Add your traffic exchange and install Colossari

1. Sign in and add your exchange

Open Add your exchange. Use your existing Colossari account or choose Create owner account. Enter your exchange name, its main website address without a referral link, and the script it runs. Choose Not sure if you need help identifying the script. Adding a website does not require a paid upgrade.

2. Download and finish setup

After adding the website, your dashboard opens that exchange’s Plugin setup & downloads card. Download its personalized ZIP, keep it private, and follow the installation guide. Upload the included colossari folder to the exchange root, then open setup on your exchange. The ZIP supplies its connection settings; setup still has to register the integration.

LFMTE has guided native setup. Other scripts and custom sites need a compatibility check using their actual signed-in member identity and genuinely credited action. Ask support with the script name and version before editing custom files if unsure. A category in the script selector is not a promise that every product/version installs automatically.

3. Check connection, approval and a credited view

These are separate steps. You can install the plugin and check the display while staff reviews the exchange. Eligible credited activity and event participation start after approval. The approval notification links to the same exchange’s setup card.

After approval, use the Colossari badge on your exchange to connect your player account, then complete a normally credited page. Check the first credited-view status on the dashboard and Recent strikes on the Hunt. A displayed badge or a refreshed page alone does not prove credited activity.

For later downloads, open My exchanges, choose the website and use Plugin setup & downloads at the top. Each website keeps its own download, instructions and approval state. Check connection and installed version before reinstalling, and keep your backups.

What owners can measure

Owner reports can show credited surfers, repeat days, campaign activity and comparisons with an earlier period. They describe linked Colossari accounts, not verified new customers or sales. Compare a seven-day baseline with your campaign period and look at return visits, completion cost and support effort before renewing a paid event.

Choose when to spend

The free connection has basic activity and financial records. Optional campaigns let you host a Cup day, run Daily Earn, set a funded Surf Mission or schedule a Rally Hour. Paid owner tool passes add advanced features; they do not change any surfer’s cash score. See the current campaign screen for totals, availability and cancellation terms before payment.

Safe setup and limited access

Back up the exchange before installing or updating. LFMTE remains the primary supported integration; custom TE/PTC setup is beta and must be tested on that script. A connection, Colossari approval and a real credited strike are separate milestones. Use the launch checklist to check each. Keep a backup and use the setup instructions for recovery; do not share your connect code publicly.

The PHP plugin runs under your host account’s permissions. Setup and maintenance can read local configuration and register integration settings. Ordinary reports send signed credited activity, a per-exchange hashed handle and, on supported LFMTE connections, a numeric exchange member ID for referral linking. Exchange passwords and member email lists are not sent in ordinary reports. HTTPS encrypts the transfer; Colossari can read the data it receives. ASR cross-promo scanning is retired. See the privacy policy for details.

Owner tools and personal plans

Platinum Owner is $20/month for all Voyager and Admiral personal benefits plus advanced tools for exchanges you own: reports, exports, saved campaigns, scheduling, branding and observed harbour activity timing. Permanent Founder and Patron access already includes the applicable owned-exchange tools; you do not need Platinum to keep those tools. New Voyager and Admiral personal plans do not include exchange tools. Previously purchased owner passes retain their original coverage. No raffle or Harbour Challenge stamp feature is included in the live plan.