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Originally Posted by Ima Kepornos
CXA.
For you to not get the sale, they do not have to be a member of livejasmin, nor visit it, nor be a member of any of the other main sites/cobrands/whitelabels.
There are many sites out there that stuff livejasmin cookies without ever clicking anywhere near the site. Also, cookies are not the only way AWE tracks surfers, so telling your members to clear their browser cookies before they buy probably won't help.
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I acknowledge such technical tracking issues too. However he still claims 20 out of 100 sales not being credited to him when the surfer entered through his link. That's very high and quite different than one or two.
The proper way to credit a sale sent from an affiliate link is to almost always give the credit to the affiliate sending the surfer IF THEY BUY IN THAT INSTANCE regardless of previous cookies.
Case "Type-in incoming"
1. Does prior transaction exist (consumer-affiliate linking)? Yes-credit that webmaster; No- Continue.
2. Does valid affiliate cookie exist? Yes- Credit affiliate. No- Continue.
3. Credit to house.
Case "affiliate link incoming"
1. Does prior affiliate cookie exist?
Yes: Credit this referrer for any sales NOW for this session but do not overwrite existing cookie (future type-ins go to old webmaster who set the cookie).
No: Set new affiliate cookie and credit this affiliate for all sales now and in future.
This is one way to help resist cookie stuffing because it means no matter what the webmaster sending the customer directly from the affiliate link at that moment gets the sale. Cookie stuffing would only help for type-ins and then only if another affiliate didn't already set a cookie. The above isn't perfect or all inclusive but it shows a good general practice. Requiring an actual click to set a cookie is another great practice too.
I know AWE's program probably isn't set up like this, thus much of the problem. But I doubt they are alone on that. That's my opinion on the best way to set tracking anyway.