Affiliate Performance Over Time

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The Performance over Time report details an affiliate's performance over a set time period. The information and graph generated are useful for identifying long-term trends in performance as well as assessing the results of any short-term trials and promotions that have been run. The report can be manipulated in many ways, which includes showing information for a particular merchant(s).



Report Options

Period This option allows you to select a specific date period such as Quarter To Date or Last Year to save time
From This option defines the start date of your report
To This option defines the end date of your report
Graph Showing This option allows you to choose the data on which the graph is based on such as clicks or commission
Group Results This option defines how the data for the report will be grouped and displayed. For example, the results can be can be grouped to show the data daily, monthly or yearly to allow for quicker comparisons.
Merchant Filter This option allows you to filter the results by particular merchants (maximum 25)


Column Headings

The table can be sorted into ascending or descending order by clicking on any of the column headings. Below is brief explanation of each column:

Date This column in the table shows the dates during which the transactions displayed took place
Imp. This column specifies the number of impressions that have been generated for the merchant on that specific date
Clicks This column specifies the number of clicks that have been referred to the merchant site on a given date
Quantity This column specifies the number of transactions that have been driven by affiliates to the merchant site
Amount This column specifies the sales value of transactions driven for the merchant
Commission This column specifies the amount of commission accrued as a result of the sales driven