I am becoming very cheesed off with Plusnet referrals system
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Re: I am becoming very cheesed off with Plusnet referrals system
04-11-2008 8:38 AM
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Quote from: juliasdream would you be able to test it for me
I'll check this later on for you and let you know whether it worked or not.
Re: I am becoming very cheesed off with Plusnet referrals system
04-11-2008 9:25 AM
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I hear where you're coming from. However, we pay you for referrals, but if we have no way of knowing if a referral came from you, then we can't pay you for it. You might want to look at doing more on your own site to ensure that you are getting the referral bonuses for any signups, otherwise it negates the point of you having the banner up in the first place
Re: I am becoming very cheesed off with Plusnet referrals system
04-11-2008 10:13 AM
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Re: I am becoming very cheesed off with Plusnet referrals system
04-11-2008 10:32 AM
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Re: I am becoming very cheesed off with Plusnet referrals system
04-11-2008 10:34 AM
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Re: I am becoming very cheesed off with Plusnet referrals system
04-11-2008 10:44 AM
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It's all too easy - that in the process - all the new user wants to do is get signed up, and if they can't remember - they will just skip that part.
I can't remember now, does it ask any other questions like the personals real name, or the web site, email they saw the logo first ?
Re: I am becoming very cheesed off with Plusnet referrals system
04-11-2008 10:47 AM
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I'll point Chris C in the direction of this thread when he's back in the office tomorrow and see what he thinks.
Re: I am becoming very cheesed off with Plusnet referrals system
04-11-2008 11:08 AM
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2. If that is the case, presumably it is done via a cookie, what is the life of the cookie?
3. If it is done via cookies, is there any matching by IP address to cover the case where someone has cookies blocked or has them set to be deleted on exit?
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Re: I am becoming very cheesed off with Plusnet referrals system
04-11-2008 11:15 AM
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Quote 1. Can you confirm that if someone follows a referral link and has a look, then completely closes the browser without signing up, if they subsequently type www.plus.net in to the address bar and signs up the referral is still given?
Yep, I actually checked that this morning and it still place the referral on the previous account I'd looked at.
Quote 2. If that is the case, presumably it is done via a cookie, what is the life of the cookie?
3 months, see the attachment below.
Quote 3. If it is done via cookies, is there any matching by IP address to cover the case where someone has cookies blocked or has them set to be deleted on exit?
Not sure on this one, I'll speak to Chris C tomorrow and find out if he knows what happens in the instance of cookies being blocked.
Re: I am becoming very cheesed off with Plusnet referrals system
04-11-2008 11:20 AM
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Quote from: Chris would you be able to test it for me
I've tested this now and can see the test referral on your account so the banner from the link you provided seems to be working correctly.
Re: I am becoming very cheesed off with Plusnet referrals system
04-11-2008 11:30 AM
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The problem with this is how many people would actually enter (or remember) your website, or would just enter nothing or anything instead of meaningful data.
I don't know what proportion of people sign up without having someone set as their referer, and I'm sure Plusnet wouldn't want to tell us, as I'd guess that would be quite sensative data.
I wasn't referered by anyone when I signed up (in 2003) as I didn't know anyone on Plusnet. I did my research while looking for an ISP just before my exchange was due to be adsl enabled, and found Plusnet supplied everything I wanted at a good price and had good reviews, and here I am a couple of weeks over 5 years later.
Phil
Superusers are not staff, but they do have a direct line of communication into the business in order to raise issues, concerns and feedback from the community.
Re: I am becoming very cheesed off with Plusnet referrals system
04-11-2008 12:12 PM
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http://community.plus.net/blog/category/video-plusnet-news/
Re: I am becoming very cheesed off with Plusnet referrals system
18-12-2008 9:39 AM
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Everyone hates advertising on websites and most won't click through, all the adverts do is to bring about Brand Awareness.
If I'm shopping for widgets the last thing on my mind will be getting a new ISP, the banner add may register somewhere in the back of my mind, so when I'm then shopping for a new ISP I'll think "I'll have a better look at XYZ I've seen their adverts"...
Re: I am becoming very cheesed off with Plusnet referrals system
18-12-2008 9:58 PM
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18-12-2008 10:06 PM
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