qiqi
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So, I was wondering what would it take to build a very basic affiliate tracker?
Based on my limited exposure:
The fancy stuff:
Really fancy stuff:
Of course, performance under heavy loads, etc. would also be needed eventually but am I missing anything glaringly obvious in terms of basic functionality?
EDIT
Turns out there's ClickerVolt! Courtesy of @JackySan
ClickerVolt's WordPress plugin page and more importantly their code looks like an amazing resource to learn about the technical side of
Based on my limited exposure:
- Campaign link creation/redirection
- Parsing postback data (extract revenue and campaign id)
- Extracting metrics from server logs (IP lookups, OS, Browser, etc.)
- Graphing and analysis tools for the data extracted
The fancy stuff:
- Balancing link redirection
- Automated optimization (rule-based)
- Integration with various third-party APIs
Really fancy stuff:
- AI/Machine learning for campaign optimization
- Landing page creator and automated A/B testing
- Make coffee during negative ROI and serve beer when you hit positive ROI
Of course, performance under heavy loads, etc. would also be needed eventually but am I missing anything glaringly obvious in terms of basic functionality?
EDIT
Turns out there's ClickerVolt! Courtesy of @JackySan
ClickerVolt's WordPress plugin page and more importantly their code looks like an amazing resource to learn about the technical side of
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