http://www.idevdirect.com is another good affiliate software that would be great if you could integrate it into Wild Apricot. Maybe just doing some research on the best affiliate software out there and contacting those companies, maybe the top three, and working out how to get them working with this platform.

Having a good affiliate program built in would make this program much better. That is really the only thing missing. Please!!!

I need a 3 tier affiliate program that tracks new member sign ups and gives my current members a set commission price based on how many people have signed up.

Tier 1 would be anyone they get to sign up.

Tier 2 would be anyone their Tier 1 gets to sign up.

Tier 3 would be anyone their Tier 2 gets to sign up.

Then they are paid a set commission for the sign up. I also need it to be a reaccuring commission.

I hope that helps you get a better idea of the type of affiliate support I would love in a future version.

Also, you should make the renewel more flexible. Let me offer daily and weekly renewel, not just monthly, etc...

Thanks!

I found this on their website, does this help?

"In order to integrate iDevAffiliate with shopping carts not listed in the automatic integration setup, you’ll probably need to contact the cart developer and ask them if they have a sale confirmation / online invoice page of some sort. This is the page the customer sees after making a purchase. This page needs to have the sale amount and order number present on it (in the form of variables). If you're using your own custom cart or system, the same applies in terms of having a confirmation page with the sale amount and order number visible on it.

Assuming you have a page like one described above, you’re able to integrate with iDevAffiliate.

In the iDevAffiliate admin center, click on the Cart Integration Wizard, select ALTERNATE CART INTEGRATION. Continue to the next page. This is the Processing Code page. This page has instructions for placing the code into the sale confirmation / online invoice page."

Thanks - what was looking for is actual data example. E.g. What date format, what format of commission etc.

It will help us to analyze this.

That's great to hear...so I found out that DT just refers to their tracking platform. Here is the information from the affiliate network:

Hope this information is useful. Again, if you're looking for any information, beta testers, etc. I would be happy to help. I think this is a great feature and a great way to grow a membership base!

At the moment we do not have a way to do this - but this helps a lot - now we can investigate in more depth what is involved.

Could you clarify with them: What is 'DT calls' and ask them for an example of data for each field?

and to your other comment - this is about external affiliates.

Not too sure if we're talking about external (Linkshare, Commission Junction,etc.) or internal affiliate programs (users recommending new members and being rewarded)...however both are exciting to me and I would be onboard to help out anyway possible!

I spoke with an affiliate network the other day and received this email back explaining what they would need on my end. If we went forward with an affiliate program, would the following be available?

Additional input received via email from a partner:

What my clients look for in an affiliate program is that companies and
indviduals (with website and permission email lists) can sign up to my (my
clients) website and promote their products.

1) An important factor is too set the payment % the affiliates are going to
receive, and to be able to automatically pay them through paypal.

2) Have different % rates for different affiliates.

3) To set up affiliates (so my client does it for the company) and also so
someone (affiliate) can do it automaticall them selves.

4) 1 Teir is enough (better if one could have more but would like a basic
program quicker and develope over time)

5) Create invoices so that we know what as been paid and for the accountant.

Agree 100% same situation. A few clients will benefit of the power of WA but the rest need affiliate program so have to build site with other people would all be on WA if it offered an affiliate programe or an add on

This is what I took from their site. The link is:

http://jam.jrox.com/docs/index.php?article=4

I am not a web developer or designer so have no idea what it really means or is useful. I will make a few points.

1) I love the way feedback from clients drives development.

2) The drawback from this is when people are evaluating Wild Apricott (me) they comapre it to other products my point is several of your cometitors have affiliate programs built in. So you have lost them as clients. and they will never comment on these pages. Thus not many posts and affiliate program becomes a low priority.

3) Suggestion phone up the company JROX.com and do a deal with them they help integrate it into your system and you offer your client the chance to buy an add on and even have extras as they do to install it etc. This way people that want a affiliate program can and those that don't don't have too. You add extra revenue to your business and so does JROX.com everybody is a winner.

Here is the info from that link: (by the way there is loads of info on the site if you need any help please contact me I would be happy to help)

