ivytony Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 As you may know fatwallet.com where members can get cash back if they shop through fatwallet links. I'm going to do a similar website/forums. I know how to cloak affiliate links to make them look better. However, I don't know how to track who clicks affiliate link and if (s)he makes a purchase or not. I am wondering if anyone here can give me a hint. I appreciate your reply. Tony Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/87171-affiliate-link-click-tracking/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
p2grace Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 As far as tracking the click you'd use a redirect system, so the link itself goes to one of your pages and you save the hit into a database and then redirect them to the affiliate site. I'm not sure how you'd go about tracking whether or not they made a purchase, or if that's even possible. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/87171-affiliate-link-click-tracking/#findComment-445843 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiLoveGod Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 It should be possible? There are loads of sites like that. How about you consult your affiliates to put up some script to their site, where the customer makes a successful purchase and after the confirmation, it would send something to your database? With restricted access ofcourse but something like this? or some file that is sent every evening to you. Dont know Just a few ideas Good luck with it! Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/87171-affiliate-link-click-tracking/#findComment-445873 Share on other sites More sharing options...
p2grace Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 I agree with NikkiLoveGod, without them inputting something into your database, you'd have no way of knowing whether or not they purchased an item. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/87171-affiliate-link-click-tracking/#findComment-445876 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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