Screen: ShopSite > Merchandising > Associates > Add an Associate

Add an Associate

Use this screen to add an associate and define the related fields.

Name
Enter a descriptive name for the associate. This may be an individual, but is more likely a Web site.
E-Mail
This is the associate's e-mail address. The associate receives e-mail every time a customer that they send to your store makes a purchase.
Commission
Enter the amount the associate should be paid for every order that came from their referral.
  • Check percentage (%) and set a value to have the commission calculated as a percentage of the order subtotal.
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  • Check currency and set an amount to have the Commission calculated as a flat rate per sale.
Store Page
Customers will click on a link in the associate's site to arrive at your store. You can have them arrive at the main page of your store, or at any other page. Enter the URL of the page in your store that you want customers to see when they come from this associate's site. The URL should be of the form:

http://www.mystore.com/products.html

Create Link to Store
Click this button after filling in the above information. ShopSite will display the Edit Associate Information screen, which includes the URL that the associate should use to link to your store. The link will look something like this:

<a href="http://mystore.com/cgi-bin/ss/ref.cgi ?name=Associate-Name&storeid=Mystore-id"> [Your link text or graphic goes here]</a>

Select and copy the complete link and give it to the associate. You or the associate should replace the bracketed area [Your link text or graphic goes here] with your own banner image or the text you want displayed on the associate site for the customer to click. The associate then pastes this HTML code in their site. When a customer clicks on the link, they arrive at your store at the URL you specified in the Store Page field above.


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February 6, 2002
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