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Affiliates – FAQ
How can I show affiliates their affiliate link?
Embed this shortcode on a page:
[affiliates_url]
This will render a link to your site with the affiliate ID appended.
If you want to link to a certain page, you can use this shortcode:
[affiliates_url]http://www.example.com/somepage[/affiliates_url]
If you want to show how a link would look like, you can use the shortcode within HTML as well, for example:
<a href=”[affiliates_url]”>[affiliates_url]</a>
Remember to use HTML entities for < and >.
Earnings … How can I show affiliates information about their performance?
Your affiliates will want to know how much they will and have earned and how many referrals they have made.
Use the [affiliates_referrals] shortcode to show how many referrals an affiliate has made and how much the affiliate has earned.
The [affiliates_referrals] shortcode will show the total number of referrals that have been accepted or closed for the affiliate.
To show the number of referrals for an affiliate by status, embed it like this:
Examples:
- Accepted referrals: [affiliates_referrals status=”accepted”]
- Closed referrals: [affiliates_referrals status=”closed”]
- Pending referrals: [affiliates_referrals status=”pending”]
- Rejected referrals: [affiliates_referrals status=”rejected”]
If you add the show=”total” attribute to that shortcode, it will make a list of earnings by currency:
Examples:
Total amount for paid and unpaid referrals: [affiliates_referrals show=”total”]
- Total for unpaid referrals: [affiliates_referrals show=”total” status=”accepted”]
- Total for paid referrals: [affiliates_referrals show=”total” status=”closed”]
- Total for referrals pending approval: [affiliates_referrals show=”total” status=”pending”]
- Total for rejected referrals: [affiliates_referrals show=”total” status=”rejected”]
Is it possible to show content for affiliates or non-affiliates only?
* Embed the content that you want to show to affiliates like this:
[affiliates_is_affiliate]
This is visible to affiliates who are logged in only.
[/affiliates_is_affiliate]
* For content to show to non-affiliates use this:
[affiliates_is_not_affiliate]
You can see this if you are not logged in as an affiliate.
[/affiliates_is_not_affiliate]
Can we generate affiliate links for our partners?
Yes.
This is one of the most important features.
Can we track visits to our site through our partners’ sites?
Yes.
This is also one of the most important features and what the plugin is intended for, besides recording referrals and transaction data.
Can we record referrals automatically when, for example, an order is placed?
Yes.
The API provides the means to suggest referrals and record them.
I am an affiliate of ACME and they provided me with an affiliate link. Is this plugin for me?
No it isn’t.
This plugin is for sites that need to manage their affiliates.
Can I automatically store additional referral and transaction data?
Yes you can do that through the plugin’s API functions.
I need to keep track of all transactions, including those that have not been initiated via an affiliate. Is this possible?
Yes!
Referrals that are not attributable to an affiliate can be stored along with arbitrary transaction data and associated with the site owner.
There is a dedicated entry for that, called *Direct* in the affiliates list, representing the site owner.
What about timezones?
The plugin provides timezone-independent recording and retrieval of hits, visits and referrals.
Data is stored with reference to the server’s settings and shown adjusted to the timezone settings in your WordPress site.
How flexible is data recording and retrieval for referrals?
You can store any information you need along with referrals.
How ugly are affiliate links?
Not very and there are several options including pretty permalinks.
Automatic affiliate id removal : the affiliate id is removed from your site’s URL after the visitors land on your site.
Is it possible to have permalinks that include affiliate data?
Yes.
Is it possible to have affiliate links to specific posts?
Yes.
How fine-grained are permissions?
The plugin provides role-based permissions to access gathered affiliate data, administer affiliates and administer options.
Hi,
Can I include different products, let’s say, from a store, at different commission %?
Can I create different affiliate programs or groups?
Can affiliates see and track their sales,etc?
Is the affiliate payment integrated, let’s say through PayPal?
Thanks,
Maria Mar
You can store anything you need along with a referral, including commissions calculated based on % or MLM schemes. As the API lets you store unlimited custom data, you can also store references to different affiliate programs along with groupings.
