DPC Prints Referral Program Question...

05/24/2005 04:36:57 PM · #1

Question, I just started experimenting with the DPC Prints 'referral program' and I noticed the following was recorded:

Order? Date Referred User To Page
YES 5 hours ago Guest / 209.90.*.* profile.php

Does that mean someone made a purchase after being referred by my link? now if that's the case, I am supposed to get 25% correct? how/where does one see the result? $$$ ???

05/24/2005 04:38:06 PM · #2

If it has a YES against the purchase column in the referral report, then yes, you have a sale.
Your Sales report should show that you're getting 75% rather than 50% of the profits.

See here for more on what a page of my referral report looks like

05/24/2005 04:38:49 PM · #3

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

05/24/2005 04:40:59 PM · #4

Originally posted by Kavey:

Your Sales report should show that you're getting 75% rather than 50% of the profits.

Or 25% if the sale wasn't actually one of your prints.

05/24/2005 04:43:10 PM · #5

Originally posted by mk:

Originally posted by Kavey:

Your Sales report should show that you're getting 75% rather than 50% of the profits.

Or 25% if the sale wasn't actually one of your prints.

Ah yes, indeed... good point... I have some of those too but I forget about them most of the time!

05/24/2005 04:45:27 PM · #6

I don't believe the sale was one of mine. And I found out about it via the referral report. That's why I am curious. Does it take several days to show?

Also, is there a reason it doesn't show "referring" URL?

Message edited by author 2005-05-24 17:21:53.

05/24/2005 04:47:34 PM · #7

Originally posted by theSaj:

I don't believe the sale was one of mine. And I found out about it via the referral report. That's why I am curious. Does it take several days to show?

No, it should show AT THE BOTTOM of your sales report page.

05/24/2005 04:49:51 PM · #8

There may not have been a referring URL - if the link you left somewhere was emailed on to someone, for example - but sometimes it doesn't seem to show URL even when the referral is definitely from a website... don't know why...

Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM

05/24/2005 04:56:37 PM · #9

Originally posted by Kavey:

Originally posted by theSaj:
I don't believe the sale was one of mine. And I found out about it via the referral report. That's why I am curious. Does it take several days to show?

No, it should show AT THE BOTTOM of your sales report page.

Does it take a while to show?

Message edited by author 2005-05-24 17:21:44.

cpanaioti

Canon EOS-40D

05/24/2005 04:58:36 PM · #10

Does anything show in your sales history? If you got a referral fee it will show there.

05/24/2005 04:58:43 PM · #11

Originally posted by theSaj:

Originally posted by Kavey:

Originally posted by theSaj:
I don't believe the sale was one of mine. And I found out about it via the referral report. That's why I am curious. Does it take several days to show?

No, it should show AT THE BOTTOM of your sales report page.

Does it take a while to show?

Mine didn't, they showed up as soon as the referral record did, or at least they did for the one that I knew was being ordered and could check in almost real time as the order was placed.
I don't know if that was normal or whether the system updates at regular intervals and one of those just happened to fall when my friend placed her order.
The rest I didn't notice until a few days later and by then they were included in my sales report.

PS, it's no biggie and i know this is your thread but... probably don't need to repeat your sig each time you post in it... but it's up to you. since we both posted in that sigs debate thread i'm trying harder not to shove my sig down anyone's throats or repeat it unecessarily.

Message edited by author 2005-05-24 16:59:11.

langdon

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

05/24/2005 05:07:26 PM · #12

Jason,

The referral money does show up in your account immediately, but unfortunately you referred another user of the site who purchased one of their own 5x7s from their personal store, which there is no profit for.

Hope that clears things up,
Langdon

05/24/2005 05:11:54 PM · #13

Originally posted by langdon:

Ooh. Hadn't thought of _that_ scenario!

rex

Canon PowerShot SD780

05/24/2005 05:14:51 PM · #14

I had one of those....25% of nothing is nothing

05/24/2005 05:21:36 PM · #15

Thanks langdon, that clears up the confusion. Makes total sense.

:)

Kavey, I try....it's just that DPC makes the signature "sticky". So if I checked it the last post. It's there this post. If I uncheck it. And forget it. It won't be in my next post.

I wish I could just have it be defaulted to on or off. And then check it as I please for individual posts.