It’s finally happened — you’ve completely stopped poking us with a stick waiting for a new version, having rightly decided that we’ve probably croaked. We’re quick to disappoint you: we’ve got a stable release of AlterVision CPA Platform v 3.8 ready!
Unlike the previous version, stability is no longer its key feature. We’ve gone back to the classic dendro-fecal design methodology, #хуякхуякивпродакшн (roughly, “slap it together and ship it”). And that’s what let us roll out some major, serious upgrades.
Today, we’re introducing goals! Finally, this key piece of CPA functionality has been implemented in our platform. Offers can now have various goals set for them, which are absolutely critical for non-merchandise offers. For any offer, you can handle registrations, deposits, revshare, and everything else like that separately. No more crutches — full support for goals of any kind.
The second major addition is support for quality GeoIP-lookup services. After the untimely demise of IP GeoBase, we added the ability to switch the system over to MaxMind’s services, free or paid. Due to licensing restrictions, these services aren’t embedded automatically — you have to select them yourself in the system’s “Advanced Settings.” Even the free geolocation services multiply the accuracy of IP address recognition many times over.
Leads can now be edited after they’re submitted from the site. This lets you use the “Thank You” page to collect email addresses, shipping addresses, and extra comments on leads. Once edited, updated leads can be sent to the advertiser’s CRM automatically.
The lead distribution settings now have the long-awaited feature for capping how many leads a company receives per period. Now you can set a lead limit for a company — say, no more than a hundred leads a day. Or no more than ten valid leads in the last 24 hours. Or pretty much any other quantity-based limit you like.
On top of everything else, we made a few more nice little touches:
– Added a quality score for call center operators
– Threw in an extra full approval rate indicator in analytics
– Whipped up a new IP address info page
– Fixed up the CMS for landing pages and pre-landers, ironing out some annoying quirks (about ten of them)
– Expanded the list of URL parameters on redirect sites
– Improved the agency management section