E-Commerce Online Store Affiliate System
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Affiliate
Processing |
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Affiliate processing allows you to associate individual
orders with another site, person or company. The site
links to your shopping site passing their affiliate
number. ASP E-Commerce Store System remembers that
number and adds that number to any orders processed
for that customer for that session |
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ASP E-Commerce Store System
Affiliate Facilities |
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• Associates individual orders with an
affiliate
• Detailed reports which include:
• The number of links to your site for
each affiliate
• The number of orders
• The total of all orders
• Date of last link to your site
• Commission reports
• Ability to add, alter affiliates using
standard ASP E-Commerce Store System administration
• Affiliate Administrator. Affiliates
can review orders and change their details.
• Ability to have both a master affiliate
and sub affiliates
• Ability for customer to select the
affiliate if no link is provided |
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How
it works |
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The affiliate must link to your site with a hyperlink
or form specifying
shopaff.asp?affid=n |
Affiliate links
to site and takes all defaults |
| shopaff.asp?affid=n&id=yyyy |
Affiliate links
to site but goes to display specific product
with catalogid yyyy |
shopaff.asp?affid=n&directurl=http://awdh.com |
The directurl
tells ASP E-Commerce Store System to go to a specific url. It
can be a file name or full URL |
Where n is the assigned affiliate number. This is
the affid in the affiliate table. If the affiliate
does not exist, ASP E-Commerce Store System goes to your home page. No
error occurs. If you want the affiliate to be directed
to a specific product, specify the catalogid of the
product as id=yyyyy.
If the affiliate exists, the login count and login
date is updated. Each affiliate can have a unique
page on your site and ASP E-Commerce Store System
will automatically link to that page. If no page
is specified in the field directurl in
the affiliates table then ASP E-Commerce Store System
goes to your home page. |
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New
Report Program |
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New reporting programs have been provided that allows
you to:
• Summarize all affiliate activity
• View orders for a specific affiliate
• View account details by date range
• Edit affiliate records |
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Registering
an Affiliate |
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Affiliates can register themselves by linking to
shopaffregister.asp . Or you can use normal ASP E-Commerce Store System
administration facilities to add names to the affiliates
table. |
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Configure
the Affiliate System |
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The affiliate system needs some information about
your site before you can use it. The configuration
involves:
• Login to the Administration section
and select “Affiliates” from Configure
Shopping Cart.
• Edit shopaffuserinfo.htm with text
that you want to display when a new affiliate registers.
• Optionally create a page or pages on
your own web site that describe your affiliate system. |
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Affiliate
Options |
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Certain options need to be set in ASP E-Commerce Store System configuration.
You MUST alter these before you allow
self-registration using shopaffregister.asp
affallowaffiliatesrevieworders |
Can the affiliate
review orders via the customer service |
affcommissionincludesallorders |
When calculating
commission, should all orders be used or
only those marked “processed” |
affcommissionIncludesshipping |
Should commission
include shipping costs |
affcommissionrate |
The default
commission rate. It can be altered for
each affiliate by editing their record |
affdirecturl |
The default
page to display when an affiliate links
to your site |
affinfourl |
A location
on your site that describes your affiliate
system |
affpaymenttypes |
How you will
pay your affiliates |
affsubject |
Your Affiliate
System |
afftemplateaffiliate |
tmp_affiliate.txt |
afftemplateMerchant |
tmp_affmerchant.txt |
affwebsite |
http://www.yoursite.com |
xaffiliatedb |
You can have
the affiliates in a separate table |
xaffiliateusecookies |
No. If you
use Yes, more sales will be associated
with an affiliate since the cookie will
remember where the customer originally
came from. We recommend that Yes be
the default |
affmultilevel |
Yes means that
there can be referring affiliates |
affmastercommissionrate |
The default
commission rate for a master affiliate |
affcommissioncategory |
Yes means that
commissions are paid by category |
affcommissionproduct |
Yes means commission
is paid by product |
affcommissionproductfield |
The field in
the products table where the commission
value is found |
Affmailorder |
Yes means to
e-mail affiliate at the end of an order |
Affmailorderdetails |
Tmp_affmailorderdetails.txt
Template used to mail affiliate at end
of order |
Affmailordername |
Tmp_affmailordername.txt
Template with affiliate details used in
constructing the order detail message |
Xaffcustomerform |
Generates a
list of affiliates on customer checkout
form |
Xaffheaders |
Yes ASP E-Commerce Store System
attempts to display headers and footers
specific to the affiliate |
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Information
- Shopaffuserinfo.htm |
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On the affiliate registration page, shopaffregister.asp,
you can provide information about your program by editing
file shopaffuserinfo.htm . This file is plain HTML
should not include any html start or ending code. It
is included as part of shopaffregister.asp. |
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Affiliate
Service - Shopaffadmin.asp |
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Affiliates can register themselves, login and
review any orders. We recommend that you have a hyperlink
on your site that points to this file.
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Affiliate
Registration |
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File Shopaffregister.asp has been
supplied to allow an affiliate to register.
There are two ways to register an affiliate. One
is to allow the affiliate to register themselves
using shopaffregister.asp. This form is shown below.
The second is for the shop administrator to add
the affiliate in the administration section of ASP E-Commerce Store System
Shopping Cart.
