Pepperjam API Integration

Pepperjam’s US merchant commissions (now part of Partnerize) flow into Google Ads, Microsoft Ads, and Meta Ads with wecantrack, through API and postback connections.

All your Pepperjam conversions in:

Pepperjam Ascend’s™ platform partnership with wecantrack enables publisher partners to integrate affiliate marketing lifecycle data into their reporting source of truth. wecantrack aggregates your data across multiple affiliate providers and maps your affiliate sales to site traffic, enabling you to automatically integrate all your affiliate sales in one dashboard as well as your marketing tools, including Google Analytics, Google Ads, Facebook, Data Studio, Bing Ads and a lot more. Once you connected your Pepperjam account by providing your API credentials, wecantrack will collect your affiliate sales of the last two months and continuously update the data close to real time collecting the following dimensions and metrics:

Data Collected with Pepperjam API:

  • Transaction ID
  • Order Date
  • Creative Type
  • Advertiser Name
  • Advertiser ID
  • Commission
  • Sale amount
  • Status
  • SubID (SID)
  • Transaction Type

Data Collected with wecantrack JavaScript Tag:

  • Website URL
  • Landing Page
  • Session Date & Time
  • Click Date & Time
  • Click Page
  • Affiliate URL
  • Network Name

wecantrack offers a dashboard and multiple reports. Comparable reports are transaction report, advertiser report and status report. It also attributes the data to landing pages and websites within their dashboard. Moreover, a custom report can be set up, adjusted to the publisher’s preferences.

Where can I find the Pepperjam API Key?

wecantrack offers a dashboard and multiple reports. Comparable reports are transaction report, advertiser report and status report. It also attributes the data to landing pages and websites within their dashboard. Moreover, a custom report can be set up, adjusted to the publisher’s preferences.

  • Log into Pepperjam Ascend to get the credentials you’ll need to integrate with WeCanTrack
  • Navigate to https://ascend.pep​perjam.com/affilia​te/api/ via the Left Navigation panel Resources -> API Keys
  • You will need your (1) API Key and (2) website ID (optional)

Connecting Pepperjam with wecantrack – Step by step guide:

  • OPTIONAL: Click on Sub ID Selector if you’d like to adjust the SID set up. By standard, wecantrack will place unique IDs within your SID parameter. If you already make use of SID then wecantrack will append the unique ID behind your value together with a separator. In the Sub ID Selector you can adjust these settings.

Now your Pepperjam account is properly connected with wecantrack.

Connecting your website(s)with wecantrack – Step by step guide:

In order to make use of the sale to click attribution, Google Analytics Integration, Google Ads Integration, Facebook Integration or Bing Ads Integration features, you need to connect your website(s) to We Can Track as well.

  • Go to Data Integrations – Your Websites
  • Click on “Add New website”

  • Fill in your website URL

  • Check if our system filled in the correct Google Analytics Tracking ID and Facebook Pixel ID and correct it if necessary
    Then select whether you cloak (hide) your affiliate links
    Then select whether you are dynamically loading content with affiliate links
    Click on “Save and Show JS Snippet”

  • Copy the JavaScript Snippet and paste it in the header of your website behind the Google Analytics tag
    It is recommended not to use Google Tag Manager for that because Google Tag Manager is blocked by numerous ad blockers.

Now your website is connected with wecantrack.

If you cloak your affiliate URLs, some further adjustments need to be made. Please get in contact with [email protected] in order to receive a detailed explanation on how to make use of wecantrack if you cloak your affiliate URLs.

Activating Integration Features in wecantrack

Go to Features (https://app.wecant​rack.com/user/feat​ures) to activate the integration features you would like to make use of. For each integration feature extra steps might follow:

Google Analytics Integration: https://wecantrack​.com/get-started/#​ga
Google Ads Integration: https://wecantrack​.com/get-started/#​gads
Data Studio Integration: https://wecantrack​.com/get-started/#​ds
Facebook Integration: https://wecantrack​.com/get-started/#​fb
API Integration: https://wecantrack​.com/get-started/#​api

How does it 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 Pepperjam, 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.

Who is the Pepperjam integration for

Connecting Pepperjam to wecantrack makes sense if you fall into any of these buckets:

  • US content sites and review blogs running Pepperjam (now Ascend by Partnerize) merchant programs across retail, finance, travel, and lifestyle who need per-merchant revenue back in Google Analytics.
  • US cashback and coupon operators with high-volume Pepperjam click activity who need clean SubID and merchant attribution for paid acquisition.
  • Paid media buyers running Google Ads, Microsoft Ads, or Meta to Pepperjam-tracked landing pages and needing CPS commission data flowing back for US ROAS optimisation.
  • Affiliate agencies managing multi-merchant Pepperjam portfolios who need clean per-publisher and per-SubID attribution for client reporting.
  • Existing wecantrack customers adding Pepperjam alongside Partnerize and other US networks (CJ, Impact, Awin US) for unified North American affiliate data.

Pepperjam affiliate network at a glance

Pepperjam logo

Pepperjam (now Ascend by Partnerize) is a US-focused affiliate marketing network covering retail, finance, travel, and lifestyle merchants, acquired by Partnerize in July 2020 and rebranded as Ascend by Partnerize. Connect your Pepperjam publisher account to wecantrack and every commission gets matched to the click, campaign, and keyword that produced it.

  • Network type: US multi-advertiser affiliate network (Partnerize group)
  • Integration method: API (Pepperjam / Ascend API Key)
  • Tracked event: Sale or lead, depending on the merchant program
  • Commission models: CPS, CPA, CPL
  • Reporting granularity: Per-merchant, per-affiliate, per-SubID
  • Publisher payouts: Twice monthly (around the 1st and 15th of each month)

Frequently asked questions

Does Pepperjam support API or only Postback URL?

The Pepperjam connector in wecantrack runs through the Pepperjam (Ascend) API: add your Pepperjam / Ascend API Key in our connector, and conversions flow on every qualifying event.

What event does the Pepperjam integration track?

All events that Pepperjam (Ascend by Partnerize) reports to wecantrack are registered as transactions in wecantrack: a completed sale or a qualified lead, with the sale amount, commission, transaction ID, and SubID.

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

Yes. wecantrack pushes attributed Pepperjam conversions into Google Ads, Microsoft Ads, and Meta Ads as website conversions through server-side connections (via API or Postbacks), matched to the click. Optimise paid campaigns on real commission revenue.

Do I need a developer to set up the Pepperjam integration?

No. Setup is copy-paste between wecantrack and your Pepperjam account. Most affiliates connect Pepperjam within a couple of minutes.

Can I track SubIDs through Pepperjam?

Yes. wecantrack captures Pepperjam's SubID parameters and makes them available within the dashboard and reports.

How long does Pepperjam setup take?

Pepperjam can be connected within a couple of minutes: add your credentials in wecantrack, and conversions start flowing on the next Pepperjam event.

Advertisers within Pepperjam we track for our customers:

Pepperjam doesn't publish a public advertiser directory. Pepperjam (Partnerize group) hosts a large network of US merchant programs; the brands visible inside your dashboard depend on which programs you've joined. Connect your Pepperjam account to wecantrack to import every active offer, SubID, and commission you have access to into your unified dashboard.