In fact I believe the entire adult industry is missing this feature.... unless I just can't find the ability in NATS or other affiliate tracking software / custom solutions... or, unless the ability is available from the sponsor's side only...
At any rate... Tracking pixels / scripts for affiliates. That way when a conversion occurs it drops the html for a 1x1 clear gif (or JS script) from the affiliate's server and passes over args. Obviously these should be setup by campaign.
Example:
Sponsor X Converts with a tracking code (by campaign), look up occurs and something akin to:
Code:
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://tracking.affiliatex.com/track/conversion.js?join_id=356345&campaign_id=default&amount=14.94&user_id=23234"></script>
<noscript><img src="https://tracking.affiliatex.com/track/conversion.gif?join_id=356345&campaign_id=default&amount=14.94&user_id=23234" width="1" height="1" /></noscript>
Obviously there are some variable replacements here so the actual tracking script would looking something more like:
Code:
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://tracking.affiliatex.com/track/conversion.js?join_id=%%join_id%%&campaign_id=default&amount=%%payout%%&user_id=%%user_id%%"></script>
<noscript><img src="https://tracking.affiliatex.com/track/conversion.gif?join_id=%%join_id%%&campaign_id=default&amount=%%payout%%&user_id=%%user_id%%" width="1" height="1" /></noscript>
There are tons of options here but the main points illustrated above:
The payout amount
Type of payout (revshare, pps)
The Lead or Join ID of the new member
The campaign
And the ability for affiliates to pass over custom arguments (their site's user_id, perhaps a sub_affiliate_id if they're a network, etc...)
This type of system is pretty commonplace in mainstream and allows affiliates not to have to use some specialized 3rd party software just to munge their stats together across sponsors.
Questions ? Comments ?