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Mike Doughty
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November 11, 2018 at 1:14 am
Hi,
We are using EE4 and Infusionsoft Integration.
Is there any way to utilise the Infusionsoft Affiliate system through the Infusionsoft Integration?
I’d imagine that would entail capturing the affiliate code on the first event registration page where you select the quantity ticket, and then pass from page to page and submit with the payment order, which uses the Infusionsoft Merchant processing.
Thanks, Mike
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Josh
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November 12, 2018 at 12:03 pm
Hi Mike,
Yes. If you already have Affiliates set up in the IS account, then you get the Affiliate ID or name. Then, the documentation has a brief rundown about how to add a parameter to the URL:
e.g.
https://yoursite.com/?ref=Mike
or
https://yoursite.com/?affiliate=1234
Then, the EE4 Infusionsoft add-on will set a cookie based on the affiliate ID included with the URL. The cookie will be used to help track any activity by that user thereafter, to ensure the affiliate gets credit for the referral.
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Mike Doughty
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November 13, 2018 at 12:58 am
Hi Josh,
Thanks. Can I ask what apps are required?
Do you need WPAffiliate if you are going to use Infusionsoft Affiliate functionality?
I had a thread about this previously
https://eventespresso.com/topic/affiliate-functionality/
Thanks, Mike
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Josh
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November 13, 2018 at 9:46 am
Can I ask what apps are required?
The EE4 Infusionsoft add-on.
Do you need WPAffiliate if you are going to use Infusionsoft Affiliate functionality?
You do not.
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Mike Doughty
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November 13, 2018 at 1:34 pm
Hi Josh,
Ok, so this is because IS Affiliate is using Cookies, right?
As the situation is the affiliate will send them to the sales page wwww.website.co.nz/?ref=mike
Then on that sales page will be a button to register which takes them to the registration page, which is setup on a subdomain and separate wordpress install (this is where EE4 lives).
events.website.co.nz
When the person registers here, the affiliate information will be captured by EE through the registration process and passed through to Infusiosnoft.
Is that correct?
And no other apps are required except the EE IS Addon that is already been used.
Am I correct with this?
Thanks, Mike
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Josh
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November 15, 2018 at 1:00 pm
When the person registers here, the affiliate information will be captured by EE through the registration process and passed through to Infusiosnoft.
Not exactly, the affiliate information is captured in Infusionsoft. When you add the affiliate param to the website URL, the EE4 Infusionsoft add-on stores the affiliate id as a cookie, and the cookie is used to track any registration activity to allow giving the affiliate credit for that referral.
And no other apps are required except the EE IS Addon that is already been used.
Yes that’s correct.
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Mike Doughty
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November 15, 2018 at 3:10 pm
Hi Josh,
Ok, thanks. I’m just going to test it, as the thing I’m not sure of is when you go the website wwww.website.co.nz/?ref=mike and then you click a button on that sales page to go to the subdomain URL events.website.co.nz to register, which is a separate WordPress install, if it will capture the affiliate information.
Thanks, Mike
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Josh
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November 15, 2018 at 3:21 pm
It will not. The ?ref=mike needs to be on a URL of the site that has WP, EE, and the Infusionsoft add-on installed.
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Mike Doughty
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November 15, 2018 at 3:27 pm
Hi Josh,
is there any work around or would using WPAffiliate and the WPaffiliate EE addon resolve that issue?
Thanks, Mike
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Josh
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November 16, 2018 at 8:20 am
Hi Mike,
I don’t think so because they’re two separate sites. Even if you put WPAffiliate on both sites, they’re still separate sites so a cookie for one site won’t apply to the other site.
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benjamin b
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November 17, 2018 at 3:36 pm
In my AffiliateWP settings I can enable this, it might be of interest:
Cookie Sharing – Share tracking cookies with sub-domains in a multisite install. When enabled, tracking cookies created on domain.com will also be available on sub.domain.com. Note: this only applies to WordPress Multisite installs.
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Mike Doughty
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November 19, 2018 at 12:31 am
Thanks Bejamin!
I’ve setup AffiliateWP plugin and it has free addon for External links, which you setup on the sale page wp install, and it pulls through the affiliate id in the url when the person clicks a CTA button to go through to the event wp site.
Josh: My question is what does the AffiliateWP EE Add-on do?
Thanks, Mike
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Josh
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November 19, 2018 at 12:39 pm
Hi Mike,
The documentation explains what it does:
https://eventespresso.com/wiki/affiliatewp-add-on/
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