Offer by a retailer tonight to handle sales tracking from their advertisments

Discussion in 'Affiliate Programs' started by KonichiJ, Oct 1, 2008.

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    Opened up my email this evening only to find an offer by an online retailer to advertise on my website. The retailer claimed that he was a start up with a limited buget.

    He made the following statement regarding tracking sales, "I heavily database everything coming into the site. I log session ID’s to IP’s and hosts and track it from start to finish. If somebody comes in on a URL I can log it to their IP and session cookie and if that session results in a sale, then I know where it came from."

    He had an attached image of a c:prompt showing a mysql directory with IP addresses in on his server.....

    For some reason, this is sending a red flag up for me to not trust the guy. What's to say he doesn't report the sales? Wouldn't it be fair to use a 3rd party system to track everything?
     
    KonichiJ, Oct 1, 2008 IP
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    I'd really like some advice if anyone has any...
     
    KonichiJ, Oct 3, 2008 IP