moneymarketing wrote on 22
nd Aug, 2019 at 5:37am:
I told him in an email that this contest would be fairer if they embedded our referral link. Saying that if we don't get referrals, we don't make money and thus cannot afford to spend money promoting. This slows the growth of the site down
I hope he listens
His response:
Quote:The Referrer name field is only there for administrative purposes, it does
Not determine who gets the referral. Your ID is encoded into the html
of the page when someone clicks on your link, they can't change it.
They could put Mickey Mouse in the field and it wouldn't affect anything.
It's just there because it makes my work easier when I have to check on
some things. Most people leave the field blank.
We used to use cookies, but with the new European regulations, it's just
too much of a hassle, so I turned it off.
Roberto
So that is great news (except that my referring is not as good as expected and now I only have myself to blame
)