why do we need tracker like Voluum?

jian li

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I never use tracking services like Voluum because it seems too expensive, 160USD just to record clicks.
I track my clicks with my MySQL database, I can easily extract and analyze data with SQL request.

But since I never use Voluum, I'm not sure if it can bring me additional values ... Can someone talk to me more about this?

Thanks
 
I never use tracking services like Voluum because it seems too expensive, 160USD just to record clicks.
I track my clicks with my MySQL database, I can easily extract and analyze data with SQL request.

But since I never use Voluum, I'm not sure if it can bring me additional values ... Can someone talk to me more about this?

Thanks


Hi @jian li
What concerns 3rd party tracking solution, it provides you with more features than just click tracking.
Besides basic feature-set like click, conversion, LP views, etc tracking, with their help you can also filter the traffic by many criteria, distribute traffic among different ad offers, extract bot traffic (still not every tracker provides this functionality), and many more. You can use one tracker and be able to analyze the traffic from all possible traffic sources all in one place.
 
Not sure where you got the $160 price point from. Voluum pricing starts at $69/month.

Clickmagick is a cheaper alternative but you get what you pay for. You pay less, you get less. Fewer features overall..
 
I dont use Voluum and other self hosted or cloud hosted platforms, it is not secure. But I use software tracker instaled on my laptop. All my stats are on my local HDD. And why I use this software ? I have over 300 affiliate accounts and make lots of money, it is totally time saver.
 
Hi @jian li
What concerns 3rd party tracking solution, it provides you with more features than just click tracking.
Besides basic feature-set like click, conversion, LP views, etc tracking, with their help you can also filter the traffic by many criteria, distribute traffic among different ad offers, extract bot traffic (still not every tracker provides this functionality), and many more. You can use one tracker and be able to analyze the traffic from all possible traffic sources all in one place.

yeah, $160 is pretty high..hmm..let me think
I can mention AdsBridge as a tracker, they have much cheaper plans per month, starting from $29 if I'm not mistaken.
Whatever, you can always try a trial period and see whether it is suitable for your needs or not
 
How about Matomo? it´s free in its basic plan and they have a WP plugin for easy setup.

  • No more signing up to third party analytics service (like Google)
  • No more sending away your valuable data to a third party service (like Google)
  • Easy setup – install with a few clicks, no tracking code installation or developer knowledge needed
  • 100% accurate data – no data sampling and no data limits
  • Full data ownership – all data is stored on your servers and no one else can see your data
  • Privacy protection / GDPR compliance
https://matomo.org/blog/2019/10/matomo-analytics-for-wordpress/
Don´t know if i can link, since im a new member, but google it.

@feler how is your setup, is it hard to set up?
 
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