Affiliate Reporting - Stuck in The 90’s?
Affiliate networks are so far behind in technology it isn’t even funny. Specifically I’d like to see some improvements to their reporting systems.
- Web Services access to reporting data. Currently, CJ will export reports for you and upload them to FTP or allow you to download them. Its a waste of bandwidth when you are getting more than you need. Web services would allow getting the right reporting data at the right time. End-users can then build their own customized reporting systems.
- Ability to filter (not just sort) reports by sub-id (SID in CJ, u1 in LinkShare)
- LinkShare - Ability to select date range of reports by Transaction Date or Process Date (like in CJ). The data is present, there is no reason for this option not be implemented.
- LinkShare - A RSS feed or easier way (could easily be a Web Service call) to access which Merchants have paid for the month. Or be more like CJ and just take payments ahead of time.
I don’t think I’m asking too much here.
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