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Originally Posted by rowan
If the major billers such as ccbill and epoch linked sales to IPs then I'd finally be able to backtrack a signup to the point the surfer entered my site, and KNOW when a former buyer visits the site again.
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NO shit, I created my own stats tracking software for clickcash that will tell me exactly where every signup comes from. I was able to do this because clickcash displays the ips in my stats.
Thats all I need. show me the damn ips. I don't understand why affiliate programs wont show them. Someone explain to me what is the big deal. I got their ip when they hit my site, so it is not like you are giving me confidential information. Even then what can i do with an IP? the windows messenger exploit was fixed years ago, to my knowledge i cant do anything with the ip that would be harmfull, and like i said i got it anyway in the first place.
I can't imagine this would be intensive on their end, shit, they should be logging the ip info anyway, they just not showing the affiliates what it is.
If i could see ips i could set up my own tracking software that would work for ALL affiliate companies.
As it is right now, i can use ad tracking software to show me which source generated the most clickcs to each of the programs i am using, but really who the hell cares about hits. I want to know where the signups are coming from.
How in the hell have you guys been doing this for so many years ? it's like shooting in the dark how do you know which ads/traffic are the ones producing your signups and which ones are not ? I just signed up for a lot of affiliate programs for a new project i am working on and this is frustraiting as hell that I can't track where my signups are coming from. I am use to knowing where every single signup comes from so i can evaluate my traffic and see which is profitable and which is not. I did notice some that allow you to set up campaigns, but even that can be a pain in the ass (although better than nothing) . Imagine if I have a page with 50 programs on it and now i have to go to each affiliate program, set up a new campaign, go back to the links on my site and change the campaign name, and then do this for several traffic sources, shit that would take hours.
By allowing me to see the ip I can create my own "accounts" and track alll 50 sponsors by making a couple changes on my end which would take less than 1 minute.
this is insaine that it is 2007 and people can not track where their sales are coming from.
Anyone have any suggestions here or is this all we have to work with ?
