[consulting] Affiliate module requirements

[Khalid B]

> Affiliate features
> Track user by session  -affiliate and user referral
> Provide user with affiliate link  - affiliate
> New user account creation is linked to affiliate  - user referral logs
> activities but not specifically new users
> Track affiliate initiated purchases - user referral tracks but not
> specifically purchases
> Track affiliate click throughs - affiliate, user referral
> Admin interface to create affiliate links - affiliate
> Admin interface for per affiliate activity -
> Affiliates have Drupal user account to see log of their affiliate activity
> -
> Affiliates sessions allow automatic role_discount for ecomerce purchases -
> Affiliates based links allow for affiliate theme to be presented -

There is also the invite module, which overlaps a bit with user referral.

Also, user referral integrates with adsense revenue sharing.

It would be nice if these all evolve into  one "affiliateapi", and
"userpointsapi",
just like ecommerce has apis.