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Tips and Tricks HQ Forum » Forum: WP Affiliate F.A.Q/Instructions - Recent Topics http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forum/forum/wp-affiliate-faq Support Forum for Tips and Tricks HQ Products en-US Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:31:26 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 <![CDATA[Search]]> q http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forum/search.php kimmy on "Didn't get an email from my AR after did a test affiliate sign-up" http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forum/topic/didnt-get-an-email-from-my-ar-after-did-a-test-affiliate-sign-up#post-29079 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:07:00 +0000 kimmy 29079@http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forum/ I have my Autoreponder settings (including API) filled out within Wp-affiliate, but yet when I signed up as a test in my affiliate program today, my autoresponder does not send me a message even though it's set up to send me one today. What could be the problem? I'm using GetResponse. admin on "Can I use the WP Affiliate Platform Plugin on a Standalone HTML page?" http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forum/topic/can-i-use-the-wp-affiliate-platform-plugin-on-a-standalone-html-page#post-28808 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:47:53 +0000 admin 28808@http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forum/ WP Affiliate plugin is a WordPress plugin so it can only be used with a WordPress site (just like any other WordPress plugin). It will not work on a standalone HTML page. WordPress plugins do not work outside of WordPress. Can you use your Akismet plugin from one install to block spams on another WordPress install? No. The plugin only works in the same WordPress install where the plugin is also installed. Don't use plain HTML pages (the days of using plain HTML pages are over). You are using WordPress for a reason and WordPress has a superior method of creating sales/landing pages. Its called "Custom page template". This following article will explain more: <a href="http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/how-to-create-and-use-custom-page-template-in-wordpress-to-create-a-sales-page-2095" rel="nofollow">http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/how-to-create-and-use-custom-page-template-in-wordpress-to-create-a-sales-page-2095</a> Here is a video tutorial showing how to create a custom WordPress page template: <a href="http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/how-to-create-a-custom-wordpress-page-template-video-tutorial-3918" rel="nofollow">http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/how-to-create-a-custom-wordpress-page-template-video-tutorial-3918</a> Essentially it will be just like your stand alone sales page but it will be part of your WordPress installation so WordPress will be able to execute plugin codes in this page. When you create sales pages using the above method in WordPress all the plugins that are installed in this WordPress will be able to work on that sales page (for example: tracking your Google Analytics) and the affiliate plugin will automatically work. If you just create a stand alone HTML page (sale-page.html) and keep it somewhere on your site, the WordPress system does not know its existence and WordPress plugins can't perform tasks on resources that is not part of WordPress. mikru2010 on "How to make PayPal Email a Required Field for Affiliate Sign-up" http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forum/topic/how-to-make-paypal-email-a-required-field-for-affiliate-sign-up#post-8477 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 16:31:51 +0000 mikru2010 8477@http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forum/ Hi, i want to pay affilaites through PayPal, and so it would be good to have them enter their PayPal email at signup. is there a way to do this? theycallmediddy on "WP Affiliate Platform - How to get nicer Affiliate URLs?" http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forum/topic/how-to-get-nicer-urls#post-16881 Sun, 08 May 2011 12:01:59 +0000 theycallmediddy 16881@http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forum/ I really like the plugin and its smooth integration with wp_estore. One question: how can I get nicer URLs that hide the reflink a little bit? I want something like: before: <a href="http://www.website.com/?ap_id=somebody" rel="nofollow">http://www.website.com/?ap_id=somebody</a> after: <a href="http://www.website.com/x0F27Gh" rel="nofollow">http://www.website.com/x0F27Gh</a> or something like that I would love to have this included somehow in an update. I know my way around PHP so if you have a quick hack to include this, let me know. This is used on several websites I know so I think your users would definitely profit from this. amin007 on "Creating Pass Thru Affiilate Links for External Site" http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forum/topic/creating-pass-thru-affiilate-links-for-external-site#post-6143 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:05:01 +0000 amin007 6143@http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forum/ When You Might Need This? Say for example you have a video on an external site where you want your affiliates to send the traffic. After the visitor watch the video he/she can come to your site and make a purchase. Since the affiliate sent the traffic to an external site the affiliate plugin has no way of tracking the cookie to determine who sent the visitor. To get around this issue you can create pass thru affiliate link. Creating Pass Thru Links Pass thru links are links that point to your site but automatically redirects the user to the target page after it sets the cookie and tracks the click on your domain. WP Affiliate Platfrom allows you to do this. So for example your external video page is at the following URL: <a href="http://www.example.com/myvideo" rel="nofollow">http://www.example.com/myvideo</a> so a pass thru link will be like the following: <a href="http://www.your-domain.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-affiliate-platform/api/redirect.php?url=http://www.example.com/myvideo&ap_id=tips21" rel="nofollow">http://www.your-domain.