How to Track CCBill Affiliate Link Cookies?

[TheSenator]

I am trying to find software to track my CCBill affiliate ID all the way through to the sign page.

I tried Chrome Web Dev tools but it does not show my affiliate ID.

Does anyone have a solution?

[NatalieK]

click the sign up page after following through the site from your link or banner, then search your affiliate code in their page code. It should be in the coding..

use ctrl and f , or goto the setting top right on google chrome and use find, add your affiliate code

[TheSenator]

Checking out affiliate programs like AdultForce I can see my affiliate ID tracked all the way through to the sign page.

Is CCBill different?

[TheSenator]

I found this EditThisCookie to help me track cookies.

I don't see any CCBill affiliate ID being passed through.

[redwhiteandblue]

You can use the HTTP Headers Live addon in Firefox to see what cookies are being sent and set in the headers. It looks like the aff id is encrypted in the CCBill ones.

[TheSenator]

I don't see this value anywhere PA=2026515 in any cookies on the signup page.

http://refer.ccbill.com/cgi-bin/clicks.cgi?CA=928498&PA=2026515&HTML=http://www.carlotta-champagne.com

[TheSenator]

Originally Posted by redwhiteandblue

You can use the HTTP Headers Live addon in Firefox to see what cookies are being sent and set in the headers. It looks like the aff id is encrypted in the CCBill ones.

If the affiliate ID is encrypted what is name for the value?

[TheSenator]

I can see the program ID but not the affiliate ID being passed through in this link.

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[S3X_Jay]

For starters it's not important that your affiliate ID be "passed through". A cookie just needs to be set on ccbill.com so when the user goes back to CCBill to buy a membership CCBill knows who to credit.

That said, I've discovered the syntax CCBill is using to set cookies is malformed. At least I think it is. For example…

Set-Cookie: 917833=CLICKS2xxWAEVsmOZT6t8ryDiItk8ZwBtWHLb2R5!PX0ImB^PNcIncgl893aYl1grn182U*; expires=? 16-Feb-21 08:02:57 GMT; path=/; domain=.ccbill.com

Notice the section that says "expires=? 16-Feb-21…" The question mark and space is the problem. So it depends on how smart the browser is and whether it can figure out what CCBill means.

Anyway, I wrote a tool to check affiliate links. Feel free to use it…

studio3x .com/tools/urltest

[I'm not allowed to post URLs yet, so you'll need to copy it and take the space out.]

CCBill does not support HTTPS, so make sure you check the box that says "Don't Check HTTPS" otherwise it will timeout.

That tool will show you each redirect that happens in the affiliate link and if not HTTPS, will test the HTTPS version of the link (unless you tell it not to). Then it will show what cookies are set, for how long, and where it redirects to.

If you just want to see the return headers for a particular URL, this will do that…

www .rexswain .com/httpview.html

[TheSenator]

Thank you for the tool. Do you know if the CCBill cookie is encrypted?

Also, is there any impact from redirecting 307(Temporary), no follow, sponsors HTTPS URL to a non-secure URL?

I use PrettyLinks for URL management.

Originally Posted by S3X_Jay

For starters it's not important that your affiliate ID be "passed through". A cookie just needs to be set on ccbill.com so when the user goes back to CCBill to buy a membership CCBill knows who to credit.

That said, I've discovered the syntax CCBill is using to set cookies is malformed. At least I think it is. For example…

Set-Cookie: 917833=CLICKS2xxWAEVsmOZT6t8ryDiItk8ZwBtWHLb2R5!PX0ImB^PNcIncgl893aYl1grn182U*; expires=? 16-Feb-21 08:02:57 GMT; path=/; domain=.ccbill.com

Notice the section that says "expires=? 16-Feb-21…" The question mark and space is the problem. So it depends on how smart the browser is and whether it can figure out what CCBill means.

Anyway, I wrote a tool to check affiliate links. Feel free to use it…

studio3x .com/tools/urltest

[I'm not allowed to post URLs yet, so you'll need to copy it and take the space out.]

