Affiliate software - coupon code

[xdinero]

Hi !

After finding many answers here in this fantastic forum, I come back with new questions regarding affiliation. I am sure some of you will be able to give me a hand on this subject.

I will launch a merchant website in a couple of weeks (still finalising the pages, etc). I would like to add an affiliate program where people can sign in and be able to recommend my products via their own websites (ex. banners etc...) and/or with their own personnalised URL, so they could even print some business cards with their personnalise URL to promote my website and get some % of the sale in exchange. So my questions are:
1/ Do you know an affiliation programme that enable you to create a personalised URL with a full name (not a number code) like: (mycompany dot com/john)
For example if the affiliate is called john
and not an URL like (my company dot com/675304)
-sorry I cannot put the 3 "w" before bcs I have not posted 15 times yet-

2/ Also I might add a coupon code function that will generate a % commission for the affiliates and give a % discount for the buyer. So the affiliate is motivated to promote your site, and the client will definitely enter the coupon code to get a discount...
Do you know which software is great for this coupon code function?

3/ If you have any other idea/suggestion/recommendation on affiliate software, I would be very grateful.

Thanks a lot for your help !

[gibby]

most good cart software should have this included or be a mod that you can add for a small price

dont rely on this as a major way to increase business but just something extra

G

[xdinero]

Thanks for your answer... I know It will not boost sales incredibly, buut every little helps.

Actually I would like an affiliation software that manages comissions, propose marketing materials to affiliates (like banners), etc... plus a coupon code option, which I think can really be efficient, for affiliates, and for the buyers.
Imagine a coupon code (a number/code) you gie to an affiliate. Then the affiliate "market" his coupon code. The buyer is motivated to use the coupon code since he gets a discount on the price (and might give the code to friends, family..), and the affiliate gets his % of com as well... This systems looks better that a personalized URL that does not garantee you that the buyer will enter the entire URL with sybols like "/" or "45ty7" for example, and that he will just enter the URL and stop at ".com".. without the identification of the affiliate.

If anybody knows about this type of software, It would be great. Thx in advance.