Let me start with this is not an Amazon issue. I’ve had some problems with 3 ShareAsale link sales (that I know about) not being credited to me. I’ve opened tickets
Is it worth doing business with ShareAsale if they do not respond for the companies in their network?
I get what your saying. My niche affiliate companies are mostly with ShareAsale so that’s not really an option. I think somehow the companies are accountable not ShareASale, at least that’s there position. I’m specifically having trouble getting one company to do the right thing by me. I’m wondering what our rights are as affiliates.
Ok, I wish you the best. Make sure to share how you resolve the issue since it can be useful to others going through similar situations. Thanks.
I'm with Awin, the company which bought ShareASale about 2 years ago. I'm jumping in here to tell you that like Awin.com, ShareASale does have a team which can help with issues like this. I'm going to work with SydneyMac to get this resolved. For anyone else, I'm also glad to help if you have any questions or issues with ShareASale or Awin - it's my pleasure to do so.
I have no experience with either company, but currently looking for opportunities. I will consider both on my search. Just wanted to now if this is a consistent issue or just an error. Thank you for the feedback Jeannine.
No, this is not a consistent issues. ShareASale tracked hundreds of millions of transactions on thousands of merchants for a hundred thousand publishers last year. They couldn't have stayed in business if this was ever an issue. Sometimes some things happen, like perhaps the consumer clicked the merchant link prior to clicking the affiliate link, which the blogger would never know. That often happens when friends or family are the shoppers.
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Have any of you experienced non-credit by an affiliate?
Let me start with this is not an Amazon issue. I’ve had some problems with 3 ShareAsale link sales (that I know about) not being credited to me. I’ve opened tickets
I'm with Awin, the company that bought ShareASale two years ago. I'd be glad to help you with these.
Sometimes you won't get credit for a sale because you were not the last cookie or there was a pre-existing cookie with the merchant. It's not common for a publisher to know when sales existed, so I'm guessing either you or a friend/family member made the purchases. If they visited the merchant site before clicking through on their link, then there was an existing cookie which would not be overwritten by your affiliate link. Could that have been the case?
If you want to message me the details of your issues, I'll be glad to follow up with our ShareASale team to help resolve this.
Thanks Jeannine. I’m not sure about the cookies. One sale was from a social media follower and I’m pretty sure she only went through the links on my website. The other was a friend who did the same. It’s possible that they may have clicked different links on my site.
I’d be interested in knowing if linking to the merchant home page (via my site) and then linking through my “monthly specials “ link would cause this problem.
The problem right now is with the merchant who has finally acknowledged the problem, promised to rectify and still nothing. I don’t want to get in a fight with them and want to keep them as an affiliate so I’m stuck.
If you’d like me to send you my email chain I can.
Sydney
Yes, do send me the thread and I can look into it for you. Just message me and I will give you my email address.
Is it worth doing business with ShareAsale if they do not respond for the companies in their network?
I get what your saying. My niche affiliate companies are mostly with ShareAsale so that’s not really an option. I think somehow the companies are accountable not ShareASale, at least that’s there position. I’m specifically having trouble getting one company to do the right thing by me. I’m wondering what our rights are as affiliates.
Ok, I wish you the best. Make sure to share how you resolve the issue since it can be useful to others going through similar situations. Thanks.
I'm with Awin, the company which bought ShareASale about 2 years ago. I'm jumping in here to tell you that like Awin.com, ShareASale does have a team which can help with issues like this. I'm going to work with SydneyMac to get this resolved. For anyone else, I'm also glad to help if you have any questions or issues with ShareASale or Awin - it's my pleasure to do so.
I have no experience with either company, but currently looking for opportunities. I will consider both on my search. Just wanted to now if this is a consistent issue or just an error. Thank you for the feedback Jeannine.
No, this is not a consistent issues. ShareASale tracked hundreds of millions of transactions on thousands of merchants for a hundred thousand publishers last year. They couldn't have stayed in business if this was ever an issue. Sometimes some things happen, like perhaps the consumer clicked the merchant link prior to clicking the affiliate link, which the blogger would never know. That often happens when friends or family are the shoppers.