CCBill does not support HTTPS, so make sure you check the box that says "Don't Check HTTPS" otherwise it will timeout.

That tool will show you each redirect that happens in the affiliate link and if not HTTPS, will test the HTTPS version of the link (unless you tell it not to). Then it will show what cookies are set, for how long, and where it redirects to.

If you just want to see the return headers for a particular URL, this will do that…

www .rexswain .com/httpview.html

[faxxaff]

Originally Posted by TheSenator

I can see the program ID but not the affiliate ID being passed through in this link.

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Just followed your link and found this code on the signup page:

					<input type='hidden' name='ccbill_referer' value='2045096'>

Your browser may not store third party cookies due to privacy settings or other technical issues ... Not all sales are tracked either way, but it is worth investigating.

[S3X_Jay]

Originally Posted by TheSenator

Thank you for the tool. Do you know if the CCBill cookie is encrypted?

Also, is there any impact from redirecting 307(Temporary), no follow, sponsors HTTPS URL to a non-secure URL?

I use PrettyLinks for URL management.

Define "encrypted".

Cookies are encrypted in transit when being sent to secure URLS (HTTPS). CCBill's URLs are not encrypted and will fail if you try to call them with encryption (despite the fact that it's the year 2021).

Cookie values can also be encrypted, though I'm not sure what that accomplishes. They're clearly using some random-looking strings (e.g. "917833=CLICKS2xxWAEVsmOZT6t8ryDiItk8ZwBtWHLb2R5!P X0ImB^PNcIncgl893aYl1grn182U*") it's impossible to tell if the randomness of that string is because they've encrypted the value, or if it's just some type of hash that only they understand. Either way I'm not sure it matters much as long as they understand the value when they see it.

Originally Posted by faxxaff

Just followed your link and found this code on the signup page:

<input type='hidden' name='ccbill_referer' value='2045096'>

Your browser may not store third party cookies due to privacy settings or other technical issues ... Not all sales are tracked either way, but it is worth investigating.

The CCBill cookies are not 3rd party cookies. They're first party cookies. Cookies set by URLs on refer. ccbill. com include the text "domain=.ccbill .com" which means they're setting for the entire domain, not just the "refer" subdomain. Because they're setting for their own domain, their "first party".

A third party cookie is when a cookie is set when a page loads something off a different domain (e.g. an image or a script). That's not what's happening in this case. The user actually goes (for a split second) to CCBill and is then redirected to the sponsor site. Redirects aren't "third party", they're first party.

[SBJ]

Originally Posted by TheSenator

I don't see this value anywhere PA=2026515 in any cookies on the signup page.

http://refer.ccbill.com/cgi-bin/clicks.cgi?CA=928498&PA=2026515&HTML=http://www.carlotta-champagne.com

on the join form in firefox

PHP Code:

<input type=hidden name=ccbill_referer value='2026515'><input type=hidden name=referingURL value=''><input type=hidden name=referingDestURL value=''> 


[TheSenator]

Originally Posted by SBJ

on the join form in firefox

PHP Code:

<input type=hidden name=ccbill_referer value='2026515'><input type=hidden name=referingURL value=''><input type=hidden name=referingDestURL value=''> 


I am trying to search for this code 549146 in the join for FTV Girls. I can not find it.

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[SBJ]

Originally Posted by TheSenator

I am trying to search for this code 549146 in the join for FTV Girls. I can not find it.

Welcome To The FTVGirls Models Listing!

they use Epoch as their first bill then transfer to ccbill if the epoch fails. so you won't find your ccbill id but the cookie should still be there.

[TheSenator]

Originally Posted by SBJ

they use Epoch as their first bill then transfer to ccbill if the epoch fails. so you won't find your ccbill id but the cookie should still be there.

Does that mean I would not get my affiliate share if the visitor signup through Epoch?

[SBJ]

Originally Posted by TheSenator

Does that mean I would not get my affiliate share if the visitor signup through Epoch?

no, it would be paid out via your ccbill account via the cascade they have setup with ccbill. Some list ccbill then cascade to epoch and sometimes they switch back and forth but it always pays out to ccbill.