Referral Candy Setup

• Overview
• The Setup

Overview

ReferralCandy is a configurable referral program. It uses email marketing to encourage your customers to tell friends about your site. After customers make a purchase, they are given a coupon that can be shared with their friends. Friends who make a purchase receive a discount, while the referring customer is rewarded. 

Every ReferralCandy account comes with online analytics and social media integration. Each customer also receives a personal referral portal. Hundreds of retailers across the world uses ReferralCandy. Businesses such as leading shoe retailer Okabashi, Bigstock Photo and Grammy Award nominee Soulja Boy's Ocean Gang clothing line.

The Setup

 

 

3. Complete the rest of the setup wizard.

 

 

Part B: Adding the tracking code to your AmeriCommerce store:

4. Log into your AmeriCommerce Administration Console.

5. In the Administration Console, click on Themes.

6. Select the "Edit" button on the active theme.

 

 

 

 

 

7. Click "Pages" on the left navigation bar.

 

 

8. Click "Order View" on the list that appears.

9. Click "HTML Editor" on the list that appears.

 

 

10. In the HTML Editor, copy and paste the ReferralCandy tracking code from Step 2 above the last line of script that reads "</ac:pagelayout>".

11. Click the "Save" button on the top right corner of the Administration Console to save the changes.

 

 

 

Part C: Sending invoice emails to ReferralCandy:

12. In the Administration Console, click on Settings

13. Click on Store Information.

14. Select "Notifications/Alerts" from the list.

 

 

15. Click the "New" button in the upper right hand corner.

 

 

16. Copy and paste the ReferralCandy email address from Step 2 into the Email Address input box.

17. Select the store it applies to (only applicable if you have multiple stores).

18. Click the "Save" button on the top right corner of the Administration Console to save the changes.

 

 

19. In the Administration Console, click "Marketing".

20. Select "Email Template".

 

 

21. Select the "Order Confirmation" email template or the email template that you have specified for order confirmations under Settings>Orders>Order Confirmation Email.

 

 

 

22. In the "Alert Email Subject" portion of the page, click the "Send" checkbox.

23. Click the "Save" button on the top right corner of the Administration Console to save the changes. (Please ensure that the subject of your Order Confirmation email template contains the words "Confirmation Order".)

 

 

You will need to add this information in the Order Confirmation for ReferralCandy to work correctly. The merge codes are as followed:

 

##CUSTOMEREMAIL##
##CUSTOMERFIRSTNAME##
##CUSTOMERLASTNAME##
##ORDERSUBTOTAL##
##ORDERDATE#
##ORDERID##