Your Opinion About Affiliate Cookie Hardcoding

jrsencio · 12-11-2008, 03:53 PM

Hi Guys!

Was wondering what your opinions where about cookie hardcoding.

What this means is, the FIRST COOKIE always wins the sale, regardless if the potential buyer got convinced to buy on another site that he browsed later, and regardless if he wants to buy from a specific site which offers bonuses he is interested in.

I think this may have some advantages, but this is going to favor marketers who already have a list to simply mail to.

As I understand it, upon receiving the email, the prospects click the URL and get cookied and hardcoded. Now, the next normal thing for the email recipient to do is go to a search engine and research the product more to get more info, find reviews and bonuses.

So if you have a good review or a good bonus, it wouldn't matter... if your review convinced that person to buy the product, the person who gets the credit is the marketer who's list the buyer is subscribed to, the same person who sent out the email that first got the buyer cookied.

Any thoughts?

RevenueRabbi · 12-11-2008, 04:09 PM

thinking... if one always purchased their own domain and the forwarded teh buyer to their affiliate link, i'd think that would help guarantee that the cookie stayed yours....?

12-11-2008, 03:53 PM	#1
jrsencio HyperActive Warrior Join Date: May 2007 Location: Silicon Valley Posts: 272 Thanks: 4 Thanked 17 Times in 15 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Your Opinion About Affiliate Cookie Hardcoding Hi Guys! Was wondering what your opinions where about cookie hardcoding. What this means is, the FIRST COOKIE always wins the sale, regardless if the potential buyer got convinced to buy on another site that he browsed later, and regardless if he wants to buy from a specific site which offers bonuses he is interested in. I think this may have some advantages, but this is going to favor marketers who already have a list to simply mail to. As I understand it, upon receiving the email, the prospects click the URL and get cookied and hardcoded. Now, the next normal thing for the email recipient to do is go to a search engine and research the product more to get more info, find reviews and bonuses. So if you have a good review or a good bonus, it wouldn't matter... if your review convinced that person to buy the product, the person who gets the credit is the marketer who's list the buyer is subscribed to, the same person who sent out the email that first got the buyer cookied. Any thoughts?
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12-11-2008, 04:09 PM	#2
RevenueRabbi Business Strategy Expert Join Date: May 2006 Location: Award Winning Entrepreneur Posts: 1,672 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 592 Thanked 56 Times in 42 Posts Social Networking	Re: Your Opinion About Affiliate Cookie Hardcoding thinking... if one always purchased their own domain and the forwarded teh buyer to their affiliate link, i'd think that would help guarantee that the cookie stayed yours....?
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