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Hello experienced WA people! In my General settings for my website, there isn't a code listed for Webmaster tools. I know my site is verified and I'm pretty sure during train
Hey Sydney,
Here's Kyle's video training on Google Analytics: How to Install Google Analytics Using the All in One SEO Plugin Hope this helps you.
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Why isn't there a code showing for webmaster tools?
Hello experienced WA people! In my General settings for my website, there isn't a code listed for Webmaster tools. I know my site is verified and I'm pretty sure during train
Hey Sydney,
Here's Kyle's video training on Google Analytics: How to Install Google Analytics Using the All in One SEO Plugin Hope this helps you.
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So I'm in the training where Google Webmaster is set up. I tried to do it through Google Analytics (as per Kyles training) but to no avail.
Let me start by saying when
Are you using All In One SEO?
If you are, it is easier setting up your Google Analytics.
1. Sign in to Google Analytics.
2. On left menu bar, look for Admin and click on that.
3. You will be brought to the Admin page. Look at the center of the page. There is an option - Property Settings. Click on that.
4. You will be brought to another page. There is a Tracking ID. It should start with UA, followed by a set of numbers. Copy this ID.
5. Log in to your website.
6. Go to All In One SEO and click on General Settings.
7. Scroll down to the part where you can enter the Google Analytics ID, and enter the Google Analytics ID.
* Note: It is not the Google Webmaster field. It is a field that says Google Analytics ID. And it is in the Google Settings section. NOT the Webmaster Verification section.
8. Remember to click Update Options
Thank you for this. I went back and double checked and for some reason my domain name was gone in the SEO set up. I’ve fixed that and no change. Going to Admin for G analytics gives me a blank page. There is nothing there! I’m going to try the next post and see if that can help me. I’m open to more suggestions if you have any!
Sydney
Hi Syndey,
Not sure what you mean by - domain name gone in the SEO setup. Could you screen shot and show me?
Re: GA blank page. This is odd. Could you screen shot that for me too?
Also, in GA there is an add property option - to add our website to GA. Can you screen shot that for me too?
Hi Tim,
So I was busy screen shooting everything for you when I decided to log into my old laptop to see what Google Analytics looked like there and it's working fine. For some reason my desktop and my phone app are both having issues having issues with it. So to put an end to this saga I'm assuming it's stemming from a problem on my desktop and I guess I'll need to continue my training on the laptop for the time being then I need to get both computers looked at as I suspect something got in there that doesn't belong! Again, thanks for all your help!
Sydney
Hey Sydney,
First you should check to see that the code you were given (or HTML file) to use in verifying your website is still where it should be. If not, then that would be your issue.
Google offers the following tutorial:
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1008083?hl=en
If that doesn't work, try Google searching "google analytics says my website is no longer verified" (without the quotation marks, of course) and read through the posts that are available offering help with this very issue.
Hope this helps you.
There’s something wrong with GA for me clearly. The menus that the help section says I should go to just aren’t available to me. Do you think tech support can help me with this? Google isn’t answering my call for help
Thanks so much for trying....
Sydney
Sydney, to ask WA SiteSupport about Google's stuff would be like going to GM about your Ford pickup truck... so, no, I don't think support here at WA would be able to assist you.
You didn't clarify if you used an HTML file or if you used All-in-One SEO verification field for your Google verification number. Have you checked to see if which ever one you used is still there?
I did the SEO as per Kyles training. I’ve gone back through that module to make sure that I didn’t miss anything. What was strange is that my website URL was gone! I had it in originally and save it because analytics was working at set up.
So....I put my URL back in and saved again. Analytics still not working. I put in a request for GA to check into it. They said it could take up to a couple of days. With it now being the weekend who knows when I’ll hear back.
The other strange thing is the Analytics page itself doesn’t have the menu options that it should so I can’t go in and double check anything! I’m worried there’s something sketchy with my computer except that everything else seems to work fine.
So frustrating!!!! I appreciate your help though!
Sydney
You still have not clarified where you placed your Google Analytics ID ... and, you have not said whether you found it missing and replaced it. Sorry... but there is little left that I can help you with.
