Submitted by ronaldec7 on Tue, 10/30/2007 - 04:11.
I'm looking at a datafeed file with "buydirect" URL's. Are you saying make a redirect for each one. Another question is this. If I have site created by a program for datafeeds- a customer comes to my site a clicks my link. Aren't they just leaving my site to the parent site to end the process. How do you keep the look and style of your site though the process? I feel a little silly asking this question. The answer should be simple and right in front of me, but I'm not grasping the full picture here. Sorry.
I'm looking at a datafeed file with "buydirect" URL's.
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a customer comes to my site a clicks my link. Aren't they just leaving my site to the parent site to end the process.
Yes. That's the point. Your job is done. If they purchase anything from the merchant, you will earn a commission.
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How do you keep the look and style of your site though the process?
You would design your site to look like their's does, but you are not supposed to be transparent to the purchaser and the merchant may not want your site to be confused with their's.
Submitted by ronaldec7 on Tue, 11/06/2007 - 21:21.
What I was getting at was.
If a customer comtomer comes to my site which has a differant look than the parent site. Then clicks on the "buydirect" url link on my site. Isn't it a distraction if the customer is taken to the parent site payment url.
I would recommend routing them to your site first so you can track/log the visitor. It's also helpful if the merchant changes their link.
My recommendation would be to send them to your page first, and then redirect them with a 302 redirect.
Best,
Jeremy
I'm looking at a datafeed file with "buydirect" URL's. Are you saying make a redirect for each one. Another question is this. If I have site created by a program for datafeeds- a customer comes to my site a clicks my link. Aren't they just leaving my site to the parent site to end the process. How do you keep the look and style of your site though the process? I feel a little silly asking this question. The answer should be simple and right in front of me, but I'm not grasping the full picture here. Sorry.
These type of urls MAY NOT have your affiliate link in them. You will not earn a commission if they don't. You may have to modify them first.
Yes. That's the point. Your job is done. If they purchase anything from the merchant, you will earn a commission.
You would design your site to look like their's does, but you are not supposed to be transparent to the purchaser and the merchant may not want your site to be confused with their's.
What I was getting at was.
If a customer comtomer comes to my site which has a differant look than the parent site. Then clicks on the "buydirect" url link on my site. Isn't it a distraction if the customer is taken to the parent site payment url.
If your datafeed has 1,000's of products, do you have redirect for each product. How many redircts can you have on one web page?
You're not going to send them to the parent site's shopping cart. You are going to send them to the sales page for the product.