Hi everyone, first post here. I'm a merchant. and I've very recently gotten into the affiliate game. I sell high end products and I've signed on a few specific affiliates because I'm kind of in a niche industry. I need to be able to track affiliate links and comissions. My requirements are that affiliates have their own unique URL that they can append to any page or product page on my website and then have the tracker track the affiliate link. Ideally, the tracking software would be implemented to our cart so that when a checkout event happens, the affiliate is credited. I would also like the URL links to be short for example; www.example.com/*product*?*affiliatecode*. It would also be nice to be able to record direct linking through the affiliates domain. I've taken a look at the self hosted apps like Post Affiliate Pro, iDevAffiliate I was wondering how the marketing gurus here do this? Is there a better way of doing this? We also have analytics software that we can create a campaign with I guess and track a keyword or something but it doesn't really do the rest of the features that I'm looking for. I'd appreciate any advice you guys could give me.
Hi lebod, Here is a site that lists their top 10 affiliate software's to create your own affiliate program for your own product or service(http://affiliate-tracking-software.no1reviews.com/ ). If you're looking for a way to track your activity as an affiliate for others, I recommend My Click Boss. You can message for details about it. Hope this helps
Thanks for the reply. I actually visited that link! That's how much I've been researching about this since last Thursday. I've literally read almost everything out there... I'm not an affiliate. I'm a business owner with an online shop that needs to track affiliate links, affiliate sales etc. Thx again
Hi I am a seller on amazon and i require an affiliate to partner with....I am completely new to this please help...!!!
Sure there is, you can follow this step by step guide is very well explained. http://authoritywebsiteincome.com/how-to-actually-set-up-google-analytics-click-tracking-affiliate-links-and-external-clicks-step-by-step-guide/ Hope it helps,
CAKE is probably the most used platform. http://getcake.com/cake-for-networks/ There is a Cake Basic for start-ups. Which is a lower volume version.