The form below is displayed by shopaffregister.asp .
It allows for new registrations and existing affiliates
to update their details.
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Master
Affiliates |
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A master affiliate can either register a sub affiliate
or have the sub affiliate register by linking to
shopaffregister.asp?refid=m
m is the master affiliates affiliate id. |
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Affiliate
Login – shopafflogin.asp |
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Affiliates can login and then alter their details
or review any orders.
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Link
Report |
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The results below are for a yearly report. The
number at the top, total 2 is the total number of
links. Then for each month in the year, the totals
are displayed.
The results below are for a yearly report. The number
at the top, total 2 is the total number of links.
Then for each month in the year, the totals are
displayed.
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Confirmation
of Registration |
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Upon registration and change, a confirmation page
will appear to confirm the changes.
For new registrations, an e-mail confirmation is
sent to both the affiliate and the merchant.
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Email
Confirmation of Registration |
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When a new affiliate registers, both the merchant
and the affiliate receive an e-mail confirmation. Templates
are used to send the e-mail and they can be customized
to your site. Templates are plain text files.
Two templates are supplied and you can alter these
or supply your own.
tmp_affiliate.txt for mail confirmation
to the affiliate
tmp_affmerchant.txt for mail confirmation
to the merchant |
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Affiliate
Template |
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The sample affiliate template is shown below.
More information about templates is in the next section.
Templates are a combination of text and special codes
in [ ]. These codes tell ASP E-Commerce Store System to substitute fields
from the database. In this case data is being taken
from the affiliates table such as the affiliate id,
name, country, phone and e-mail.
Sample tmp_affiliate
Thank you for becoming an affiliate.
Affiliate ID: [Affid]
Name: [FirstName] [LastName]
Country: [Country]
Phone: [Phone]
Email: [email] |
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Affiliate
Reports |
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A date range can be specified. All affiliates
who had links to your site during that period are
displayed. If an affiliate is registered but had
no links to your site, they are omitted from the
report. To override this date check, select “List
all affiliates". If this box is checked, the dates
are ignored and a report for all affiliates is provided.
Each affiliate that had at least one visit to
your site during the period is displayed. Login
Count represents the number of site visits. Orders
represent the number of orders. The orders can
be displayed as well as a report on your affiliate
accounts
The administrative reports are available.
- List Affiliates – provides a complete
list of all affiliates. From there you can get
individual order or link reports.
- Commission report allows you to select dates
for which commission could be paid.
- Links Report allows you to specify a range
of dates for which links can be displayed.
- Edit Affiliate allows you to edit the affiliates
table.
- Edit Links, edits the affiliatelog table.
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Associating
Coupons with Affiliates |
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You can associate a coupon with an affiliate so
that any purchase made with the coupon is attributed
to the affiliate and they will get a commission.
When you create your coupon, there is a field
called 'CouponAffid'.
In this field enter the affiliate id of the affiliate
that you want to associate with the coupon. |
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Affiliate
Reports |
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Affiliates can see what orders have been made.
If you do not wish affiliates to be able to see orders,
change the following line in ASP E-Commerce Store System configuration.
| affallowaffiliatesrevieworders |
Yes, Affiliates can see what orders are
associated with them |
| affmultilevel |
Yes, Generates a link to sub affiliate
reports |
The report includes the number of orders and the
last order date, theumber of links and the last
link date. And the commission for the orders generated. |
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Customer
Form |
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An alternative to linking to an affiliate,
is to display a list of affiliates on the customer
checkout form. This would allow the customer
to select the associated affiliate.
| xaffcustomerform |
Yes, Generates a list of affiliates on
customer checkout form |
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List
Affiliates Report |
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The detailed report shows you:
- Affiliate identifier
- Link Count - the number of times someone linked
to your site
- Order Count - the number of orders received
- Amount - total amount of all the orders
- The affiliate name
- Commission - an approximate commission based
purely on multiplying the amount by the commission
rate. The actual commission is calculated using
a complex formula in the affiliate accounts report
From this report you can view the individual orders
or create a summary report for that affiliate.
| Affid |
Affiliate id. By clicking
on it you will see a formatted affiliate
record |
| Report |
Obtain a commission report |
| Orders |
Obtain a list of orders |
| Links |
Obtain a list of hyperlinks |
| Link Count |
Number of links recorded
in the affiliates record |
| Last Date |
Last date the affiliate
linked to your site |
| Orders |
Number of orders record.
This is a gross number and may include
unprocessed orders |
| Amount |
Total amount of orders |
| Name |
The affiliate name |
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Commission
Reports and Links Report |
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The account reports, Orders and Link reports can
be date based. When clicking on them, you will be asked
to enter the date range for which the report applies
Commission Report List
The date report will list all affiliates who had orders
in the period specified. By using the View Orders or
Links. Date reports are available for orders and links.
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Commission/Account
Report |
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The account report is produced by shopa_affacounts.asp.
This summarizes the details of the orders for this
affiliate for the dates selected. Commission is only
calculated on orders that have been processed. The
commission rate can be configured by altering these
two lines.
| affCommissionincludesshipping |
No |
| affCommissionIncludesAllorders |
No |
The default commission settings are based on processed
orders with shipping costs subtracted.
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