I am working on an affiliate content site which has been configured to open affiliates links via a redirect using JavaScript window.open() method. This opens the link in a new tab. This is done strategically so the current tab can redirect to a different page on the site.
However, we are having issues with a lot of our sales/conversions not tracking properly when we configure our links this way.
I wondered if there was a rel= attribute or referral policy that could be affected. Similarly, could cookies be affected with window.open() method, or by opening in a new tab vs the same/current tab? My expertise with browser configurations and javascript is limited so I am a bit unsure where to start looking for the root cause.
For reference, the code used to open the links looks like this:
(function($) {
$(document).on(‘form\_submission\_success’, function(e, response, form){
// get field values and combine
var link = document.querySelectorAll(‘\[name=”link”\]’)\[0\].value;
var uid = document.querySelectorAll(‘\[name=”uid”\]’)\[0\].value;
var redirectTo = link + uid;
// open redirectTo new tab
[window.open](https://window.open)(redirectTo, ‘\_blank’);});
})(jQuery);
If anyone has encountered this issue before, would appreciate any insight on the matter. Thank you in advance.
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