Originally Posted by Tempest

If I run a large traffic site (or even a bunch of pay sites), all I need to do is frame, iframe or whatever, my affiliate code to fleshlight. I don't even have to try and sell the surfer.. I don't have to have any links.. I don't have to have any banners up or anything.. now those guys have my code LOCKED in their cookie.. so they go visit some other sites with actual fleshlight ads and some text that makes them really want one and they go and buy one... I get the revenue and the guy who actually promoted fleshlight gets fucked.

This isn't rocket science. It doesn't matter if the sufer leaves and comes back, it's not really any different than a pay site. CCBill also had this issue and it was changed to what was more acceptable to affiliates.. Last person to send the surfer gets the sale. It's assumed that it's his promotion that actaully got the guy to buy.

You STILL set the cookie for 30+ days though. So if a surfer clicks thru on an affiliates link and then goes back (after reading reviews but not clicking on another link), then that affilliate still gets the sale. You just don't lock it to the first affiliates code.

Last affiliate to send the surfer overwrites the current cookie and the cookie lasts for 30+ days.