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1,490 responses to “Affiliates Pro”

  1. hi,
    I’m interested in buying your AFFILIATE PRO plugin and had some pre-sales questions:

    1. is the plugin compatible with PAID MEMBERSHIP PRO plugin?
    2. do I pay my affiliates directly through the plugin?

    thanks a lot

    1. Hi,
      1.- Sorry, there isn’t integration with this plugin.
      2.- You can generate a mass payment file which can be used to pay affiliates through PayPal or other processors.
      cheers

  2. Jared Eitnier Avatar
    Jared Eitnier

    Is there a version that allows the WordPress admin to easily change the affiliate registration form or would that require editing the registration class file in the plugin? I need to know ASAP as I want to use this for a client. Thanks

    1. Hi,
      you could use Affiliates Extra Fields and/or edit it.
      cheers

  3. Quick question. I sell subscriptions. If someone subscribes my services through an affiliate link, it is possible to link that to the affiliate everytime they renew?

    1. Hi,
      please have a look to this conversation.
      cheers

  4. What does this plugin do? Plugin Name: Affiliates Members (Example)

    will it display referrals new signups in their back office? If so how do i get it working and what is the shortcodes?

    cheers,

    James 🙂

    1. Hi,
      you don’t need to add any shortcode. With the plugin installed and activated, if a userA comes from an affiliateA link, and the userA s registred as wordpress user, then AffiliateA get a commission.
      cheers

  5. Saul Goodman Avatar
    Saul Goodman

    I am trying to find where to adjust the affiliate rev share, I am using the FREE version at this point and will be buying the PRO version as soon as I can get this up and running.

    Right now I have no idea where to change the revshare for my affiliates. Please help Kento, please help.

    Better call Saul

    1. Hi,
      Affiliates free version needs an integration to set the rev share ( Woocommerce Light/pro, eshop … ). in Affiliates Pro/Enterprise you can set a general commission method ( fixed, rates, cuatom method ) in addition to integrations values.
      cheers

      1. Saul Goodman Avatar
        Saul Goodman

        Antonio,

        Thanks for responding to my question. I am using Restrict Content Pro and have the integration plug via Pippin installed. Does that help you any?

        Would love to get this set up and tested before upgrading to PRO.

        Cheers,

        Better Call Saul

        1. Hi,
          sorry, there isn’t an integration with this plugin, so commissions will not be generated.
          cheers

          1. Saul Goodman Avatar
            Saul Goodman

            From Pippin,

            Yes, I use it on multiple sites with RCP.

            Antonio apparently isn’t aware of our extension: http://wordpress.org/plugins/restrict-content-pro-affiliates-pro-add-on/

            1. Yep, looks like he wasn’t aware of that 😛

              I’ve checked the integration, there’s a little flaw in how it obtains the referral rate when you’re using the free version of the Affiliates plugin. It tries to obtain the referral rate from an option but that option doesn’t exist unless you’re using Affiliates Pro. A workaround is to modify the corresponding line in the integration, look for this line:

              $referral_rate = get_option( 'aff_def_ref_calc_value' );

              and, assuming a referral rate equivalent to 10% commissions, change it to:

              $referral_rate = 0.1;

  6. That price is very appelative but when alms are very poor suspects.

    I’ll stick with the free version for now, hope I make it to buy the pro version.

    Keep up the good work,´«.

  7. Is it possible to create banners and other creativities for our affiliates? I didn’t saw that feature in the free version, is there something like that in the PRO version, or it is just the link text?

    1. Hi,
      in Affiliates Pro / Enterprise you have available more shortcodes, please have a look to documentation::Affiliates Banners
      cheers

      1. Thanks man, it’s really good.

        I came across this page, (edited) is this legit?

        1. Thanks for asking, no, these guys are not authorized to distribute anything they sell on their site (at least nothing from us) and I would stay away from them. I wouldn’t be surprised they add backdoors to what they sell, lack of support besides.

  8. Thanks Antonio! You really helped me.

  9. Hi, I am trying to set up the banners page. I uploaded the images myself and copied and pasted the code on this page: http://www.itthinx.com/documentation/affiliates/setting-up-affiliate-resources/setting-up-a-marketing-resources-page-for-affiliates/affiliate-banners/
    With regard to the photo ids – where do you find these? I just used the words my pictures were called.

