How can you tell if a sponsor uses cookies for tracking?

[SexVideoContent]

Do programs using nats type links require cookies to track sales, where the link url is something like "http://www.domain.com/affiliateID/" ?

I realize ccbill link codes use cookies, I was just wondering how to tell the difference.

[Andre]

NATS does use cookies to track surfers. They simply encrypt their linking codes. Some like that and some don't.

[SexVideoContent]

I see, thanks for the reply. Are there any sponsors that don't use cookies for tracking affiliates?

[tickler]

Most don't use cookies! PHP linking is so much better.

Some sponsors will use cookies for tracking unique vs. raw hits though!

[RawAlex]

SOmetimes cookies will be used as a secondary thing, rather than primary. Good coding in PHP allows you to pass the affilliate code all through the site, which makes cookies a very old fashioned way to do buisness. CCBill uses it because they don't keep control of the surfers during the tour.

[Cleo]

CCBill also uses URL tracking.

[SexVideoContent]

Thanks for the info. Most of the sites I promote are ccbill sites and I have a good amount of nocookie traffic; I was considering redirecting it to a page with sponsors who don't rely on the cookie tracking method.

But Cleo you say that ccbill also uses url tracking, so am I wrong to think that I wouldn't be given credit for a referred sale made to a ccbill site if the browser didn't support cookies?

[Cleo]

CCbill has stated in other threads that they use a combo of cookies and URL/IP tracking and fall back to whatever means they can to track the surfer.

Lots of people surf with cookies blocked.