Zen Cart has referral-tracking functionality built-in, using coupon codes. This can be ideal for tracking commissions for specific salespeople, crowdsourcing, campaign tracking, fundraising, etc.- a) create a coupon
- b) give that coupon code it to your friend/salesperson/campaign/fundraiser/etc
- c) they give it to their friend/mailinglist/fundraising-customer, who buys
- d) the coupon code is stored as the referral source and tied to that customer when they place their order
- Repeat steps a-c for the rest of your friends, and step d takes care of the rest.
- Turn the whole thing on via Admin->Configuration->Customer Details->Customers Referral Status = 1:
- Customers Referral Status
- Customers Referral Code is created from
- 0= Off
- 1= 1st Discount Coupon Code used
- 2= Customer can add during create account or edit if blank
- NOTE: Once the Customers Referral Code has been set it can only be changed in the Admin->Customers screen.
- Tracking the Results
- In the Admin->Reports menu there is a Customers Referral Tracking report which shows you the sales made to customers using those coupons.
- Related Topics:
- Affiliate tracking would probably be handled differently by engaging a third-party software tool, using a method similar to what is described in the following articles:
- How-do-i-add-affiliate-tracking-pixels-to-my-site?
- and
- Integrating-Sales-Analytics-and-Affiliates-Tools
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