Is there no simple way to track image loads / asset loads from emails? I simply want to know that an image was loaded in an email when opened and what contact loaded it. I have spent a day researching now and there seems to be no straight forward solution.
There should be something like https://example.com/img.jpg?v=2342334
It does track any asset provided.
But when using a test email (or web preview), you won’t see the proxy url (only when sending for real)
Maybe it’s the way I am creating the email templates. I am using code to generate the template and include for my assets. I am also not using a tracking pixel.
I then create a segment template and send to the segmet. The resulting tag, at the receiving email does only contain a link to the asset, but no tracking id or such.
Sorry. Including the img link for clarity:
<img src="{assetlink=2}">
Probably some confusion here.
Or there is something very wrong the email that you received.
it should be <img src="https/some-website.tld/pic.jpg">
** Please note this:
“email that you received”
Not “email that you are currently editing in a WYSIWYG”.
But more like “email that you clicked on within Gmail to read the content form within Gmail”
I inserted the tracking pixel and now everything tracks. So I guess simply tracking loading of images doesn’t work. You have to have the pixel.