An interface visible to registered affiliates is not yet available, but it’s on its way. In the meantime you can provide your affiliates with reports, see this comment.
Automated payment for affiliates is not yet integrated but I am available for custom work on this kind of requirement.
My client wants to create an affiliate program that requires the affiliate to complete a registration form and receive their affiliate link via email. Additionally, they want whatever commissions are generated to be computed by the plugin and paid to the affiliate via Paypal.
Can this plugin handle that level of processing?
The affiliate registration form should go into the next release. What you mention about commissions and automated payment via PayPal can be integrated as an extension. The API and data model can handle virtually anything.
Hi,
I am using Wishlist Member and would like to credit affiliates with a “referral” when a visitor joins or becomes a member.
How can I set this up?
Thanks J
Hi Jason. Basically you’ll need to use Affiliates’ API: make a call to affiliates_suggest_referral() when the member joins. See http://www.itthinx.com/plugins/affiliates/affiliates-api/
Hi,
I’m using Cloudflare with our site – would that interfere with tracking visits from affiliate referrals?
Thanks
Paul
Hi Paul, if it’s transparent (it should be) then tracking should work just fine. I’d say give it a try. Cheers!
Hey Kento,
Some more questions for you
Can affiliates login at wp-login and see how many referrals they already have?
Can I get an overview of the total amount an affiliate has made for me? Right now I can only find seperate referrals, but not the total sum of them. If it is not there I am totally fine with writing some SQL and ask the question to my database.
Is AFFILIATES_REFERRAL_STATUS_CLOSED for referrals which we have credited our affiliate for? If not, would it be a bad idea to do this?
Thanks,
Max
Affiliates can log in if a user account is related to the affiliate. If you are allowing affiliates to sign up using the affiliate registration form shortcode or widget, that will be the default. If you are adding affiliates manually and would like them to be able to log in, create a new user account for the affiliate and set the username in the affiliate’s profile.
Affiliates Pro provides statistics and detailed referral overviews for affiliates. The new release is due and provides configurable views to show totals as well.
AFFILIATES_REFERRAL_STATUS_CLOSED is used for exactly what you say, if you have paid your affiliate a referral, the status should be set to closed.
Cheers
What happens if two affiliates refer the same user to our website and we make a sale? To which affiliate is the referral accredited?
Thanks
The most recent affiliate is credited with the referral. Alternative and more complex schemes can be implemented though.
Your plugin is working great for me at the moment and have just one question how do I change what the email that is generated when someone registers as an affiliate. I want to change the login address from http://www.blahblahblah.co.uk/wp-login to http://www.blahblahblah.co.uk/affiliatearea
Thanks in advance
Brian
The email is generated by WordPress (not by the Affiliates plugin) so you should be able to use a plugin that allows you to customize the registration email. Best is to search in the plugin directory …
Many Thanks!
HI,
I need your help in two point
1- how i can show the number of visit for an affiliate
like
Visit: [affiliates_referrals status=”visit”]
2- How i can add new languages .
thank you in advance .
For shortcodes, best is take a look at the documentation: http://www.itthinx.com/documentation/affiliates/
Affiliates if fully translatable, if you want to translate the plugin please let me know and I’ll point you in the right direction. Also your translation can be added to the repository so that others can benefit from it as well.
Hi ,
thank you ,
for showing the number of visit for an affiliate .its not in the document .
i will translate it to Arabic language and i need you help
Thanks Mosha, translations are welcome. Here’s the pot file for the current version (1.3.2): affiliates.pot. Please let me know if you need help in using it. Cheers
Sorry if this is a stupid question. But am I able to create affiliates for a product I may have hosted elsewhere like on http://uploadnsell.com/
Actually I think it’s a good question. It would be possible if there were an integration with their system, but currently (AFAIK) there isn’t. If you just want to be able to sell digital products, you have other alternatives as well. One of them is http://easydigitaldownloads.com/ for which an integration will be available shortly.
Oh that’s great! Exactly what I’m hoping to utilize, as putting up a full cart system like eShop just didn’t seem worth it! How shortly is shortly?
Great, I would say it should be available within around a week.
Didn’t realize it would be that soon, even better! Thanks again