Route all attribution tracking through your own domain for complete data capture.
Modern ad blockers kill third-party tracking. Corporate firewalls block analytics requests. Privacy browsers restrict cross-site functionality.
Spectacle's Tracking Proxy solves this by routing all tracking through your domain instead of ours.
What Spectacle's Tracking Proxy Does
Instead of loading Spectacle from api.spectaclehq.com, your tracking runs from tracking.yourdomain.com.
To browsers, this looks like first-party functionality. No blocking. No filtering. Complete data capture for accurate attribution.
Why This Transforms Your Attribution
Eliminates data loss: Ad blockers can't distinguish Spectacle tracking from your site's core functionality.
Captures complete customer journeys: Full session data enables accurate multi-touch attribution across every touchpoint.
Improves audience quality: Precise tracking data creates higher-quality segments for ad platform syncing.
Enhances privacy compliance: First-party data collection with proper consent aligns with GDPR requirements.
Setting Up Tracking Proxy
Step 1: Enable the feature
Navigate to workspace settings → Tracking
Enable "Tracking Proxy"
Note your generated subdomain (e.g.,
abc123.yourdomain.com)
Step 2: Configure DNS
Access your domain registrar
Create NS records for your subdomain pointing to Spectacle's nameservers
Allow 24-48 hours for DNS propagation
Step 3: Update tracking code Replace your existing Spectacle snippet with the updated first-party version from your dashboard.
Real Impact on Your Attribution Data
Bypasses ad blockers completely: Tracking loads from your domain, so privacy tools treat it as legitimate site functionality. Complete data capture improves attribution accuracy.
Eliminates conversion tracking gaps: Fewer blocked requests mean you see complete customer journeys instead of fragmented touchpoints.
Improves data control: First-party collection gives you greater control over user information while improving GDPR compliance.
Reduces browser restrictions: Safari's Intelligent Tracking Prevention and similar features target third-party domains. Your subdomain bypasses these entirely.
Delivers higher-quality data: Complete behavioral capture—traffic sources, page views, conversion paths—that third-party tracking typically loses.
Increases reliability: Serving scripts from your infrastructure reduces third-party dependencies and can improve load speeds.
The Complete Result
Challenge | Solution | Attribution Impact |
Ad blocker interference | First-party domain routing | Complete customer journey data |
Browser restrictions | Subdomain bypass | Persistent cross-session tracking |
Privacy compliance needs | Controlled data collection | First-party data with proper consent |
Data quality issues | Unblocked tracking | Richer behavioral insights |
Reliability problems | Your infrastructure | Consistent tracking without third-party dependencies |
Combined with Spectacle's server-side distribution to ad platforms, you get bulletproof attribution that captures every touchpoint while maintaining privacy compliance.
Ready for complete attribution data? Enable Tracking Proxy in your Spectacle workspace settings and eliminate tracking gaps forever.
Attribution data that captures reality.