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Usually there is an iframe that drops a cookie on Expedia's (or whoever's) domain. The usual deal is the partner gets paid on any conversions within 30 days of
by ecopoesis 13y ago
Usually there is an iframe that drops a cookie on Expedia's (or whoever's) domain. The usual deal is the partner gets paid on any conversions within 30 days of dropping the cookie, with the newest affiliate winning, but there are also more complicated source attribution schemes out there.
- dangrossman 13y agoThat's not "usual" at all. That kind of cookie stuffing is banned by every major affiliate network. A couple people are in federal prison for doing it with the eBay affiliate program. http://www.businessinsider.com/ebay-the-fbi-shawn-hogan-and-brian-dunning-2013-4 http://www.businessinsider.com/ebay-the-fbi-shawn-hogan-and-...
- wcummings 13y agoCookies should only be dropped on an action/click/whatever, dropping attribution cookies on every visitor (and hoping they convert by chance) is fraud