Zen Cart has referral-tracking functionality built-in, using coupon codes. This can be ideal for tracking commissions for specific salespeople, crowdsourcing, campaign tracking, fundraising, etc.
a) create a coupon
b) give that coupon code it to your friend/salesperson/campaign/fundraiser/etc
c) they give it to their friend/mailinglist/fundraising-customer, who buys
d) the coupon code is stored as the referral source and tied to that customer when they place their order
Repeat steps a-c for the rest of your friends, and step d takes care of the rest.
Turn the whole thing on via Admin->Configuration->Customer Details->Customers Referral Status = 1:
Customers Referral Status
Customers Referral Code is created from
0= Off
1= 1st Discount Coupon Code used
2= Customer can add during create account or edit if blank
NOTE: Once the Customers Referral Code has been set it can only be changed in the Admin->Customers screen.
Tracking the Results
In the Admin->Reports menu there is a Customers Referral Tracking report which shows you the sales made to customers using those coupons.
Related Topics:
Affiliate tracking would probably be handled differently by engaging a third-party software tool, using a method similar to what is described in the following articles:
How-do-i-add-affiliate-tracking-pixels-to-my-site?
and
Integrating-Sales-Analytics-and-Affiliates-Tools
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