NATS and shopping carts? - GoFuckYourself.com

DWB · 02-13-2006, 08:10 PM

Can I use NATS to track affiliate sales through either of the following shopping carts, for affiliates to get paid on DVD sales?

* OS Commerce
* X Cart

If not, what cart?

Thanks,
DWB

sextoyking · 02-13-2006, 08:22 PM

Good question Dwb, I would like to know that myself, and also see it in action if already used on a site / store with a cart.

Nathan · 02-14-2006, 01:13 AM

Yes you can.

The system works a bit different then normally though, meaning it would not handle the billers directly but instead the shop would do special postbacks to the NATS installation in order to tell it that there was a sale, or a return and so on.

I do not know myself from the top of my head who exactly uses it right now though, so its hard for me to show an example.

NATS has 2 open standards in terms of pushing in sale information on top of the standard biller sources. One of them is specifically made for shops, a system to let you push in "any price" sales optionally also with buyer information so NATS can track how much each buyer is buying over time.

The second one is a full XML SOAP interface to manage all standard transactions from any external source (initial, conversion/rebill, credit, chargeback, member cancelation). FYI, the XML SOAP interface can only credit or chargeback sales that were previously pushed in through the same interface via initial or conversion/rebill.

Hope this helps, for more detailed information please contact us directly.

sextoyking · 02-14-2006, 03:53 PM

Hi Nathan,

Thanks for the response.

What's your email / icq

Thanks

Todd

02-13-2006, 08:10 PM	#1
DWB Registered User Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Encrypted. Access denied. Posts: 31,779	NATS and shopping carts? Can I use NATS to track affiliate sales through either of the following shopping carts, for affiliates to get paid on DVD sales? * OS Commerce * X Cart If not, what cart? Thanks, DWB

02-13-2006, 08:22 PM	#2
sextoyking Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Portland, OR. Posts: 6,034	Good question Dwb, I would like to know that myself, and also see it in action if already used on a site / store with a cart. __________________ ICQ: 52344098 -------------------------------------- 50% Commissions on all Product Sales. http://www.wishing.com/money

02-14-2006, 01:13 AM	#3
Nathan Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,108	Yes you can. The system works a bit different then normally though, meaning it would not handle the billers directly but instead the shop would do special postbacks to the NATS installation in order to tell it that there was a sale, or a return and so on. I do not know myself from the top of my head who exactly uses it right now though, so its hard for me to show an example. NATS has 2 open standards in terms of pushing in sale information on top of the standard biller sources. One of them is specifically made for shops, a system to let you push in "any price" sales optionally also with buyer information so NATS can track how much each buyer is buying over time. The second one is a full XML SOAP interface to manage all standard transactions from any external source (initial, conversion/rebill, credit, chargeback, member cancelation). FYI, the XML SOAP interface can only credit or chargeback sales that were previously pushed in through the same interface via initial or conversion/rebill. Hope this helps, for more detailed information please contact us directly. __________________ "Think about it a little more and you'll agree with me, because you're smart and I'm right." - Charlie Munger

02-14-2006, 03:53 PM	#4
sextoyking Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Portland, OR. Posts: 6,034	Hi Nathan, Thanks for the response. What's your email / icq Thanks Todd __________________ ICQ: 52344098 -------------------------------------- 50% Commissions on all Product Sales. http://www.wishing.com/money