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Integrate with WooCommerce

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The impact.com plugin on WooCommerce makes it easy to recruit, track, and manage publishers that want to promote your online store. Our WooCommerce app is a quick plug-and-play solution to integrating impact.com with your website without needing coding knowledge or extensive developer help. Follow this step-by-step guide to learn about the process and integrate.

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Integrating with WooCommerce is still in beta. It currently requires:

  • One (1) Event Type tracking online sales (no recurring subscriptions)
  • A store landing page that is hosted by WooCommerce (not externally)
  • WooCommerce version 4.7 or newer, up to version 9

Check before integrating

impact.com will complete several integration steps on your behalf. Check with your implementation engineer to ensure that the following configuration steps have been completed: Event Type, Gateway Tracking, General Tracking.

Add impact.com to WooCommerce

This instruction set covers installing the impact.com plugin to your WooCommerce store.

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Install impact.com

  1. In your WooCommerce dashboard, expand the left navigation menu and select Plugins → Add New.
  2. Use the search box in the upper right corner to search for Impact Partnership Cloud. Verify you've found the correct plugin (see the screenshot below) and select Install Now.
  3. After the plugin installs, select Activate.
  4. Navigate to the bottom of the landing page to Already have an impact.com account? and select Set up your integration.
  5. Review the access request from impact.com, then select Approve.
  6. Add your impact.com account information to the fields.
Account DataDescription
Impact Account SID*Navigate to
→ Settings → API to find your Account SID. Copy the full case-sensitive value.
Auth Token*Navigate to
→ Settings → API to find your Auth Token. Copy the full case-sensitive value
Program ID*Enter your Program ID value (a.k.a Campaign ID value). To find this value, select your brand name in the top left corner of impact.com. Your Program ID is shown in gray type under your Program name in the Program column.
Sale and Subscriptions Tracker*Navigate to
→ Settings → Event Types. Your Event Type ID is the number in parenthesis next to the name of the event type — enter this value.
Universal Tracking Tag (UTT)[Optional] Navigate to
→ Settings → General. Paste your entire unique UTT code into this field.
  1. Select Save. You'll receive confirmation that impact.com has been installed, after which you can begin end-to-end testing.

End-to-End Testing

Once the impact.com app is fully installed, you can begin end-to-end testing to ensure everything is working properly. Learn how to proceed with End-to-End Testing.

Modifications & Reversals

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Important!

Always make sure to modify and/or reverse orders in WooCommerce first, then check it was modified/reversed in impact.com. Actions you modify or reverse in impact.com will not be sent to WooCommerce.

Delete your imapct.com integration

  1. From your WooCommerce dashboard, select Impact settings.
  2. From your Impact settings page, select Delete integration at the bottom of the screen.
  1. To confirm the deletion, check the box and select Delete credentials.
  2. Go to Plugins → Installed Plugins → search for "Impact" → Deactivate → Delete.

Updated 3 months ago