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Konda · 02-05-2007, 02:07 AM

Cookies are so 1999

I am pretty sure there are no affiliate programs out there that rely just on cookies. Most will have IP tracking, or a combination of both.

When a surfer clicks your affiliate link his IP address is stored in a database together with your affiliate ID. If there is a join from this IP address, the sale will be credited to you.

Of course not everyone has a static IP, but together with cookie and session tracking this still should cover at least about 80 - 90% of all surfers. I think it is pretty normal that about 10% of your traffic won't get tracked at all.

02-05-2007, 02:07 AM
Konda ... Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 2,280	Cookies are so 1999 I am pretty sure there are no affiliate programs out there that rely just on cookies. Most will have IP tracking, or a combination of both. When a surfer clicks your affiliate link his IP address is stored in a database together with your affiliate ID. If there is a join from this IP address, the sale will be credited to you. Of course not everyone has a static IP, but together with cookie and session tracking this still should cover at least about 80 - 90% of all surfers. I think it is pretty normal that about 10% of your traffic won't get tracked at all.