How can I track 'reader offers'

[dormston]

We have a site selling prints at www.golf-prints.org using Actinic Business v.6 for the shop.

We're going to be advertising in several different publications (8 altogether). The advertisements are carried free in return for a commission on each sale driven by them.

How can I make sure that I can track the sales that are driven by the individual ads?

Can I do this using Customer Accounts, or can I force visitors to input a code or select an referral option (in the checkout phase) ... or is there another way I haven't thought of?

If I ask visitors to use a code to get a discount, could I make this happen within Actinic?

At the moment I'm even contemplating creating 'mirror sites' within my overall site and duplicating products within the catalog so that I can track sales by product number!! Not an ideal solution.

Hope someone can help

[murf]

You need to use an affiliate type software if you want to do it properly.

[cdicken]

There are details in the Advanced User Guide for how to transfer order values to an affiliate program.

As Mike suggests, you would need a package to do it properly, rather than trying use any of Actinic's functionality.

[eAbsinthe.com]

Any reccomendations for affiliate software for use with actinic?