There are certain options in the Software Configuration that must be changed before can you allow affiliates to self-register on shopaffregister.asp
affallowaffiliatesrevieworders |
Set this to Yes if you want the affiliate to be able to review orders via the customer service centre of your site. |
Affallowlinkreport |
Set this to Yes if you want affiliates to be able to view a report of links made to your site with their affiliate ID by date. |
affcommissioncategory |
Set this to Yes if you want commissions to be paid by category. |
Affcommissioncategories |
A set of categories and their commission values.
For example - 1,2,3,6=.20;4,5=.10 This means categories 1,2,3 and 6 have a commission rate of 20% and categories 4 and 5 have a commission rate of 10% |
affcommissionincludesallorders |
Set this to No if you only want orders marked processed to be included when calculating the affiliate’s commission. |
affcommissionIncludesshipping |
Set this to Yes if the affiliate’s commission should include shipping costs in the calculation. |
affcommissionproduct |
Set this to Yes if you want commission to be paid by product. |
affcommissionproductfield |
The field in the products table where the commission value is found. |
affcommissionrate |
The default commission rate - it can be altered for each affiliate by editing their record. |
affdirecturl |
The default page to display when an affiliate links to your site. |
affinfourl |
The name of a page on your site that describes your affiliate system. |
Affmailorder |
Set this to Yes if you want an email to be sent to the affiliate at the end of an order made with their ID. |
Affmailorderdetails |
This is the template used to mail the affiliate at end of an order. Default is Tmp_affmailorderdetails.txt. |
Affmailordername |
This is the template with the affiliate details used in constructing the order detail message. Default is Tmp_affordername.txt. |
affmastercommissionrate |
The default commission rate for a master affiliate. |
affmultilevel |
Setting this to Yes means that there can be two levels of affiliates (master affiliates and sub-affiliates). |
affpaymenttypes |
A comma-delimited list of methods you use to pay your affiliates. For example - Bank Transfer,Paypal,Check. |
affsubject |
The name of your site which is used in emails to the affiliate. |
afftemplateaffiliate |
This is the template that is emailed to the affiliate after they register. Default is tmp_affiliate.txt. |
afftemplateMerchant |
This is the template that is emailed to the merchant when an affiliate registers. Default is tmp_affmerchant.txt. |
affwebsite |
This is the URL of your shopping cart. This will be used to generate the URL for the affiliate to link to your site. For example http://www.vpcart.com/vpasp. |
Xaffcustomerform |
Set this to Yes if you want to display a list of affiliates in the customer checkout form, so the customer can manually choose an affiliate to associate their order with. |
Xaffheaders |
Set this to Yesif you want to have a specific header and footer file for different affiliates. If no affiliate specific files are available, the default versions are used. |
xaffiliateusecookies |
Set this to Yes if you want to have a cookie stored on the customer's PC when using the affiliate interface. If the customer goes away from the site, then comes back at a later stage and purchases, the affiliate will still be associated with the order. This increases affiliate orders. |
Xaffviewreports |
Set this to Yes if you want your affiliates to be able to see reports when they log into their administration. |