{"id":997,"date":"2014-08-13T07:19:09","date_gmt":"2014-08-13T07:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/wordpress-affiliate\/?p=997"},"modified":"2017-05-06T02:36:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-06T02:36:00","slug":"allow-visitors-manually-set-referrer-affiliate-id","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/wordpress-affiliate\/allow-visitors-manually-set-referrer-affiliate-id-997","title":{"rendered":"Allow Your Visitors to Manually Set the Referrer or Affiliate ID"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If your affiliates refer customers to your website via various offline methods (example: face to face communication) then you need the ability to let your visitors enter the Referrer or Affiliate ID manually.<\/p>\n<p>This can also be very helpful if you have a sales team that will be doing offline promotion of your products and you want to track who\u00a0is performing well.<\/p>\n<h2>Let Your Visitors Enter Their Referrer&#8217;s ID<\/h2>\n<p>Create a WordPress page where you explain how it works then enter the following shortcode in this page:<\/p>\n<pre>[wp_aff_set_affiliate_id]\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>The above shortcode will create a form like the one shown below:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-999\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/wordpress-affiliate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/manually-set-referrer-id.png\" alt=\"manually-set-referrer-id\" width=\"292\" height=\"108\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Your visitor can use this form to manually enter the ID of the referrer or affiliate who sent him\/her to your website.<\/p>\n<p>When this user purchase an item from your site later, the affiliate commission will be given to appropriate referrer.<\/p>\n<h3>Using a Custom Label for the Affiliate ID Field<\/h3>\n<p>You can also specify a custom label to be used for the &#8220;Affiliate ID&#8221; text.<\/p>\n<p>Below is an example shortcode:<\/p>\n<pre>[wp_aff_set_affiliate_id ap_id_label=\"Enter Your Referral ID\"]<\/pre>\n<p>It will produce an output like the following:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1441\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/wordpress-affiliate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/setting-affiliate-id-with-custom-label-example.png\" alt=\"setting-affiliate-id-with-custom-label-example\" width=\"369\" height=\"97\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/wordpress-affiliate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/setting-affiliate-id-with-custom-label-example.png 369w, https:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/wordpress-affiliate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/setting-affiliate-id-with-custom-label-example-300x79.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 369px) 100vw, 369px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If your affiliates refer customers to your website via various offline methods (example: face to face communication) then you need the ability to let your visitors enter the Referrer or Affiliate ID manually. 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