EzineArticles.com Does Allow Affiliate Links

15 years ago

Yes you can.

However, in discussions on the forums here, it appears that conversions tend to be lower for many going directly to the sales site instead of going to your authority site where you can capture the email and potentially make the sale.

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larrybrown

15 years ago

Hi, thanks for your comments. I use these forwarding domains for driving traffic to affiliate CPA offers. Works like a charm for "set and forget" income streams. I'm also able to get "type in traffic" by registering a name that is close to the original site.

Larry

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Steven Wagenheim

15 years ago

I can't speak for everybody else, but for me...that tactic doesn't do squat.

Want to make sales?

Send them to a review of the product on your blog.

Better yet, send them to a video review and let them see you.

Give them a free report based around the product in return for their email
address.

Follow up with more content.

Build some credibility and trust.

Again...just my opinion.

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larrybrown

15 years ago

Wags, you're absolutely right. It is better to create a review site. BUT, I'm L-A-Z-Y

I like to set up these forwarding domains first then if I see some action I may set up a full blow site.

Larry

Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim

I can't speak for everybody else, but for me...that tactic doesn't do squat.

Want to make sales?

Send them to a review of the product on your blog.

Better yet, send them to a video review and let them see you.

Give them a free report based around the product in return for their email
address.

Follow up with more content.

Build some credibility and trust.

Again...just my opinion.

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Alexa Smith

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larrybrown

15 years ago

I'm not following your logic. If I set up a simple forwarding domain and link an article to it and track that that domain is getting traffic (from say ezinearticles) would that not be an indication that the market is worth presuing? VS say another forwarded domain with an article link that gets little or no traffic?

Anyway, care to elaborate on your logic?

Larry

Originally Posted by Alexa Smith

I'm lazy, too. But I don't think this is about laziness.

I think your logic's faulty, here.

You're assuming that that something that gets a little bit of action as a direct link will be worth doing a review site for. I question this conclusion. I think possibly even the exact opposite might be more valid: it might be the ones that get absolutely no action at all as a direct link that will produce most from a pre-sell review site, and the ones that get a bit of action without it might not even do very much better at all with it. :confused:

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- larrybrown 15 years ago
  
  Lisa, two quick things:
  
  1) I'm not looking for sales. I'm looking for clickthroughs and some action on my CPA offer (which is usually a lead form sign up -- much easier to get then a sale)
  
  2) I AM testing. That's the whole point of using Ezine articles and a forwarding domain.
  
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Sonja 15 years ago

Originally Posted by Alexa Smith

You can buy a dot-info domain for $0.89 and forward it.

Hey Alexa, okay you got me on this one. Where can I get .info for $0.89 :confused:
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  Sonja 15 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by josephmorris90
  
  Order your .info names with Godaddy, they are only $0.89
  (Total comes to $1.07 because of the 18 cent ICANN fee)
  
  Oh okay. I have been buying from namecheap for $2.98 because it comes with free privacy for a year. Then after that you can buy 5 privacy protections for about $8.
  
  Thanks for the info...ha ha...info
  
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Jays80 15 years ago

Where do we get Info domains for $0.89?

Originally Posted by Alexa Smith

Indeed, You can buy a dot-info domain for $0.89 and forward it.
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Thomas

15 years ago

Originally Posted by larrybrown

Don't know about you guys but thats a revelation for me.

I did know that but, given that EZA doesn't let authors link to certain type of pages, it's surprising that they allow it (since you could simply re-direct the domain to anything after the article has been accepted).

Tommy.

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locpic63 15 years ago

Originally Posted by Thomas

it's surprising that they allow it (since you could simply re-direct the domain to anything after the article has been accepted).

Tommy.

If you do it they will catch you and take your article down. Been there, done that, bought the t-shirt.:rolleyes:

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steveniam

15 years ago

The morale of the story - read the TOS.

Anyway I don't send them directly to the vendors site but through my landing page. It will convert better

Originally Posted by larrybrown

I decided to try to fool ezinearticles by registering a domain name that was very similar to the product website I was promoting and then forwarding the domain through my affiliate link. Worked, no problem. I thought I had figured out some sort of back door but then I read this gem in ezinearticles's TOS:

You declare that you will not send in any articles with direct affiliate links in them. We reject articles with direct affiliate links. It is ok, however, forward/redirect to an affiliate link from the top-level of a domain name you own. For example, it is permissible to forward to an affiliate link from:

your-company-name.com

Don't know about you guys but thats a revelation for me. Now if I want to link directly to an affiliate website all I have to do is register a domain name and forward it. Pretty cool.

Larry

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Gavin Stephenson

15 years ago

You have to warm people up to a sell.

You should check out Google Sniper. it will help out alot

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firedragon

15 years ago

I like the forwarding idea, but I also see the point of a landing page and I will go with that

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davidomni

Banned 15 years ago

Larry, Have you used this yourself to make $ with CPA & affiliate offers?

Thanks!

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larrybrown 15 years ago

Yes I'm making money with EZA and forwarded domains. I also use forwarded domains quite a bit outside of EZA. I use them for domain squatting, typo squatting and other things.

Basically, I'm a mud slinger -- I throw a bunch of mud against the wall and look for what sticks. So far, I have enough sticking to earn a full time living on the internet.

Lar
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badfun

15 years ago

I use the redirect method to test sales pages. it is the poor man's adwords. Yes all the rest about building up an authority site, giving something away etc. is valid, but it takes time.

I find a potentially lucrative niche, find a product, setup a redirect, submit a few articles. It's a bit more work than adwords but it's cheaper. Then you find out pretty quickly whether the sales page will convert or not. Check your Clickbank analytics (if that is what you are using) to see how many of the redirected visitors actually clicked into the order page. If they didn't make an order, that is okay. It shows that they were interested enough to check out the price at least.

The converse is that you find the niche, setup a site with reviews etc. write a bunch of articles, send traffic, and then discover that the sales page doesn't convert. That happens a lot too. The redirect method can be a time-saver.
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