• Added option to pay affiliates for affiliate signups and register as sale or lead.
• Added option to assign a bonus for Nth sale or lead during a given month, year, or entire period.
• Added option to limit users to specific Affiliate Types to limit what data they can view.
• Added option to block sales/leads from specific countries. IP addresses must be purchased to use this feature.
• Added clicks/leads/sales by Day by Affiliate Report.
• Added Sales Performance Report to Affiliate Console which includes EPC, Conversion Rates.
• Added option to import notes field when importing products.
• Added option to define which fields appear on standard join form (join.aspx) and which fields are required.
• Added option to leave off Task=Click in direct link code to simplify the links.
• Added Highlight/Copy button so Affiliates can easily copy the link code when creating a link in the affiliate console.
• Added checkbox list for approving/rejecting multiple affiliates at once.
• Added checkbox list for approving multiple sales and leads at once.
• Increased username/password from 10 characters to 50 characters.
• Added option to not overwrite cookie so first affiliate always gets credit for the conversion.
• Added option to search banners, products and text links by BannerID in admin console.
• Affiliate Wiz now uses the standard Windows mail component rather than a 3rd party product so uncompiled users no longer need to purchase the 3rd party component.
• Added option for administrator to specify a From Name and From Email for all email messages.
• Added option to specify multiple email addresses for sales notifications and administrative messages.
• Altered import options to support XLSX files which are the Excel 2007 format.
• Added nolock to all SQL statements, queries, and procedures to enhance performance and prevent locking
• Added email address validation in all possible locations, most important signup form

Other Fixes/Enhancements

• Added error trap to catch error that occurs when emailing affiliates and an address is bad
• Added check on URL in Preferences/setup are to make sure it has http:// otherwise direct links do not work, same for banners/links/etc.
• Fixed bug affecting marking tier 2 commissions as paid in the case where the Tier1 affiliates meets the minimum commission payout and the tier 2 affiliate does not.

• Converted to .net 2.0/Master Pages/Visual Studio.net 2005
• Added Sub Affiliate ID tracking option so affiliates can track sub affiliates
• Added Announcements option, any dynamic affiliate variables can be embedded
• Announcements can also be emailed to Affiliates as a broadcast
• Added option to filter affiliates when sending an email broadcast.  Can filter by sales, leads, clicks, impressions and join date
• Added Option to save email message as a template when sending an email broadcast
• Change all delete options to checkboxes and include "Check All"
• Added drop-down menu to select # records displayed on View All screens
• When a banner, link or affiliate does not exist and a link is clicked we now redirect to the web site URL from the preferences/setup area
• Added support for international characters in any field
• Added option to email a report after it has been created for both the administrator and affiliates
• Added login link when viewing list of affiliates to provide direct login as the affiliate
• Added HTML Editor for preferences fields and tool to send mass email to affiliates
• Added Support for Optional Fields for Recurring Sales
• In the affiliate console when viewing links the paging is now displayed at both the top and bottom
• Added option to search by AffiliateID in administration console
• Added BannerID, Width and Height to Banner Effectiveness Report
• Added description to Banner Groups which is also displayed in Affiliate Console
• Added Banner Group Name in Affiliate Console when viewing a list of Banner Groups
• Banner Group size is now displayed in Affiliate Console when viewing a list of Banner Groups
• Added option to determine which page is displayed first when logging into Affiliate Console
• Added option to pass all querystring parameters to destination TargetURL
• Added option to cookie all fields/values passed when clicking an Affiliate Link
• Added Option to include AffiliateType on Custom Signup Form to allow affiliate to select a type
• Added Administrator Tool to re-index all tables in SQL database
• Added Administrator Tool to search/replace all banner/link URL's and Target URLs in the event that you move the software from one URL to another
• option to delete old stats prior to specific date including impressions/clicks, commissions
• Added option to display actual banners/links on Banner Effectiveness report
• When viewing a list of banner, text links, products or groups in admin console the total impressions/clicks are now displayed

