The campaign status shows the current state of a campaign. You can control the current state of a campaign in the Partner and Affiliate Centers.  The status also effects the redirection of traffic.

The following are the five states of a campaign:

1 - Testing

• Traffic is redirected to the merchant.
• The campaign CANNOT be requested by affiliates.
• Creatives and links ARE available to assigned affiliates of the offer.

2 - Public Live

• Traffic is redirected to the merchant.
• The campaign displays in the Affiliate Center.
• Creatives and links are available to affiliates.
• The campaign can be requested by affiliates.
• Affiliate managers can assign the campaign to affiliates.
• Affiliates can see statistics.
• Partners can see statistics.

3 - Private Live

• Traffic is redirected to the merchant.
• The campaign IS NOT displayed in the Affiliate Center.
• Creatives and links are available to assigned affiliates only.
• The campaign CANNOT be requested by affiliates.
• Affiliate managers can assign the campaign to affiliates.
• Assigned affiliates can see statistics.
• Partners can see statistics.

4 - Paused

• Traffic is redirected to the merchant.
• The campaign IS NOT displayed in the Affiliate Center.
• Creatives and links ARE NOT available in the Affiliate Center.
• The campaign CANNOT be requested by affiliates.
• Affiliate managers CANNOT assign the campaign to affiliates.
• Assigned affiliates can see statistics.
• Partners can see statistics.

5 - Dead/Expired

• Traffic DOES NOT redirect to the merchant.
• Traffic is redirected to an expired location.
• The campaign IS NOT displayed in the Affiliate Center.
• Creatives and links ARE NOT available in the Affiliate Center.
• The campaign CANNOT be requested by affiliates.
• Affiliate managers CANNOT assign the campaign to affiliates.
• Assigned affiliates can see historical statistics.
• Partners can see statistics.