{"id":1103,"date":"2015-01-29T02:02:15","date_gmt":"2015-01-29T02:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/wordpress-affiliate\/?page_id=1103"},"modified":"2021-04-10T03:15:06","modified_gmt":"2021-04-10T03:15:06","slug":"lock-customers-affiliates-addon","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/wordpress-affiliate\/lock-customers-affiliates-addon","title":{"rendered":"Lock Customers to Affiliates Addon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The following is how the default affiliate referral tracking works<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>John&nbsp;is referred by affiliate X<\/li><li>John&nbsp;purchases a product, affiliate X gets a commission<\/li><li>John later comes back to the site and purchase another product, Affiliate X gets a commission again<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If John&nbsp;now gets referred to the site by affiliate Y from a different website, then affiliate Y will start to get the commission from John&#8217;s purchases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lock customer to affiliate addon changes the above behavior so that the original referrer (affiliate X from the above example) will always get commission from that user&#8217;s purchases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When Does the Locking Happen?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The customer is locked to the affiliate when he makes a&nbsp;purchase that generates a commission. The following steps will give you a good idea of when the locking takes place:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>An affiliate refers a user to your site or any product page using his affiliate link.<\/li><li>The user browses the products on your site and then purchase an item.<\/li><li>As soon as the user (who was referred by an affiliate) purchases an item, it locks him to the affiliate.<\/li><li>So any future purchases from this user also goes to that affiliate.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Installing the Lock Customers to Affiliates Addon<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can install this addon just like any other WordPress plugin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Go to the \u201cAdd New\u201d plugins screen in your WordPress admin area<\/li><li>Click the \u201cupload\u201d tab<\/li><li>Browse for the addon zip file<\/li><li>Click \u201cInstall Now\u201d and then activate the plugin<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Using the Addon<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You simply have to keep this addon active and it will lock a customer to the first referrer when the transaction takes place. Any future transactions from that customer will give commission to the original referrer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Get the Lock Customers to Affiliates Addon<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The price of this addon is $39<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"eStore_button_wrapper eStore_pp_buy_now_wrapper\">\n<form class=\"eStore-pp-buy-now-form eStore-pp-buy-now-form-86\" action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\"><input name=\"product_name_tmp1\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"Lock Customers to Affiliates Addon\" \/><input name=\"price_tmp1\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"39.00\" \/><input name=\"cmd\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"_xclick\" \/><input name=\"charset\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"utf-8\" \/><input name=\"business\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"sales@tipsandtricks-hq.com\" \/><input name=\"item_name\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"Lock Customers to Affiliates Addon\" \/><input name=\"amount\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"39.00\" \/><input name=\"currency_code\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"USD\" \/><input name=\"item_number\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"94\" \/><input name=\"no_shipping\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"1\" \/><input name=\"notify_url\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"https:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/?estore_pp_ipn=process\" \/><input name=\"return\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"https:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/thank-you\" \/><input name=\"bn\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"TipsandTricks_SP\" \/><input name=\"cbt\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"Click Here for Your Downloads\" \/><input name=\"image_url\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/tips-various-images\/paypal-co\/tthq-paypal-co-header.png\" \/><input name=\"rm\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"1\" \/><input id=\"eStore_custom_values\" name=\"custom\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"\" \/><input class=\"eStore_buy_now_button\" alt=\"Buy Now\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images-tthq\/misc-landing-page-images\/cta-buttons\/cta-2-grab-it-now-yellow-one-time.png\" type=\"image\" \/>\n<\/form>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following is how the default affiliate referral tracking works John&nbsp;is referred by affiliate X John&nbsp;purchases a product, affiliate X gets a commission John later comes back to the site and purchase another product, Affiliate X gets a commission again If John&nbsp;now gets referred to the site by affiliate Y from a different website, then [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-1103","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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