Category: Tips and Tricks

When it comes to issuing a 1099 or receiving a W-9 from your affiliates, this is something that is done directly between you and your affiliates. There is not currently an option to upload a W-9 (for download) and no way to issue a 1099. Again, this is all personal items to be handled directly […]

Developers: When using the /new_affiliate.php API we have now added in a JSON 200/success code which will also output the new affiliate ID that was created by the API. So you now have confirmation the account was create as well as the new ID of the account.

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 […]

Cloud users have a couple different options for their domain/location. We’ll outline your options below along with information on how you can have your custom domain option setup for you. Default Cloud Location – Personalized Subdomain The following URL is a sample of how your cloud account will be setup with your personalized subdomain. You […]

With a traditional affiliate system your affiliates are given pre-constructed affiliate links to use in their marketing efforts. The links are clicked and when the customer makes a purchase, the referring affiliate is issued a commission. This is all done via internal tracking after the link is clicked on. But what if you don’t have […]

This tutorial is for customers using our Owned Editions only. Customers using our Cloud Edition are already set up to use SSL by default. Important Note Before completing these steps, be sure you actually have a secure certificate installed where iDevAffiliate is located. If you need help adding a secure certificate, please contact your hosting […]

One of the more advanced features you might want to enable for your affiliates is the ability to do split testing with their links. This is great for affiliates wanting to test the success of different campaigns, marketing pieces or marketing strategies. The first thing you want to do is enable this feature in your […]

When you install iDevAffiliate, you have a license key that will lock to the server you are installing into. That license key locks to the server name, server IP and installation folder and can only be run from that location. However, it is possible to use the same license key on a secondary location for […]

This is a handy tool we don’t see many customers taking advantage of. There are several ways in which to use this feature. We actually use this feature as a bonus for our higher producing affiliates. Affiliates who have consistently delivered sales over a set period of time are rewarded with a higher payout level. […]