Has anyone integrated jrox affiliate system with zencart?

Hi all, I was wondering if anyone had successfully integrated jrox's affiliate program with zencart.

If you did, does it work well? does jrox automatically enter in all your zencart products into your system or do you have to enter each one into jrox automatically?

how did you integrate jrox into zencart?

thanks in advance.

jroz integration is only that it tracks sales by affiliate,
you will need to decide if you will have the entire site or just individual products for affiliates,

if you choose individual products you will have to add them,

Hello,

JAM integrates easily with zencart. There is no need to import any products from zencart into JAM at all. JAM works by integrating into the backend payment processing of zencart and calculating commissions based on the zen cart payment subtotal.

You can integrate JAM using a custom override footer (v. 1.3+) or you can edit some of the zencart files to integrate JAM right into it.

Hope this helps.

jroxonline:

Hello,

JAM integrates easily with zencart. There is no need to import any products from zencart into JAM at all. JAM works by integrating into the backend payment processing of zencart and calculating commissions based on the zen cart payment subtotal.

You can integrate JAM using a custom override footer (v. 1.3+) or you can edit some of the zencart files to integrate JAM right into it.

Hope this helps.

ah, so it works off the subtotal. then does that mean there is no way to differentiate commission percentages based off of the different types of products? or is that a case where i have to enter in all the products to get that kind of differentiation?

You can create different product groups to assign different commissions to it, but it will only work if your customer clicks on the affiliate link assigned to that product.

You won't be able to customize each product in zencart to have a custom commission in JAM using only one affiliate link.

jroxonline:

You can create different product groups to assign different commissions to it, but it will only work if your customer clicks on the affiliate link assigned to that product.

You won't be able to customize each product in zencart to have a custom commission in JAM using only one affiliate link.

right. this is good info. so is it possible to set up different product categories in order to get different commissions to it and also have a default commission so if someone is referred to the site rather than a specific product, the affiliate will just get a default percentage/rate?

also, how are orders determined to be from which affiliate? is there a cookie process involved? if so, how long does the cookie last?

Yes, you can setup a default commission percentage, then have specific commissions to different products using different links.

the cookie time length is set by you and that is used to determine which affiliate referred the customer to you.

the cookie time length is set by you and that is used to determine which affiliate referred the customer to you.
Please elaborate how this is achieved.. TIA

When a customer clicks on an affiliate link, a cookie is set in their browser that will help associate that customer to the affiliate.

In JAM you can specify how long this cookie will last before it expires. For example, you can set it to last 1 day, 1 month, or 1 year.

For as long as that cookie is available on the customer's PC and hasn't expired, whenever that customer buys something from your store, the affiliate that referred that customer will get the credited commission.

Thanks for exact explanation/quick response..much appreciated

Hi, I've just adopted JAM and having read this thread I'm almost clear in my mind about how to do it, but can you clarify something for me.

There are two parts I can't quite pull together yet. Part of what was asked was

right. this is good info. so is it possible to set up different product categories in order to get different commissions to it and also have a default commission so if someone is referred to the site rather than a specific product,
and the answer was
Yes, you can setup a default commission percentage, then have specific commissions to different products using different links.

In your reply you mention 'different products' but the question indicated 'product categories'.

The reason I would love some clarification is simply, In a 'category' we could have many 'different products'.

By defining a JAM product as a Zen Cart category with say, 10 products, will all 10 products in that group log the commission rate associated to the category?

Likewise, if we then create another JAM product as a different Zen Cart category, with a different commision rate, will JAM process all of the products in that category at the different rate?

And finally ...

If the whole store has a 'base' commision rate assigned to it, will JAM process the 'base' commision rate, say if a client is initially directed to one of the higher rate categories but then buys from an 'uncommissioned' category?

Thanks

Kev Polley

Hello,

If you have 10 products in the same product category as JAM, then all those products will get the same commission payout.

If you create a different product category in JAM, and your affiliates promote that link, then when a customer buys something in that category, the commission will be paid according to that second product category's settings.

For your last question, JAM can only process the product category that was sent to it, so if a customer comes in from your higher /second product category link, and does not click on the base link, JAM will only process the commission payout for the second product category, not the base.

I am trying to integrate JAM. However without any success so far.

I put the JAM code in templates/MY CUSTOM/checkout_success/footer_tpl and filled in the lines in the system integration in JAM admin according to the instructions.

If I do a test order no commission is being generated. It seems that the code in the footer is not showing up at all in the source code of the checkout_success page. How could I make sure the JAM script will be running at checkout?

I have 1.3.0.2. Don´t know if it has anything to do with it, but I have made some minor changes to CUSTOM/templates/tpl_checkout_success_default to include order steps.

Please advise, thanks.

if you use the footer file that comes with jam there shouldnt be an issue

jroxonline:

When a customer clicks on an affiliate link, a cookie is set in their browser that will help associate that customer to the affiliate.

In JAM you can specify how long this cookie will last before it expires. For example, you can set it to last 1 day, 1 month, or 1 year.

For as long as that cookie is available on the customer's PC and hasn't expired, whenever that customer buys something from your store, the affiliate that referred that customer will get the credited commission.

What happens when the customer clears there cookies ?

I ´ve tried exactly the same file in my test store (1.3.5) and there it does work! Don´t know which file is causing the script of JAM not to run in my live site....

carol:

I ´ve tried exactly the same file in my test store (1.3.5) and there it does work! Don´t know which file is causing the script of JAM not to run in my live site....

First, did you check and make sure that the affiliate cookie is set? Do this:

1. Click on an affiliate link
2. Type in the following in your browser to see if it generates a test commission:

http://www.yourdomain.com/affiliates/sale.php?amount=24.95&trans_id=test

3. If that generates a commission, then it should be okay.
4. Run a test transaction, and after payment is made, view the HTML source of the page and see if the JAM code is embedded in the footer:

<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="http://www.yourdomain.com/affiliates/sale.php?amount=25.95&trans_id=id"></script>

johnny43:

What happens when the customer clears there cookies ?

If the customer clears the cookie, then no affiliate would get tracked.

You can, however, track by IP, if you want.

Does anyone know how to set up an annual fee for the affiliate programs? I want to have 3 levels, the first one being free, but the other 2 requiring an annual fee to sign up for. I have all the levels set up, but don't see how to charge for sign up.

Thanks!
Signs

signs:

Does anyone know how to set up an annual fee for the affiliate programs? I want to have 3 levels, the first one being free, but the other 2 requiring an annual fee to sign up for. I have all the levels set up, but don't see how to charge for sign up.

Thanks!
Signs

Hello,

Affiliate levels does not mean "level for the same affiliate".

This means that you can have a downline up to 3 levels. For example, an affiliate signs up for your program. He's considered Level 1. If he / she refers someone else and signs up for your program,, then he / she becomes part of Level 1 affiliate's downline, making here a Level 2 affiliate. Now, if Level 2 affiliate refers someone as well and signs up, they become a Level 3 affiliate.

For each level (also called tier), an affiliate can get commission depending on who is in their downline. For example, if Level 3 refers a customer and pays, his / her upline gets a commission based on your commission payout structure per level:

Level 1 Affiliate - 10% (if you set Level 3 payouts at 10%)

Level 2 Affiliate - 20% (if you set Level 2 payouts at 20%)

Level 3 Affiliate - 50% (if you set Level 1 payouts at 50%)

Hopefully this answers your question.