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How to Set Up an AvidTrak Agency Account

1. In this tutorial you will learn how to sign up for a free trial of an AvidTrak agency account. You will also learn how to setup a client account in your agency account and deploy tracking phone numbers in the client account. Please note that the free trial agency account comes with a $20 credit which will allow you to setup 5 tracking telephone numbers during your free trial. If you need more numbers, you will need to become a paid subscriber.

2. To sign up for an Agency account go to AvidTrak.com and click the “Try for Free” button.

How to Set Up an AvidTrak Agency Account

3. After you get redirected to the Free Trial page, click the “Agency” button.

How to Set Up an AvidTrak Agency Account

4. Click the “Name / Company” field and enter your name or your company name.

How to Set Up an AvidTrak Agency Account

5. Click the “Email” field and enter your email address. Note we recommend that you use a verifiable business domain in your email address to ensure that your account is approved expeditiously. Email addresses that are unverifiable will not be granted free trial access.

How to Set Up an AvidTrak Agency Account

6. Click the “Phone Number” field and enter a US or Canadian telephone number from a US or Canadian carrier. No burner phone numbers allowed.

How to Set Up an AvidTrak Agency Account

7. Check the I’m not a robot field to verify that you are a human.

How to Set Up an AvidTrak Agency Account

8. Click the “Submit” button.

How to Set Up an AvidTrak Agency Account

9. Wait for the Thank you page to load. After the page has loaded, please check your email inbox for further instructions from AvidTrak.

How to Set Up an AvidTrak Agency Account

10. In your email inbox, look for an email from AvidTrak with the subject “AvidTrak Email Verification.” Open the email received from AvidTrak.

How to Set Up an AvidTrak Agency Account

11. Click the “Call Me” button found in the email that you received from AvidTrak and wait for a phone call from AvidTrak’s verification system.

How to Set Up an AvidTrak Agency Account

12. When you receive the call from AvidTrak, please enter the six digits that you have received in the email. If you enter the six digits correctly, you will receive an acknowledgement from AvidTrak confirming that your account is now setup.

How to Set Up an AvidTrak Agency Account

13. Check your email again and open the email with Subject headline “Your Account Setup has been Successfully Completed.”

How to Set Up an AvidTrak Agency Account

14. Click the “Login” button.

How to Set Up an AvidTrak Agency Account

15. Enter your email and temporary password in the fields and click the Sign in button.

How to Set Up an AvidTrak Agency Account

16. Click the “New Password” field and enter a new password. Your new password must be at least eight characters in length and have at least: one upper case letter, one lower case letter, one numeric digit and one special character.

How to Set Up an AvidTrak Agency Account

17. Reenter your new password in the “Confirm Password” field. Pro Tip: Use the Password Show feature to verify that the values entered for the password match in both fields.

How to Set Up an AvidTrak Agency Account

18. Click the “Update” button after you have verified that the passwords match in both fields.

How to Set Up an AvidTrak Agency Account

19. After you have updated the password, you are now ready to setup your first client in your agency account. In the field labeled Create your First Client, enter a client name. Your client name must be unique and have no spaces or special characters and must be between 5 and 50 alpha numeric characters in length with no special characters. You may also use a unique email address for your client.

How to Set Up an AvidTrak Agency Account

20. After you have entered the values in the field, click the “Create Client” button.

How to Set Up an AvidTrak Agency Account

21. If you have successfully created a client, the system will respond with an onscreen success prompt. To move ahead with the next step, click the “Setup Client” button.

How to Set Up an AvidTrak Agency Account

22. You are now ready to assign a password for your new client. Click the “New Password” field and enter a new password. Your new password must be at least eight characters in length and have at least: one upper case letter, one lower case letter, one numeric digit and one special character.

How to Set Up an AvidTrak Agency Account

23. Reenter your new password in the “Confirm Password” field.

How to Set Up an AvidTrak Agency Account

24. Click the “Update” button to save your new password for your client. Be sure to save your password in a safe place and do not share your password with any third party.

How to Set Up an AvidTrak Agency Account

25. After setting up your client account you are now ready to deploy a phone number in your client’s account. To move ahead with this task, click the “Proceed” button to initiate the smart setup of your client’s account. If you click the Dashboard button you will skip the smart setup and will need to setup the phone numbers manually in your client’s account. If you are an experienced user of AvidTrak you may click the Dashboard button. If you are a first time user of AvidTrak we recommend that you click the Proceed button.

How to Set Up an AvidTrak Agency Account

26. After you click the Proceed button you will be directed to a phone number selection form. Enter a US or Canadian three digit area code in the “Area Code” field.

How to Set Up an AvidTrak Agency Account

27. Click “Next” to allow our platform to proceed with a search for telephone numbers that match your area code. Select one number that you like and click Next.

How to Set Up an AvidTrak Agency Account

28. Click “OK” to reconfirm your selection.

How to Set Up an AvidTrak Agency Account

29. In the Receiving Number field enter the US or Canadian telephone number where you wish to receive calls from the tracking number. Optionally, in the website number field enter the phone number that currently appears on your website. Click Next to advance to the next step.

How to Set Up an AvidTrak Agency Account

30. Click “Next” to move to the next step where you will assign a marketing channel to the telephone number that you just acquired.

How to Set Up an AvidTrak Agency Account

31. In the channel assignment form example shown here, we have selected “Google PPC” as the marketing channel assigned to the tracking phone number.

How to Set Up an AvidTrak Agency Account

32. Click “Next” to OK your selection and move to the next step where you will be able to enable call recording and other features available with your tracking number.

How to Set Up an AvidTrak Agency Account

33. If you would like to turn on call recording and caller name slide the rocker switch to the right. Sliding and enabling the Track ID will render the tracking phone number digits to the call recipient. If you would like the caller’s phone number to appear to the call recipient do not turn enable Track ID.

How to Set Up an AvidTrak Agency Account

34. Click “Next” to save your settings.

How to Set Up an AvidTrak Agency Account

35. Click “Confirm” to reconfirm your selection.

How to Set Up an AvidTrak Agency Account

36. Click “OK” to double confirm all your settings.

How to Set Up an AvidTrak Agency Account

37. If you want to add another client, click on the Add More Client button and repeat the steps that we performed earlier in this tutorial. If you don’t want to add any more clients, click on the Dashboard link.

How to Set Up an AvidTrak Agency Account

38. Congratulations! You have successfully setup an agency account with a client within the agency account. The screen below shows the client account when accessed from your agency account.

How to Set Up an AvidTrak Agency Account

39. To go back to your Agency Dashboard, simply click the “Back to Agency” button.

How to Set Up an AvidTrak Agency Account

40. In the Agency Dashboard you will see that you have setup 1 client with 1 phone number. You will also be advised to add your credit card before your free trial expires.

How to Set Up an AvidTrak Agency Account

41. This completes the tutorial on how to setup a free trial agency account with a client account. If you face any difficulty in implementing these instructions or have questions related to our features, please do not hesitate to email support@avidtrak.com