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SmokeyTheBear · 01-05-2011, 12:57 PM

what happens if i add some shit to the end of a nats link code, will it still be counted ?

i noticed with another sponsor when i used
http://sponsora.com/?id=smokey
i switched to using campaign to track
http://sponsora.com/?id=smokey&campaign=slot1

and noticed sometimes i would get sales with campaign id's that were non-exisiting like
slot1SOMECRAPHERE

something was adding characters to my outbound sponsor links , so without using campaign to track my sales were going to a nonexisting affiliate account now i was getting credit but to non-existing campaigns ( i can live with that

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cooldude7 · 01-05-2011, 01:02 PM

i only know, if u add /join to ur nats encoded url, surfer goes to direct join page.

edgeprod · 01-05-2011, 01:02 PM

I think it goes into the 'extra' slot in the DB. If you need me to, I can check.

Adam_M · 01-05-2011, 01:04 PM

As long as your affiliate ID is correct sales will be credited to your account. Adding invalid code to the end of the nats code can sometimes mees up the hit count but should never affect sales.

If you are getting sales to a campaign that didn't exist then I would guess that the sponsor has auto campaign setup.

SCORE Ralph · 01-05-2011, 01:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adam_M

... then I would guess that the sponsor has auto campaign setup.

This.678

SmokeyTheBear · 01-05-2011, 01:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adam_M

As long as your affiliate ID is correct sales will be credited to your account. Adding invalid code to the end of the nats code can sometimes mees up the hit count but should never affect sales.

"should" isn't a very good answer

your affil id is not shown on encoded links, i know where it is but.. question remains the same

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adam_M

If you are getting sales to a campaign that didn't exist then I would guess that the sponsor has auto campaign setup.

i kinda figured that heh, was just pointing out that i was missing sales and only noticed because that sponsor had auto campaign on and used a campaign paramater, the hits come from poorly coded webapps and such , phpbb has a bug that adds stuff to urls now and then because alot of them are phpbb links appended to my campaign id

u-Bob · 01-05-2011, 02:11 PM

btw: is there a way to decode encoded nats links?

ntesic · 01-05-2011, 02:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by u-Bob

btw: is there a way to decode encoded nats links?

Yes, search on google for "base64 decoder online"

blackmonsters · 01-05-2011, 03:14 PM

Sounds like an HTML problem.

example :

Quote:

<a href="http://google.com click here for goolge</a>"<hello"</a>

<br>

Data on webpage

01-05-2011, 12:57 PM	#1
SmokeyTheBear ►SouthOfHeaven Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: PlanetEarth MyBoardRank: GerbilMaster My-Penis-Size: extralarge MyWeapon: Computer Posts: 28,609	NATS question what happens if i add some shit to the end of a nats link code, will it still be counted ? i noticed with another sponsor when i used http://sponsora.com/?id=smokey i switched to using campaign to track http://sponsora.com/?id=smokey&campaign=slot1 and noticed sometimes i would get sales with campaign id's that were non-exisiting like slot1SOMECRAPHERE something was adding characters to my outbound sponsor links , so without using campaign to track my sales were going to a nonexisting affiliate account now i was getting credit but to non-existing campaigns ( i can live with that ) __________________ hatisblack at yahoo.com

01-05-2011, 01:04 PM	#4
Adam_M Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 3,800	As long as your affiliate ID is correct sales will be credited to your account. Adding invalid code to the end of the nats code can sometimes mees up the hit count but should never affect sales. If you are getting sales to a campaign that didn't exist then I would guess that the sponsor has auto campaign setup. __________________ DiscountedPorn.Com ReviewedPorn.com

01-05-2011, 01:02 PM	#2
cooldude7 Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Heaven Posts: 4,306	i only know, if u add /join to ur nats encoded url, surfer goes to direct join page.

01-05-2011, 01:02 PM	#3
edgeprod Permanently Gone Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 10,019	I think it goes into the 'extra' slot in the DB. If you need me to, I can check.

01-05-2011, 02:11 PM	#7
u-Bob there's no $$$ in porn Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: icq: 195./568.-230 (btw: not getting offline msgs) Posts: 33,063	btw: is there a way to decode encoded nats links?