Installation of JAM can be completed in a few easy steps. This guide will show you how to install the software successfully on your server. * JAM is not supported when run on the Windows Operating System Database Creation - MySQL Database *JROX.COM Affiliate Manager requires access to a MySQL Database Server Before beginning the Installation, you must first login to your web hosting account or server and create a new MySQL database for this application. You may also use the PHPMyAdmin tool to create a new database via a simple web interface. Otherwise, please consult your server documentation on how to create one. You can also create the MySQL Database using the command line. If you have access to the command line, type in the following commands: 1. mysql - u username -p Change username to the username you use to access the database. You will now be asked for your database password. Type it in. 2. CREATE DATABASE jrox_affiliates; Change jrox_affiliates to the database name of your choice. You now have your database created. You may proceed with the installation. Make sure to have your database access details on hand before beginning the installation. JAM Installer (Windows-based Machines Only) 1. Select whether to download the Zend-Encoded or Ioncube-Version. We recommend using the Zend-Encoded version of JAM. 2. Run the jaminstaller.exe file located in the installer folder 3. Follow the onscreen instructions to begin the installation. 4. Enter your FTP details: FTP Address: ftp.yourdomain.com FTP Username: ftp_username FTP Password: ftp_password Installation Directory: the directory you want to run JAM from. Normally set to "affiliates". Install Folder: the folder you want to install JAM in. Normally, "/home/public_html" or "/home/www" Install Location URL: http://www.yourdomain.com 5. Click Next and Install and it will start uploading your files to your server. 6. Once you've finished uploading the files, click Finish. This will automatically open a browser window to the web-based portion of the setup. Just follow all the onscreen instructions to continue. 7. Once you are done, you will need to delete the install.php file before logging in. Manual FTP Upload 1. Open up the ftp_upload folder 2. You can either unzip the affiliates.zip file onto your machine, or upload it as is and unzip it on your web server 3. Using an FTP software, upload either the /affiliates folder or affiliates.zip onto your web site. (UPLOAD ALL FILES IN BINARY FORMAT) 4. Once all files are uploaded, if you uploaded the zip file, then you need to extract this onto your site. If you use cPanel, you can use the File Manager option in the control panel to extract this to your web directory. By doing this, it will create an /affiliates folder with all the JAM files in it. 5. Browse to the /affiliates/includes/config.php file and change the permissions for it to world-writeable or "777" 6. Browse to the /affiliates/banners folder and change the permissions for it to world-writeable or "777" 7. Run the web-based installer by going to http://www.YOURDOMAIN.COM/affiliates/install.php and follow the on-screen instructions. 8. Once the install has finished, you will need to delete the install.php file before logging in.

Kim, I do not have any new information for you.

What we really need is information on what afffiliate programs people want to integrate with (including information on integration ) - so that we can analyse how to do it. Shane has suggested one program above - JROX.com - but we were not able to find integration information on that site or understand how it is supposed to work.

Still wondering if anyone has any affiliate programs that may work with WA? Desperatly need something.

We are interested in this as well.

Hi Dmitry,

It is found on affiliate programs page, right hand menu if you lose this.

http://jam.jrox.com/docs

You should find what is needed here, if not let me know and I will look more. :0

Shane

Shane, I could not easily find technical documentation on jrox site about their affiliate program integration, do you have by any chance?

ok I definately cast my vote for an affiliate program.....

As per my post above, I really like the professional standard of the program at

http://jrox.com

There are many ways to integrate this script into a website, so if WA speak with

admin from jrox I am sure they will provide an easy solution to include an affiliate program.

I have 2 other websites in the construction stage that I will not host at WA only because they will be

reliant on affiliates for the site to grow, I really like this software system but with no affiliate integration

I unfortunately must use other programs.

Shane

I too have been asking for this as a major implementation. my website has almost failed as I cannot advertise to my market enough, due to the size of membership area. But my affiliates could!

I use an affiliate program that is very professional in their layout, and has been working well in another venture I have.

They can be found at www.jrox.com and can be integrated in to java-script. You may need to contact their management to find ways to merge into your script.

They have a very helpful forum for their users also, I have found this much more professional compared to the script used with 1shoppingcart's affiliate section

Shane

http://www.rideontheweb.com

Vote for this! Let me tell you why in just a few words.

MORE MEMBERS!

Our advertising cost to grow has doubled this year and then some. But as allways the best way to get more clients/members is word of mouth.

We allready pay out $50 for any type of referrals but we have no way to track it or even use any other type of affiliate program w/ Wild Apricot.

This is a high priority for us.

I dont think many have requested this simply because they dont know the benefits it can have for your association, group , non-profit.

Of course we are also about giving back, so giving a finders fee to the member who talks about us and send us more members is rewarded.

Word of mouth is still the best advertising......it would be best to have something to track it with.

A Affiliate program is a must!

Ok, thanks for the details, we will use them in our analysis/planning.

Current behavior:
After the membership application, user is shown a confirmation page with hard-coded short message

Desired behavior:
Ability to customize the message displayed to the user after his membership application

Notes:
1) We are dealing with a variety of possible outcomes, e.g.:
Free membership, in pending status
Free membership, in active status
Paid membership, online payment failed
Paid membership, online payment successful, in pending status
Paid membership, online payment successful, in active status
Paid membership, manual payment selected
We need to decide whether to make separate customizable messages for each situation - or deal with it somehow else.

2) These messages probably should be rich text-formatted (vs. plain text) and even allow Javascript (for things like Affiliate integration)

Thanks, In another program we used each member would have their own affiliate id automatically controlled when they login to their account.

That would be great, but I am mostly looking for something where other associations, groups etc can earn$ by sending people to us to sign up.

To ideally there would be a affiliate sign up page for non-members who then can track their earnings.

Hope that all makes sense.