Transparent click trackerGoogle Ads302 redirectHTTPS only

Every click goes exactly where the link says.

mintl.co records a Google Ads click, then sends the visitor to the address in the link's redirect_url parameter. There is no destination stored on our servers, and nothing is added to the URL you are sent to.

See the link format How it works

mintl.co is built and operated by ONEADS LLC.

Redirect trace · example click3 hops

$ curl -sIL "https://mintl.co/c/spring-sale?g=EAIaIQobChMI…&redirect_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.awin1.com%2Fcread.php%3F…"
HTTP/2 302
location: https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=1001&clickref=EAIaIQobChMI…&ued=https%3A%2F%2Fshop.example%2F
cache-control: no-store

01mintl.cologs the click, adds nothing302
02www.awin1.comaffiliate network in redirect_url302
03shop.examplethe advertiser's landing page200

Read any mintl.co link and you know where it ends.

Only the green part decides where the visitor goes. Everything before it is ours to log and is never forwarded.

https://mintl.co/c/tracker

spring-salelink id

?g={gclid}&kw={keyword}&cmp={campaignid}…click data, logged only

&redirect_url={lpurl}the only destination

Redirects to certified networks

Awin
CJ
Impact
Partnerize
ShareASale
Tradedoubler
Admitad

How it works

One click, one log line, one redirect.

mintl.co sits in the tracking template of a Google Ads campaign. It never decides the destination; the link does.

Step 1
The ad is clicked
Google Ads fills the tracking template with the click ID (gclid), keyword, campaign and the landing page, then requests the mintl.co link.
Step 2
The click is logged
We record the click details in the background. The visitor's IP address is stored only as a salted hash.
Step 3
The visitor is redirected
We answer with an HTTP 302 to the exact redirect_url value. Parallel-tracking pings get the same answer.

Rules

Six rules the tracker cannot break.

They are enforced in code and checked by automated tests on every release, so a link can only ever do what it shows.

The destination is in the link

The next hop is always the redirect_url parameter. No destination is configured on our servers.

Location = redirect_url

Nothing is added

Our parameters are read and logged, never appended to the destination URL.

non-foreign params

Same answer for everyone

People, crawlers and ad reviewers get the identical response, from any device or country.

no cloaking

Approved domains only

Destinations must be HTTPS on a certified affiliate network or an approved advertiser domain.

https + allowlist

Bad links stop

A missing or unapproved destination returns an error page. We never redirect anywhere else instead.

400, no Location

IP addresses are not kept

We store a salted SHA-256 hash of the IP address and delete every click record after 120 days.

sha256(ip + salt)

Link format

A tracking template you can read.

Paste the template into Google Ads. Our parameters carry the click data; redirect_url carries the landing page, directly or through an affiliate network.

Parameter	What it carries
redirect_urldestination	Where the visitor goes next, URL-encoded.
g · gb · wb	Google click IDs: gclid, gbraid, wbraid.
kw · mt	Keyword and match type.
cmp · ag	Campaign ID and ad group ID.
dev · net	Device and ad network.
aff	Optional affiliate or sub-ID label.

Tracking template, direct to the landing page

https://mintl.co/c/{link_id}?g={gclid}&gb={gbraid}&wb={wbraid}&kw={keyword}&cmp={campaignid}&ag={adgroupid}&mt={matchtype}&dev={device}&net={network}&redirect_url={lpurl}

Through an affiliate network

…&redirect_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.awin1.com%2Fcread.php%3Fawinmid%3D1001%26clickref%3D{gclid}%26ued%3D{lpurl+2}

Data we keep

What one click record holds.

Each click produces a single record of under 1 KB. No cookies, no browser scripts, no names or emails.

click_idtimelink_idgclidgbraidwbraidkeywordcampaign_idadgroup_idmatch_typedevicenetworkcountryip_hashuser_agentdestination_host

Read the privacy policy

120 days

Click records are deleted automatically after this.

0 IPs

Raw IP addresses are never written to storage, only a salted hash.

0 scripts

Our pages and redirects load no analytics or third-party code.

Seen a mintl.co link sent somewhere it shouldn't?

Send us the link. Confirmed abuse removes the destination domain from the allowlist, which stops every link to it.

Abuse reports abuse@mintl.co How to report