Referring Tips
Setting Up Referral Links
Important: To benefit from your referrals to our
site, you must do the following:
- You must be registered as an Affiliate
Partner.
- You must have received a unique Affiliate
Number.
(This number was sent to you via email when you signed
up as an affiliate.)
- You must set up specially-designed links
containing your unique Affiliate Number.
If you do not have a unique Affiliate Number,
then simply go back and sign-up for the
program.
Method 1.
Installing simple HREF links:
Use the following URL, replacing the words
"YourAffiliateNumber" with your actual unique Affiliate Number. Use
this URL as the hyperlink for any text or image. When someone visits our
site by clicking this link, the sytem will associate their visit and their
purchases with your Affiliate Number.
Here's the URL:
https://www.engineeringedu.com/cgi-bin/mcart/ares.cgi?ID=YourAffiliateNumber
Here's two examples of how to utilize the URL,
with the accompanying HTML code below each example:
Example 1: Click Here For
products
<a
href="https://www.engineeringedu.com/cgi-bin/mcart/ares.cgi?ID=YourAffiliateNumber">
Click
Here</a> For products |
Example 2: Great
products 
Great
products
<a
href="https://www.engineeringedu.com/cgi-bin/mcart/ares.cgi?ID=YourAffiliateNumber">
<img border="0" src="http://www.engineeringedu.com/images/elogo.gif"
align="top" width="43" height="47"></a> |
Method 2.
Sending links in email correspondence or
newsletters:
Include your referral link in email messages,
discussion list posts, and newsletters by pasting in the full URL, without
any HREF syntax.
| https://www.engineeringedu.com/cgi-bin/mcart/ares.cgi?ID=YourAffiliateNumber
|
Method 3.
Using a
Form POST
Utilize a form to refer visitors to our
site.
Just Great products
..
<form method="POST"
action="https://www.engineeringedu.com/cgi-bin/mcart/ares.cgi">
<input
type="hidden" name="ID"
value="YourAffiliateNumber">
<input type="image" src="http://www.engineeringedu.com/images/elogo.gif"
align="top" width=43 height=47 border=0 alt="Click here for great products">
</form> |
Technical Specifications
How does it work? The link triggers a cgi
program that logs a cookie for the visitor and then redirects them to the
store on my site. When the visitor makes a purchase, you will be
identified through their cookie, and you will receive credit for the
sale.
By default, all clickthrough visitors enter our
Store front. However, if you want your referrals to enter my site at some
location other than my Store font, let me know. This feature is handy for
affiliates who wish to promote specific products, or a particular prices
page.
The essential parts of affiliate referral links
are the following:
- Always use the URL
location:
https://www.engineeringedu.com/cgi-bin/mcart/ares.cgi
- Always POST or GET the variable ID with
YourAffiliateNumber:
GET: ?ID=YourAffiliateNumber
POST: name=ID
value=YourAffiliateNumber
Operating
Agreement
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by MerchantOrderForm.com,
MerchantPal.com
2001-2003
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