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Old 2004-08-11, 12:57 PM   #21
AcidMaX
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Originally posted by FiReC
You guys are killing me. CCBill has these same POSTBACK features you just have to dig for them a little bit. I use them on nubiles.net

I do agree the tracking does suck on CCBill, however it can be fixed quite easily. As far as tracking using cookies and IPs, here are the two problems.

Cookies: get deleted, new browsers block them, spyware removers nuke them.

IPs: dynamic IP's and proxys really fuck it up. I know because I tried to use IP protection on our members area and found that ALOT of people were behind dynamic and or proxy IPs that are constantly changing.

So how do you fix it with CCBill? implement your own session tracking using the affiliates ID at the end of the linking code, ie http://refer.ccbill.com/cgi-bin/clic...?coupon=611105

You can then carry the ID all the way to the join form, which takes precedents over the cookie. No more losing sales to lost cookies or dynamic ips.
What do you mean you guys? First off I am not talking about POSTBACK. Postback is when a sale is completed. With a postback you can add a member, log the sale, etc etc with information you send to Epoch/CCBILL that gets returned on a successful signup. Yes you are right both companies have that.

I was speaking of the CCBILL Data Dump features vs. Epochs.

There are many different parts to processing. There is data collection/sorting/processing, there is postback which allows you to do multiple things including add a user, or anything else you want.

I have all the documentation and extensive experience with integrating with CCBILL and Epoch if anyone needs the docs feel free to let me know and I can send them to you.

Andy
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