[mikee17]

I do have an SSL certificate.

What can I do differently?

[mikee17]

I reset it to the regular WordPress Thank You page.

I then ordered. It came up to the Authorize.net order filled page

See image [http://screencast.com/t/fn0Z9ach]

But at this point, the sale does NOT get recorded until they click on the link

“Click Here to Complete Transaction”.

After clicking the link, it now goes to the wordpress thank you page. It looks perfect now. For some reason before it looked like the CSS was missing on the page (which is why I trying using a .PHP redirect)

If the person DOES NOT click the link then the order is not recorded.

How can I send them directly to the Thank You page, or after 5 seconds or so auto-redirect to make sure the sale is recorded?

Thanks,

Mike

[mikee17]

Yes, I did the installation myself.

The reason I am doing the php redirect script for a thank you page is that when authorize returns to the regular page it doesn’t look right.

So I read somewhere else on the forum that this sometimes happen with Authorize.net and this was a work around for it.

Is there another work around?

[mikee17]

Thank you!

* I actually wanted to say ‘Transaction ID’ i.e ‘txn_id’, by mistake said ‘payer_id’ instead.

[mikee17]

If, I’m using direct SQL statements to insert values to ‘wp_affiliates_sales_tbl’ table, what do I do for ‘txn_id’ ?

i.e $txn_id = uniqid(); ? or can we use for ex. the payer_id => TT4B9D8ZKHBQA from paypal?

I have values from paypal on the notify_url page for >> refid, date, time, payment, sale_amount, item_id, buyer_email

Do I have to insert/update to any other table?

[mikee17]

Say for example, we have a MONTHLY subscription of 5 USD with ONE WEEK trail(0 USD) and would like to record a commission even though its not relevant. How do we take out the condition you say?

Saying when I used the script from the link I pasted above, it does not mean I used the script as it is… I have all the values in place, i.e…

cURL: $secretKey, $affiliate_id, $sale_amt

file_get_contents: $secret, $referrer, $sale_amt

Stil it did not work for both POST and GET methods, shall try again and get back on this.

[mikee17]

Hi,

1. I learned that the sale amount cannot be 0.

2. cURL and file_get_contents do not work on the notify_url page and requires browser execution.

Am I correct?

Thanks & Regards

[mikee17]

Amin,

Hmmmm…. I understand that technically it’s not a click but… since it redirects to the destination site, it really should be counted as a click.

I know that I always check out an affiliate link by pasting in the browser to make sure it works. If I were to use TinyURL of some other method of cloaking I always test that too my pasting in the URL bar.

If my potiential affiliates do the same and see how it sends the person to my site but doesn’t show up a click for them, they won’t like that, and may think that I’m being dishonest so they won’t promote my products. That’s very bad. Or I will be constantly having to explain this problem to them. That’s also a hassle.

I know you’ve been getting lectured on affiliate marketing in this thread

But having nearly 10 years experience on both sides of the game, it would be great if you could do the following:

1) Pasting a URL should be counted as a click since it sends the visitor to the destination.

Double clicks make it look like an affiliate’s traffic is only converting half as well. This could cause him to stop promoting my products

2) To avoid double clicks, only record a click from the same IP/Referral URL if there has been a 15 second time or greater difference. This would get rid of most of them

Does that make sense?

Thanks,

..Mike

[mikee17]

Amin,

I think I see the problem with double clicks being recorded. In My WP setup my site was setup as http://buyyournichesite.com not http://www.buyyournichesite.com so my theory is that having the link point to “http://www.buyyournichesite.com…” was recorded, then forwarded to “http://buyyournichesite.com…” and the click was recorded twice.

One mystery solved.

Still, I’ve tried pasting http://www.buyyournichesite.com/sites-for-sale/?ap_id=mikee17 in several different browsers and it doesn’t record the click, it’s only when I click on a link. Does it work for you when you paste it in the URL bar?

..Mike

But

[mikee17]

Amin,

It’s real weird. If I click on your links above

http://buyyournichesite.com/sites-for-sale/?ap_id=mikee17 or

http://tinyurl.com/yg6pzo8

The click is registered fine, but if I cut and paste it into my browser although it redirects, it doesn’t record the click.

Does it record the click if you paste in your browser?

..Mike

[mikee17]

Hi Amin,

Hmmm…… Couple of points

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**Point #1 **

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I have worked with dozens of affiliate systems and EVERY one allows you to use a plain URL link.

That doesn’t really make sense that a anchor tag must be used since there are many times that a person will just want to use the link NOT wrapped in an anchor tag. For example, many people use TinyURL.com or some other form of link cloaking.

This is a serious design flaw and limitation for any affiliate. Can it be fixed?

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**Point #2 **

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Okay I uploaded a test banner for a test. Whether I click your “Test Link” above, or my banner 2 clicks are being recorded, normally 1 second apart. Take a look at your stats and you’ll probably see the same thing.

What is causing this ?

Thanks,

..Mike

[mikee17]

Hi Amin,

Affiliate Join link is

http://buyyournichesite.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-affiliate-platform/affiliates/login.php

Thanks,

…Mike

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