Re: WebCat: Paying affiliates commissions??

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2000

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texte = Also I have made an affil system that does all you ask for (except I didn't set thecookie to keep track of the repeat user as belonging to that affiliate - this can beadded easily). The whole system for paying all the various affiliates is also done onauto-pilot. No need to send email to the back office... I just have the admin log into secret pass/protected page and use a custom template to generate a report whichshows all the affiliates and what they are due in commissions for the month...(it works because the main-orders.db keeps track of which affil - if any - isresposible for that order)Let me know if you want to arrange anything offlist to save you time...-JohnMichael O Shea wrote:> Well Mike has most of it below. Here is one working ,> http://www.compub.net/affiliate/?action=start> It can use cookies to track visitors and it can also link bannerads> to uniquepages/products.>> >Use a cart header as a flag for an affiliate hit. You can use a routine> >that determines the incoming hit and assigns an affiliate ID to a header.> >You can either look for a referrer or have your affiliates use a token in> >their links. Create an affiliates.db with a unique ID and any other info> >you want to keep on your affiliates. I use these fields:> >a_ID a_Name a_Rate a_StartDate a_Contact a_Email a_Password> >Have your affiliates add this to their links: ?affiliate=> >Then check for an incoming ID match in the database.> >[showif [uppercase][affiliate][/uppercase]=[uppercase][lookup> >db=affiliates.db&value=[affiliate]&lookinfield=a_ID&returnfield=a_ID][/upper> >case]]> >[SetHeader cart=[cart]&db=catalog.db]Header5=[affiliate][/SetHeader]> >[/showif]> >That basically lets you check your header field in the invoice process and> >do whatever you need to do with it. You could flag a routine in your> >fulfillment email so that your back office knows to record the commission,> >etc.> >> >Mike> >> >> How can I configure WebCatalog to inform me that I need to pay a> >> commission to a webmaster when a visitor to their site came to my> >> site and bought as a result of a banner ad?> >>> >> In detail, here is what I want to do:> >> 1. Establish an online store with WebCatalog perhaps (if I think it can> >> easily do what> >> I want)> >> 2. Sell a product there (Duh!)> >> 3. Establish an affiliate program, where my participants link> >>to my site or> >> otherwise promote it> >> 4. Reward these participants when people they referred actually purchase> >>> >> I don't want to pay people for just sending people my way. I want to pay> >> commissions> >> only on sales to customers that buy as a result of coming from> >>that site. It> >> sure> >> would be nice if it is possible to somehow hang on to the> >>visitor's identity> >> somehow,> >> so if they surf away, then come back and buy, the Affiliate Webmaster still> >> gets their> >> commission.> >>> >> If anyone has any ideas of a solution to this, with WebCatalog or other> >> software> >> running on a Mac, please let me know.> >>> >> Thanks!> >>> >> Scott> >>> >>> >> >> >-------------------------------------------------------------> >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> > the mailing list .> >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to> >>> -->> Micheal O Shea Email:micheal@com4u.ch> com4u.ch http://www.com4u.ch> Breitistrasse 7B PGP key available upon request.>> CH-5506 Maegenwil Tel: +41 62 896 46 26> Switzerland>> -------------------------------------------------------------> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list .> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to -------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Re: WebCat: Paying affiliates commissions?? (John Butler 2000)
Re: WebCat: Paying affiliates commissions?? (Michael O Shea 2000)
Re: WebCat: Paying affiliates commissions?? (Mike Davis 2000)
WebCat: Paying affiliates commissions?? (Scott Taylor 2000)

Also I have made an affil system that does all you ask for (except I didn't set thecookie to keep track of the repeat user as belonging to that affiliate - this can beadded easily). The whole system for paying all the various affiliates is also done onauto-pilot. No need to send email to the back office... I just have the admin log into secret pass/protected page and use a custom template to generate a report whichshows all the affiliates and what they are due in commissions for the month...(it works because the main-orders.db keeps track of which affil - if any - isresposible for that order)Let me know if you want to arrange anything offlist to save you time...-JohnMichael O Shea wrote:> Well Mike has most of it below. Here is one working ,> http://www.compub.net/affiliate/?action=start> It can use cookies to track visitors and it can also link bannerads> to uniquepages/products.>> >Use a cart header as a flag for an affiliate hit. You can use a routine> >that determines the incoming hit and assigns an affiliate ID to a header.> >You can either look for a referrer or have your affiliates use a token in> >their links. Create an affiliates.db with a unique ID and any other info> >you want to keep on your affiliates. I use these fields:> >a_ID a_Name a_Rate a_StartDate a_Contact a_Email a_Password> >Have your affiliates add this to their links: ?affiliate=> >Then check for an incoming ID match in the database.> >[showif [uppercase][affiliate][/uppercase]=[uppercase][lookup> >db=affiliates.db&value=[affiliate]&lookinfield=a_ID&returnfield=a_ID][/upper> >case]]> >[SetHeader cart=[cart]&db=catalog.db]Header5=[affiliate][/SetHeader]> >[/showif]> >That basically lets you check your header field in the invoice process and> >do whatever you need to do with it. You could flag a routine in your> >fulfillment email so that your back office knows to record the commission,> >etc.> >> >Mike> >> >> How can I configure WebCatalog to inform me that I need to pay a> >> commission to a webmaster when a visitor to their site came to my> >> site and bought as a result of a banner ad?> >>> >> In detail, here is what I want to do:> >> 1. Establish an online store with WebCatalog perhaps (if I think it can> >> easily do what> >> I want)> >> 2. Sell a product there (Duh!)> >> 3. Establish an affiliate program, where my participants link> >>to my site or> >> otherwise promote it> >> 4. Reward these participants when people they referred actually purchase> >>> >> I don't want to pay people for just sending people my way. I want to pay> >> commissions> >> only on sales to customers that buy as a result of coming from> >>that site. It> >> sure> >> would be nice if it is possible to somehow hang on to the> >>visitor's identity> >> somehow,> >> so if they surf away, then come back and buy, the Affiliate Webmaster still> >> gets their> >> commission.> >>> >> If anyone has any ideas of a solution to this, with WebCatalog or other> >> software> >> running on a Mac, please let me know.> >>> >> Thanks!> >>> >> Scott> >>> >>> >> >> >-------------------------------------------------------------> >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> > the mailing list .> >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to> >>> -->> Micheal O Shea Email:micheal@com4u.ch> com4u.ch http://www.com4u.ch> Breitistrasse 7B PGP key available upon request.>> CH-5506 Maegenwil Tel: +41 62 896 46 26> Switzerland>> -------------------------------------------------------------> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list .> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to -------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to John Butler

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