Does Facebook allow domain forwarding?

jedhanlin208 · 11-12-2010, 10:01 AM

Does the Facebook ad network allow you to forward a domain through to a cpa offer? For instance ad -> xxxxx.com which is forwarded -> cpa offer. I know that google doesn't allow this but wasnt sure on FB. Thank you.

ChrisBa · 11-12-2010, 10:50 AM

yes, facebook allows this

Soundengine · 11-12-2010, 06:57 PM

Hi

The best way to do this on Facebook is to use a .php redirect. That's when you don't forward the domain but instead host it and put a redirect file to the offer. Reason being that if you need to change the destination URL of your ad you won't have to resubmit the ad. Also, if you are promoting a foreign CPA offer nobody can see it in the US through your affiliate link and when the Facebook interns go to review your ad and click your link they can't see your offer from the US and will disapprove your ad. Just put the real website address temporarily in the .php redirect until your ad gets approved, then swap it out with your affiliate link.

Just host one of your domains and upload the following text file:

Filename: index.php

Inside the text file put this:

<?php
header("Location: http://www.PutYourAffiliateLinkHere.com/?sub=".stripslashes($_GET['sub']));
?>

Then put this as the destination URL in your ad in Facebook:
http://www.MyDomainName.com/index.php?sub=TrackingID

The tracking ID at the end sub= is useful because you can pass a variable through the URL and when you get conversions these will appear in your reports. The format of sub= may change depending on what tracking variables your affiliate network uses. For Example:

A Neverblue tracking URL uses the variable name subid and your ad's destination URL would look like this:
http://www.YourDomain.com/index.php?subid=TrackingID

A Maxbounty tracking URL uses the variable name s1 and the ad destination URL would look like this:
http://www.YourDomain.com/index.php?s1=TrackingID

When you create your ad in FB just give each ad's destination URL a different Tracking ID number or you won't know which Ad made the lead.

Never blindly send forwarded traffic to an offer without tracking through a sub id unless you can use Javascript conversion tracking. Unfortunately some networks (Maxbounty for example) don't have the ability to use Javascript tracking so you HAVE to use the sub id which is more time consuming but hey what can you do?

jeffrey73 · 11-12-2010, 07:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jedhanlin208

Does the Facebook ad network allow you to forward a domain through to a cpa offer? For instance ad -> xxxxx.com which is forwarded -> cpa offer. I know that google doesn't allow this but wasnt sure on FB. Thank you.

You mean direct linking? Yeah, they allow it. Not sure why you would want to mask a domain to forward to your affiliate offer on Facebook? Your affiliate link isn't displayed in the ad, so it's not really necessary to cloak.

Herbert S Richter · 11-12-2010, 08:06 PM

FB allows direct linking only that it doesnt allow the promotion of some offers.

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Soundengine Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 16 Thanks: 2 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Does Facebook allow domain forwarding? Hi The best way to do this on Facebook is to use a .php redirect. That's when you don't forward the domain but instead host it and put a redirect file to the offer. Reason being that if you need to change the destination URL of your ad you won't have to resubmit the ad. Also, if you are promoting a foreign CPA offer nobody can see it in the US through your affiliate link and when the Facebook interns go to review your ad and click your link they can't see your offer from the US and will disapprove your ad. Just put the real website address temporarily in the .php redirect until your ad gets approved, then swap it out with your affiliate link. Just host one of your domains and upload the following text file: Filename: index.php Inside the text file put this: <?php header("Location: http://www.PutYourAffiliateLinkHere.com/?sub=".stripslashes($_GET['sub'])); ?> Then put this as the destination URL in your ad in Facebook: http://www.MyDomainName.com/index.php?sub=TrackingID The tracking ID at the end sub= is useful because you can pass a variable through the URL and when you get conversions these will appear in your reports. The format of sub= may change depending on what tracking variables your affiliate network uses. For Example: A Neverblue tracking URL uses the variable name subid and your ad's destination URL would look like this: http://www.YourDomain.com/index.php?subid=TrackingID A Maxbounty tracking URL uses the variable name s1 and the ad destination URL would look like this: http://www.YourDomain.com/index.php?s1=TrackingID When you create your ad in FB just give each ad's destination URL a different Tracking ID number or you won't know which Ad made the lead. Never blindly send forwarded traffic to an offer without tracking through a sub id unless you can use Javascript conversion tracking. Unfortunately some networks (Maxbounty for example) don't have the ability to use Javascript tracking so you HAVE to use the sub id which is more time consuming but hey what can you do?

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Herbert S Richter Mr Stiffler War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Montreal, Quebec Posts: 103 Thanks: 9 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Does Facebook allow domain forwarding? FB allows direct linking only that it doesnt allow the promotion of some offers.