"How do I use the built-in affiliate program tracking ?"

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Short Answer:

The built in affiliate tracking lets you:

1. Create affiliates (using the customer page to set them up)
2. Define an affiliate commission fee, and referral code number
3. Issue tracking codes to your affiliates
4. Track payments owed to your affiliates

Detailed Explanation:

To setup your affiliate program:

• Go to the CUSTOMERS tab, and create a new customer
• Fill in the Referral Code Number field and commission amount. The Referral Code Number will become part of their affiliate link.
• After saving the page, you will see a link next to the referral code number. This is the link you will need to give to your affiliate. This is what they wil put on their website (email, etc...). When someone comes through that link and places an order, it is tracked buy the shopping cart software automatically.
• If you need more than one affiliate, then setup new customer accounts for each, giving them each a new referral code number and defining their commission rate.
• Now that the affiliate(s) has his link on his website, you just need to track commissions. To do this, click on the MARKETING tab, and then click the COMMISSIONS link. Simply enter the date for which you want to show commissions owed, then the Reload (Go) button. It will show all outstanding owed. Write checks for these affiliates, and then put the checkmark next to those. Click the Mark as paid button at the bottom.
• To see what orders they referred to you, click on an affiliate and then change the option for Load orders to "referred by this customer"
• Overall reporting from the REPORTS tab is also available.