    Also I need specific pages for my banners, not the main home page. How do I do this?

    So example of my code so far is: (where the photo is called “banner tim”)
    [affiliates_affiliate_link attachment_id="banner tim" /]
    Use this code to embed it on your site:
    [affiliates_affiliate_link attachment_id="banner tim" render="code" /]

    1. Hi,
      you can see your image id on Media menu. When you put the mouse over the image link, you can see the id in your browser bottom.
      http://i41.tinypic.com/29wl8r4.jpg

      If you need redirect to a specific page, you can use “url” attribute, for example: [affiliates_affiliate_link attachment_id="51" render="code" url="www.yourdomain.com/yourpage"/]
      cheers

  10. Hi Kento,

    I need to translate front-end area for my Russian affiliates.
    Where can I find po/mo files en_En files to translate it into ru_RU (Russian)?

    I can’t find any en_En into these two paths
    wp-content/plugins/affiliates-pro/lib/ext/languages
    wp-content/plugins/affiliates-pro/lib/core/languages

    Thank you in advance.

    1. Hi,
      you have available the translation on github.
      Please share your Russian translation to the community,
      cheers

      1. Hi Antonio,

        I downloaded the *.POT files from github but my translations is not appears on the site.

        Could you please check it out and tell me what I’m doing wrong?

        Here’s the steps I did:
        1. I created the “New Catalog from POT file” to get *.PO file
        2. I translated *.PO and get *.MO file
        3. I put *.PO and *.MO file to the next folders
        affiliates-2.4.2.pot >>> affiliates-ru_RU.po/mo >>> to lib/ext/languages
        affiliates-pro-2.4.2.pot >>> affiliates-ru_RU.po/mo >>> to lib/core/languages

        Here’s the screenshot
        http://s5.hostingkartinok.com/uploads/images/2013/11/582d44533e90592d29fb5419fff1d5de.png

        Thank you in advance.

        Vitaly

        1. Hi,
          the process is correct. If you want you can send us your files to support at itthinx dot com.
          cheers

  11. Hi Kento,

    Can I apply the “terms_PAGE_id” attribute instead of “terms_POST_id” for [affiliates_registration] shortcode? Because I don’t use posts fom my e-commerce project.

    In tutorial video you created Term&Cond PAGE but apply “terms_POST_id” as attribute.

    Thank you in advance.

    1. Hi,
      as attribute “terms_post_id” you can use post or page ids. For example, if you have a page with id 23, you can use [affiliates_registration terms_post_id="23" /]
      cheers

      1. Hi Antonio,
        Thanks, it works.

        Regards, Vitaly

  12. Hi,

    Just wanted to clarify before I buy:
    Do you have any magic Volume Discount Coupon for customers who are going to buy many of yours plugins? 🙂

    For example I’m interested in:

    Affiliates Pro for WooCommerce
    Affiliates by Username
    Affiliates Users
    Affiliates Products
    Affiliates Share

    as well as

    WooCommerce Volume Discount Coupons
    WooCommerce Coupons Countdown
    WooCommerce Coupon Shortcodes (free)

    Regards,
    Vitaly

    1. Here on the site, you can use the coupon code boo today 😉 Thanks for asking and for contributing to our work with your purchases!

      1. Hi Kento,

        Many thanks for boo 🙂
        Do I understand correctly that Volume Discount Coupons and Coupons Countdown are only available for purchase on codecanyon?

        1. You’re welcome, thanks for your purchase 🙂

          Yes, these plugins are exclusively available on CodeCanyon.

  13. Hey,

    I have a question about cookie.

    I am about to launch an online training with registration page (www.MitVliv.cz) and followup videos.

    To promote it I have an affiliate program.

    My partner will send out emails with links to different videos. However, I need that people how have not registered for the program would not be shown the web page with video, but the registration page.

    Do you have any plugin or code for it. So people who did not went through registration would be forwarded to registration page.

    Thank you.

    Jan

    1. Hi,
      you can use Groups and Groups 404 redirect for this purpose.
      Creates a “protected” page with the videos. If the user is registered, then he can see it, and if the user is not registred, then he is redirected to registration page.

  14. One more thing I forgot to mention if it makes a difference… If I reload the frozen page after clicking on the button to move to a past or next month it goes to the new month I was trying to get to.

