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Originally Posted by DBS.US
Great idea.
I'm just to picky but,,,,I don't like buying if I don't have a Coupon Code, I feel like I'm getting ripped off. If you going to have discounts with coupon codes put them on the check out page not on page one.
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i understand your point, but what i am doing is tying offline with online.
I have these business cards that have a white box at the bottom, where an affiliate code is put in. Hair Salons, nail salons, anyone who has access to people can hand out these cards. The affiliate makes $40. The website visitor will get $5 if they use the coupon code.
Same with the web. As an affiliate, a surfer who clicks on your link lands on a landing page that explains to them if they want to get $5 off, they need to use the coupon code, if they come back another time. If they click through to the site, then the coupon code is set.
The problem with cookies, is that if a surfer is at work and finds the site, and then they go home, but they remember the domain name, then they visit the site, and the affiliate doesn't get the credit.
Same issue happens in adult... if an affiliate is pushing a paysite that has an easy to remember domain name, and the surfer goes on another computer (ie. at their home or a friends), then the affiliate doesn't get the commissions.
By using this coupon code method, it should ensure that the affiliate gets the credit for the sale, because to the surfer/consumer $5 is $5.
I debated whether to put it on checkout like most places.. and i know when i have seen that on a site that i am buying from, i start searching google to find a coupon code.
I decided to put it up front so that if you did come because of a business card, or you type in the domain name because you saw the affiliate link with the $5 coupon code message, then you capture that upfront, so they know they will get their credit.
Fight the surfer psycho-analysis!