Hello,

I am trying to setup a system that guarantees commission for our real estate agents when selling through PayPal.com. We already have their name on the PayPal pay page, but what we're needing is a way to track each purchase coming from links and ads.... In short:

We need a bulletproof way to track a customers purchase depending on the link they followed from a SERP or Ad or link. Basically what we don't want to happen is the customer clicks "mydomain.com/ryan.html" which was a paid link by Ryan, but then surfs around the site and eventually goes back to mydomain.com to make a purchase. Ryan isn't getting any commission from that sale because its no longer coming from his section, the company and owners are getting the commish. Thats our problem. Perhaps some scripting could be added to denote everything done on mydomain.com is credited to Ryan's paid link?

Or maybe, ss there a PayPal feature that makes this process easier, as in giving the customer a drop-down of names to refer?

I could be wrong but I don't believe this is possoble with paypal .... sounds like you need an affiliate tracking system so each agent can advertise their own links and make commissions off any sales generated or am I missing something?

Here's a list Affiliate Software/Programs supported by PayPal.

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One of those should have everything you need.

Yeah, you are going to need an affiliate tracker of some sort. Paypal will only really provide you with information on the buyer; who made the purchase, where they are located, and when the purchase was made. If you want to figure out what links and through which person a buyer made the purchase, that is where affiliate trackers come into play.

Hello Everyone,

Affiliate software often uses cookies to track visitors. This requires the user to turn his cookie on. When off or when the visitor clears his cookies, tracking stops.

I hope this helps.