GPWA Times Magazine - Issue 10 - Sept 2009

69 :: GPWA Times Affiliate Guard Dog’s Payments Calendar ByAndrewMueller A smanyareaware, anewaffiliatepaymentapplicationhassurfacedatAffiliateGuardDog.com, GPWA.org andPokerAffiliateListings.com. This application is a client-server tool that gives affiliates theability to trackpaymentsmadebyprograms theypromote. But– there ismuchmore to this application thanmeets theeye. Whyuse the paymentscalendar? While tracking your own payments is an excellent reason to use the calendar, it is not theonlyreason.Herearesomeothers: 1.Anonymouspaymenttracking The payments calendar does NOT store your username nor does it have the abil- ity to “unhash” thepayment todetermine WHOmade that payment. It is ananony- moussystemandwillalwaysstaythatway. It does NOT track your payment amount, only that youhavebeenpaid. The payments calendar allows easy drag anddropof payments! It’s as easyas: Pick your payment method –Use the “Search Payment Method” searchbox tofilter thepaymentmethod listor just add your own payment method if it’s not on the list! Pick your affiliate program – Use the “Search Programs” searchbox to filter the affiliateprograms from the list (just likeGoogleSuggest)! Drag theaffiliateprogram to thedateon which theypaid. DONE! You can hover over any specific day of the month to see which affiliate programs paid on that day. Hoveringbrings up a list of ALL programs that paid, not just the programs that paidyou. a) b) c)