Public Ideas API Integration

TimeOne Performance (formerly Public Ideas) commissions across French and European retailers feed into Google Ads, Microsoft Ads, Claude and Meta Ads with wecantrack, through API and postback connections.

How to integrate Time One (Public Ideas) affiliate conversions in Google Analytics

In order to integrate Time One 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 received via the Time One API integration we have available.

The installation is done in four simple steps:

  1. Create a wecantrack account
  2. Connect your Time One account to our system via API
  3. Connect your website to our system
  4. Activate the integration feature

How to connect your Time One account via our API integration

To track all your Time One (Public Ideas) conversions you need to provide us with an API Key and Partner ID for each of your Time One (Public Ideas) accounts. Those credentials need to be filled in within our data sources page which you can find by following this link: https://app.wecantrack.com/user/data-source/networks/public-idees/accounts/create

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

Where can I find the Time One (Public Ideas) API Key?

  • Log into your Time One (Public Ideas) account
  • Go to Open Platform – API SubID (or follow this link: https://publisher.​publicideas.com/ap​iSubID.php5)
  • Click on Generate URL
  • The ID behind the k parameter (k=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx…) is your API-Ke

Where can I find the Time One (Public Ideas) Partner ID?

  • Log into your Time One (Public Ideas) account
  • You can find your Partner ID in parentheses next to the name of your selected website

Who is the Public Ideas / TimeOne integration for

Connecting TimeOne (Public Ideas) to wecantrack makes sense if you fall into any of these buckets:

  • French content sites running TimeOne (Public Ideas) programs across retail, travel, finance, and lifestyle who need per-merchant revenue back in Google Analytics.
  • French cashback and coupon operators with high-volume TimeOne click activity who need clean SubID attribution for paid acquisition.
  • Paid media buyers running Google Ads, Microsoft Ads, or Meta to TimeOne-tracked landing pages and needing CPA/CPL commission data flowing back for French-market ROAS optimisation.
  • Multi-network French affiliate operators managing TimeOne alongside Kwanko, Effinity, and Awin France who need clean per-network attribution.
  • Existing wecantrack customers adding TimeOne alongside other French and European networks for consolidated continental affiliate data.

TimeOne (Public Ideas) affiliate program at a glance

TimeOne (Public Ideas) logo

TimeOne Performance (formerly Public Ideas) is a French-headquartered affiliate marketing network covering retail, travel, finance, and lifestyle merchants across France and other European markets. Connect your TimeOne publisher account to wecantrack and every commission gets matched to the click, campaign, and keyword that produced it.

  • Network type: French affiliate network (TimeOne / Public Ideas)
  • Integration method: API (API Key + Partner ID)
  • Tracked event: Sale or lead, depending on the merchant program
  • Commission models: CPC, CPA, CPL
  • Reporting granularity: Per-merchant, per-affiliate, per-Partner-ID, per-SubID
  • Cookie window: Defined per merchant program
  • Publisher payouts: Monthly, EUR primary
  • Program contact: Publisher dashboard at timeone.io

Frequently asked questions

Does TimeOne support API or only Postback URL?

On TimeOne, the integration with wecantrack runs through the API. Generate the credentials in wecantrack (or TimeOne), paste them in the other system, and conversions flow on every qualifying event.

What event does the TimeOne integration track?

Whatever the merchant program is configured to fire on: a completed sale or a qualified lead. The sale amount, commission, transaction ID, and SubID are registered as transactions in wecantrack.

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

Yes. wecantrack pushes attributed TimeOne conversions into Google Ads, Microsoft Ads, and Meta as offline conversions or server-side events, matched to the click. Optimise paid campaigns on real commission revenue.

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

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

Can I track SubIDs through TimeOne?

Yes. wecantrack preserves TimeOne's SubID parameters, which are available within the wecantrack dashboard and reports.

How long does TimeOne setup take?

Within a couple of minutes end to end: configure credentials between wecantrack and TimeOne, and conversions start flowing on the next TimeOne event.

Advertisers within TimeOne / Public Ideas we track for our customers:

TimeOne doesn't publish a public advertiser directory. The merchants visible inside your dashboard depend on which programs you've been approved for. Connect your TimeOne account to wecantrack to import every active offer, SubID, and commission you have access to into your unified dashboard.

How to import Public Ideas conversions in Google Analytics?

Once you fully connected your Public Ideas accounts to wecantrack you have the possibility to let us integrate your conversions in your Google Analytics accounts. To accomplish that only two more steps are needed (JavaScript insertion and Ecommerce activation in 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 Public Ideas conversions in Google Ads?

You can choose from different methods to integrate your Public Ideas conversions into your Google Ads account, campaigns, keywords, adgroups and ads. With wecantrack you have available a Direct Google Ads integration, a Google Ads Integration via Google Analytics and an offline conversion import option. You can find out all about the setup required and the difference between them in our Google Ads integration page.