As an affiliate, how do you know if a sale is made? — Checklist

soup_sam

I want to start doing affiliate marketing on a blog. Now I have someone who wants to advertise who has contacted me. How do I know if he has made a sale to a user who came through my website? Is this only possible to track using a third party in order to know he isn't lying? If so, what platforms are available for this kind of "indpendent" affiliate marketing? i.e I don't need the matchmaking service, just the tracking service. the blog is...

Originally asked by fiftyeight on Stack Exchange (webmasters) (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

Offer a substantial kickback to customers who are referred through your site. Your advertiser sends you the money and customer names of the sales. Anyone who comes to you for their kickback that the advertiser didn't tell you about, tough luck.

Full answer by ddyer: https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/a/35232 (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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