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Originally Posted by KillerK
Apparently you've never heard of cookie stuffing.
It should always be the person who sent the hit last gets the sale.
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If they buy right away they would still get credit for the sale. The problem with always overwriting the cookie is that you are removing credit from the person who originally referred the surfer to the site. And you aren't really stopping cookie stuffing. Another site could just as easily stuff right after you set your cookie and you'll still lose the sale. It's still profitable to stuff like that because you still can get credit for type ins.
Both of our methods make it so the last referrer gets the signup if the surfer buys right away. The difference is that with what I suggest the original sender always gets credit for any type ins. Overwriting the cookie actually works to the stuffer's advantage as it relates to typeins. With anything else you'd still get credit my way if they bought as soon as they were sent.