I want to be able to use 3rd party websites to promote my website. In order for this to work I need to use affiliate software to track sign ups etc and to pay commission

As of yet I can’t find a solution to this issue which is proving a problem

Has anybody had something similar or found a solution

Did anything ever happen with this, it would be a gamechanger if this was to happen

Although, all of that activity needs to be able to display in each member's affiliate dashboard

This thing is as simple as each member having a username with which referral can input in their forms during sign up and we'd know from the back-end who brought them.

What happen with this integration?

Has this been updated?

We need a way to control and administer an affiliate program. I can get LOTS of people to do a single layer affiliate marketing, but there is no way in the system to attach the referrals to the marketer, handle partial payments, and follow up for paying the affiliates.

Facebook ads can track who goes on to sign up as a member if you have a pixel working. That means you can target your next campaign at the demographic most likely to sign up. All that's needed to do this is to have a dedicated page in the sign up process that tells the new joiner that they've completed the process. We could then add the Facebook code on that page. But at present there is no such dedicated page.

I'd love it if I could let members refer others to the membership and it would automatically track this. With all the other features you offer this would make this system unstoppable. I am always being asked to build membership based sites but everyone wants an affiliate module and everything "all-in-one" as yours is now without dealing with plugins and having to pay more monthly fees for each little thing. Although I believe your prices are reasonable and you could most surely charge more if you add this feature.

We are working with a WA customer to help them integrate with AffiliateWP, a popular WordPress plugin with a ton of affiliate features/dashboards/coupons. There are multiple integrations with various systems in the WordPress ecosystem, but not Wild Apricot. I am looking to find out how to "inject" an affiliate code into the member subscription/join workflow. It appears that even adding a custom HTML widget on the Membership level change system page wouldn't work since we need to add it to the successful completion page and that does not seem to be accessible from the system pages editor.

Even if that were possible though, still the membership renewal has to have an affliate code inserted via the call via a search argument or as part of the browser session.

And then the final custom HTML would fire a JS back to the affiliateWP plugin to record a completed transaction, but I see multiple barriers:

1. How to inject the affiliate code so WP process doesn't reject it and uses it.

eg: https://newpathconsulting.wildapricot.org/Sys/MembershipLevelChange?affiliatecode=123

Seems to work but the search arg is lost on the next step.

2. The call back on the successful completion page.

I can only think of a theme override would be required to modify and support the injection and call back process to introduce the necessary scaffolding to support the call/callback of the affiliate process coming from AffilateWP powered WordPress site.

Another approach could be using Javascript to collect the inbound search arg on the initiall call, store the serach argument in a session and then load it up on the successful completion page, but again that specific page is in accessible to insert code into unless theme overrides are used (I imagine).

Maybe I am thinking about this wrong though. And maybe the mechanism is wrong.

Even a simple affiliate program with ability to record codes like discount codes and recording successful transactions in WA would be great. The requirements are quite simple.

1. Designate a code and record information for the affiliate program owner
2. When the code is recorded on the inbound call to the member registration system pick it up and on successful completion record a successful completion of a registration.

Initially this could be used only for new subscriptions (not renewals, or recurring levels).

Depending on an external referral system to do this can be cumbersome and entail new costs/dependencies that are probably overkill for most people. Most are looking for a simple counter to compensate the affiliates based on simple math (percentage of the fee or a flat fee). This could be done all manually outside of WA since most affiliate programs are not that ambitious.

is there a way to have an afiliate. were if some one wants to register for an event from a blog, facebook or website with a link to our website, we would be able to track and pay a commission to that person.

Eventbrite support tracking of affiliates so admins can know which marketing channels/affiliate is most effecting in promoting their events or membership. This is not show stopper but it will increase the value of your application because we can get more people to sign up.

Offer the ability to track and manage affiliates within the site -- so you can do a member-get-a-member promotion or use joint venture partners to grow membership.

I think this should belong to http://forums.wildapricot.com/forums/308932-wishlist/suggestions/8825569-affiliate-program-integration, shouldn't it?

Have member specific referral codes so we can have members give out their code for tracking purposes. This way we can make sure the proper member receives credit for their referrals.

Gavin: no, and there are no plans yet.

Has there been developments on this

I think having *robust* affiliate management functionality is essential for Wild Apricot to be a best-of-breed membership site management platform. That's because one of the most basic and powerful marketing strategies for *any* membership site is to incentivize current members to bring in additional members from their networks. What could be more fundamental?

By *robust*, I mean features like the following (I'm sure to overlook some that others might contribute):
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* -Configurable for automatically-approved sign-up or for requiring admin approval
* -On-site affiliate application form, including tax id for 1099 commission reporting if the applicant is approved
* -Two-tiered, so affiliates can recruit sub-affiliates and get an "over-ride" commission on any affiliates they recruit; configurable commission by level
* -Ability to configure what membership levels and/or events and products are eligible for affiliate commissions
* -Ability to configure whether recurring sales (like monthly memberships) are commissionable
* -Configurable as to how long affiliates get paid re: customers they refer (forever? a year? etc.)
* -Configurable for which affiliate gets credit for a sale if more than one affiliate's cookie is detected on the customer's computer: it's typically either the first cookie placed, or the last cookie placed. If not configurable, last cookie should be the default under the premise that most recent affiliate click was more likely the triggering event than an old click
* -Ability to create special compensation commission levels for "Super-Affiliates"
* -Ability for member-affiliates to see reports within their membership account on affiliate activity
* Click generated
* Sales credited
* Commissions due
* Commissions paid
* Commissions history
* -Ability for site owner to see reports on affiliate activity:
* Clicks generated by affiliate
* Sales credited by affiliate
* Commissions due by affiliate
* Commission due by affiliate
* Activity history by affiliate
* Commissions due by affiliate
* -Ability to configure threshold amount to trigger commission payouts (for example, commissions aren't paid unless the accrued amount of commission owed is $25 or more; otherwise, the balance rolls over into the next month's balance
* -Repository where the site owner can post affiliate promotional materials (banners, sample email texts, etc.) and the affiliate can download them at will. All materials must download with the affiliate's unique affiliate code embedded.
* -Ideally, integration with a payment platform that allows exporting the commissions due report to that platform and automatically issue commission checks (making payment digitally is by far preferable, as with PayPal - it's not only fast and cheap (no checks or mailing), people like its security and it can do international)

Terry

It is definitely possible to create a rudimentary affiliate solution by setting up a private page and using the custom HTML gadget with our custom javascript. We're in the process of setting this up for a new Wild Apricot client. If you're interested in following our progress then send me an email at peter@popsb.com.

Still interested in this feature! Would be great for member-get-a-member promotions to be able to offer affiliate commissions.
I found this help page for AMember to customize their affiliate settings -- would this help you see how it might work for multiple payment systems?
http://www.amember.com/docs/Setup/Affiliates
I love WA, but my next membership program needs to have an affiliate capability!