Originally Posted by BigFurry

Let me chime in as an affiliate. I can second what John said.

I really dislike in-house affiliate software. I don't think I've seen one that gives me enough information, and ability to break down data multiple ways, like NATS. And those programs probably all think that they developed something really good. Well, maybe it's good for them, but not for the affiliates.

Mind you, this experience is more about paysites, we don't promote many CPA offers.

Also, I was not aware that NATS for Networks was an SaaS-only product. Now I'll be really glad to promote such programs, as that guarantees that those affiliate programs won't be able to shave or manipulate data.



PS. John, does NATS give affiliates the option of adding their own tracking parameters to the links?
What I had in mind is something like this:
join.xxx.com/track/MTQ1ODIuMzUuFQuDFDF4dfdAuMC4wLjA/?affilparam1=XXXXXXXXX

NATS would save that 'affilparam1' value, and if the visitor joins, I as an affiliate would see the parameter value in the member join data. I'd generate unique affilparam1 IDs for each of our visitors, so I can see later see which ones converted to sales. It'd help to judge our traffic sources, study the behavior of users that are buying, etc etc.