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Old 08-16-2017, 01:53 AM  
BigFurry
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To be honest I wouldn't be too concerned with what happens to users with no cookies. It's a minimal amount of users. Basically everyone uses cookies. Ad blockers don't block CCBILL cookies to my knowledge.

If you use incognito/private browsing mode, cookies also work. Of course not if you quit the incognito browser window, then relaunch - then the cookie is lost. But in my experience, most sales are from impulse buys, not from returning visits. If cookies are the only way for affiliate tracking, you'd only use a tiny segment who use incognito mode AND buy later by typein. (As opposed to buying right away after using your link, or using your link again to visit the second time).

One thing I'd be more concerned about is if CCBILL affiliate tracking works correctly at all.
I do tests when promoting a new affiliate program. I use the CCBILL ref link, then check if my affiliate ID is present in the CCBILL payment page's HTML source.
Many times I have to send multiple clicks before I see my CCBILL affiliate ID appear there. It is very worrying.

And with FlexForms, you can't do such tests at all, since they won't show you the referring affiliate ID in the FlexForms payment page's HTML source code. You're totally in the dark with FlexForms programs.
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