  15. Hello,

    I have a problem with a plug in conflict. I have been using affiliates pro for quite sometime now and just discovered that it is the plug in causing a conflict with my events calendar working properly. Here’s the page to see what it is doing… http://omvcostarica.info/resort-community/events-calendar/ Under the “Post Your Event” button there are some buttons to view the coming month or past month. The affiliates pro plug in renders those buttons unable to perform the task of moving to the next month. It starts to go and then freezes. Occasionally it will go through to the next month but if I move again or try to go back to the previous month it will freeze again. I have meticulously gone through and eliminated every other possibility and it is definitely this plug in causing the conflict. Any help would be appreciated. Both plugins are very important so I can’t just get rid of one for the other. I need them both to work in harmony.

    Thanks,

    Duane Overturf

    1. Hi Duane,

      Why do you think that it’s Affiliates Pro? Have you tried disabling it and see if things work as expected on that page? I’m asking because after having a look at the page, I don’t see where it could actually be related. Also the plugin doesn’t actually influence how these buttons are rendered … let’s see if deactivating makes a difference on the page. Let us know when you’ve checked that please.

      1. That is exactly how I determined it. When deactivated it works perfectly.

        Thanks,

        Duane

  16. but the affiliate does not have a page control generated by the affiliates own? in case it by logging on the website, it does not meet your sales, commissions, etc? I would have to create this on your own page with shortcodes and host it on the site?

    When you say [affiliates_url]http://www.store.com/product/chair[/affiliates_url, how it will be the final link for the affiliate spread?

    Thanks

    1. Hi,
      You can create a basic affiliates area page on Affiliates->Options::Generate. If you need customize it you can use the shortcodes.
      The link like as: http://www.store.com/product/chair?affiliate=XX
      cheers

  17. Hello , I have a woocommerce e-commerce and I’m interested in this plugin affiliates PRO but have some questions : How is the screen to control the affiliates ? I did not find any video or picture shows how are shown to Their his sales , commissions , date , etc. . . You can make payments to affiliates in manual way and not by paypal ? For example asking the bank account information and then Selecting the affiliate paid them manually ?

    How does the integration of affiliates with woocommerce and payment gateways ? I’m from Brazil and here use another payment gateway called PagSeguro . The affiliates commission account after I approve the sale in woocommerce ? Or is it done automatically When the status of the sale is changed ? if so to what status ?

    How does the disclosure of affiliate links to specific products ? for example , my website is called http://www.store.com and I have a product called chair with link http://www.store.com / product / chair . As the can advertise your affiliate link to sell this product in specific ? It adds to your affiliate id to the end of the link? Is there any shortcode to display the affiliate link on specific product page under banners of affiliate? ( as is done with own banners in the video demonstration )

    And finally, this plugin has PT_BR translation ? If it is not possible for me to translate at least part of the affiliate control ?

    Thanks, waiting for the answers 🙂

    1. Hi,

      – You have available a lot of shortcodes that you can use to generate the “affiliate-area” page to show to affiliates their data.
      You can use Affiliates Extra Fields to create new fields where user can set her bank account information. On Affiliates->Referrals you can see the commissions, and “close” when you paid.

      Affiliates Pro Woocommerce Integration uses Woocommerce notifications. If your payment gateway is available for Woocommerce, it must work. With pro version you can config it to change the status according to the order status automatically.

      – You can use [affiliates_url] for example: [affiliates_url]http://www.store.com/product/chair[/affiliates_url], similar with [affiliates_affiliate_link]: [affiliates_affiliate_link url="http://www.example.com/products/" /]

      - The .pot files have been available here: https://github.com/itthinx/affiliates-translations – if you want to contribute translations back, please fork the repo and create a folder with your translations using the locale, e.g. pt_BR

      cheers

  18. Hello, excuse my bad english…
    Is possibile to have sub-affiliate?

    1. Hi,
      I think you mean a multi-tier, for example:

      Affiliate A -> Affiliate B
      If AffiliateA get a comission, then AffiliateB gets a percentage of this.

      In this case, you need Affiliates Enterprise version.

