Mod / function to track trafic source

[mike4kz]

I have a question. I want to track the source of the traffic. FOr example, when I configure the product somewhere, I would like to do something like:

http://www.myshop.com/index.php?_a=product&product_id=3&source=google

And I want to track it, may be not as a GUI report (however it would be nice), but through either a database or through a flat file.

Is it any functionality like this available? Either as MOD or third party software? It shouldn't be that hard to do, however will give a clear picture who brings you the traffic. And it it could be tracked through the session variable, it would be perfect.

[mike4kz]

Here are some ideas (may be include into future releases).

As I understand from the code, all orders report to all turned affiliates. At least I was unable to find a code, that will report only a certain orders to certain affiliates. Same things with ROI trackers - if I put, for example, Google or Shopping.com Java aplet into the code, all my orders will report to them.

So, it would be nice to have "initial selector" (as I stated above), for example, put a parameter "&track=google" or "&source=google", and then at the confirmation page do a case selector, and if this customer came through Google Base, then report it to a Google Base. If it came through Shopping.com or NextTag, then report through proper ROI tracker to that system.

Also, we can track "stages" the client came through. For example, if we track it through a session, then we can store information, that "this client came to the website and didn't buy anything", Another client (for example, through IP address), not just came, but actually registered and placed an order. And then we may generate a report for daily / weekly / monthly activity - so many customers came through Googke, so many through PriceGrabber, so many of them created accounts and made purchases.

I'm not a programmer. I can do a basic modifications for the software. But if we can implement something like this in the future releases, it would be great.