I don't think it can be related to jsitemap.

what is not working, exactly? can you tell me how have you configured it?

I just added the word in the referral.. and tried to touch it and it goes to 404 unless I missed something. For example www.mysite.com and the referral word is chicken. I should be able to go to www.mysite.com/chicken and get the site not a 404 page.

Thanks
Jason

oh, I see.

The referral word is something you can use, but it's your "responsability" to make sure it points somewhere that exists.

in other words, you have to make sure the URL www.mysite.com/chicken exists. The referral word is just for "pointing to it", it will not "create" that page or do any other action.

The referral word is used to point users to "existing" pages on the website.

That makes sense.. so would it be safe to say that this link will give the user credit... ?

no.. the "?" should be part of the referral word then. not just "chicken", but "?chicken"

I didn't get too that i have to create the page before use the referral word. This is not so clear in your documentation. So do i have to create a new page always when user need to use the referral word? In this way i have to create many pages if always users ask to create custom link with referral word.
So it's the same when component assign a custom url automatically?

if you use the referral word, it is for pointing the user to a specific page on your site.. so yes, it has to exist.. it's the way it is supposed to work.

it's used for the case in which you want a particular affiliate to direct the users to a specific page on the website.

But with url containing unique user id autogenerated i don't need to create any link on my site, correct?

I don't understand this question.

When the component assign an unique link (with user id) admin no need to create any specific page for that, correct?

correct.

So personally i prefer use this link because don't force admin to create and manage any page.
Thanks.

I have the same confusion about the referral word.

When an affiliate is created a link is created that give that affiliate credit for purchases.
Can the "referral word" also be used to give the affiliate credit for purchases?