      1. Yes, thank you.
        Another question: cam i install affiliate enterprise without lost data of affiliates pro?

        1. You don’t lost data.
          Always make a backup before and be sure you have NOT checked “Delete all plugin data on deactivation” on Affiliates->Options.
          In your downloads page you have a coupon to upgrade.

  19. Moonworks Avatar

    Is it possible to add an additional section to the affiliate signup?

    This would be a simple drop-down menu, asking the user if they want to be paid in cash or store credit.

    1. You can use Affiliates Extra Fields to add extra data, but not drop-down menu, only text type.
      You could use Profile Builder to add extra data in wordpress user’s profile.

      1. Moonworks Avatar

        Thanks, I’ll check those out

  20. Hello. I’m a web developer for my website, http://www.applidinnotech.com, and I am having problems with the approval process for when people sign up for the program. The problem I’m having is that it is automatically accepting people instead of putting their status to pending. Also, is there any way to modify the registration form to make the website field required?

    Thanks

    1. Hi,
      affiliates are approved automatically. You could disallow affiliates registration (on Affiliates->Options), and add affiliates manually (on Affiliates->Manage Affiliates) when they send a form.

  21. Hey,

    I would like to change the link in the email when people register to my affiliate program.

    Right now, there is general link http://www.janpatraman.cz/wp-login.

    But I would like to state a link to my affiliate area.

    Is this possible? How can I change it?

    Thax.

    1. Hi,
      please have a look to this comment.
      cheers

  22. Moonworks Avatar

    Is there some way to include two domains on the affiliates plugin?

    I have a social network and am working on a marketplace that will be linked to it (Writaz & Writaz Market). I’d like to be able to give those who link to the social network site any commission that comes from a buyer seeing a marketplace item and going to the new site to buy it.

    This way, affiliates won’t mind just giving out the social network URL, which is where we need to start getting more members.

    1. Affiliates is multisite friendly, but if your websites are independent, then you can not use affilites for both.

      1. Moonworks Avatar

        Would plan B work?

        I was thinking of giving users a link to use which would take them to the store site, which then automatically forwards to the social network site.

        I think that would then register that user on the store site as a visit? Is that right?

        1. yes, that should work

  23. James Galloway Avatar
    James Galloway

    Thanks for all your help to date guys… everything running smoothly with plugin and survived a payday lol 🙂

    I do have a request though. a lot of referrals/affiliates would love to see their downlines/referrals names and emails. Can this be done. i am pretty sure that I have seen it before either it was in a previous version or a setting/shortcode i am now missing.

    I would really love this feature added as it is asked to me often, almost daily by my users. A simple shortcode which would pull in and display names and emails of paid/free affiliates with a filter system. Or can this already be done with the stats shortcode?

    Many thanks guys, look forward to hearing more from you on this.

    Have a great day, James 🙂

    1. Hi,
      you can use Affiliates Extra Tokens as reference, and create your own shortcode.
      cheers

      1. James Galloway Avatar
        James Galloway

        Thank you, how do i use this?

        1. James Galloway Avatar
          James Galloway

          Also, that says woocommerce, I use s2member

          1. Hi,
            No matter, you can use the plugin as a reference to create your own.
            I’m sorry but I know a lot of api s2member
            With $referral->post_id you have the order id that you should use to get data with s2member API.
            cheers

          2. James Galloway Avatar
            James Galloway

            yes thanks, but this is for emails am i correct? but i want to simply display names and emails of referrals for the affiliates. Just like the hit stats but names instead of numbers. cheers

            1. Hi,
              yes, you can use this plugin as referrence. In your case, you need create a shortcode to show the order data, this link can help you.
              cheers

  24. Hi,
    In my affiliate pro application i have set different levels for different affiliates. This works fine. Now i would like in addition to switch off the affiliate bonus for certain products. How can you do that please.

    1. Hi,
      if you are using woocommerce, with Affiliates Pro Woocommerce Integration, you can set different rates for each product.
      cheers

  25. HI,
    I took over managing a site for a client that has Affiliate pro version 2.3. I think it’s a paid version but not sure. How can I tell and if so How can I get the login for update.

    Thanks

    1. Hi Todd,

      If it’s Pro then it’s a premium version and the client should have access to the downloads section. The password can be reset through the login on that page as well.

