CJ Dashboard Tips and Power Features

Quick Answer The CJ features that save the most time are deep link automation, a well-maintained product catalog, Partner Discovery's filters for smarter recruitment, and scheduled reports. Most managers use a sliver of the platform — these are the high-leverage ones to learn first.

What it is

The CJ platform is broad, and most of its value sits in features people never open. Power features are the options that only pay off once you know they're there — like realising the app you've used for years had keyboard shortcuts the whole time.

The four with the biggest payoff for an advertiser: deep link automation (so partner links resolve to the right page automatically), a clean product catalog (so partners promote accurate prices and stock), Partner Discovery filters for targeted recruitment, and scheduled reports so your data finds you.

Why it matters

Manual, repetitive work in the platform is time taken from recruiting and optimising, and painful reporting just gets done less. Some features also unlock outcomes you can't get otherwise: deep linking lifts conversion by landing shoppers on the right page, and an accurate product catalog stops partners promoting wrong prices that erode trust and returns. Power features make the right habits cheap enough to keep doing.

How it works

Enable deep link automation so partner links resolve to the correct product page without manual link-building.
Keep your product catalog accurate and current so partners promote real prices, stock and offers.
Filter Partner Discovery by region, model and performance to build a focused recruitment shortlist.
Save the reports you use often and schedule the key ones to email you, making review automatic.
Use bulk actions to approve, decline or message partners in batches instead of one at a time.
Keep the creative and link library current so partners self-serve live offers rather than emailing you.

! Common mistakes to avoid

Leaving deep linking off, so partners dump traffic on the homepage and lose conversion.
Letting the product catalog go stale, so partners promote wrong prices and drive returns.
Recruiting on instinct instead of filtering Partner Discovery for relevant partners.
Rebuilding the same report every week instead of saving and scheduling it.

💡 Reporting tips

Use CJ's segmentation to see beyond partner-level totals: a single big partner often hides one strong placement and several weak ones, and the platform's reporting can surface that if you slice it. Schedule your core reports into a fixed review slot so the numbers arrive exactly when you've set time aside to act. A report you have to remember to pull is one you'll eventually stop pulling.

In practice: a worked example

Your product prices change weekly, but your CJ product catalog hasn't been updated in two months. Partners are promoting last season's prices, shoppers arrive to find a different number at checkout, and your return and complaint rates creep up. You fix the catalog feed so it refreshes automatically, turn on deep link automation so partner links always resolve to the right live product page, and the friction disappears. Two unglamorous features — an accurate catalog and automated deep links — quietly lift conversion and cut returns, because shoppers now land exactly where they expect at the price they were promised. Most managers never think about the catalog until it's the thing silently costing them sales.

When to lean in — and when to hold back

Worth setting up when	Probably overkill when
Partners promote many specific products	You have a single product or landing page
Accurate price and stock data matters to partners	Your catalogue is tiny and rarely changes
You're actively recruiting and want a shortlist	Your partner mix is settled
You check the same reports on a schedule	You log in only for the occasional total

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Frequently asked questions

It's a feature that automatically resolves partner links to the correct destination page, so partners don't have to hand-build deep links and shoppers land where they should.

Partners pull prices, stock and offers from your catalog. If it's stale, they promote wrong information, which frustrates shoppers and drives returns. Keeping it current protects conversion and trust.

Yes — you can schedule saved reports for regular delivery, which makes it far more likely you'll review the numbers consistently.