• Added option to create sub-users with specific tasks such as reporting, etc.
• Added summary report in affiliate console that shows sales, lead, click, impression charts, overall earnings, etc.
• Added report on inactive affiliates. You can report on affiliates with no clicks, impressions, sales or leads during a selected period.
• Created a report for viewing the effectiveness of banners in terms of sales, leads, revenue.
• Added session tracking in addition to the existing cookie tracking. This option is defined in preferences.
• Option to notify an affiliate of a deleted/rejected sale
• Added option for Affiliates to add tracking to any web page or any HTML content
• Added Banner option for Data Feeds. A data feed is basically a feed of a web page where all links are tracked for affiliates.
• Added option for administrator to be notified when an Affiliate updates their account
• Added option to display a custom message to affiliates when they login to the affiliate console
• Option to run tool to pay affiliates in "preview" mode only to view your payout liability
• When running tool to pay affiliates, start/end dates that were chosen are now stored.
• Add column to sales, leads, clicks commissions to store date when marked as paid. This allows an individual payment record to be deleted and the commissions are unmarked accordingly.
• Option to display custom html message to affiliates after signup
• Affiliates can now login using their email address or username
• Added option to search links in affiliate console
• Added option to pay only on first sale or lead, then delete cookie
• Name of cookie can now be defined and changed at any time
• Option to block specific IP's from sale/lead tracking to prevent manually entered sales from being recorded
• Option to select paid/unpaid commissions on reports
• Option to define footer text and link in admin console
• Added option to use a 301 redirect when redirecting affiliate links
• Added option under Affiliate Type to turn off option for affiliates to create their own links
• List of affiliates is now sorted by date as the default sort
• Added Sales Tracking code option for recurring sales. Options is found under Sales tracking code.
• Added option for administrator to specify generic linking instructions for affiliates
• Program now uses server.transfer if relative URL is specified.
  This eliminates the redirect which search engines typically do not index.

• Newly designed ASP.NET web-based interface.
• Commissions are now specified by Affiliate Type
• Sales and Leads are now set to be automatically accepted or manually approved at the Affiliate Type level rather than in the tracking code.
• A minimum payout amount can now be set by Affiliate Type.
• A progress bar is now shown for long running tasks.
• Added an option to specify target window for banners. For example Target="_Blank.
• Option to email links to affiliates.  This is useful to email new banners/links to your affiliates when you add them into the system.
• Program now uses a single mail object for sending email -- Quicksoft Easymail.net
• Added Option to import sales/leads/Affiliates/Banners/Links/ and Products from any ODBC-compliant database
• Additional 3 additional user-defined fields for tracking sales and leads.
• Added enhanced filtering options to filter by affiliate, affiliate type, category, etc throughout the interface.
• Added wizard for adding Flash banners.
• Added wizard for adding Popup/Pop Under banners.
• Sales and leads are now tracked by banner to see which banners are most effective.
• Conversion time in days is now tracked to see how long each conversion took.
• Impressions are now tracked on all types of media including banners, text links and products.
• All email messages can now contain all available affiliate parameters.  The subject of each email message can also be set in the preferences.
• Added file upload utility to view uploaded banners and upload new banners to server.
• Enhanced tool to pay affiliates.  You can now pay by Affiliate Type, all affiliates, or specific affiliates.  The payment history record now records commissions paid at all tier levels rather than the total payout amount.
• Added preferences to set compact P3P privacy policy
• Added preference to define record set paging size
• Added option to automatically refresh a banner group every X seconds to reload a new banner while sitting idle on a page.
• Ability to block clicks from spiders
• Added VAT Number as Affiliate Field
• Added option to pass AffiliateID on to site using ##AffiliateID## within any Target URL.
• Product Now Supports Euro Currency
• Added better display of tiered affiliates so entire diagram of Tier X affiliates is displayed
• Option to create form option for signup page so people can ignore some fields and customize the signup form.
• Option to include Affiliate agreement on signup form
• Allow affiliate Type to to be set on signup form
• Affiliate List report now displays signup date
• All reports can now be exported to Excel and CSV files
• Supports reporting by AffiliateType
• Some reports can now be broken down by category
• Created a Sales/Clicks/Leads report broken down by Day.
• Added an option to create Trend Graphs in the admin console.
• Added an option to increase the sales, lead, or per click commission rate for
  Tier 1 affiliates based on specific thresholds. Two thresholds can be defined.
• Added option to export payment data to PayPal, Quicken, and Quickbooks for
  easy payment and check writing
• Added option to define and collect up to 5 additional affiliate parameters.
• Added option to determine how banners are sorted in the affiliate console.
• Added option to allow affiliates to view pending sales/leads.  This field is set by Affiliate Type.  If this option is set affiliates will also get a sales notification for pending sales.
• Added option to allow affiliates to view sales/lead detail.  This field is set by Affiliate Type.  You can also select what sales detail fields are shown to the affiliate including the 3 optional sales/lead tracking fields.
• Added option for affiliates to view Tier X affiliates that have signed up under them.
• Tool in affiliate console to create a link to any page in a web site

