Getresponse users: How do you track the urls & aff ids your leads come from?

[jhongren]

Hi,

I need help.

I want to track which url and which aff id
my leads come from.

How can I do it?

It is for a contest and for me to count the number
of opt ins. And I can track which affiliate id they
come from.

Thanks in advance.

John

[mrnightowl]

If your aff ids look like ?aff=123456 type of thing you can use php to GET the id when they come to your site and insert something in a database or text file a count of sorts

There is a http referrer for php but its not 100% as some browsers don't pass this data

[jhongren]

Originally Posted by mrnightowl

If your aff ids look like ?aff=123456 type of thing you can use php to GET the id when they come to your site and insert something in a database or text file a count of sorts

There is a http referrer for php but its not 100% as some browsers don't pass this data

Thanks...it is clickbank aff id. How do I go about doing that?

John

[mrnightowl]

In the case of that you could just capture the entire referrer link and have it stored in a database. Have a query that checks to see if its in the database yet and if its not have it put a entry in. If its in the database have it add a count to that particular ID. like

INSERT INTO affiliates SET id = '' ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE count=count+1

Just an example query I would make if I was making a script like that

[GarrieWilson]

John,

A much better way, so they only get credit for actual opt-ins AND ones that confirm, is to use the php command GET to add the affiliate ID to a hidden custom field in the GetResponse form.

Then at GR, turn on pass custom variables and then on the page after people confirm, use GET to add it to a database.

If you arent using double opt-in, GR will still pass the data to the follow-up page for you to GET and add to the database.

A programmer (worth anything) should be able to do this in 30 minutes or less.

Garrie

[jhongren]

Originally Posted by GarrieWilson

John,

A much better way, so they only get credit for actual opt-ins AND ones that confirm, is to use the php command GET to add the affiliate ID to a hidden custom field in the GetResponse form.

Then at GR, turn on pass custom variables and then on the page after people confirm, use GET to add it to a database.

If you arent using double opt-in, GR will still pass the data to the follow-up page for you to GET and add to the database.

A programmer (worth anything) should be able to do this in 30 minutes or less.

Garrie

Thanks Garie..thanks so much...has been a while I last talk to u =)

How have you been?

Btw, what is GET?

Thanks,
John

[mrnightowl]

Originally Posted by GarrieWilson

John,

A much better way, so they only get credit for actual opt-ins AND ones that confirm, is to use the php command GET to add the affiliate ID to a hidden custom field in the GetResponse form.

Then at GR, turn on pass custom variables and then on the page after people confirm, use GET to add it to a database.

If you arent using double opt-in, GR will still pass the data to the follow-up page for you to GET and add to the database.

A programmer (worth anything) should be able to do this in 30 minutes or less.

Garrie

thats exactly how I would do it. and since you probably already have the forms in place for your opt-ins it would just be adding about 3 lines of code. and a little modification to the db.

[jhongren]

Originally Posted by mrnightowl

thats exactly how I would do it. and since you probably already have the forms in place for your opt-ins it would just be adding about 3 lines of code. and a little modification to the db.

Wow...all the programming codes...making me confused...

yep...need them to confirm optin and it is a double optin.

sounds easy though...will see what help I can get...

Thanks!

John

[GarrieWilson]

I attached the code for the first step but I dont know anything about the database part. (Forum wouldnt let me add it to the message.)


Garrie


code.txt