Setting Up Referral Links

Important: To benefit from your referrals to our site, you must do the following: 

• You must be registered as an Affiliate Partner.
• You must have received a unique Affiliate Number. 
  (This number was sent to you via email when you signed up as an affiliate.)
• You must set up specially-designed links containing your unique Affiliate Number.

If you do not have a unique Affiliate Number, then simply go back and sign-up for the program.

Method 1.
Installing simple HREF links:

Use the following URL, replacing the words "YourAffiliateNumber" with your actual unique Affiliate Number. Use this URL as the hyperlink for any text or image. When someone visits our site by clicking this link, the sytem will associate their visit and their purchases with your Affiliate Number.

Here's the URL:
https://www.merchantpal.com/cgi-bin/mcart/ares.cgi?ID=YourAffiliateNumber

Here's two examples of how to utilize the URL, with the accompanying HTML code below each example:

Example 1: Click Here For products  

Example 2: Great products

Method 2.
Sending links in email correspondence or newsletters:

Include your referral link in email messages, discussion list posts, and newsletters by pasting in the full URL, without any HREF syntax.

Method 3.
Using a Form POST

Utilize a form to refer visitors to our site.  

Just Great products ..
   

Technical Specifications

How does it work? The link triggers a cgi program that logs a cookie for the visitor and then redirects them to the store on my site. When the visitor makes a purchase, you will be identified through their cookie, and you will receive credit for the sale.

By default, all clickthrough visitors enter our Store front. However, if you want your referrals to enter my site at some location other than my Store font, let me know. This feature is handy for affiliates who wish to promote specific products, or a particular prices page.

The essential parts of affiliate referral links are the following:

1. Always use the URL location:
   https://www.merchantpal.com/cgi-bin/mcart/ares.cgi
     
2. Always POST or GET the variable ID with YourAffiliateNumber:
   GET: ?ID=YourAffiliateNumber
   POST: name=ID value=YourAffiliateNumber
      

To initiate an Email exchange with me you will need to send your first message from the Online Support and Information Center @ MerchantPal.NET. That area is primarily used for the MOFcart product support, but I only accept a first mail contact from that area: Click Here to Go To The Email Me Area