Affiliate sales credited to Direct instead
Sales from affiliate links are credited to Direct or never recorded, so affiliates cannot see their sales.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
3 public reports · first reported 25 July 2023 · last reported 13 October 2025
What's going wrong
Store owners using Affiliates with WooCommerce or Ecwid say that purchases made after a visitor clicks an affiliate link are either labeled as direct sales or not recorded as referrals at all, even though clicks and traffic show up in the plugin.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
In the idea report
- The full summary.
- The products the 3 reports are about, and how many came each month.
- Related problems.
No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.