HeySummit uses an affiliate code in the referral link to attribute an attendee and eligible purchases to an event affiliate. A visitor does not have to buy immediately, but commission still depends on the event's eligibility and commission rules.
How returning visitors are remembered
Referral links include ac= followed by the affiliate code. When cookies are available, HeySummit stores that code in the browser with a 90-day expiry. The code is also remembered in the browsing session, so a returning visitor may be attributed without clicking the same link again.
Which affiliate gets credit?
Before an affiliate is assigned to the attendee, a later affiliate link can replace the code remembered in the browser and session. Tracking is not locked to the first link for 60 days.
During registration, a referral code submitted with the form or present in the current URL takes priority over a remembered session or cookie code.
Once an attendee already has an affiliate assigned, ordinary registration does not replace that assignment when another referral link is clicked. Self-referrals using the affiliate's own email are excluded.
Tracking limitations
A different device or browser does not automatically carry the stored code. Clearing site data, blocking cookies or browsing privately can also prevent remembered attribution unless a valid referral code is supplied again. A referral visit alone does not guarantee commission: eligible purchases and the organiser's rules determine payout amounts. HeySummit records the commission; the organiser arranges payment.