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heh, so many affiliate programs out there are so junky, designed with absolutely zero knowledge of the web.. or clues on cgi for that matter.
With our programs over the years, we never relied on a cookie for tracking, the sale was tracked after the first click, we then use cookies to help, only if no relationship could be identified, as a valued added bonus to affiliates.
If you're affiliate software doesnt support this type of system, which was developed oh back in 1999, then you are wasting your time with it.
Let's take Nat's for example, a system I recently was told about and discovered as I was writing some affiliate related software scripts.
They're system (although i never really looked at it to be 100% accurate with this post), I think its going to go down the drain very quickly. I can't see the way they can convert they're problems easily.
They have more than just cookie only tracking problems, they actually have a serious problem in which their tracking code can lead all their surfers to the wrong site!
Why on earth they use the affiliate account name and append to it, has to be one of the silliest designs I have seen to date. Sorry Nat's but you deserve even more than a slap on the face for that one.
Let's take a closer look, start browsing some blogs you know with nats sponsors that have multiple sites.... when you find one... click the link,
which will set a cookie on your computer, then go back to the page
and find another link to same sponsor program but another tour/niche/site whatever, now click that link and follow thru.. WHOA SHIT, the site you go to is the first site, you'll never EVER Be able to go thru the site you want because of their stupid cookie tracking redirection crap.
Now you wonder why you send 5000 hits to one site, 50 to the other and make 80% less sales??? They are not getting to the site they want
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