Add Rakuten LinkShare – Mediarails

To connect your Rakuten LinkShare account to Mediarails, we'll need your Rakuten API key. See instructions listed below to get your program's API key from your Rakuten account, and for instructions on how to add that API key into Mediarails to begin pulling in stats on your active partners.

*Make sure to do this process for each Brand you have in Rakuten and make sure the Brand matches with the one you set in Mediarails.

To create your API key in Rakuten LinkShare:

1. Log in to your LinkShare account at login.linkshare.com

2. Click "Reports" then "Reporting"

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3. Then select "Build a new report"

4. Click the "Add and Remove columns" box on the right hand side.

5. Then check the boxes for:

# of Clicks
# of Impressions
Publisher Group Name
Publisher ID
Publisher Name
Publisher URL

Double check you selected the correct report fields, if these are not accurate the report will not pull into the system properly.

6. Click "Apply"

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7. Click the "Save Report" button on the right

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8. Name the report: mr-publisher-report

*Make sure you name the report "mr-publisher-report" or the report will not function properly

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9. Click "Save Changes"

10. Then you need to click "view report" and "get api"

11. This will give you your API URL. Copy the alphanumeric portion of the URL that begins after the type=transaction&token=____________

To add the copied API Key to Mediarails

1. Click on the Integrations plug icon on the left sidebar of Mediarails

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2. Click on Affiliate Networks on the left side "Add" list

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3. Click on the Rakuten LinkShare icon

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4. Paste the alphanumeric string that you copied from your Rakuten account into the Token space in the LinkShare Integration card in Mediarails:

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5. In the Brand field, select your company's brand that is associated with the Rakuten API key

6. In the Country field, select the country associated with your brand's program

7. In the Currency field, select the currency that your Rakuten LinkShare program is reporting

Please note: this is NOT relating to currency conversions. This is intended to help you keep track of which currency your brand is reported in. Mediarails does not convert currencies, selecting a currency here will reflect the currency provided within your Rakuten LinkShare account.