Overview
It is quite common to have offers that are more sensitive than others that you may want to make available only to publishers who have earned the privilege to run them based on proven quality traffic. Other offers may be more lenient in terms of quality, and therefore you are happy to make them available to any and all publishers.
Visibility settings allow you to configure your offers with either Public, Private or Require Approval to make sure that your offers only end up in the hands of publishers you trust to run them. Not only does this level of control help to build trust with your own publishers or channels, but it can also heavily influence the trust built within your relationships with advertisers.
Visibility settings are configured and can be viewed in the Tracking & Control section of an Offer, as shown below.
Defining Visibility
Public
All partners can view the details and have access to tracking links/coupon codes as soon as they are added to your program. A partner may not have access to a public offer if the partner is blacklisted on the Advertiser level or has been blocked on the offer level.
Private
No partners will have access to this offer unless the partner is specifically approved for the offer.
Require Approval
All partners can view the details of the offer but will not have access to the tracking link/coupon code until the Partner applies.
Partners are able to submit an application to run Offers with the Require Approval setting. For more information about how to approve and manage those applications - [Click Here]
In the case that the Partner has not submitted an application, but you would like to approve them for the Offer, you may do so by following the steps in this guide. This can be managed at both the Partner level, and at the Offer level.
💡 Note 💡
Changing Offer Visibility Affects Partner Approvals
Before modifying an offer's visibility, please be aware of the following:
Changing visibility settings resets all partner approvals for that Offer.
When changing from Public to Requires Approval or Private: Partners currently running the offer will lose access and you'll need to re-approve or manually add Partners to maintain their access.
When changing from Requires Approval to Private: Previously approved partners will lose access and you'll need to manually add desired partners to the Offer.
Best Practices:
Before changing visibility, make a list of all currently approved/running partners.
Plan to immediately re-approve or add necessary partners after the change.
Consider notifying affected partners about the upcoming changes.
Managing Offer Visibility for a Partner
Navigate to Partners - Manage, then click on the Partner for which you would like to approve/block an Offer. You will land on the General tab, then click on the Visibility tab.
All of your Offers will be displayed here. The column labeled Can Run Offer? indicates whether or not the Partner is approved. If you do not see this column, you can add it to your display by clicking the Columns button.
If the Can Run Offer? column reads NO, and you want to approve the Partner:
click the dots
then click Approve.
If the Can Run Offer? column reads YES, and you want to block the Partner:
click the dots
then click Block.
On the same screen, you may approve or block multiple Offers at the same time. Use the check boxes to select Offers, then choose either Approve or Block from the Apply to Selected drop-down.
Managing Partner Visibility for an Offer
Navigate to Offers - Manage
Click the Offer for which you would like to approve/block a Partner
Lastly, look at the Partner Visibility Settings card.
If the Visibility setting on the Offer is either Private or Require Approval, then this card displays the list of Partners that have been approved.
If the Visibility setting on the Offer is Public, then this card displays the list of Partners that have been blocked.
To edit the Partners that are either approved or blocked, click Edit.
Then, you may add or remove Partners from the list.
Please note that traffic from a Partner who is on the Advertiser Blacklist (i.e. (5) Appnexus in the example shown above) will be blocked as long as the Partner is on the Advertiser Blacklist, regardless of whether you approve them at the Offer level.
