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Server-side tracking for Salesforce

Salesforce is a strong server-side source once the plumbing is right: fire on stage change from a flow or Apex trigger, referencing the identifier stored on the Opportunity. The build is routine. The precondition — identifier coverage on Opportunities, not just Leads — is what actually decides whether it works.

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Salesforce server-side · what breaks

What goes wrong on Salesforce

  1. 01

    Lead conversion drops unmapped fields

    The value is on Lead, the Opportunity has nothing, nothing errors. The single most common Salesforce tracking fault.

  2. 02

    Cycles longer than the import window

    Enterprise deals routinely close beyond it, so closed-won can't be imported at all.

  3. 03

    Web-to-Lead posting without identifiers

    The standard form posts what it's given, and by default that's no click ID.

  4. 04

    Amount changing after close

    Upsells and adjustments move the number after the conversion was reported.

Salesforce server-side · the fix

What changes — Salesforce server-side

  • Identifiers surviving lead conversion

    Mapped explicitly onto Contact and Opportunity.

  • A bidable milestone inside the window

    Qualified, rather than a close nobody can import.

  • Real amounts fed back

    Where the cycle allows.

Salesforce server-side · architecture

What Salesforce exposes to a server container

Excellent outcome data, one notorious plumbing failure.

  1. 1

    Click ID captured on landing

    Written into the Web-to-Lead form as hidden fields.

  2. 2

    Fields on all three objects

    Lead, Contact, Opportunity — with conversion mapping configured.

  3. 3

    Flow-triggered upload on stage change

    Automatic, not a manual export.

  4. 4

    Opportunity ID as the deduplication key

    Stable and unique.

  5. 5

    First touch and last touch both stored

    So the attribution choice is deliberate rather than whichever wrote last.

Salesforce server-side · diagnose

Where Salesforce tracking breaks, in diagnostic order

Each check rules out a class of cause, so by the last one there is usually a single explanation standing.

  1. 01

    Measure the share of Opportunities with a click ID

    Not Leads. Opportunities.

  2. 02

    Convert a test lead and check the Opportunity

    The classic failure reproduces in two minutes.

  3. 03

    Check conversion field mapping

    It's almost never configured.

  4. 04

    Measure median days from click to close

    Against the import window.

  5. 05

    Read the match rate after uploading

    Not the success message.

Salesforce server-side · prove

The QA evidence — Salesforce server-side

Run on Salesforce specifically, on a live conversion rather than in preview mode.

Source of truth

your Salesforce opportunity records

  • Click ID present on a live Opportunity after a full lead-conversion test.
  • All four parameters mapped across Lead, Contact and Opportunity.
  • Flow confirmed firing on stage change.
  • Uploads confirmed by match rate rather than a success message.
  • Opportunity counts reconciled against Salesforce for a closed quarter.
  • Reconciled over a fully closed window, matched per record rather than on totals.
  • Re-checked 30 days later, and after any platform update.

Salesforce server-side · free audit

What we check in the free audit

  • Measure the share of Opportunities with a click ID
  • Convert a test lead and check the Opportunity
  • Check conversion field mapping
  • Measure median days from click to close
  • Read the match rate after uploading

Checked against

your Salesforce opportunity records

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Salesforce server-side · when not to buy

When you don't need this on Salesforce

Worth reading before you buy anything, from us or anyone.

  • If your Opportunities already carry click IDs and outcomes reach your ad platforms, this is done.
  • Converting one test lead and checking whether the field survived takes two minutes and tells you whether you have the classic problem.
  • If your median cycle exceeds the import window, no build makes closed-won bidable. Optimize on a qualified stage and say so plainly to whoever asks.
  • Salesforce's own ads integrations cover part of this. Check what's already configured before building a parallel path.

Salesforce server-side · what we deliver

What the server-side build gives you on Salesforce

  • Container on your own subdomain

    Your domain, your certificate, hosting in an account you control.

  • Money events from Salesforce opportunities

    A flow or Apex trigger on Opportunity stage change, referencing the identifier stored on the record.

  • Deduplicated at every destination

    On a shared event ID, verified before any existing path is removed.

  • Consent enforced before dispatch

    A denied destination receives nothing, verified by capture rather than configuration.

Written guarantee

95%+ tracking accuracy

Measured against your Salesforce opportunity records. Miss it and we keep working at no cost.

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Pricing

Pick the package that fits your ad spend

Browser-side starter

$400One-time fee · lifetime ownership

Repairs and verifies the browser-side setup you already have, on a live conversion. Honest about its ceiling on this platform.

  • Root cause fixed, not worked around
  • Verified on a live conversion
  • Reconciled against your own records
  • Written handover
Fix what I have

1st-party server-side

Recommended

$800One-time fee · most popular

Money events sent from your own records through a first-party container on your subdomain, so the browser can no longer lose them.

  • First-party server container on your own subdomain
  • Money events from your records, not the browser
  • Deduplicated on a shared event ID at every destination
  • First-party cookies beyond Safari's 7-day cap
  • 95%+ accuracy and 8+ Meta EMQ, guaranteed in writing
Rebuild it server-side

Full 1st-party stack

$1,800One-time fee · lifetime ownership

Every paid channel server-side plus the offline loop, with monitoring so the next break surfaces in days.

  • Everything in 1st-party server-side
  • Pinterest, Snapchat, Reddit and LinkedIn CAPI
  • CRM and offline conversion loop
  • Refunds and cancellations corrected wherever each platform allows it
  • Monitoring on every destination
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FAQ

Salesforce server-side questions, answered

A flow or Apex trigger on Opportunity stage change. Automatic, and it beats a manual export nobody runs.

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