Short Codes

Short codes provide a streamlined way for influencers and affiliates to promote your products, making them particularly effective for platforms like TikTok where links are less practical.

What Are Short Codes?

Short codes are 3 to 25 character alphanumeric identifiers (UUIDs) that directly associate purchases with an affiliate. They are designed to be simple, memorable, and easy to share verbally or visually. This makes them highly effective for viral marketing campaigns, especially on video-heavy platforms such as TikTok and Instagram.

Unlike traditional deep links, short codes allow affiliates to promote offers without requiring their audience to click a link, increasing engagement in scenarios where clickable links aren’t feasible (e.g., in TikTok videos or live streams).

Short Code Visibility

You can choose whether short codes are visible to your affiliates or hidden entirely. This is useful if your programme relies solely on deep links and you want to give affiliates a simpler, links-only experience.

How to Toggle Short Code Visibility

  1. Go to your Settings page
  2. Find the Short Codes dropdown
  3. Select Short Codes Enabled or Short Codes Disabled
  4. Save your settings

What Happens When Short Codes Are Disabled

When you disable short codes:

  • Affiliates will only see their deep link in their dashboard, settings page, and onboarding flow
  • Short code metrics are hidden from both your admin views and affiliate views
  • The onboarding experience is simplified — new affiliates see instructions focused solely on their deep link
  • Short code performance cards are removed from the admin dashboard

This setting applies across your entire programme and takes effect immediately.

Disabling short codes works best when:

  • Your app uses a deep linking platform such as Insert Links, Branch.io, or AppsFlyer
  • You want to simplify the experience for non-technical affiliates
  • Your tracking and attribution is handled entirely through deep links

Note: If your deep linking platform is set to Short Code Only, short codes will always remain visible regardless of this setting, as they are your primary tracking method.

Setting Short Codes for Affiliates

Affiliate short codes are set during affiliate account creation and cannot be modified afterward. This ensures consistency and prevents confusion in tracking affiliate performance.

When creating a new affiliate, you'll be prompted to set their short code. Choose carefully, as this will be permanent.

If you wish to provide an affiliate with a new short code, please delete this affiliate via your Affiliates section, and create their account again.

Short Code Requirements

  1. Must be between 3 and 25 characters long.
  2. Must contain only letters and numbers (alphanumeric characters).
  3. Must be unique.

Required Code

IOS Setup

For Swift Short Code integration, follow the instructions on our GitHub repository.

Android Setup

For Android Short Code integration, follow the instructions on our GitHub repository.

React Native Setup

For React Native Short Code integration, follow the instructions on our GitHub repository.

Flutter Setup

For Flutter Short Code integration, follow the instructions on our GitHub repository.

Javascript / Capacitor Setup

For Javascript Short Code integration, follow the instructions on our GitHub repository.

Unity Setup

For Unity Short Code integration, follow the instructions on our GitHub repository.