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Originally posted by scorpion3600
cookies take precedence over hard-coding, so if the user had the cookie for that partner before, he/she gets credit even if hard-coded it in the form, at least that's what I understand...
What I've done is run dual cookies, the first cookie tracks the click code cookie in terms of time and when it expires it resets itself AND calls the click code, but this occurs one every x days.
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When a new cookie is set it should overwrite the existing cookie.
IE, someone clicks a banner on your site, cookie gets set, they don't sign up.
Tomorrow they come to my site, click my banner, and sign up.
I get credit for the join because my cookie overwrote yours. If you know of sponsors where this isn't the case please post a list of them so I know to never use them.
Also, the query string should always be the first place to look for whom to credit the signup to. If there is none (ie a type in or a bookmark) then you look for the cookie, NOT the other way around.
Again, if you know of programs that look for the cookie first instead of the query string, or that let the first WM to set the cookie get credit for the join, please LMK so I can be sure to never send them a click.