Version 3 - Reasons for Upgrade
Improved Tracking
PAP 3 uses worlds-unique method of tracking using combination of 1st party cookies, Flash cookies, 3rd party cookies and IP address using our own technology. Result: best possible reliability. Tracking will work even if normal cookies are blocked.
Also, more useful information is saved when sale/lead is registered you can see date of first click that led to this sale, tracking method, original referrer, etc.
Greatly improved User Interface
We made it more logical and "clickable". Every place where you list affiliate or transaction contains a Details "i" button that displays detailed information about the item
Better usability
More help and suggestion texts added
PAP 3 should be more user friendly and more intuitive to use for you as a merchant as well as for your affiliates.
Every section contains descriptionyou can even change the description texts in affiliate panel or completely disable some of the sections.
Almost every filter, form and list was improvedto display more information and improve data manipulation
Added First Steps section to merchant panel and customizable FAQ section to affiliate panel.
Affiliate link and balanceaffiliate can see his general link and balance on the top of his panel
New & Better Reports
All existing reports were improved, they contain more information and better 3D charts.
New reports added:
- Top campaigns
- Affiliate Summaries
- Rotator report
- Non performing affiliates
Added Refund / Chargeback management
You can automatically create refunds or chargebacks, or manually create commission's with negative values, to deal with refund's that happened after you paid the commission to the affiliate.
New banner types supported
PAP now supports also popup/popunder banners and banner rotators
There is also possibility to organize banners into categories, name them, define their size - all to enable better banner lookup.
Optimization of old records storage increases performance
It is a part of DB Maintenance, allows you to highly reduce the number of transactions records without losing the summary data. It will greatly improve the PAP performance if you have high load and many transactions.
Improved Affiliate Signup Form
affiliate signup form was improved and new automaticaly generated signup form is available. You can choose between standard and new automatic form. You can also control which fields are optional or mandatory in signup form.
New Integration Wizard
drives you step by step through integration of PAP with your website.
Automatic Update feature allows you to automatically download new or updated integration methods from our website.
Check complete list of improvements in new version in Changelog
