Affiliate Landing Pages Installation and Usage

How to Install and Use the Affiliate Landing Pages Add-on for AffiliateWP

Would you like to create dedicated landing pages for your affiliates which they can promote without using an affiliate link? With Affiliate Landing Pages, you can create and assign a dedicated landing page to each affiliate.

In this article, we’ll show you how to install and set up the Affiliate Landing Pages add-on for AffiliateWP.

1. Installing the Affiliate Landing Pages Add-on
2. Assigning a Landing Page to an Affiliate
3. How to show Affiliates their assigned Landing Page
4. FAQs

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1. Installing the Affiliate Landing Pages Add-on

Before we get started, be sure to install and activate AffiliateWP on your WordPress site.

Once you’ve got AffiliateWP installed and your license is verified, you’ll be able to quickly install and activate the Affiliate Landing Pages add-on.

After installing the Affiliate Landing Pages add-on, the next step is to enable Affiliate Landing Pages. To do this, navigate to AffiliateWP » Settings and then click on the Affiliates tab.

1. Click on the checkbox to enable Affiliate Landing Pages.
2. Select the Post Types you’d like for Affiliate Landing Pages to support.
3. Click Save Changes.

2. Assigning a Landing Page to an Affiliate

1. Go to the page or post in the WordPress admin that you’d like to assign to an affiliate to.
2. In the Affiliate Landing Pages metabox, select the affiliate who should be assigned to the landing page.
   
3. Click Update to save the page.

That’s it! The affiliate can now share the landing page’s URL without using their affiliate link.

3. How to show Affiliates their assigned Landing Page

Affiliates can see landing pages assigned to them via the Affiliate URLs tab of the Affiliate Area:

You can also add the [affiliate_landing_pages] shortcode on any page to output the landing page(s) for the currently logged-in affiliate.

4. FAQs

Can I assign the same landing page to more than one affiliate?

No, a landing page can only be assigned to one affiliate at any given time. The way in which the landing page is assigned to an affiliate allows AffiliateWP to correctly determine which affiliate should be tracked.

Can an affiliate with a landing page assigned to them still promote the landing page with their affiliate ID or username appended? E.g. /?ref=123

They can but it will be completely ignored. There’s no need for the affiliate to include their ID or username when they have a landing page assigned to them.

Where can an affiliate share their landing page?

Since the landing page is just a standard URL it can be shared anywhere a normal URL can be shared.

Does AffiliateWP’s “Cookie Expiration” setting apply to Affiliate Landing Pages?

Yes, the cookie expiration setting in AffiliateWP does apply to Affiliate Landing Pages, as it does with a regular affiliate link. An affiliate landing page is treated the same as a normal affiliate link, the only difference being that the affiliate can promote the landing page URL without needing to use their affiliate link.

Affiliates who have landing pages assigned to them are still treated as normal affiliates and so the same rules apply. In order to receive a commission on the customer’s purchase, the customer needs to make the purchase within the number of days determined by the cookie expiration.

How does affiliate tracking work with the Affiliate Landing Pages add-on?

Tracking works exactly the same as standard tracking in AffiliateWP. AffiliateWP uses cookies to track affiliates and visits so referrals can be generated. A cookie is a small piece of data which is stored in a user’s web browser when they visit a website. When a customer comes to your website via an affiliate referral link, AffiliateWP stores two main browser cookies in order to track the referring affiliate, and the visit.

Does affiliate tracking in Affiliate Landing Pages work in conjunction with standard affiliate tracking (e.g. not all affiliates have allocated landing pages)?

Yes, landing pages that track an affiliate work in the exact same way as standard affiliate tracking. For example, if you have some affiliates who do not have an allocated landing page, their affiliate links will not be affected in any way and will continue to work as normal. See the other FAQs below to read about some different scenarios.

If Affiliate A shares Affiliate B’s landing page, but adds their ID or username to the end (to essentially hijack the landing page), which affiliate will be tracked when a customer clicks the link?

Standard affiliate links will not work on a landing page that has been assigned to an affiliate. In this scenario, Affiliate B will be tracked since they are the affiliate assigned to the landing page.

If a customer clicks on Affiliate A’s affiliate link and then navigates to Affiliate B’s landing page, which affiliate will be tracked?

Since the customer first arrived on the website via Affiliate A’s affiliate link, Affiliate A will be tracked, even if they navigate to Affiliate B’s landing page. Unless:

1. The Credit Last Referrer option is enabled from AffiliateWP » Settings » Commissions. This would change the tracked affiliate to Affiliate B.
2. The customer’s AffiliateWP cookies expired before they navigated to Affiliate B’s landing page. If the customer lands on Affiliate B’s landing page after the cookie has expired, a new visit will be stored, and the tracked affiliate will be Affiliate B.

If a customer visits Affiliate A’s landing page first, then clicks Affiliate B’s affiliate link at a later point, which affiliate will be tracked?

Since the customer visited Affiliate A’s landing page first, Affiliate A will be tracked. Unless:

1. The Credit Last Referrer option is enabled from AffiliateWP » Settings » Commissions. This would change the tracked affiliate to Affiliate B.
2. The customer’s AffiliateWP cookies expired before they clicked Affiliate B’s affiliate link. If the customer clicks Affiliate B’s affiliate link after the cookie has expired, a new visit will be stored, and the tracked affiliate will be Affiliate B.

If a customer visits Affiliate A’s landing page first, then visits Affiliate B’s landing page, which affiliate will be tracked?

Since the customer visited Affiliate A’s landing page first, Affiliate A will be tracked. Unless:

1. The Credit Last Referrer option is enabled from AffiliateWP » Settings » Commissions. This would change the tracked affiliate to Affiliate B.
2. The customer’s AffiliateWP cookies expired before they navigated to Affiliate B’s landing page. If the customer lands on Affiliate B’s landing page after the cookie has expired, a new visit will be stored, and the tracked affiliate will be Affiliate B.

Can I automatically create a landing page for affiliates when they register on my site?

No, not at this time.