Linda,
To answer the question in the email you received.
What I wrote in my previous post is also covering "direct mail" and the "direct mail code".
To explain "The Fact"
How does the Merchant know for sure that the Affiliate was not the trigger to actually get the customer to the site, then remember the direct mail, look for it and enter the code? Or how can he be 100% sure that it was the Direct Mail alone that made the customer go to the site and sign-up? Maybe he saw another offer at an affiliate Site which finally convinced the customer to go and signup, meaning both the Affiliate and the Direct Mail are responsible the actually conversion. And another one, how does the Merchant know If the Affiliate Cookie was set before the Customer READ the Direct Mail or after?
You see, a lot of people did a lot of thinking the other week
