Program Settings

Navigate to the Settings tab of your Program page to configure the following settings.

Allowed Domains

Specify one or more domains that are allowed when the SheerID system processes a verification attempt or conversion attempt.

On the Allowed Domains card, click the dropdown caret to reveal a form field for your allowed domains.

Enter a comma-separated list of domain names, (e.g., my-site.com,support.my-site.com) and click enter.

That’s it! Now SheerID will only process verification or conversion attempts that emanate from the domains that you have specified for your program.

Eligible Subsegments

By default, new programs include all applicable sub-segments. Our years of experience have taught us to be as inclusive as possible in the offer definitions. This will both help you reach the broadest possible audience and avoid creating undesired negative consumer sentiment. For example, many veterans get very upset and vocal about being excluded from a military offer.

However, SheerID enables you to narrow the scope of your offer should you wish to do so. Each segments supports a defined set subsegments. To edit them, log in to MySheerID, click on your program, then click on Settings in the top navigation. Find the Eligible Subsegments card and click the dropdown caret.

For example, a Student program by default includes all the following subsegments:

If you wish to only target college students, you can de-select the other sub-segments. Your changes will be saved and the program automatically gets updated:

1. The selectable organizations in the verification form
2. The data sources used to instantly verify consumers
3. The document review rules applied to your program

For example, if want to only target college students then you would select only the Full + part time college students box. Then navigate to the Text step of your program and update the Collect Info step to say “Verify you’re a student at a degree-granting university.”

Emails

Modify your email templates from your Program Settings page. Templates are available for:

• Verification success/approval
• Document review/rejection
• Reminder to complete verification process
• Maximum doc review attempts reached

Click the dropdown caret on the Emails card to reveal the default email content for approved and rejected verifications, editing for copy as appropriate.

The default email copy includes various templates formatted in curly braces, e.g., {Company Name}. Each template will render personalized text or HTML specific to your consumer or program, depending on the variable. The following table lists the variables available for use in your emails:

The styling for the email, including fonts and logo, is inherited from the styling in your program’s Theme settings.

Once you are satisfied with the content of your emails, click Save. To test the appearance of the emails, see Test Program and generate both approved and rejected emails to verify the user experience.

SMS Notifier

The SMS Notifier feature adds a phone number collection field to your form and sends an SMS to your user when uploaded documents are approved.

Click the dropdown caret on the SMS Notifier card to reveal the text field box and on/off toggle for the feature.

If your users prefer SMS to email as a contact method, consider enabling this optional field for your program. If enabled, your form will include a phone number field:

Upon approval of the uploaded documents, users who enter a valid phone number will recieve an SMS with the text you entered into the SMS Notifier setting field.

Marketing Consent

If you would like to contact end users with marketing messages in the future, activate the Marketing Consent module in your program’s Settings page.

On the Marketing Consent card, click the dropdown caret to reveal the three elements of the module.

1. Click the toggle switch to On to turn on Marketing Consent.
2. Optionally check the “Marketing Consent is required” box to make consent a required field for getting verified.
3. Optionally edit the message that accompanies the Marketing Consent option in your verification form. Note that the default {Company Name} template in the text box will pull your company name from your MySheerID account configuration.
4. Preview your Marketing Consent experience by navigating back to the Program tab and clicking the See Preview button.

Campaign Tracking

To capture all campaign tracking UTM parameters automatically as metadata on your verifications, turn on the setting Automatically track campaign tags in the Program Settings page. This setting is enabled by default on programs created after this feature was added in October 2021.

When enabled, this setting automatically defines program metadata keys for the 5 UTM parameters used to track performance of digital marketing campaigns. These parameters are:

• utm_campaign
• utm_source
• utm_medium
• utm_content
• utm_term

Examples

To submit values for these keys, pass them as parameters in your verification URL. The first example passes a value of vets_day for the utm_campaign key. The second example passes two values: vets_day for the utm_campaign key and email for the utm_source key.

https://services.sheerid.com/verify/5d4a5d1a7b9ca962e0b6a901/?utm_campaign=vets_day

https://services.sheerid.com/verify/5d4a5d1a7b9ca962e0b6a901/?utm_campaign=vets_day&utm_source=email

Campaign Data in Reporting

Now that campaign tracking keys are defined for your program, they will appear as column headers in your verification reports, alongside other captured fields such as Request ID, Status, and any others you are collecting. Note that verification reports will only include metadata columns for keys currently specified in your settings. If you disable the campaign tracking setting your reports will no longer include any columns for these five UTM parameters.

Filters and charts are also included in our reporting dashboard to provide data on the values sent for the utm_campaign key specifically. See the Reporting section for more detail.

Metadata Options

If you would like to pass additional key-value pair data with your verification, e.g., "status": "platinum" or "favorite_color": "blue", you may add the key(s) in the Campaign and Metadata Options card in the Program Settings page.

1. On the Campaign and Metadata Options card, click the dropdown caret to display the metadata options control field.
2. Click the toggle switch to On to turn on Metadata.
3. Enter the name of the key you would like to report on, followed by either a space or a comma. Upon entering the space or comma, your key will be saved in your program.
4. Repeat the above process if you wish to track multiple key-value pairs in your verification reporting.

Metadata Reporting

Now that your metadata keys are defined for your program, they will appear as column headers in your verification reports, alongside other captured fields such as Request ID, Status, and any others you are collecting. Note that verification reports will only include metadata columns for keys currently specified in your settings, e.g., if you had tracked favorite_color for a month, and then removed it, the report will no longer include the favorite_color column.

