Getting started
This guide will walk you through the steps to get up and running with Appstack and start measuring the impact of your advertising efforts in less than 5 minutes.
Before starting, ensure you created your Appstack account and verified your email address. If you didn't create your account, go to this link: https://console.app-stack.tech.
Step | Task | Estimated time |
---|---|---|
1 | Create organization | 1 min |
2 | Endpoint connection | 1 min |
3 | Ad networks | 1 min |
4 | App store connect | 2 min |
Create your organization
Before you begin, ensure you have created your Appstack account and verified your email.
After your first login, you will be redirected to:
- Name your organization.
- Add your app's App Store URL.
Send postbacks to Appstack
You need to configure the Appstack endpoint in your app.
- The endpoint shares Apple SKAdNetwork postbacks with Appstack.
- This does not affect your Mobile Measurement Partner (MMP) reporting capabilities.
- If you're already using an MMP and want the MMP to continue "validating" the postbacks, you can use Appstack's forwarding feature. See the postbacks forwarding integration.
Follow these steps to send Apple's postbacks to Appstack
- Select Info.plist in the Project navigator in Xcode. If you are using Expo, you need to edit the
app.config.js
file. For more information on configuring the Info.plist in Expo, visit the Expo documentation. - Select the Add button (+) beside a key in the property list editor and press Return.
- Enter NSAdvertisingAttributionReportEndpoint as the key name.
- Set the Type to String in the pop up menu.
- Copy and enter the URL below:
https://ios-appstack.com/
Appstack requires an app release with these changes before receiving data, and the status "Waiting for postbacks" will disappear after the first postback arrives.
Ad networks
Connect your ad networks to Appstack to start measuring the impact of your advertising efforts.
Currently, Appstack works with Meta Ads, Google Ads, TikTok Ads, and Apple Ads.
For each ad network:
- Go to Integrations in Appstack.
- Connect each integration individually.
App Store Connect
Connect your App Store Connect account to unlock business metrics such as organic installs, revenue per country, etc..
How to connect your App Store Connect account?