Using a Search in Yahoo Store Affiliate Prog.

Can this be done?

[CannonFodder]

Ok, I'm an affiliate with a company that has a Yahoo Store. Pretty basic affiliate program with few bells and whistles. The company has a search that brings up a page in their site that I'd like to link to. Does anyone know if this can be done, while still keeping your affiliate ID to track sales. I've posted a sample below with my details overwritten with CAPS LOCKS text to not give that stuff away.:

<A href="http://search.store.yahoo.com/cgi-bin/nsearch?follow-pro
=1&vwcatalog=THEAFFILIATE'SSTORE&catalog=THEAFFILIATE'SSTORE&imageField.x
=0&imageField.y=0&query=MYSEARCHQUERYTERM&.autodone=http://store.yahoo.com/
clink?THEAFFILIATE'SSTORE+MYAFFILIATEID+nsearch.html">

Thanks for any help you can give.

Dan

[CouponSurfer]

Hi CannonFodder,

Two things that you need to test...

1. The correct functioning of the search box.
2. The creation of the cookie containing your Affilate tracking details.

Why not simply test the search box and see if the cookie is generated on your PC. If it is and it contains your Affiliate details then all should track work.

Hope this help.

CS

[CannonFodder]

CouponSurfer,

Thanks for the idea. Turns out that the string won't work. Glad I checked before I sent thema bunch of free traffic.

Dan

[suzyvirtual]

I am an affiliate of one yahoo store where I asked for and they made me a link directly to a certain area of their products. Theoretically, is you ask them, maybe they can make you a catagory link or even a search link.

[CannonFodder]

Sure, if the affiliate was decent enough to us in his program. I'm also talking about possibly hundreds of different items.

Suzy, you should be their affiliate manager, then I'd get somewhere!

[suzyvirtual]

affiliate manager? ha! that would be like having a job :)
Do remember that YOU are making THEM money (sure they are making you money too), but don't be scared to ask for/expect them to help you sell their stuff.

[CannonFodder]

I won't tell you how much work I've gone back and forth with them about. the major problem for me is that there is only one other affiliate program that deals in this particular product. They're with CJ and I don't really like CJ.

Guess I should look into setting up my own program and figure out how to distribute the product.

Dan