Help setting up a referral system

Hey Mike,

This is pretty easy to do if you are getting affiliates to sign up via an opt-in form. If so, you could just put the following php code at the very top of your landing page (above any HTML)...

<?php
$referrer = $_GET["r"];
?>

Then further down the page where your autoresponder's HTML code is, you'll need to add a "hidden" field. Using Aweber as an example, look for several consecutive lines of code that start with <input type="hidden"...

Then add another line to that group, that says...

<input type="hidden" name="referrer" value="<?php echo $referrer; ?>" />

Now save that page, and don't forget to give it a php extension (index.php).

Alright, to make this work, all you have to do is give your affiliate "recruiters" a link like this...

www.YourWebsite.com?r=xxxx

They would replace xxxx with their own name (FYI they can not use any spaces here, but underscores and dashes are OK). Then they would need to email you the name they used in their link.

Then what will happen is whenever someone goes through that link and signs up as an affiliate, Aweber will save the name of the recruiter along with that persons other sign-up info.

Then all you have to do is log into Aweber at the end of the contest period and check to see which person referred the most affiliates to you. To do this, go to Subscribers --> Search. Then for "Select Field", choose "referrer", then after "is", search for the name of each of your recruiters.

Of course, this could be gamed pretty easily, as someone could send you a bunch of BS names and email addresses just to win the contest. But regardless, this is probably the easiest DIY way to set up a simple opt-in based referral system.

Brandon thanks a lot man that is exactly what i was looking for spot on