Same question. I currently run Prosper202 but it seems too limited in some ways and support is abysmal. (I understand it's free, so I don't expect much. But then again, it's also a marketing tool for their premium services, so it should deserve some attention)
My site luckily ranks well in organic search. So yes, this is a "site", not just a landing page. Several pages are dedicated to certain keywords. I promote some of them by PPC. Throughout the site, I promote 4-5 offers and users often buy more than one.
So far I've worked with "Advanced Landing Page" which allows me to put multiple offers on a page. But
here's the biggest problem:
"paste your javascript ... in your landing page (this should only be on the first page the visitor lands on, not in ... any other location that might hit the javascript more than once unintentionally)."
My users could come in through any of the pages and typically browse around a few pages before clicking on an offer. If I put the JS on only the homepage, it might not be triggered at all and if it does, then with the wrong referrer (another of my pages). If I put the JS on every page it'll trigger multiple times and overwrite previously assigned subIDs. And they have
problems with correctly tracking multiple purchases:
So I'm looking for a better solution. It must do most of the things Prosper does, but also:
- track users across multiple pages and still associate them correctly with the ad or search they came in from and the offer(s) they clicked out to.
- allow multiple purchases from one user, e.g. user could click out to an offer, then come back and click on a 2nd or 3rd offer on another page or the same page. Track revenue for each conversion.
- work with organic traffic, not just PPC. If users come in from search, I want to know what search engine and what search term they used to find me. If they come from links on another site, I want to know who referred them. Be able to break these out in revenue reports.
- let me remove previously converted SubIDs. Vendor "scrubs" happen, sometimes more than a month later. I need to be able to correct my own stats accordingly.
- allow split testing of offer links. Sometimes, I link to a vendor's home page, sometimes directly to their sign-up page. Both promote the same offer, but I want to know which link converts better.
- top reliable with tracking, cloaking etc. No downtimes, hung-up redirects, missed clicks, over-reported clicks (crawlers) etc.
- allow self-hosting. I feel a bit squeamish about having all my business data running through someone else's hands.
- no slow-down with growing database and allow me to wipe all accumulated click and conversion data older than x months to keep things lean.
- some kind of Amazon support. They don't work with subIDs, but they have up to 1000 (if you ask for it) "Tracking IDs".
- The more automatic integration with ad and affiliate networks, the better.
- MUST HAVE SUPPORT that doesn't reply only a month later or not at all.
I saw the vague reference about some future products above. Is there more to it? Also saw
this, but it got blasted here in the forum, so I won't bother. Anything else that's available now?
