Clickref

[Robert]

OK, first tech question then. Have looked through the documentation but I couldn't locate it, where can I put a clickref in the code to track if sales are coming through the new shopwindow system?

Thanks

Rob

[Neil]

Mine was automatically generated when downloading the file for install

It seems to have a lag on the tracking though - so doesn't show immediately on your normal affiliate window updates

[Robert]

Mine was automatically generated when downloading the file for install

Are you sure that wasn't your affiliate id?

How can I track where a sale is coming from?
http://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=MERCHANTID&id=AFFILIATEID&clickref=YOURREFERENCE

[Robert]

Update.

Found it in goto.php line 32

$sClickRef = "&clickref=swDOTcom";

[mdr]

Cool thanks :)

So that solves the problem of tracking through a shopwindow installation based on your own site, but what if you are just sending traffic to a deep linked page on shopwindow.com?

Does anyone know how to do this? Please?

Regards

MDR

[amarath]

Hi MDR,

At present it is not possible to add in a click reference within links to shopwindow.com through ShopWindow Direct.

I have communicated this to our Head of Development who has informed me that this is on the list of requirements for a scheduled update which will happen soon.

On completion of this I will be posting to inform all affiliates.

Regards

Amo

[bluegnu]

Update.

Found it in goto.php line 32

$sClickRef = "&clickref=swDOTcom";

I'm confused about this. Is it possible to track the clickref or not? If I replaced the swDOTcom with my clickref, would this work?

thanks

[Confuscius]

Yes! You can use this to track sales from different sites.

Paul

[Andy]

Yes! You can use this to track sales from different sites.

Paul
Or if needs be, and you have the knowledge, you can track sales from different users ;)

[KGP]

any update on this issue? as it could come quite handy

[the-ferret]

Or if needs be, and you have the knowledge, you can track sales from different users ;)

So could I set this to be a global variable and pass it in a POST /GET to allow for different tracking codes to be used depending on how my clicks are generated or do I need to install an instance for every different tracking code that I want to use? :eek: still learning (just made my first £100 this week)

[SteveB]

Or if needs be, and you have the knowledge, you can track sales from different users ;)


Hi Andy,

I would like to use the clickref to track individual member purchases. I am using C# .NET to call into the shop window tool which will be setup as a sub domain.

If I pass in the member id via a query string variable, I presume I just read this into PHP and set the clickref.

My question is which files do I need to make these changes in.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Cheers,
Steve

[Confuscius]

Hi Steve

Clickref is set in goto.php - I simply use the product name appended to a site reference as I have multiple installations. For a little more info and a confirmation from DigiWin of parameter limits see : http://www.shopwindowforum.com/showthread.php?t=279 and http://www.shopwindowforum.com/showthread.php?t=270&highlight=clickref

I hope this helps.

I know that Andy does lots of sophisticated tracking compared to me. I am sure that he will expand the issues further for you in due course.

Paul

[SteveB]

Thanks Confuscius