The Meritt blog https://trymeritt.com/en/blog/ In-depth articles on first-party affiliate tracking, the attribution window, self-billed commission invoices, PayPal and Wise payouts, and platform migration. en Ad blockers and affiliate tracking: what is actually true https://trymeritt.com/en/blog/ad-blockers-affiliate-tracking.html https://trymeritt.com/en/blog/ad-blockers-affiliate-tracking.html Wed, 19 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 What a block list actually targets, why affiliate platform domains are on it, and how a link served by your own domain escapes it. No invented statistics. Why an affiliate platform should not take a percentage https://trymeritt.com/en/blog/percentage-vs-flat-fee-affiliate-platform.html https://trymeritt.com/en/blog/percentage-vs-flat-fee-affiliate-platform.html Wed, 05 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Percentage of revenue, percentage of commissions, volume tiers: the comparison over a year, and what actually costs a platform anything. Who writes an affiliate's invoice, and how self-billing works https://trymeritt.com/en/blog/affiliate-invoice-self-billing.html https://trymeritt.com/en/blog/affiliate-invoice-self-billing.html Wed, 22 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000 The prior agreement self-billing requires, invoice versus receipt, the credit note that replaces a deletion, and VAT by the affiliate's country. An accepted transfer is not a transfer that arrived https://trymeritt.com/en/blog/returned-affiliate-payout.html https://trymeritt.com/en/blog/returned-affiliate-payout.html Wed, 08 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000 The real path of an unclaimed PayPal payout, and the correct reversal: balance restored, sales back to payable, numbered credit note. The attribution window, the cookie, and what actually lasts a year https://trymeritt.com/en/blog/affiliate-attribution-window.html https://trymeritt.com/en/blog/affiliate-attribution-window.html Wed, 24 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 What an attribution window covers, the three limits of the cookie, and the identity binding that survives a change of device. Switching affiliate platform without breaking links already published https://trymeritt.com/en/blog/migrate-affiliate-platform-without-breaking-links.html https://trymeritt.com/en/blog/migrate-affiliate-platform-without-breaking-links.html Wed, 10 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Original codes kept, old ?via= and ?ref= parameters honoured, outstanding balances, a silent import: the order of a migration that breaks nothing.