      Cheers

  26. hello my friend,i want to go all out with your affiliate plugin,but I’m currently trying out the regular affiliate plugin, not the pro version.the thing is i have tried test registration but the confirmation email is never sent,can you help me find out what is the problem, it will be greatly helpful,if this works out just fine i will be moving on to the pro version.i just love this plugin but i really will like it to work properly.Please help.

    1. This is usually related to the emails that the site send ending up in the spam folder of the recipient or by the receiving server rejecting the incoming email. Give WP Mail SMTP (see http://www.itthinx.com/useful-plugins/) a try.

  27. Hi,

    I an trying to update the Affiliate Pro Plugin from 2.4.1 to 2.4.2, but I am getting this error “An error occurred while updating Affiliates Pro: Update package not available.”
    How to fix that please?

    Regards.

    1. Hi,
      Automatic update is unavailable for this plugin. You must update it manually.

  28. The fact is that this issue is sending emails to the affiliate each time I add and process orders as administrator. I have deactivate the email sending but I need to know why is tracking my machine. This happends only in FIREFOX. From Chrome everything is fine.
    I tryed to clean all cookies, but nothing. ;(

    1. Hi,
      this is very strange. Could you tell us the url for a test.

  29. I’m having problems with an affiliate. For some reason each time I did an order (I’m the owner of the website) he is getting a commission as if It was his referral.

    How can I clean this tracking ?

    1. Hi,
      you can remove the referrals in Affiliates->Referrals (you have a X icon). But you can’t remove visits/hits (you could do it directly in database).

      1. axyzdesign Avatar

        You are not answering to my question and my last message has been deleted.
        The plugin is not working fine and it is tracking my computer (admin) within an affiliate. How can avoid that? I’ve clean cookies in Firefox and nothing. In chrome everything is working fine. Can you please provide me a solution?

        1. Hi,
          please send us the url to test.
          cheers

  30. Hi,
    I created a page with registration short code [affiliates_registration terms_post_id="xxx" /] in my s2member site, and the page is only for members to apply.
    The fields will be automatically filled with the value from a member’s wp profile, such as Name and Email. The problem is these values are not editable. Can you let me know what I can do with this?

    1. Hi there, we’re working on an update which will allow you to customize the registration form, but if you find it suitable, you can also use the Affiliates Extra Fields plugin in case you just want to add some fields. Have a look here: http://www.itthinx.com/plugins/affiliates-extra-fields/

  31. I installed this plugin on the site after buying it, and had a friend sign up as affiliate for test reasons. When he goes through site and makes purchase it doesn’t show up on back end in wordpress. The plugin was bought and installed today so I assume it is a good version. Please advise

    1. Hi,
      please give us a url to test your case.
      cheers

  32. Hello,
    I like to know what plugin o plugins are necessary to turn wordpress into a Gold Accumulation Plans system, where the user purchases a plan, chosen from among several plans, with the payment of a percentage of the total and after 12 months approx, pays all or seeking affiliates pay .
    thanks

    1. Hi,

      I would try the free version of the plugin to see if it fits in within what you require. You can use any of the free integrations with e-commerce solutions along with it to set up a test or live site. You can also consider having customizations done once you are sure that the system essentially works for you.

      Cheers

  33. Hi, I bought Affiliates Pro for EDD a couple of hours ago and ran a couple of purchase demos. I’m wondering why is it that
    each time I login as a buyer to a login page protected using EDD shortcode [edd_login], I can’t access the Affileate Area generated by AP. The affiliate page says I have to login before I can access the page. Isn’t it supposed to be one login sign on?

    1. Hi Amanda,

      The default affiliate area checks if the current user is an affiliate and asks to sign up if she or he is not. It’s not related to the shortcode you mention, rather it’s because the system is restricting access to the content within the page to those users who already have signed up as affiliates. If you have a look at the shortcodes that are determining this behavior on the page and taking the Shortcodes into account, you’ll get a clearer picture of that.

      1. Hi Kento, I think I know what’s causing the problem. It’s because when I conducted the test I actually have not yet become an affiliate. I assumed that whenever someone make a purchase, she’ll automatically become an affiliate. I just realized that this is not true. To make a buyer become an affiliate automatically I have to install other addon (http://www.itthinx.com/shop/affiliates-users/). Am I correct? If I am, is the addon (Affiliate Users) compatible with EDD?

