It would be better if CCBill would still at least do 3 days IP tracking even if the cookie length were greater than 3 days. I don't see why they should not do any IP tracking if say the cookie expire time is 30 days. That makes no sense. They can still do the three days at least.
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Originally Posted by Mutt
well then it sounds as if their system favors the affiliate who sets a cookie first, cookies set for longer than 3 days have a built in edge for Webmaster A when Webmaster B attempts to cookie a surfer on say Day 7 of a 10 day cookie, who isn't accepting cookies, Webmaster B is shit out of luck and Webmaster A gets the referral. smaller affiliates would be dead if referrals weren't based on the 'last affiliate in' standard.
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I prefer:
1. First affiliate (Affiliate A) to set the cookie always keeps the cookie until it expires.
2. If another affiliate (Affiliate B) sends the same surfer within the cookie time for which Affiliate A's cookie is still set then they get credit if and only if the surfer buys immediately after visiting. If not, the cookie is used.
3. If the surfer does a type in then Affiliate A's cookie is still used.
I don't think affiliate cookies should be overwritten once set but if someone sends a surfer and they buy immediately then they should always get credit. Affiliate A still was the one who initially referred the customer so if the customer does a type in they should get the credit.