Settings tab of Affiliate Management

Name

The name of your program. This is displayed on the affiliate's dashboard and should be something appropriate for them to read. An example would be "XYZ Product Bonus Program"

Y

Description

A brief description of your program. This field is currently not used, but may be used by UltraCart in the future if an affiliate network is launched.

Agreement

The terms and conditions of your affiliate program that the affiliate must agree to during the signup. If is important that you cover issues like commissions, payout terms, acceptable marketing methods, and fraud within your terms and conditions.

Y

Welcome Letter

This is the email sent to the affiliate once their signup has been approved.

Y

Automatically approve signups

If this is checked, all signups are automatically approved and can begin marketing your product. Merchants typically weed out unfavorable merchants after the fact if they use this option.

Required Captcha

Requires the user to complete a word captcha on the signup (type of the letters of two words by looking at a picture). This prevents automated signups by fraudulent marketing bots. It is a good idea to enable the captcha option if you are automatically approving signups.

Number of Downline Tiers

Y - Recommend 0

Approved Affiliates Only

If this box is checked, only those merchants that have been approved can recruit downline affiliates.

Multiple Tier Program Name

Some merchants want to call their multi-tier program by a unique name (for example XYZ Product Virtual Campaign).

Agreement

The agreement that the affiliate must consent to in order to participate in the multiple tier program.

Last Updated

The date that the multiple tier agreement was last updated. When you change the agreement you can enter today's date and it will require all affiliates to click through the new agreement when they sign in to their account.

Affiliate Cookie Lifetime (days)

If someone clicks an affiliate link, a cookie is recorded on their system. The "Cookie Lifetime" will determine how long (in days) that cookie will remain in effect. Let's say you have entered 30 into this field. If the customer makes a purchase within 30 days of the original "click" on the link, the affiliate will get credit (commission) for the sale. It's important to insure that your affiliates understand the cookie lifetime. Enter the number of days that you want to allow the life of the cookie to be. The number you chose will depend on your business model. We have seen numbers as low as 15 and as high as 90. Typically, we see a 30 day cookie lifetime. Enter 999 to set the cookie to never expire.

Y

Allow Google Adwords Tracking by Default

If you want to let all your affiliates place Google Adwords tracking conversion pixels into the receipt, check this box. We do not recommend enabling this option unless you are operating a closed affiliate program that is invite only.

Allow Yahoo Search Tracking by Default

If you want to let all your affiliates place Yahoo tracking conversion pixels into the receipt, check this box. We do not recommend enabling this option unless you are operating a closed affiliate program that is invite only.

No Simple Link on Affiliate Dashboard

This will remove the simple link from the affiliates dashboard and force the affiliate to create their links using the Manage Links section off their dashboard. This option is typically checked if you want to force the affiliate to use certain marking graphics.

Associate Affiliate with Customer Profile

Allow Customer to Enter Affiliate ID During Checkout

If this is checked, a field for the customer to enter an affiliate ID number will display during the checkout. We do not recommend enabling this feature as it will confuse some customers.

Prevent Cookie Stomping

If this option is selected then the first affiliate to cookie the customer will receive credit. If this option is not selected then the last affiliate to cookie the customer will receive credit.

Enroll customers as affiliates

While not recommended, this option allows you to enroll all of your customers as affiliates to try and create a viral marketing program.

Enroll customers as downline affiliates

When selected the customer is enrolled as a downline affiliate of the affiliate that caused them to order in the first place. This helps create the multilevel viral nature of the program.

Automatic Enrollment Letter

This email is sent to the customer after they are enrolled into the program. Make sure to use the [affiliateid] and [password] tokens in your email.

Subscribe Affiliates to LyrisHQ

If you are using LyrisHQ 3rd party autoresponder with your UltraCart account you can subscribe the affiliate to a particular list.

Allow Affiliates to Change SSN / Tax ID

If checked the affiliate can change their SSN / Tax Id after they signup

Not Recommend

Make Affiliates Inactive After

If the affiliate doesn't generate a commissioned sale in this time period their affiliate will be disabled.

180

Show Customer Name to Affiliates

When this box is checked, the buyer's first and last name will appear on the complete transactions and commission analysis reports that are available to the affiliate.

Not Recommended

Default Email Notification Schedule

When this setting is set to any option other than none, the affiliate is sent an email notification providing details of sales that have been attributed to them during that interval (the drop down selections are: NONE, EACH (ORDER), DAILY, WEEKLY, MONTHLY.

Your Preference