You say you have contacted Google Analytics support and that they will help you, so hopefully that will come through.
Have a great weekend!
Sorry for the misunderstanding. I’ll try to clarify. I used the all in one SEO. I put the analytics ID in the correct spot (double checked by going way back in the training). The spot where they want your website URL was blank even though I copied and pasted it there as per the training initially. When initially set up it worked as I followed Kyles training and did a check. For some reason over time my website URL disappeared but the analytics ID remained.
Hope that clarifies my little mystery a bit more.
Sydney
I decided to log into my old laptop to see what Google Analytics looked like there and it's working fine. For some reason my desktop and my phone app are both having issues having issues with it. So to put an end to this saga I'm assuming it's stemming from a problem on my desktop and I guess I'll need to continue my training on the laptop for the time being then I need to get both computers looked at as I suspect something got in there that doesn't belong! Again, thanks for all your help!
Sydney
Yes Sydney, I agree... it DOES sound like something got installed on your desktop computer that should not be there. Glad you got Google verification to work once more. Yeaaaaah!
Glad I checked when I thought something was amiss. I wasted way too much time chasing my tail!!!! Back to the training!!
Thanks again!
Sydney
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Why isn't my google analytics working?
So I'm in the training where Google Webmaster is set up. I tried to do it through Google Analytics (as per Kyles training) but to no avail.
Let me start by saying when
Are you using All In One SEO?
If you are, it is easier setting up your Google Analytics.
1. Sign in to Google Analytics.
2. On left menu bar, look for Admin and click on that.
3. You will be brought to the Admin page. Look at the center of the page. There is an option - Property Settings. Click on that.
4. You will be brought to another page. There is a Tracking ID. It should start with UA, followed by a set of numbers. Copy this ID.
5. Log in to your website.
6. Go to All In One SEO and click on General Settings.
7. Scroll down to the part where you can enter the Google Analytics ID, and enter the Google Analytics ID.
* Note: It is not the Google Webmaster field. It is a field that says Google Analytics ID. And it is in the Google Settings section. NOT the Webmaster Verification section.
8. Remember to click Update Options
Thank you for this. I went back and double checked and for some reason my domain name was gone in the SEO set up. I’ve fixed that and no change. Going to Admin for G analytics gives me a blank page. There is nothing there! I’m going to try the next post and see if that can help me. I’m open to more suggestions if you have any!
Sydney
Hi Syndey,
Not sure what you mean by - domain name gone in the SEO setup. Could you screen shot and show me?
Re: GA blank page. This is odd. Could you screen shot that for me too?
Also, in GA there is an add property option - to add our website to GA. Can you screen shot that for me too?
Hi Tim,
So I was busy screen shooting everything for you when I decided to log into my old laptop to see what Google Analytics looked like there and it's working fine. For some reason my desktop and my phone app are both having issues having issues with it. So to put an end to this saga I'm assuming it's stemming from a problem on my desktop and I guess I'll need to continue my training on the laptop for the time being then I need to get both computers looked at as I suspect something got in there that doesn't belong! Again, thanks for all your help!
Sydney
Hey Sydney,
First you should check to see that the code you were given (or HTML file) to use in verifying your website is still where it should be. If not, then that would be your issue.
Google offers the following tutorial:
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1008083?hl=en
If that doesn't work, try Google searching "google analytics says my website is no longer verified" (without the quotation marks, of course) and read through the posts that are available offering help with this very issue.
Hope this helps you.
There’s something wrong with GA for me clearly. The menus that the help section says I should go to just aren’t available to me. Do you think tech support can help me with this? Google isn’t answering my call for help
Thanks so much for trying....
Sydney
Sydney, to ask WA SiteSupport about Google's stuff would be like going to GM about your Ford pickup truck... so, no, I don't think support here at WA would be able to assist you.
You didn't clarify if you used an HTML file or if you used All-in-One SEO verification field for your Google verification number. Have you checked to see if which ever one you used is still there?
I did the SEO as per Kyles training. I’ve gone back through that module to make sure that I didn’t miss anything. What was strange is that my website URL was gone! I had it in originally and save it because analytics was working at set up.
