CJ gets the info from the merchant live, or in batches, depending on the merchant's integration.
However from what I understand this is logged one place, I guess some kind of transaction log, one each of clicks, leads, sales, which are then later transformed into the stats you see.
What I also understand is that clicks/leads/sales are updated independently, so one may be more delayed than the other.
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