Affiliate Configuration Options

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.