<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><DIV>On May 18, 2006, at 5:29 PM, Alex Rollin wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">I believe I have 2 clients who might fund such a thing. I have one project now for which the requirements are not very different.<BR><BR>I look at 1shopping cart as the model in many ways. <BR><BR>I have not been involved yet in funding the development of a module. What steps would you recommend taking to see if others would be willing to add funding in to sweeten the pot? <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Let's start by getting a full scoping of the work. Are there any other requirements your clients want?</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Kieran</DIV><BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><BR>A<BR><BR><DIV><SPAN class="gmail_quote">On 5/18/06, <B class="gmail_sendername">Khalid B</B> <<A href="mailto:kb@2bits.com">kb@2bits.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;"> > Affiliate features<BR>> Track user by session -affiliate and user referral<BR>> Provide user with affiliate link - affiliate<BR>> New user account creation is linked to affiliate - user referral logs<BR>> activities but not specifically new users <BR>> Track affiliate initiated purchases - user referral tracks but not<BR>> specifically purchases<BR>> Track affiliate click throughs - affiliate, user referral<BR>> Admin interface to create affiliate links - affiliate <BR>> Admin interface for per affiliate activity -<BR>> Affiliates have Drupal user account to see log of their affiliate activity<BR>> -<BR>> Affiliates sessions allow automatic role_discount for ecomerce purchases - <BR>> Affiliates based links allow for affiliate theme to be presented -<BR><BR>There is also the invite module, which overlaps a bit with user referral.<BR><BR>Also, user referral integrates with adsense revenue sharing. <BR><BR>It would be nice if these all evolve into one "affiliateapi", and<BR>"userpointsapi",<BR>just like ecommerce has apis.<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>consulting mailing list <BR><A href="mailto:consulting@drupal.org">consulting@drupal.org</A><BR><A href="http://lists.drupal.org/mailman/listinfo/consulting">http://lists.drupal.org/mailman/listinfo/consulting</A><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><BR clear="all"> <BR>-- <BR>Alex Rollin<BR>alex (dot) rollin (at) gmail (dot) com<BR><A href="http://coera.us/alexrollin">http://coera.us/alexrollin</A><BR>skypeto.discursives<BR>415.676.1510.mobile<BR>410.531.0495.office<BR>8630M Guilford Road #215 <BR>Columbia MD, 21046<BR><a href='<A href="http://www.rapleaf.com/profile/show/dExCLmSV'">http://www.rapleaf.com/profile/show/dExCLmSV'</A>><br><img alt="alexrollin's Rapleaf Score" border="0" src=" <A href="http://www.rapleaf.com/sig/dExCLmSV.jpg">http://www.rapleaf.com/sig/dExCLmSV.jpg</A>" /><br></a><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">consulting mailing list</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="mailto:consulting@drupal.org">consulting@drupal.org</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://lists.drupal.org/mailman/listinfo/consulting">http://lists.drupal.org/mailman/listinfo/consulting</A></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>