Re:affiliate marketing program
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1998
It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = That is the best approach that I have seen -- actually very simple toimplement -- do a setheader with the afcode the moment the cart is created... then just use the afcode header variables in the formulas to even givecertian ones discounts etc...>WebCat Gurus:>>Here is an interesting question... we are interested in offering an>affiliate marketing program for our current Go Organic Campaign>(www.go-organic.com/greenmarket/), where other organizations can get paid a>percentage of purchases made by people referred by their website. I am now>struggling with the best way to do this.>>We definitely do not want to have users sign in, so we were thinking that>we could give each affiliate an afcode that would be a unique number that>can be passed as a variable on every page on our website. We would then>build a log of purchases made with the specific [afcode] by adding it as>a database field connected to the info related to the purchase. We then>can easily pull up sales records related to each [afcode] by doing a fairly>simple search.>>How does this sound? Is it too complicated... is there an easier way?>Anyone have any experience with setting this type of system up?>>Thanks!>>-joshJay Van Vark *******************************Pacific Coast Software | eCommerce (WebCatalog)11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | Site Hosting & DevelopmentSuite 453 | http://www.smithmicro.comSan Diego, CA 92128 *******************************619.675.1106** PGP key available upon request. **
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That is the best approach that I have seen -- actually very simple toimplement -- do a setheader with the afcode the moment the cart is created... then just use the afcode header variables in the formulas to even givecertian ones discounts etc...>WebCat Gurus:>>Here is an interesting question... we are interested in offering an>affiliate marketing program for our current Go Organic Campaign>(www.go-organic.com/greenmarket/), where other organizations can get paid a>percentage of purchases made by people referred by their website. I am now>struggling with the best way to do this.>>We definitely do not want to have users sign in, so we were thinking that>we could give each affiliate an afcode that would be a unique number that>can be passed as a variable on every page on our website. We would then>build a log of purchases made with the specific [afcode] by adding it as>a database field connected to the info related to the purchase. We then>can easily pull up sales records related to each [afcode] by doing a fairly>simple search.>>How does this sound? Is it too complicated... is there an easier way?>Anyone have any experience with setting this type of system up?>>Thanks!>>-joshJay Van Vark *******************************Pacific Coast Software | eCommerce (WebCatalog)11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | Site Hosting & DevelopmentSuite 453 | http://www.smithmicro.comSan Diego, CA 92128 *******************************619.675.1106** PGP key available upon request. **
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