You can however customize the plugin so each product can have the authors information saved with the details so after a sale instead of giving the commission to the referrer it will give it to the author that you have specified.

For further reference, it might be typical for a purchaser to have 3 items in their cart: 1 is authored by us and 100% payment would go to our PayPal, 2 could be authored by person A and a we would like to pay them a 60% commission to their PayPal while retaining 40% in our PayPal, and 3 could be yet another person who receives 30% commission. This was all mentioned to illustrate we may have different commission structures, and the unit prices can be different also.

I am eager to hear if you may be able to provide the solution we are looking for. Thank you.

With that said, its hard for me to tell you how easy or hard it would be to hook to an API without knowing what you are actually going to use. If you have PHP programming experience and you know about their (your email provider) API then I don’t see why you can’t do it.

Number 2 again depends on your implementation. The plugin was developed for a common usecase:

i) a person becomes an affiliate
ii) the affiliate refers other visitors to the main site
iii) a visitor makes a sale or becomes a member
iv) the appropriate affiliate is awarded a commission for the referral

The tools are there but it will require tweaks to achieve what you are looking for.

The affiliate plugin only tracks incoming referrals that lands on any WordPress post or page (It doesn’t track referrals on a standalone HTML page as it’s not part of WordPress)

I have a variation of a newsletter marketing business and my wordpress site serves as a location for subscribers to sign up and modify their subscription. I had originally intended to use wishlist to manage my subscriber base but have found it to be too closed to modification for my needs, especially in regard to affiliate tracking. I’m considering a combination of WP eMember and Affiliate platform for my needs. I have a few questions before I make a decision:

1. Can WP eMember easily hook to an API from my email service provider so that my member database can communicate with their database?

2. I want to use the affiliate platform to track all referrals made by my members. Essentially, every time a member signs up, they would automatically be enrolled in the affiliate program and when they use the on site sharing tools (an invite a friend field that sends a pre-written email) it will track any conversions. I also want to track at least 2 tiers. How difficult a project would an integration of both plugins be for a semi-experienced programmer, or is it even possible to do what I’m trying to?

3? Can the registration be linked to any HTML form? My registration forms currently exists in a jquery colorbox popup.

Thank you in advance for your prompt reply

Thanks.

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