7 Best Affiliate Tracking Software

By Partho, Gaea News Network
Monday, November 23, 2009

After having done with the best free affiliate tracking software we decided to do with the high-end software that can be used to track or manage a myriad of affiliate marketing activities. Unlike the free affiliate tracking software the paid ones are bundled with advanced features to streamline the entire process of affiliate marketing. The software enables the users to easily track conversions created by their affiliates and reward them the monetary credit based on their efforts. It enhances the affiliate marketing through performance based tracking and ensures that the advertisers (or merchants) only pays for actual leads, sales, and conversions.  It provides an effective way to achieve more sales and more traffic. If you are confused which affiliate tracking software to use we assorted a list of 7 best affiliate tracking software for your convenience.

1. Directtrack.com

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It’s a powerful, accurate and feature-rich web-based affiliate marketing and tracking software. DirectTrack offers leading edge functionality that include better scalability, mobile ad serving and next generation APIs. It features an exclusive ad-sharing portal, integrated PPC functionality and certified-accurate hybrid tracking methodology. The software is private labeled, custom configured and scaled around a diverse range of business models and verticals. Directtrack has a fully customizable and translatable User Interface. In addition, the software offers a number of Affiliate Management Tools.

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2. Post Affiliate Pro 4

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Post Affiliate Pro has been designed to automate your entire affiliate program. It helps to recruit and manage your affiliates. It offers the users a comprehensive choice of marketing and promotional tools to promote your business. You can select your theme and customize templates. It features an unlimited number of tiers that can be set according to the requirements. Additional commissions options can be added to the software using the plugins. The affiliate features of includes a forced matrix for multilevel marketing that compensates affiliates not only for product sales they personally generate, but also the sales of sub-affiliates they introduced to the affiliate program. The tracking features in the affiliate software include

  • Multiple unique tracking methods for most accurate affiliate tracking
  • Affiliate link styles to supports all types of affiliate links.
  • Split commission
  • Direct links

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3. HitPath.com

The affiliate tracking software has a skinned Affiliate interface that can match the look and feel of client’s website. The software is fully scalable with flexible hardware architecture that can be adjusted according to your growing business. HitPath allows multiple process tracking that ensures not a single hit or sale is missed. It offers redundant real-time campaign tracking. HitPath backs up its database tracking with cookie-based tracking for the most accurate tracking in the industry. It’s advanced API reporting ensures greater and faster access to stats.

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4. Affiliate Pro 3.2.9

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This affiliate tracking software can be easily integrated with your website/shopping cart. It features pay-per-Sale (%% from sales), pay-per-sale (flat rate), pay-per-click (For unique visitors), payout percentages adjustable per affiliate and adjustable recurring duration (per individual sale). It allows you to group products and adjust setting as per the group. Affiliate Pro can effectively manage unlimited affiliate and adjust payout amount per affiliate (%). It’s integrated mailing system allows the admins to send mails to approved/non-approved affiliates. The admin can adjust the 1st and 2nd tier affiliate commissions. The built-in PayPal module makes it easier to pay commission.  It has the ability to create printable version of reports. All its pages are written in PHP and it is MySQL database driven. Evidently, Affiliate Pro can be installed on virtual hosting account

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5. iDevAffiliate

It is one of the best affiliate tracking software for those with a strict budget. It charges no monthly fees and offers free upgrades for one year.  iDevAffiliate offers extensive payout options including pay-per-sale(%), pay-per-sale (flat rate payout), pay-per-click (unique visitors) and pay-per-lead. For each payout you can create up to 100 payout levels. With a built-in affiliate marketing design all linking codes are automatically generated. It allows unlimited ads, text links, email links, banners and an offline marketing module. The advanced security features in iDevAffiliate includes triple redundancy tracking - IP, cookies, sessions. Additionally, the software allows options for payment to your affiliates with PayPal.

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6. Linktrust.com

It is a web based affiliate tracking and lead management software with continues to add in features too often. Linktrust allows unlimited affiliate accounts that can be edited, tracked and suspended.  Some of its leading features include conversion tracking, pay-per-call tracking, lead and co-reg management. The online management center allows you manage your campaigns, leads, affiliates, merchants and acquire all reports. It’s merchant/lead buyer tools organize and store information about who is buying your data.

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7. FreeFiliate

It is a great proposition for small merchant. It’s Standard Account offers a fully functional and easy to use affiliate tracking service. Although its not quite free, but can be operated cheaply. FreeFiliate supports the pay-per-click, pay-per-lead, and pay- per-sale models, and it integrates with the PayPal Mass Payment system for easy payment of your affiliates. Some features exclusive features in FreeFiliate are free online support, online statistical reporting and tracking, two-tier functionality, customizable affiliate sign-up page, and a shopping cart system. It also allows the ability to send personalized e-mail to the affiliates. The affiliates are allowed to link with either a text link or using four different banners. There is a limit of one destination URL, so if you are offering multiple products, they will all have to be highlighted on the same page.

The set up for FreeFiliate is smooth and can run a pay-per-click program without technical integration required. For pay-per-lead and pay-per-sale you need to embed a special HTML image tag into your Thank You page to the programs.

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Discussion
May 18, 2010: 7:59 am

Hi,

Excellent information we had just created our self affiliates script for one of our client but I can see here its good stuff

Thanks

May 11, 2010: 9:02 am

Have experience with Post Affiliate Pro - one thing that would be good with all systems would be some high quality statistics on the reliability of the various tracking techniques (of which there are quite a few).

December 12, 2009: 1:26 am

The Affiliate Tracking software enables the users to easily track conversions created by their affiliates and reward them the monetary credit based on their efforts. It enhances the affiliate marketing through performance based tracking and ensures that the advertisers only pays for actual leads, sales, and conversions.

December 10, 2009: 9:26 pm

I have looked at many sites and not come a cross such a site as yours that tells you what you really need to know about affiliate marketing.

I’ve added your feed to my reader, are there any other good blogs you’d suggest I read on the subject?


OpenCart Affiliate
November 29, 2009: 1:04 pm

There is also Virtue Affiliate which is quite good and is for some major shopping carts.


Peter
November 24, 2009: 4:04 am

More and more companies has already used email marketing tool like Spread to maintain good relationship with clients. It’s also works for explore new customers.

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