CJ Affiliate (formerly Commission Junction) Tag Setup Guide | Client-Side Tags

Tag tips

This tag requires the E-Commerce Extension ( _corder, _cprod, _cquan, _cprice).
Use mapping to override E-Commerce Extension values for ITEM, AMT, QTY, DCNT.
Map a variable to DISCOUNT for order-level discount and an array to DCNT for product-level discounts.
Currency will default to USD if no currency is set on the page.
Map the event ID variable to CJEVENT to register the event as an affiliate referral. If you’re using a template as recent as October 2018, the tag will try to use the cjevent query parameter by default, although you can still use a mapping to override this.

Tag configuration

Navigate to the Tag Marketplace to add a new tag. Read the Tag Overview article for general instructions on how to add a tag.

When adding the tag, configure the following settings:

Client ID
- Advertiser Account Number
Sale Tag Type
- Standard: CID, OID, TYPE and CURRENCY are sent.
- Advanced: Sends additional values ITEM, AMT, QTY, DCNT.
Action ID
- Populates the TYPE querystring parameter.
- Leave blank to use the e-commerce extension _ctype value.
Container Tag ID
- Optional.
- Leave blank to use image tag.
- When this value is set, the iframe (container) tag is used instead of IMG tag
CJ Referral Period
- Optional.
- Set the CJEVENT cookie duration.
- Specify in days using a number between 1 and 120, or leave blank to use the default behavior of a session based duration.
- Must use a tag template as recent as October 2018 for this config option to take effect.

Data mappings

Mapping is the process of sending data from a data layer variable to the corresponding destination variable of the vendor tag. For instructions on how to map a variable to a tag destination, see data mappings.

The available categories are:

Standard

Destination Name	Description
`cid`	Client ID Map to this variable to dynamically configure the Client ID.
`aid`	Action ID Map to this variable to dynamically configure the Action ID, which is the `TYPE` parameter of the query string.
`containerid`	Container Tag ID Map to this variable to dynamically configure the Container Tag ID.
`name`	Name Map to this variable to dynamically configure the Name, which uniquely identifies your conversion tag.
`CJEVENT`	CJ Event
`referralperiod`	Referral period

E-Commerce

Variable	Description
`OID`	Order ID Map to this variable to the ID of the order.
`AMOUNT`	Order total. Map to this variable to override the subtotal applicable to the order.
`CURRENCY`	Order currency. Map to this variable to override the currency applicable to the order. Defaults to USD.
`DISCOUNT`	Order Discount. Map to this variable to override the discounts applicable to the order.
`COUPON`	Order Coupon. Map to this variable to the coupon name applicable to the order.
`ITEM`	Array Product item Map to this variable to override the product IDs.
`AMT`	Array Product price. Map to this variable to override the product prices.
`QTY`	Array Product quantity. Map to this variable to override the product quantities.
`DCNT`	Array Product Discount. Map to this variable to the discount applicable to the order.

Advanced

These variables are not to be used unless instructed by your assigned CJ Client Integration Engineer

Destination Name	Description
`CHANNEL`	Channel Map to this variable to the channel attributed to the last click.
`CHANNEL_TS`	Channel TS Map to this variable to the date/time stamp attributed to the last click.