So....I put my URL back in and saved again. Analytics still not working. I put in a request for GA to check into it. They said it could take up to a couple of days. With it now being the weekend who knows when I’ll hear back.
The other strange thing is the Analytics page itself doesn’t have the menu options that it should so I can’t go in and double check anything! I’m worried there’s something sketchy with my computer except that everything else seems to work fine.
So frustrating!!!! I appreciate your help though!
Sydney
You still have not clarified where you placed your Google Analytics ID ... and, you have not said whether you found it missing and replaced it. Sorry... but there is little left that I can help you with.
You say you have contacted Google Analytics support and that they will help you, so hopefully that will come through.
Have a great weekend!
Sorry for the misunderstanding. I’ll try to clarify. I used the all in one SEO. I put the analytics ID in the correct spot (double checked by going way back in the training). The spot where they want your website URL was blank even though I copied and pasted it there as per the training initially. When initially set up it worked as I followed Kyles training and did a check. For some reason over time my website URL disappeared but the analytics ID remained.
Hope that clarifies my little mystery a bit more.
Sydney
I decided to log into my old laptop to see what Google Analytics looked like there and it's working fine. For some reason my desktop and my phone app are both having issues having issues with it. So to put an end to this saga I'm assuming it's stemming from a problem on my desktop and I guess I'll need to continue my training on the laptop for the time being then I need to get both computers looked at as I suspect something got in there that doesn't belong! Again, thanks for all your help!
Sydney
Yes Sydney, I agree... it DOES sound like something got installed on your desktop computer that should not be there. Glad you got Google verification to work once more. Yeaaaaah!
Glad I checked when I thought something was amiss. I wasted way too much time chasing my tail!!!! Back to the training!!
Thanks again!
Sydney
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Divi looks interesting for Wordpress site building because everything is done on the actual page so there is no back and forth between the edit page and view page. I'd like to
Hi Sydney
I also fell in love with the possibilities with Divi. Having tried so many themes that left me feeling restricted.
I'm currently testing using Divi here at WA. I'm using one of my free siterubix sites as a test site. For me it's all new so there is a learning curve in creating sections how I want them to look. I found a lot of tutorials from different users outside WA.
From my research here in WA there are several members who use Divi with a mixed bag of feedback. My main takeaways are:
- Some say their sites don't load fast yet others have resolved this
- Because Divi uses a lot of ShortCodes, once you use Divi & want to revert to another theme you land up with all your content showing code, so a tedious long process in fixing it all up.
So things I'm taking into consideration & hence testing it to see how I feel about it all.
I too am interested on what other Divi users here at WA think of it, so thanks for the question. :)
Thank you for this! If I use Divi and I want to access my site from my WA page does everything transfer? I'm not very tech savvy hence the possibly silly question. I want to build some charts on my page, tried a plug in that I didn't like so I deleted it. I'm just wanting to make life a bit easier and less cumbersome.
Thanks, Sydney
Hi Sydney
From what you say above I gather you have a live site using the Divi theme hosted elsewhere & you want to move it here to the WA hosting. I haven't been in that position but I believe you can do it from having read various posts over time.
Marion makes great tutorials & she has one on your very question Transfer a Domain Name, Move a Website I also found this post which may help you figure out what you need to do. Nikki explains what she went through to move her website to WA How To Transfer an Existing Website to WA Hosting & Rebuild Your Website at the Same Time I'm not that tech savvy either, I pick things up as I go along. I'm not sure what type of charts you're referring to so can't comment, but I know how frustrating it can be to not find a working solution fairly quickly.
What I have found is Michelle Nunan who has set herself up as a DIVI educator. Her DiviSoup site is full of tips & tutorials in an easy & clear manner to follow. Have you come across her? She may be able to help you or direct you to the right resource. She also has an active facebook group.
Hope this helps :)
~ Brigitte
Oh ok! No worries Sydney. So I suppose it's wanting to use the Divi Theme on your live website hosted here at WA & whether it'll mess up your live site by switching theme?
