Sorry for bumping this. But I just have to.
I hope that CCBill does not give in to this non-sense and actually does something about it.
The referrer variable has to be overridable for anyone switching away from a CCBill-only affiliate program. If you switch to anything else you HAVE to be able to override the referrer code. Why? Because CCBill by default does not give us a way to rewrite link codes. This means that the following might happen:
1) Surfer A goes to Site A with an old CCBill Link Code of Referrer A.
2) Surfer A does not signup
3) Surfer A goes via a new link code of Referrer B to the Site A 3 days later
4) Surfer A signs up
5) CCBill pays Referrer A 60%
6) The new program pays Referrer B 60%
Great, so now I am paying 120% on that member? Awesome!
This is just one sample of why it has to be possible to override the referral code in such a way.
This is even worse if the CCBill Program was setup to allow cross-site-promotion because then even creating new sub accounts would not help to get the cookie to not count! Not caring about the fact that getting new subs approved by Visa takes ages anyway depending on the sites.
Opening a NEW main account is madness also with the visa charges and even SLOWER registration involved.
Just had to say all this so people would maybe finally realize that most features are there for a very good reason. Just because you can not think of one does not mean thats not the case.
And I also have to agree with Kimmy, its all about trust. If its CCBill, NATS or anything else, you HAVE to be able to trust your affiliate program. If you can not, why send traffic to it?!
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