        1. Hi Amanda, yes with that extension you would have affiliate entries created and related to new users when they are added. This is also compatible with EDD.

  34. poweredclicks Avatar
    poweredclicks

    Never mind my question, I already got it. Thanks

  35. poweredclicks Avatar
    poweredclicks

    Hello, I want to clarify things, I Generated Paypal Mass Payment File , then clicked the Close Referrals button and confirmed the close referrals. The question is, why does the total still displays the affiliates list with their commission total, how can I clear the total list?

  36. Hey, I would like to send out newsletter (swipe copy – selling text) to my affiliate partners.

    I would like to include personal affiliate url for each affiliate and use service like like mailchimp.

    I tried to install a newsletter plugin for WP and use short codes. However, the plugin send the affiliate url of the admin, not personalized affiliate url for each partner.

    Is there a way how to do it?

    Thank you.

    1. Hi,
      this conversation can help you. And if you need to synchronize affiliates with MailChimp, you have available Affiliates2Mailchimp.
      cheers

      1. Hi, I will try the export solution. I cannot access the download section, Could you ad me there. I have bought your extension via Jigoshop. Thank you

        1. Hi,
          I have sent you an email with the plugin.
          cheers

  37. Bill Hood Avatar
    Bill Hood

    Kento, I understand from your email that I do have a valid license, however, I have no knowledge of obtaining one. Can you clarify the following questions:

    1. Is the license an actual license number?

    2. Was this sent in an email, or is it available online somewhere?

    3. Once obtained is this license necessary to install into either my Affiliates Pro or Affiliates EDD somewhere?

    Thank you,

    Bill

    1. No, you don’t need to insert a license number – although you might need to do that in later releases, right now you don’t.

      1. Bill Hood Avatar
        Bill Hood

        Thanks for the clarification, as it is not clear in the documentation.

        Vill

  38. Bill Hood Avatar
    Bill Hood

    I need some clarity. After I installed the plugin, under Affiliates/Settings it reads:

    If you have not been granted a license DO NOT USE this plugin until you have BEEN GRANTED A LICENSE.

    * Use of this plugin without a granted license constitutes an act of COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT and LICENSE VIOLATION and may result in legal action taken against the offending party.

    Being granted a license is GOOD because you will get support and contribute to the development of useful free and premium themes and plugins that you will be able to enjoy.

    Thank you! Visit http://www.itthinx.com for more information.

    1. How do I know if I have been granted a license through my purchase?

    2. Is the license an actual license number that I must purchase separately and install into my Affiliates Pro or Affiliates EDD somewhere?

    3. Or, is the license based only on my installation and recorded by itthinx automatically?

    Thanks for the clarification.

    1. Hi Bill,

      Thanks for asking! In general, our plugins can be obtained here on the site or through an authorized distributor (WooThemes, CodeCanyon, Jigoshop and Easy Digital Downloads), if obtained through any of these channels, you have a valid license.

      Cheers

  39. Hi,

    I’m very interested to purchase Affiliates Pro for EDD. A couple of questions if I may:

    1. Do I have to purchase Affiliates Pro+Affiliates Pro for EDD integration or Affiliates Pro for EDD integration has already Affiliates Pro built into it?
    2. I notice that Affiliates Pro for EDD integration is also available at EDD website. So, where should I buy the plugin from? What’s the difference (if there’s any).
    3. I believe Affiliates Enterprise is a bundle package (all integrations are included). Is my understanding correct?
    4. Is there some sort of affiliate fraud prevention mechanism built into Affiliates Pro? Such as this: http://www.postaffiliatepro.com/features/fraud-protection/
    5. What is the license for Affiliates Pro for EDD and Affiliates Enterprise? On how many domains I can install the plugin.

    Thanks in advance. Apology for asking many questions.

    1. Hi,
      1.- Affiliates Pro for EDD integration already contains Affiliates Pro. You only need purchase the integration.
      2.- Both are the same, but I recommend buying it directly in itthinx.
      3.- Affiliates Enterprise provides all features integrated in Affiliates Pro and advanced features including support for unlimited multi-tier marketing programs.
      4.- Relating to sales the system does not allow duplicate orders. But not controlled if the orders come from the same IP, because behind an ip can be a business center or different users. With referrals status you could control the acceptance of commissions.
      5.- Affiliates and integrations have SUSDL license.

      kind regards

  40. mike@eurekaproducts.com Avatar
    mike@eurekaproducts.com

    Antonio, I understand that the plugin design doesn’t currently do this. I would suggest however that it should. I am not a developer. Creating an “Add manually extended” through the API is not something I would be able to do. Perhaps this is a suggestion as an “added feature” for your next release of the plugin.