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-affiliate-platform/api/redirect.php?url=http://www.example.com/myvideo&ap_id=tips21</a> This will track the click for the affiliate whose ID id "tips21" then redirect the user to the "www.example.com/myvideo" page. If the visitor then comes back to your site later and makes a purchase the commission will be awarded to the affiliate whose ID is "tips21" as the cookie is already set. You can ofcourse use a TinyURL or link shortener service to make the pass through link look short and clean. admin on "Customizing the Affiliate Signup Page/Form" http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forum/topic/customizing-the-affiliate-signup-pageform#post-24139 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:41:08 +0000 admin 24139@http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forum/ You can customize any text or message displayed to your visitors using the following method: <a href="http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forum/topic/how-to-customize-various-textmessages-displayed-by-the-plugin" rel="nofollow">http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forum/topic/how-to-customize-various-textmessages-displayed-by-the-plugin</a> Remove a Particular Form Field 1. If you are using the on page affiliate view option ----------------------------------------------------- Open the "register_view.php" file from the "view" directory of the affiliate plugin and customize it however you like. For example, If you want to remove the "Fax" field from the affiliate signup page then find the following block of code and remove it: <pre><code><tr> <td><?php echo AFF_FAX; ?>:</td> <td> <input type="text" name="afax" size="20" value="<?php echo $_POST['afax']; ?>"> </td> </tr></code></pre> 2. If you are using the stand alone affiliate view option ------------------------------------------------------- Open the "register.php" file from the "affiliates" directory of the affiliate plugin and customize it however you like For example, If you want to remove the "Fax" field from the affiliate signup page then find the following block of code and remove it: <pre><code><tr> <td><?php echo AFF_FAX; ?>:</td> <td> <input type="text" name="afax" size=20 value="<?php echo $_POST['afax']; ?>"> </td> </tr></code></pre> amin007 on "Clicks are Tracked but not the Sales" http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forum/topic/clicks-are-tracked-but-not-the-sales#post-20211 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 01:31:52 +0000 amin007 20211@http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forum/ When you hit this situation (clicks are tracking but not the sales) we need to know the following details before we can do any kind of troubleshooting: 1. A link to your landing page in question 2. What are you using to handle the eCommerce site of things (Plain PayPal button or eStore plugin or any other plugin?) 3. Which integration you are using (simply link to the integration documentation that you have followed from our site) Why do we need the above information? The affiliate sale tracking is dependent on the eCommerce system (that you are using) notifying the affiliate plugin after a sale. When a sale is not being tracked it means something in the integration is going wrong. If we don't even have details on what integration you are using then we cannot troubleshoot the problem. uconcept on "Carrying Over the Affiliate ID to Other Pages (Different WordPress Install)" http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forum/topic/carrying-over-the-affiliate-id-to-other-pages#post-19545 Sat, 16 Jul 2011 03:10:52 +0000 uconcept 19545@http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forum/ I have 6 different membership types/options and one landing page. The landing page has ha button which will take the person to the page that contains the list of all membership types with their pmnt button. my question is... in the affiliate software and for affiliates I have setup this landing page to have the affiliate link as in: <a href="http://empowertochange.com/news/empower-you?ap_id=XXXX" rel="nofollow">http://empowertochange.com/news/empower-you?ap_id=XXXX</a> when the person lands here.. i can see the affiliate id carried over but once we click on the button to go to the page that has all memberships options, that page doesnt have the affiliate id. How can this be fixed? masmoola on "WP Affiliate Platform PayOut - Mass paying affiliate with paypal" http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forum/topic/mass-paying-affiliate-with-paypal#post-15254 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:01:11 +0000 masmoola 15254@http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forum/ Does the affiliate need to have a paypal account to get the mass pay thing to work? If so, how do you get the affiliate to set up a paypal account if they don't have one? Does paypal send out checks to people who don't have a paypal account? What happens when you get an affiliate that does not have a paypal account? How do they get paid with the mass payment method? If they don't get paid, how do those affiliates get paid and how can you tell which affiliates did not get paid during the mass paypal payment method? thank you, Dave amin007 on "How to Handle Affiliate Commission for Manual Checkout in WP eStore" http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forum/topic/how-to-handle-affiliate-commission-for-manual-checkout-in-wp-estore#post-11959 Mon, 17 Jan 2011 04:32:44 +0000 amin007 11959@http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forum/ Manual checkout is treated differently as it is not fully automated (You have to handle the payment from the customer manually). There are two ways to handle the affiliate commission from a manual checkout: 1) You award the commission after you get the money from the customer. 2) You award the commission as soon as the order is submitted but reverse the commission later if the customer does not make the payment. Option 1) Everytime a customer submits the manual checkout order form the order summary email that gets sent out to the admin will contain a field called "Referrer" which will hold the affiliate ID of the affiliate who referred that customer. If no one referred that customer then that filed will be empty. After the customer transfers the money to your bank account you can go to the "Sales/Comm Data" Menu of the affiliate plugin and award the commission manually to the affiliate who referred that sale (you have the affiliate ID of the referrer from the order summary email). Option 2) The other option is to check the "Automatically Award Affiliate Commission" field in the "Manual Checkout" settings section of the WP eStore plugin so as soon as the customer submits the order the commission will be given to the appropriate affiliate. If later the money does not come through from the customer you can go to the "Sales/Comm Data" menu of the affiliate plugin and reverse that commissiong. To reverse a commission you can simply delete the original commission or add in a negative commission of the same amount to the same affiliate.