Question On Affiliate Scripts for ZEN CART

[sgallasch]

Hello, can anyone let me know if there is a good php affiliate script that works well with zen cart, and also uses pay pal?

thanks in advance...

[kobra]

The only one that is listed is HERE

[DrByte]

Or there's one on the Partners page here:
http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?ma...es&pages_id=27

[kobra]

Thanks DrByte as I missed thaqt one!!

[jammin320]

Please pardon my ignorance - but what does an affiliate script do?

[Website Rob]

Or there's one on the Partners page here:
http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?ma...es&pages_id=27

The link above shows the JROX Affiliate script which I can heartily recommend. The Free version allows for up to 50 Affiliates and by that time, you can afford to the bigger, better pay-for version.

[schoolboy]

Please pardon my ignorance - but what does an affiliate script do?

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Affiliate Marketing is the technique of getting other website owners to promote your webshop (and its products) in exchange for a referral commission. The idea is to get other websites to place little adverts for your website/products on their web pages. When someone clicks on these adverts, the affiliate management software records and tracks where the referral came from, and then if the visitor buys products from your site (as a result of this referral), then the owner of the referring website gets paid a commission on the value of the sale(s).

The software is "stand-alone" ... ie: it is not a "module" or "component" of zencart. It is installed separately on a server (does not have to be the same server as your zencart's server) and is then configured (in conjunction with your zenshop) to track the referral behaviour.

Affiliate Marketing is a very effective way of increasing traffic and sales, but you must be cautious - only have reputable websites as affiliate partners, don't errode your margins too much with high commissions, and manage your affiliate programme on a daily basis.

The sofware described elsewhere on this thread (jrox) is excellent and integrates very well with Zencart.

[jammin320]

Perfect, I feel much less ignorant now! Thanks!