    Thanks, Mike

    1. Hi Mike,

      Thanks for the suggestion, the main reason why this isn’t linked in there is because the semantics of the field that links to the order is ‘origin of the referral’ within an automated context. So basically that’s why I didn’t provide it as an editable field when adding or editing a referral. On the other hand, I can understand that for those orders that have had their referrals added manually, it would be convenient to be able to add the reference. I would suggest to note the order number in the Description field for that. Although you wouldn’t see the link, you would be able to locate the referral by order number using the filters.

      Cheers

  41. mike@eurekaproducts.com Avatar
    mike@eurekaproducts.com

    I’ll expand my thought from the above comment. The process of adding a referral manually is missing an important bit of information – the linkage to the underlying order. Currently, if you add a referral to an affiliate and you display the information at affiliates ->>>Referrals these manually-entered referrals do not have any linkage to the order, the display under the column heading “Post” is nil. This makes for very clumsy handling of the referrals a month or two later when nobody can remember what order this manual referral is connected to. Surely there must be some way to add that bit of information and the link-back to the order, just like the other referrals than come in through the automatic work flow.

    Thanks for reading my rant. It’s just that a little bit of missing information can cause a lot of work later – which is what I was trying to avoid by using your cool plugin in the first place.

    Mike

    1. Hi,
      “Add a referral manually” doesn’t add reference to the order, because it is not designed for that.
      You can use the API to create your own “Add manually extended”.
      cheers

  42. mike@eurekaproducts.com Avatar
    mike@eurekaproducts.com

    I went to your download section and updated version. It appears the new version now has the “ADD” button. Still a mystery why my WP dashboard doesn’t notify me of updates automatically.

    Here’s a suggestion for improving the “ADD” referral feature: Allow the user to tie the referral to a specific Order (one that has already been created) just as if it was a referral from the start. That way, certain affiliates might be “rewarded” a referral fee at their proper rate, to a specific (existing order) manually and all the related information would populate the referral.

  43. There is no “ADD” button anywhere on the page Affiliates -> Referrals page as described in earlier posts. Nor do I see similar functionality on any other applicable pages to do what you suggest. I’d be happy to send you a screen shot of the page in question if you require.

    Are we talking about the same thing? Am I somehow running an earlier version even though WP does not notify me of an upgrade? Is there some configuration option that I need to enable? Or is there a bug in this code somewhere and the “ADD” button is not showing up in my environment?

    This is getting a bit frustrating, as it should be a simple chore to do what I need.

    Thanks, Mike

    1. You should certainly keep the version updated. You have the latest one in the downloads section.

      1. mike@eurekaproducts.com Avatar
        mike@eurekaproducts.com

        What is the latest version #. If my version is down-rev why doesn’t your plugin register update with my WP Dashboard?

        I will download and re-install and see if this helps.

  44. I am not sure whats wrong, but my referral link is sending to a 404 page instead of the homepage. Am I doing something wrong?

    Here is my affiliate links:
    Link: http://sportswash.ca?affiliates=2 URL Parameter: ?affiliates=2
    Pretty: http://sportswash.ca/affiliates/2

    Here is my banner code:

    Just not sure what is going wrong. The site is sportswash.ca and i’m using WooCommerce Newest update as of today

    1. I would also like to note everything is updated: theme, WooCommerce, WooFramework, Plugin and wordpress.

      Also, as suggested above in the comments, I checked the permalinks and pretty links and everything is set as suggested and still no luck.

      1. Hi,
        please have a look to this conversation.
        If it doesn’t work try selecting Affiliates->Options->Redirect.
        cheers

        1. That was the post I referred to as mentioned everything is set as mentioned and still no luck.

          Under Affiliates -> options there is no area for re-direct?

          Also, this was working before, and nothing changed during that time so i’m not sure the issue? The only thing I did change was the price of a product however that should have affected anything.