Switching to any theme will have it's styling variances & possibly having to restructure the menu. Your content remains intact.
Please let me know if you get any good working solutions for doing the switch. Thanks :)
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Has anyone tried divi for wordpress site building?
Divi looks interesting for Wordpress site building because everything is done on the actual page so there is no back and forth between the edit page and view page. I'd like to
Hi Sydney
I also fell in love with the possibilities with Divi. Having tried so many themes that left me feeling restricted.
I'm currently testing using Divi here at WA. I'm using one of my free siterubix sites as a test site. For me it's all new so there is a learning curve in creating sections how I want them to look. I found a lot of tutorials from different users outside WA.
From my research here in WA there are several members who use Divi with a mixed bag of feedback. My main takeaways are:
- Some say their sites don't load fast yet others have resolved this
- Because Divi uses a lot of ShortCodes, once you use Divi & want to revert to another theme you land up with all your content showing code, so a tedious long process in fixing it all up.
So things I'm taking into consideration & hence testing it to see how I feel about it all.
I too am interested on what other Divi users here at WA think of it, so thanks for the question. :)
Thank you for this! If I use Divi and I want to access my site from my WA page does everything transfer? I'm not very tech savvy hence the possibly silly question. I want to build some charts on my page, tried a plug in that I didn't like so I deleted it. I'm just wanting to make life a bit easier and less cumbersome.
Thanks, Sydney
Hi Sydney
From what you say above I gather you have a live site using the Divi theme hosted elsewhere & you want to move it here to the WA hosting. I haven't been in that position but I believe you can do it from having read various posts over time.
Marion makes great tutorials & she has one on your very question Transfer a Domain Name, Move a Website I also found this post which may help you figure out what you need to do. Nikki explains what she went through to move her website to WA How To Transfer an Existing Website to WA Hosting & Rebuild Your Website at the Same Time I'm not that tech savvy either, I pick things up as I go along. I'm not sure what type of charts you're referring to so can't comment, but I know how frustrating it can be to not find a working solution fairly quickly.
What I have found is Michelle Nunan who has set herself up as a DIVI educator. Her DiviSoup site is full of tips & tutorials in an easy & clear manner to follow. Have you come across her? She may be able to help you or direct you to the right resource. She also has an active facebook group.
Hope this helps :)
~ Brigitte
Oh ok! No worries Sydney. So I suppose it's wanting to use the Divi Theme on your live website hosted here at WA & whether it'll mess up your live site by switching theme?
Switching to any theme will have it's styling variances & possibly having to restructure the menu. Your content remains intact.
Please let me know if you get any good working solutions for doing the switch. Thanks :)
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There are so many to choose from all with both pro and con reviews so i really need some help from the WA community. i would like to be able to do vertical tables for the prod
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Can anyone suggest a free plug in to do product comparisons?
There are so many to choose from all with both pro and con reviews so i really need some help from the WA community. i would like to be able to do vertical tables for the prod
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I'm with Awin, the company that bought ShareASale two years ago. I'd be glad to help you with these.
Sometimes you won't get credit for a sale because you were not the last cookie or there was a pre-existing cookie with the merchant. It's not common for a publisher to know when sales existed, so I'm guessing either you or a friend/family member made the purchases. If they visited the merchant site before clicking through on their link, then there was an existing cookie which would not be overwritten by your affiliate link. Could that have been the case?
If you want to message me the details of your issues, I'll be glad to follow up with our ShareASale team to help resolve this.
Thanks Jeannine. I’m not sure about the cookies. One sale was from a social media follower and I’m pretty sure she only went through the links on my website. The other was a friend who did the same. It’s possible that they may have clicked different links on my site.
I’d be interested in knowing if linking to the merchant home page (via my site) and then linking through my “monthly specials “ link would cause this problem.
The problem right now is with the merchant who has finally acknowledged the problem, promised to rectify and still nothing. I don’t want to get in a fight with them and want to keep them as an affiliate so I’m stuck.
If you’d like me to send you my email chain I can.
Sydney
Yes, do send me the thread and I can look into it for you. Just message me and I will give you my email address.
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