After deeper research I found out that our mid (merchant ID) for CJ is not the actual merchant ID that CJ uses.
CJ affiliate network system is one of the best. Having said that CJ implements a very flexible system which requires several different types of IDs.
These are CJ's IDs explained:
1. advertiserID / aid = advertiser ID who are merchants advertising on CJ. This identify a unique merchant. This is the number DFF should have on our MID field.
2. advertisingID = confusingly sometimes also called aid same as above. This ID is used to identify unique advertisement such as banners, text links, and product catalog. Each merchant product catalog uses a different advertisingID. This is the ID that DFF uses for our MID which is not exactly correct because it does not identify the advertiser/merchant but it identify the advertising. AdvertisingID is used in the data feed / product catalog file of all CJ merchants data feed. That is where we got our wrong MID from. Don't worry, your commission and tracking is still valid since the advertisingID is the same for all affiliates.
2. PID = publisher ID. aka Affiliate ID. You can have more than one publisher ID, because for each web site you register with your CJ account you will be given a different PID.
3. Account ID / Account Number = This is your one and only account number which identify your CJ account.
In summary, DFF uses advertisingID for our MID in regards to CJ. This is not correct and needs to be corrected in the future.
Don't worry about your commission earning. We checked, the adverstisingID placed in the product catalog / data feed files is the same for all CJ affiliates. Therefore it does not matter eventhough DFF does not have the actual CJ advertiser ID, it is actually not used or needed during referral clickthrough.
At this time we will continue to show CJ's advertisingID in our CJ MID eventhough it is wrong. We will work as quickly as we can to fix this problem soon.
In the meantime to search for CJ merchant, you can only use the merchant name for now. Sorry.
Andrew
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( Founder ) - Affiliate Price Comparison Shopping Tools
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