          Permalinks are set to = Post name
          Product permalink set to = costom (/shop) however it won’t change to another option when I try, not sure if that means anything.

          1. Hi,
            you can send us dashboard admin access to support at itthinx dot com, and we’ll take a look.
            cheers

          2. I have found a work around. It appears the pretty link returns the 404 error, while the regular link does not. I have now switched to the regular link and it is working fine, however I still wonder what the issue is with the pretty link?

            1. We can take a look if you send us dashboard admin access to support at itthinx dot com.
              cheers

  45. Further to this subject. In re-reading the documentation and considering your earlier advice, I think we have a mis-understanding. Since the coupon was claimed on the sale, but the coupon was not tied to the affiliate, there is no connection of the sale to the affiliate. And the link affiliate -> referrals does not present and orders that were not created with the appropriate connection to the affiliate.

    It appears to me that if an order was created with the proper connection, then affiliate -> referrals would allow me to change the state of the order/referral fee. This is exactly the opposite of the situation I am trying to correct. I need to create the proper connection so the order is in fact assigned to the affiliate, which it does not now.

    Hope I haven’t confused the issue further, but I think we’re at a dead end on this solution. The tool does not appear to support what needs to be done. Perhaps the only solution is to manually create another order to mirror the older one, thus creating an order with the proper connections for the affiliate.

    1. I assume that’s solved with my previous comment (no need to create an order, just add the referral manually).

  46. Antonio, I am not seeing how to do this at affiliates -> referrals. The orders were placed with the coupon code, but the affiliate did not have a connection to that coupon code at the time the order was placed. So when going to the link you suggested, those two orders do not appear. I am using Affiliates Pro v 2.2.1 and woo commerce 1.6.5.2 if that matters.

    It appears to me there is no way to give an affiliate a commission for a order once the order is entered? What am I missing.

    Thanks, MIke

    1. Hi Mike, what he suggests is to add the referrals manually – if you go to that section, you will see the Add button which then leads to a form where you can input details about the referrals you want to grant the affiliate. In this case, as you had not assigned the coupons to the affiliate, you would add the corresponding referral manually using that facility. New orders, assuming that the coupon is now linked to the affiliate, will produce that automatically.

  47. I created a coupon code for a new affiliate, but I forgot to add the coupon code attribute to the affiliate. I then received an order and the customer used the affiliate code. The customer got the discount correctly, but of course the affiliate did not get a commission registered for the sale. Is there a way I can create a commission for an affiliate after the order has been placed?

    1. Hi,
      in Affiliates -> Referrals you can add a referral manually.
      cheers

  48. Bas Kasteel Avatar
    Bas Kasteel

    I would like to manually edit some orders and allocate them to an affiliate because some orders were lost when i changed the Affiliate URL parameter name. Can you tell me how this can be done please.

    1. Hi,
      you can add a referral manually in Affiliates -> Referrals.
      cheers

  49. James Galloway Avatar
    James Galloway

    Hi kento,

    we want to create a weekly leaderboard situation for affiliates which restarts every sunday. we simply want affiliates names pulled into a table for ALL to see with the amount of sales they have that week. Not based on affiliates they pull in, just the products they sell.

    How easy is this or do you already have this feature.

    simple leaderbaord to pay bonuses.

    Many thanks, James 🙂

    1. Hi,
      you can use Affiliates API to create this feature.
      cheers

  50. Hello there)
    I just created Affiliate Area with and created a test account. In it I see Your affiliate URL: http://templatesmint.com?affiliates=2 and it leads me to my blog page (as you can see) instead of Home page. In the admin page i can’t see any link to fix it, just this Your affiliate URL:
    [affiliates_url]
    How can I add my home page link there?
    Thanks in advance

    1. antonio Avatar

      Hi,
      please try selecting Affiliates->Options->Redirect
      cheers

      1. Still no. I put tick next to redirect but nothing has changed in Affliate area page. still the same – Your affiliate URL:

        http://templatesmint.com?affiliates=2

        Use this code to embed your affiliate link:

        href=”http://templatesmint.com?affiliates=2″>Affiliate link

        Should I fix it manually?

      2. No no, it works. I solved it. Thanks for help!

        1. antonio Avatar

          perfect 😉

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