jamierbw
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Thank you. Was there any response?
Exactly what I needed to know, thank you.
OK, thank you.
I know this. But I have been trying to ask the same thing in each of my three posts. Will the cookie be overwritten to credit the latest referrer or will the cookie exist for its entire lifespan?
Affiliate WP for example, offers the ability to set both options:
https://docs.affiliatewp.com/article/52-common-questions-on-affiliate-tracking
“If a customer clicks on 2 different affiliate links from 2 different affiliates, which one is saved?
The first affiliate link that the customer clicks will store the affiliate’s ID in a cookie and it cannot be overridden from the second link unless the cookie expires, or the customer clears their browser cookies and then clicks on the second link, or the Credit Last Referrer setting is enabled on Affiliates → Settings → General .”I want to know how the cookies work in this instance for this plugin.
What about the cookie? Are you saying it os overwritten by the latest click?
This might clear it up a bit more….
Customer clicks affiliate link A and leaves site after.
Customer clicks affiliate link B and leaves site after.
Customer comes back to site one week later (not clicking any affiliate link) and makes purchase 1.
Who gets affiliate credit for purchase 1?
Customer likes the item and makes another purchase one week later (purchase 2) without going through an affiliate link. Do the affiliates still get credited with the sale?
The cookie is set to 90 days so the sales occur within this time.1. Here is a screenshot: https://www.thehoodieclub.com/wp-content/uploads/Screen-Shot-2018-03-13-at-09.59.58.png
As you can see, it says:
‘The following affiliate links. are available’
But it should say:
‘The following affiliate links are available:’2. Yes, that is how to generate the links and that is great. However, users will not know how to do that, so I would like to add some instructions to that section of the page. How do I edit the text on that page to add instructions? Alternatively, I can simply add them below by editing the page, which is what I have done for now.
Thank you for your reply, however I am still unsure.
I set Cookie Duration (days) to 90. Thus the cookie will remain for 90 days and will be valid for all purchases, correct? So in theory, someone could click affiliate link A, go away from the site, and click affiliate link B, then make a purchase. So where would the affiliate sale credit go to as both still have active cookies. With an affiliate link that generates the cookie, either the second link should be ignored until the cookie expires or the cookie should be overwritten by the second link as this is the most recent affiliate link that has been followed. It shouldn’t credit both affiliates because then the store can end up selling things for nothing or paying out more in affiliate sales than the cost of the products.
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I am experiencing problems with Safari as well. It works in Firefox for me.
