Thanks for the time my friend!

What do you mean by "my link to WA"? What link are we talking about?

My affiliate link.

If you copy any post on WA, your affiliate ID is linked at the end and you will be credited the commissions as well. Cool beans?
Kind Regards,
Nurse Becca

Literally speaking, if somebody follows your WA affiliate link, won't be added to any email list ... If the visitor becomes a WA member, then will be added to the WA email list as the email address is submitted at registration.

And that has nothing to do with your personal email list. WA doesn't provide autoresponder services. This is why you need an email marketing service like AWeber, to create your own list(s).

I just read some general information the other day -- it depends on how long WA allow a cookie to age, right? So, for example, if someone clicked my affiliate link today, but yesterday they had clicked smartketeer's, I think he would get the credit for commissions because his cookie would be active and still take precedence. No commission for me.

I don't know how long WA allows their cookies to age.

I could also be completely out in left field on this, but I'm pretty sure it's true for other affiliate programs, having explored a few (related to my niche) recently.

Interesting! Sounds like fun research

So is there a way for me to add this person to my list before they go to WA?

Actually, is not just about the cookie lifetime Marc ...

There are two posssible strategies ... The first click and the last click model. In the first case, the first cookie will be validated regardless of any new visitors. In the second scenario the last "sender" is the winner. Unfortunatelly, I don't know which model is used at WA ...

Ok, guess I'll have to ask then.

No. That's the point. A new WA member is automatically added to the WA email list but is NOT added to any individual member list. Is his/her choice if he/she will join or not to your email list (assuming that you have an email capture system in place and assuming that he/she will visit your site). Don't forget, your WA affiliate link will bring them to the WA site not to your site ....

Ok. That was my concern. So I may have new signups who are not necessarily on my email list?

I think it's a first click model based on some comments people wondering about why someone else they referred, got assigned for commissions to someone else.

Exactly.

No! We are talking about two different things here ... Saying that "they referred" it means that they already got the affiliate (regardless of assigning model) ... The wrongly delivered commission is a different, separate problem. It means that the affiliate is displayed as my affiliate but the commission is going to someone else ...

Okay. I am saying that they think the new member went in through them, but they didn't get the credit or commission. I am guessing the member who did get the commission CORRECTLY got it due to a first click model and/or age of cookie.

this is all speculative, as I don't know; were I trying to recruit WA members, I would want to know precisely.!

The key term here: "they THINK the new member went in through them" ... If it's true, I can see the newcomer under My Referrals and I should receive the commission ... Otherwise, I only THINK that I successfully referred a new person, but actually, I haven't ... And that could happen for various reasons: broken referral link, last click model, cookie life, system error, etc.

And yes, I agree, it would be cool to know which model is used at WA and what is the standard cookie life (which could be a factor when the first click model is used).

I have looked into this a little inadvertently but the question of cookies remains. I think Jay might know, if not then Carson for sure. I was blocked by accident so I essentially referred myself. I did get some kind of credit and 8 dollars or something. I assume it is a first click because the link I used was over 6 months old. And my real account got the credit for my back door whiney American Naughty Nurse account.

I have often wondered about referrals if you didn't want the online life anymore, then who would get the credit for prior referrals or future referrals from a blog linked to an old account. I do not want to think on this too much to give myself a headache, lol... But it is eluding to more curiosity. I am sure my brain will have to research this more later.

Thanks Nurse Becca, that's very interesting info. It seems to me there should be an age on these cookies earlier than 6 months! I can understand a month or two of aging...

ah now i see what you mean Zed. If the new person doesn't land in my referrals, they didn't get it, no matter what they thought.

You're Quite Welcome. My brain cookies are pushing forty years and I for the life of me can't understand the details of how it would work. Especially the abandoned accounts. I need to stop puzzling it because the reason it doesn't make full sense is that I do not know the specific set up here.

Maybe Kyle has a video about it.

If we 3 are curious there are probably others who would wonder about the cookie business. And Kyle wears an apron in the video baking chocolate chip. If he does a video based on my idea maybe he will send me a real box of cookies. ☺💝

I get this. My question though is more about building that email list. When the referred person signs up, whose email list does he go to?

I am not sure. I think it is internal (the provate email here is not connnected unless you compile the email list by plugin or other means.

I know for a fact there are others who are curious but it may also be true that WA won't release this information because they don't want their competitors knowing their in-house methods.

If and when I look into selling WA, I'd dig into it more. By all means, if you are selling WA, I'm happy to find out what you elicit :)

Cookies can be set manually Marc. It can be anything between a few hours and never expiring lifetime cookies ...

I thought so. If I had a bunch of cookies I wiuld bring you and especially Jay some. I keep telling him ill show up in the middle of his webinar knocking at the door with cookies lol. He would probably have me arrested

Once again, thank you for the time Ingrid!

Thanks my friend!

Glad to hear that my friends!

Thanks for the time!