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I don't hate it, but it could use a lot of work from the affiliate standpoint...
The campaign management needs much improvement.
Some sponsors do some strange things with the link codes (Sapphic Cash fhg's, for example).
It really needs an affiliate postback feature with passthru variables. Ideally, NATS would have an API that affiliates can integrate with, to get detailed sales info, link codes, promo material, etc.
A multi-user system would be nice. Rather than a username/password login, have an account/username/password login so the affiliate can have separate logins for their staff that have limited permissions (grab only promo materials, no stats info, etc). Although, if all NATS programs had a nice XML API, this wouldn't be necessary.
It's really very basic on the affiliate side. If it had more advanced functionality, affiliates would be able to better integrate with the programs they send to, making more sales by running a more efficient, automated network. With their market share, they're in a great place to make a lot of positive changes for affiliates, and hopefully some standardization in this industry, if they raised the bar with their software. Unfortunately I don't see that happening any time soon, even with v4 coming out (which actually looks worse from a usability standpoint).
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