By smoothify on
Hello
I need a module to handle outgoing affiliate links for multiple networks and sites.
Initially I only really need it as an API style module, i will call a function and pass in the original url and it will return a cloaked affiliate url. At a later date, we could add more functionality such as input format filtering, field formatters and launch on Drupal.org.
What it needs to do:
- There needs to be an affiliate provider system in place that lets the site owner add affiliate accounts for different websites and networks. Each provider account will have the affiliate id set and a list of urls/domains where this affiliate link will apply.
- When a url is passed in, it needs to pattern match against all the affiliate providers active on the site. If the url matches one of the providers, then the link is converted into an affiliate link and cached in the database for later calls. (If the url has no valid affiliate pattern it is just left as it is.)
- Then an optional cloaking/redirect layer is applied, that allows this affiliate url to be reached via a url on our own domain e.g. example.com/go/amazon.com/3425345. This should also have click count tracking (this part is similar to the gotwo module)
If you are interested in completing this module, please contact me with examples of your work, and an idea of the costs involved for this module.
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Have you checked out the
Have you checked out the skimlinks.com service and the drupal module that i made to go with it. Removes the hassle of managing many affiliate networks every month as they change.
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@budda - No, I wasn't aware
@budda - No, I wasn't aware of that service - seems like a slick one.
For my case, as i'm signed up to some specific affiliate networks I think custom is the way to go, and now i've found a developer who is working on this as we speak.
This will be made into a drupal.org contributed project, so eventually may offer a sites an additional option suitable if they are already member of several affiliate networks.
Hi, interested in this
Hi, interested in this also..may be through feeds tamper?
Edit My be Feeds Tamper or Custom Formatters. See my issues there also.
greetings, Martijn
@smoothify : Have you found a
@smoothify : Have you found a solution?
affiliates
Hi,
I needed to know what purpose does this tracking help.
Tamanna.