Every once in a while we are asked, “how can we prevent our affiliates from making purchases through their own affiliate links?”. Well, the answer in short is, you can’t. Not reliably anyways. Not with todays technology available to us. In theory, we could do things like IP blocking, issue cookies, etc. But, at the […]
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ClickFunnels Setup w/ Self-Hosted Accounts
This guide is for self-hosted users only. Cloud users do not need this guide. When using ClickFunnels with a self-hosted account, a small setup procedure is needed for ClickFunnels to validate your domain. This is a quick and easy process and will solve the “returned status 404 – not found” status when trying to add […]
Per-Product Commissioning with Gravity Forms
To create a per-product commissioning structure with iDevAffiliate and Gravity Forms, all you need to do is define the commission rate for each form you create. Step 1: Create your form in Gravity Forms When you create your form, you will add a pricing field to it and will use a Field Label for it […]
Using Office 365 for Email Delivery
We have tested and verified the following settings to work with Office 365 email accounts. That said, if you use these settings and still get a connection error, you will need to contact your hosting provider and/or server admin directly to verify any connection/blockage issues. SMTP Settings Delivery Method: SMTP SMTP Authentication Required? Yes SMTP […]
Automatic Commission Removal for WooCommerce
As you probably already know, our WooCommerce integration will have you install a supplied WordPress plugin that will connect WooCommerce to iDevAffiliate. This plugin will automatically create new commissions for referring affiliates, as referred customers make purchases. These commissions are created instantly, during the checkout process. Now we have another plugin for you as well! […]
Using “Points” Instead of Traditional Currency
Every so often we are asked if its possible to pay in points instead of money. Technically the answer is no (but keep reading). Traditionally, iDevAffiliate will generate a commission structured with traditional currency, such as $13.23 USD. These commission amounts are due/payable via the iDevAffiliate interface when paying affiliates. Now, if you’d prefer to […]
Installing Plugins
THIS TUTORIAL IS FOR ALL PLUGINS EXCEPT LANGUAGE PACKS If you are installing language packs, use the language packs installation tutorial instead. Go To Language Packs Installation Tutorial To install a plugin, login to your iDevAffiliate admin center and go to Plugins in the upper right corner. In that menu, choose Manage Plugins. Now just […]
Per-Product Commissioning with Foxy
To create a per-product commissioning structure with iDevAffiliate and Foxy, all you need to do is define the commission rate for each product you create. The integration provided for Foxy already has built-in support for per-product commissioning. You just need to set it up! Each time a defined product is purchased, the commission will be […]
Making Your Facebook App Available To Affiliates
This article is no longer needed. The current Facebook integration does not require creating a Facebook APP anymore.
Using Outlook.com for Email Delivery
The following settings are valid for all Microsoft based email accounts. This includes Outlook.com, Windows Live and Hotmail. Microsoft has rebranded these services to one name, Outlook.com. The following are required SMTP email settings for mail delivery. These are the stock/default settings provided by Microsoft. We have tested and can confirm they work. However, any […]