Examples

To submit values for your defined keys, pass them as parameters in your verification URL. Below are two examples. The first example passes a value of bar for the foo key. The second example passes two values: two and blue for the fish_number and fish_color keys, respectively.

https://services.sheerid.com/verify/5d4a5d1a7b9ca962e0b6a901/?foo=bar

https://services.sheerid.com/verify/5d4a5d1a7b9ca962e0b6a901/?fish_number=two&fish_color=blue

Privacy Policy

If you would like to include a link to your company’s privacy policy from the footer of your verification form you may add the URL in the Edit Privacy Policy Link card in the Program Settings page. When a privacy policy link is present in your Program Settings that policy will be linked from your verification form for that program.

To add the privacy policy link simply click the dropdown caret to reveal a textbox. Paste the full URL of your company’s privacy policy, including http or https. You will be shown an invalid url error if applicable.

To view your form’s footer with the link enabled visit the Program tab for the program and click “See Preview”. This example shows a fictional “ABC Company” which has included a link to their privacy policy in their Program Settings.

Webhooks

Use webhooks to be notified when a successful verification occurs for your program, in order to continue moving users through your workflow.

You can define an HTTP callback (webhook) when setting up your program. Once set, SheerID will return the user’s verificationId to the provided URL upon a successful verification. You can use the ID to retrieve all the details about a verification, including user- and program-related information such as reward code and email address, etc.

On the Webhooks card, enter the URL that will receive the callback including the verificationId.

To learn more about using webhooks with SheerID, see our Creating Webhooks Tutorial.

Redirect URL

If you would like to pass additional metadata in the Redirect URL , e.g., rewardCode=EXAMPLE-CODE or verificationID=580aa6900cf2c54b4733de9c, you may add the key(s) in the Redirect URL data card in the Program Settings page. When a RedirectURL is present on a program it designates where the user is taken after they click on a button from the approved message on a verification form or from the email sent after a successful verification. For example, the button “Use code now” in this example is linked to the redirect URL.

By adding metadata to a redirect URL you can do things like associate a consumer’s accountID with a verificationID from SheerID. Or associate a verification with a particular ad campaign you are tracking using Metadata Options.

On the Redirect URL card, click the dropdown caret to reveal the on/off toggle for the redirect URL feature and the text box where you will enter your key(s) and select their value. Some options for the values will be available automatically: rewardCode, verificationID and any metadata you have set in Metadata Options. To create keys and map them with values follow these instructions:

1. Click the toggle switch to On to turn on adding metadata to the redirect URL
2. Enter the name of the key you want included in the URL and choose what value you want included with it
3. You may repeat step 2 by clicking “Add more” until you reach 10 keys and values. The same value may be associated with different keys if desired
4. Click Save to commit your changes

To test that your redirect URL contains the values you have selected return to the Program tab, click “See Preview” and test your program. Type in any first name and complete the form to simulate an instant match approval. Once approved click the button on the approval step. You will be directed to a URL containing the values you have selected.

Customize Offer Has Ended

SheerID supports the following methods of ending an offer:

1. Capping total billable verifications
2. Capping total rewards given away
3. Setting an offer deadline
4. Manually turning off a program

Capping total billable verifications. Such as when you’re running a pilot program for students and only have budget for 100,000 verifications.

To achieve this, under your program’s advanced settings in MySheerID, turn on the feature “Limit total verifications”. The feature will automatically de-activate the program once your verification bundle has been used up. To re-activate, simply purchase another verification bundle.

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Capping total rewards given away. Such as when supplies are limited and you only want to give away 10,000 free makeup kits to nurse.

This functionality is enabled by default, if you’re using a reward pool of single-use coupon codes. When all the codes are gone (because they’ve been awarded to consumer who successfully verified for your offer), the program is effectively paused. To re-activate, simply upload more reward codes.

Additionally, when the reward pool is getting low, we can insert a special message informing the consumer that the offer is almost gone. You can turn on and edit this message in your program’s advanced settings, and set the reward threshold. When the reward pool gets below the threshold, the special message will be shown.

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Setting an offer deadline. Such as your offer should only run over Labor Day weekend and you want it to turn off on a specific day and time.

To achieve this, reach out to helpdesk and ask them to set an offer deadline of an explicit DATE and TIME. When that date and time is reached, the program is automatically de-activated. To re-activate an expired program, reach out to helpdesk.

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Manually turning off a program. For whatever reason.

To achieve this, reach out to helpdesk.

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Messaging Your Customers

When an offer has ended, we need to inform consumers who are trying to verify for the offer. If any of the above scenarios are triggered, we will show them the below default message:

In MySheerID, under the program’s advanced settings, you can customize the messaging and choose where to send the consumer to next. We recommend linking to a consolation offer. For example, let’s say you have an evergreen offer for 20% off for Teachers. For teacher appreciation week, you create a new program with a special 50% off offer and limit it using a reward pool of 10,000 single use codes; if / when those 50% off codes are all given away to verified Teachers, you can point any new traffic to the evergreen 20% off offer.

Note that customizing the messaging in MySheerID updates all three errorIDs. So no matter which flavor of Offer Has Ended that you wish to use, you can easily control this messaging.

To preview the Offer Has Ended state, use mocksteps. For more info, see https://developer.sheerid.com/js-library#css