If you have a program that implements the IntelliChat tool on your program, please speak up and post your info here. Short of following every affiliate link and clicking the join link, then back button, each week, it would be nice if sponsors would just speak up if they have this added to their NATS or MP3 programs.
More specifically, the following would be good info for anyone considering joining your program in terms of flexibility:
- Is your IC implementation cookie-based, or session based. There is a rather significant difference. Session-based means the IC popup promo offers are limited per session and the surfer who declines the IC offer leaves with an unmodified cookie; cookie-based means that even if a surfer declines the IC offer, they leave with an IC modified cookie so that if they come back without first clicking an affiliate link, they come back and continue to receive the discounted offer. Cookie-based installs are apparently the default implementation.
- Do you offer the ability for affiliates to choose which method they would like implemented on their links, cookie-based or session-based?
- Do you offer affiliates the choice of having their links IC interception enabled, or turned off if they want?
For what is supposed to be a great affiliate add-on, it's pretty surprising how few programs announce they've added a 3rd party link interception tool. It'd be nice to see a list of programs that have it enabled so that traffic tracking can be adjusted and campaigns created to better monitor the effectiveness for those who want to try it.