What's considered a fair cookie/ip hash timeout for revshare programs that only
have recurring membership options to their sites.
Let me explain for the people who don't quite understand what I mean.
You promote program X. A surfer clicks an affiliate link code on your site and
gets send to program X. A cookie and/or an ip hash entry is stored with your
affiliate ID.
If the time out is set to for example 3 days then the affiliate (you) will be
credited for a signup on that site if this surfer signs up WITHIN 3 days. If he signs up
after 3 days the surfer will be considered an unique visitor.
NOTE: I'm discussing reasonable time out for revshare with RECURRING membership options ONLY.
So if the surfer signs up within 3 days you'll get credited.
You'll also get credited on ALL his rebills.....regardless of the cookie time out
as with rebills cookies are irrelevant.
For livecams where people buy credits that's another story.....
Personally I would say if an affiliate sends a surfer and the guy doesn't sign
up within 3 days there's no need to credit to keep the cookie longer coz if
he signs up after 3 days.....he didn't got back to the site because he
bookmarked the site after the affiliate send him the first time to sign up
a week later.
Discuss I'm curious about your opinions and will decide our cookie time out
based on the results of this discussion.
Thanks for your input GFY
