Shawn Collins's Blog

One of the recurring concerns I see from affiliates (and have myself) is that tracking isn’t working properly when I am sending traffic through affiliate links.
Sometimes technology breaks, and there isn’t anything an affiliate manager can do about that. But the way they react tells me whether they run a top flight affiliate program.
So it was refreshing to get emails from the Charming Shoppes Affiliate Team about some tracking issues yesterday.
They informed affiliates that they performed a system upgrade, which temporarily affected their ability to track return days.
And the Charming Shoppes Affiliate Team explained…
In our experience, about 34% of affiliate sales happen within 30 days of the customer’s initial referral and by visiting ou...