Hello folks, sorry for the delay in getting this up, it’s been a hectic week for all of us, with Kathe having weather issues and her best friend in ICU, and with Denise trying to get the sale together for Friday – well, we just flat run out of time every day.

But we’ve pulled things together from our recent tests and made screenshots to assist those of you associated with marketers that operate the Rapid Action Profits (RAP) script for sales and the affiliate program.

(An excellent, predictable and stable script, btw, not to mention reasonably priced)  Check it out here: Rapid Action Profits Script

In the last post we talked about diverted commissions.  While both pertain only to the RAP script (used by many marketers these days) and how it works, we believe the following info will clarify and answer many questions you’ve had.  Plus, will show you what to look for when accessing your own affiliate account.

There are many ways for commissions to get “lost” in the virtual world and some people, in good faith, promote products and never get paid, thinking they either didn’t make any sales, or something was wrong with “the system” and/or the server.

Several affiliate marketers we know will tell you there are certain affiliate programs they really prefer not to promote through because it always seems the stats are a little “off.”  Who ever really knows if the programs they use are even set up correctly anyway.

But our recent “account encounter” was with the Rapid Action Profits Script (RAP) and since we have been using it for 4 years now, we’re quite familiar with the way things work and how it reacts to certain actions.

The following are five screen shots of a reseller/affiliate account under five different circumstances within the Reseller area:

EMAIL LOGIN DETAILS – where you may have forgotten either your nickname and/or your password. Click here to view screenshot

PASSWORD REQUEST (returned screen) – where you enter your email and ask for password to be sent. Click here to view screenshot

There are two other instances where you will be returned the following screens, the first two being a deleted account, and the last one being a banned affiliate (usually as a result of spamming, doing something against reseller terms, and etc.)

DELETED ACCOUNT – Nickname Return Message Screen.  Click here to view screenshot
DELETED ACCOUNT – Email Return Message Screen. Click here to view screenshot

BANNED ACCOUNT – Shows As Invalid. Click here to view screenshot

We did extensive research and consulted with other RAP owners about the system’s “standard responses” in order to clarify for you what you should see, when. 

NOTE:  Commissions are paid to “admin” in the event of Banned Accounts and/or Deleted Accounts where all links in the marketplace and across the Internet remain active.

Any other instance would entail deliberate access to the database (phpMyAdmin in this case) as nicknames and/or Paypal emails can not be changed in any other manner than to open a NEW account or change the info within the database.  While the “mailing email” (same or different from the Paypal email can be changed, it is changed by the affiliate/reseller themselves.

Any other access would require the “owner” to enter the database by hand and search for said affiliate/reseller.  In fact, many of you have requested we enter the database to change your nickname, reseller name and/or Paypal emails to fit your marketing needs better.

Since The Wacky Gals now personalize most of the salespages to show the affiliats name as our partner, if you are unhappy with what you have entered, you can open a support ticket here:  WackySupport.com  and request we directly access the database to change either your nickname, full name and/or your Paypal email address – the only means we have (at the time) to change those database fields for you.

NOTE:  If your Paypal information has been changed via hacking or access to the database, your commissions will go to the changed Paypal email (not always “admin”)showing in the database. In that instance, your account will show as active, but with the changed/named Paypal email.

Most marketers, at least those that are building their business for the long haul, would never think to make any changes to the database except upon request because an affiliate/reseller that misbehaves can have their accounts banned  (or can deleted from the database .

Banning an account leaves all records intact for future reference (if needed), where deleting an account removes any trace the account ever existed (not a good practice). As a business owner, it would be prudent to ban a reseller and notify them of the infraction that is causing the banning of their account(s), rather than delete all the reseller sales and commission records on file.

ONE FINAL NOTE (and a common question we receive): 

As an affiliate/reseller you should know that the “first sale” (with the exception of 100% commissions) goes to the program owner.  Some have questioned this about the RAP script, yet this was the original intent to prevent affiliates from buying from themselves.

As an affiliate/reseller, should you access your own Paypal account when trying to purchase, you are more than likely cookied to your own affiliate link.  Simply clear your cookies, and your sale should go through smoothly.  Paypal does not allow you to purchase from yourself.

We hope this give you some basis by which you can stay on top of your own affiliate/reseller accounts with marketers that use the Rapid Action Profits (RAP) script.  As an active affiliate, you will most likely recognize the RAP system as different from other affiliate scripts.

In short, should you attempt to log into your own affiliate/reseller account (regardless of what script is running the program) and you find something “not right” you should report it immediately and hopefully get the situation explained and resolved quickly and easily.

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