I think you are right about the database integration being <br>the key piece for one shopping cart. Perhaps that is a solution.<br><br>They do not have an API per se, but they do have some <br>advanced configuration scripts that disclose some of the
<br>hooks for passing affiliate data, and some of the html forms <br>are equally verbose.<br><br>I think you are right about the complexity of integration. <br>Most of my clients can barely understand an affiliate <br>program, much less administer one, but that doesn't mean
<br>they don't need the functionality, and therein lies the rub.<br><br>I have been working on my specs, though, and I will continue <br>to do so because the specifications for one project have an <br>interesting simplicity to them that I think will complement whatever
<br>wants to happen with the core affiliate module.<br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/19/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Jenny Hsueh</b> <<a href="mailto:lists@ondemand-network.com">lists@ondemand-network.com
</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Just about to say, in terms of ecommerce/affiliate user experience and
<br>functionality, 1shoppingcart will be the model that we would like to<br>see Drupal implementation to follow.<br><br>I wonder would it be more cost effective that we provide a bridge<br>between drupal and 1shoppingcart (or similar commercial services)?
<br>1shoppingcart services fee is quite reasonable with loads of features<br>and stable implementation. In fact, this is the ecommerce/affiliate<br>solution we would recommend to our clients, of course the downside is<br>
that currently there is no integration with drupal user accounts. I<br>think the way 1shopping cart works should work especially well if you<br>have a network/networks of related drupal sites, i.e. users can<br>purchase goods from different sites and you manage it from one place and
<br>be able to follow up intelligently, also with tiered affiliate<br>features, each site owner within the "networked" sites can set their<br>own commission rate for the products on different sites (although we
<br>have not tried out this scenario yet, but in theory it should work like<br>this).<br><br>A robust ecommerce and affiliate program seems pretty involved<br>especially in a networked multi-site environment. Personally we don't
<br>want to take the accountability for ecommerce software integration, a<br>bridged solution between Drupal to some stable commercial software will<br>be ideal.<br><br>Jenny<br><br>Alex Rollin wrote:<br><br>> Quick additions that come to mind are the following.
<br>><br>> I admit these are hefty. I do not understand how this would operate<br>> along with the ecommerce module, really, and I am prepared to be<br>> fliexible in case the integration is simply too complex. These pieces
<br>> are really here because the customers are looking to replace 1shopping<br>> cart so they can use the ecommerce database in addition to intergated<br>> mail functions, and these are the features they are looking at replacing.
<br>><br>> Multiple Affiliate Programs<br>> Ability to ban affiliate from one program, but admit to another program.<br>> Payouts in percentage and fixed dollar amount.<br>> Different payouts for the same product under different programs.
<br>> 2nd tier affiliate signup tracking. (New affiliates bringing in new<br>> affiliates)<br>> Different payouts on per product basis for 1st and 2nd tier affiliates.<br>><br>> A points system is really important. To enable additional currencies
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