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Well, I guess it would come down to finding out what the reset time is for their cookies then...
I have some affiliates for my design stuff, and I have my cookies set for a specific period. Then give the affiliates their individual ref codes. When they whore it out, and someone clicks their ref code, it sets the cookies. (Two of them actually)... But I only check for one of them. (One is just a dummy cookie for other purposes) Once it's set... the only way someone could override it is if they told that user to go in and delete their cookies and then click a different ref code to set a new cookie.
What this means is.... let's say, someone clicked on a ref code you had whored out for me. They checked it out and looked good.... blah blah blah.... wanted to spend some money, but realized that someone was making a commission off it. "Hmmm.... well, I got a friend that promotes these guys too...." He talks to the friend, friend tells him to delete the cookie... and you get the idea.
I can set those cookies to last for whatever length of time that I want. 30 seconds or 30 days... or whatever...
So... if IBill has there cookies set to only track for a minute or two.... then someone from another site could easily get the sale. But if, like some good sponsors do, set their cookie for an average of three days or so.... then only the original click will get the sale.
I've found that alot of sponsors set their cookies to track for around 3 days. No other ref codes will override that initial cookie for those three days unless the user deletes his temps & cookies from the disk.
I'm rambling.... must have more beer.
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