Retrieve the affiliate id tracked at user registration

[yaboi]

Hello, Great product.

We are using the plugin to track user registrations sent by an affiliate.

Once a user is registered he has the ability to purchase a PayPal Digital Products at any time. When a purchase is made, we would like the affiliate to be credited.

The issue is that the purchase can occur weeks after registration.

Since the user is registered, is there a way to retrieve the referring affiliate besides getting it from the cookie or IP?

Our user flow would be:

1) Affiliate sends user to our site

2) User registers on site.

3) Affiliate ID is tracked to that user

4) User purchases a digital product at a later date

5) Upon paypal return, the purchase is tracked to the affiliate

The site is: [http://propertyliq.com]

It uses this PHP library to allow recurring payments through paypal.

Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you.

[admin]

Are you doing like a custom integration yourself or you will be using standard PayPal button?

For standard paypal button, you should use the following affiliate tracking integration:

http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/wordpress-affiliate/plain-paypal-button-and-affiliate-plugin-integration-168

If you are doing a custom integration then I am guessing you are a developer. You should check the following API documentation:

API – Awarding Commission via HTTP GET or POST

http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/wordpress-affiliate/api-awarding-commission-via-wordpress-hook-501

[yaboi]

Hello,

thank you for the reply.

I understand those options, however I do not want to get the affiliate ID from the cookie or IP.

When a user registers on our site, the affiliate ID gets recorded in the managed lead table. Is that Affiliate ID stored in the database? I would like to access that affiliate id.

Thank you.

[admin]

If it goes to the manage leads table then yes that ID is in the database. It will be in the “affiliates_leads_tbl” database table.

[yaboi]

Thank you.

Do you have any documentation on how to retrieve and use that database Affiliate ID to track commissions?

[yaboi]

Hello,

sorry for the multiple messages.

I assumed that the plugin would have standard features to track affiliates who sent users to sign up on the WordPress site using the standard registration process.

When an Affiliate sends a user to our site, and that user registers I need to be able to capture the affiliate ID that sent the user.

Is there a way to do this to record that Affiliate ID in the database? Can the standard WordPress Registration form be used with the Lead Capture table?

Thanks for all of you help.

[admin]

No one actually asked for this in the past. This is definitely doable and I am interested to add a built-in option for it in the plugin. You are using the standard WordPress user registration form/page correct?

[yaboi]

Actually it turns out my Theme uses a custom registration form, so I was able to use the standard HTTP Post method to capture a user registration as a lead.

Next I am working to save the Affiliate ID to the WordPress usermeta data. That way the affiliate ID will be tied to the new user with no time limit. A nice way to allow commissions on all future purchases.

I think that using the standard registration form for lead captures would be a nice feature for your customers. It’s something that I don’t see other affiliate plugins offering either.

Thanks for your help!

[btati]

Hi All,

I was planning to post a very relevant question, hope @admin help me! Here;

I’m using eMember, eStore and Affiliate plug-ins what I need as follows:

-The Affiliate sends a user/member

-The user registers using eMember’s plugin Registration page (free registration)

– The Affiliate plugin records everything at this time (knows the referral, the member)

– My product only visible to (eMember) registered members

– After a while (months or even years) the user may like some of my eStore products (different types of products: Digital download, membership…etc) and purchase.

– The Affiliate (the referral) should take commission as this is part of his effort

Since all my plugins are from TT, I think this feature is already configured. If not, please admin let me know how to do this. This is my last part in my homepage and I need to complete it as soon as possible.

[wzp]

Well, the referrals are “cookie based.”

https://support.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forums/topic/can-we-lock-members-by-affiliate

So, if you set the cookie life for 10 years, that would work, assuming:

1. The member never clears their browser cookies.
2. They keep the same computer & browser for 10 years (not!).
3. They never click somebody else’s affiliate link; but this behavior can be changed:

   https://support.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forums/topic/first-click-or-last-click

[btati]

OK! I got your reply. But that actually will not work with my need.

My website is (monthly/yearly) membership based; once the Affiliate did the job and deliver a customer, I think one of his rights to be sure that he will never be disappointed and he should receive his commissions (monthly or yearly) as long as the member (that he refer) is still active and paying money.

As I want to create a long term guarantees, and according to your explanation, an affiliate may receive a some commissions for his member (that he refers) but he might lose the commissions if (for example) the member clear his/her cookies; and that does not make sense to me or I’m missing something.

Yes we used cookies for first time since we need to track the (unknown) member using his IP or whatever, but later on and after registration we knows everything about him why still using cookies and we already know him. Anyway, I’m not a developer and you defiantly knows more than me, all what I need is to fix my issue and achieve my need; so I’m still asking is there any way to achieve my need (any play around solutions). Or my request is something impossible.

[admin]

We have a feature in the affiliate plugin that will lock a user/customer to an affiliate. This can be used to create a hard link between a customer and an affiliate and will reward the affiliate even if he/she deletes the cookies. I believe that will give you the setup you are after. Is my assumption correct?

[btati]

Yes. It seems that will work with my case. But, I could find this feature.

So, once the user (that sent by an affiliate) registered the plugin will lock this user to this affiliate forever. Accordingly, the affiliate will still get paid as long as the user is paying. The lock feature guarantees this? Is true?

[admin]

Yes, your assumption is correct. Check my email for the addon that will enable that custom lock feature.

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