Supported data types
Marketing cost
Affiliate commission spend and conversions
Prerequisites
- Access to your Awin account
- An Awin API access token
- The Awin advertiser ID(s) you want to import data from
Step-by-step integration guide
How we calculate spend
Awin splits every transaction’s commission into four states as it moves through the validation process. We report a projected spend view by summing the payable states, so recent days are populated immediately instead of waiting for advertisers to validate each transaction.
Declined commission is deliberately excluded because it will never be paid. As transactions move from pending to confirmed or declined, historical figures may adjust slightly to reflect the final validated amounts.
If you prefer to report only strictly validated (confirmed) spend instead of projected spend, let your Customer Success Manager know — this can be configured per merchant.
Processing
- Date attribution: Costs are dated by the transaction (sale) date, so they align with your orders and attribution rather than the later approval date.
- Timezone handling: Awin supports a limited set of timezones. Your merchant timezone is mapped to the nearest supported one, falling back to UTC when no match is available.
Data refresh
Initial import
On the first fetch, we import historical data going back to 2023-01-01. If you have costs before that date, let us know — we recommend at least two years of data.
Ongoing updates
Subsequent updates re-fetch the last 90 days. Awin’s validation window is typically 30 days but can extend to 60–90 days, so the wide lookback keeps projected spend accurate as transactions are validated.