Affiliate tracking...easy question?

[PhounTho]

Sorry for such a newb question but let's say you're a TGP and you've got a fresh surfer just clicked into your TGP, they poke around and end up clicking on an affiliate gallery of yours for say www.amateurbeyotches.com. They get this cookie copied onto their computer that will tell CCBill (or whomever) to pay YOU if they sign up a membership. Right?

But....(and here's the question)

What if that same exact surfer who clicked on your affiliate gallery, does not immediately sign up for amateurbeyotches.com. Let's say a couple of days go by and our tireless porn surfer hits another different TGP. Let's say this surfer clicks on this TGP's affililiate gallery for the very same, you guessed it, amateurbeyotches.com.

Now...does the surfer get the new TGP's affiliate cookie copied over the old one thus crediting the sale to most recent TGP, and F'ing you in the A?

Hope question this makes sense. I think it's an important concept for us newbs to get though.

[Bigjohn]

My understanding of this is that if the surfer clicks a link that has YOUR affiliate code on it and doesn't purchase then, depending on how long the sponsor program has set their cookie retention, if the surfer goes back to the paysite on his own and purchases a few days later you still get credit.

If the serfer gets back to that site clicking a link with someone elses affiliate code, and signs up then the second code gets the sale.

This, of course sucks if your were the FIRST click, but not so much if you were the second :-)

[INever]

and remember...

just clocking on the link is easy...it's the JOIN where any money is made...