Version 3.0 -- October 10, 2002

New Features

• Added support for running a multi-tier affiliate program of up to 5 tiers. [More Information]

• Added option to mark affiliate commissions as paid. [More Information]

• Added support for recurring commissions.

• Added payment history report listing all previous affiliate commission payments.

• Added option to specify a minimum payout amount.  Affiliates will continue to accrue commissions until the minimum payout amount is reached.

• Added daily report breakdown in affiliate area for past 60 days showing clicks, sales, leads and commissions for each day.

• Added option for affiliates to report on traffic by banner.

• Added search functionality in affiliate area for Products.  Added paging to Products, Text Links, and Banners in the Affiliate Area.

• Affiliates are now categorized into different affiliate types.  This allows you to provide unique marketing materials to each affiliate type.  Affiliate rates can also be changed by affiliate type or by individual affiliates. [More Information]

• Program now tracks all statistics on a daily basis.  All reporting is now to the nearest day.

• Reports can now be sorted.

• Added search functionality for all affiliate objects in the administration console (Affiliate Types, Affiliates, Banners, Links, Products, Categories, Sales and Leads).

• Added support for HTML email messages to affiliates.  This includes New Member message, Pending Member message, Rejected Member message, and the message sent when a new sale has been made.  Other HTML messages include the email broadcast tool

• Added option to embed certain affiliate fields in the messages such as Affiliate ID, Username and Password.

• Added option for specifying a pending member message sent to new affiliates when the system is set to require manual approval of all accounts.  A separate message is also included for rejecting applications.

• Added report which lists all affiliates and their AffiliateID.

• Added support for all currencies.

• Added support for Pay Pal for paying affiliates.

• Added support for Pay Pal for recording sales of products purchased through Pay Pal using their Instant Payment Notification (IPN) system. [More Information]

• Added an automated email reminder when it is time to pay your affiliates.  Messages can be sent up to twice per month.

• Added a tool to embed the Affiliate ID in a form as a hidden field.  This is useful to store the AffiliateID in your database if you are doing your own affiliate tracking. [More Information]

• Affiliate console now uses Cascading Style Sheet to define look and feel rather than images.

Enhancements/Bug Fixes

• Added better control of size of clicks table.  Clicks are deleted after the unique click hour.  For example, if the Unique Click Hour is 3, all clicks more than 3 hours old are deleted.

• Better cache defeating in the administration console by tagging time onto querystrings.

• Added cross-site scripting code to prevent affiliates from embedding Javascript to try and gain access to the administrator account.

• Changed table names to start with tblaff_.  Also changed stored procedures to start with spafw_.

• Added code to handle requests from deleted affiliates.