it before, is the initial wecantrack onboarding to your ad platforms, which is a one-time setup shared across every network you add.

Advertisers within Awin that we know of:

Adidas
AliExpress
AO
Booking.com
Currys
Decathlon
Dyson
EE Rewards
Emma
Etsy
GE Appliances
Groupon
ING
Lidl
LOOKFANTASTIC
L'Oreal Paris
Lovehoney
McGee & Co.
Mobile Vikings
MoneySuperMarket
MyProtein
Nike
Ninja
Samsung
Sephora
SharkNinja
Sixt
Sky
Thompson & Morgan
Tui
Under Armour
Uniqlo
Viator
Vodafone
Zoom Media

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