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Check the affiliate links you're promoting occasionally

by trevord92
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A quick reminder to check any affiliate sites you're promoting.

A lot of things can happen between adding an affiliate link a year or two ago and the present day.

Like the site is no longer in existence or they've got bored and changed their affiliate program or removed it altogether.

And if you promote any $7 type products where your Paypal email is part of the link, check that as well if you've recently changed your email address.

It's a boring but potentially very profitable job!

Trevor
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  • Profile picture of the author Andy Fletcher
    This is very good advice.

    I'd add that its also a good idea to make sure as much of your traffic as possible goes through a server you control. Its one thing to know that a site/product no longer exists but its quite another to be able to do something about it and redirect your traffic somewhere else.

    Cheers,

    Andy
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  • Profile picture of the author ryanman
    This is very true.
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  • Profile picture of the author Alex Sol
    Good idea.
    I started promoting a CPA offer a year ago (organic traffic) and now I found out the site did not offer an affiliate program anymore. So I changed the links to a NEW similar CPA offer - and it's making $30-$40 a day... I am sure I missed out on a few $1,000's
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    • Profile picture of the author trevord92
      Another sneaky practice I've found recently is some sites using a different payment provider on the downsell.

      For instance, one product I was promoting used Clickbank for the main product but if you try to click away and then accept the cheaper offer, it goes to a different payment processor completely, cutting the affiliate out of the equation.

      Which makes checking a longer process but definitely worth doing.

      Trevor
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      • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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        • Profile picture of the author mcook
          That seems like very obvious advice and like a no brainer but I checked a product I am promoting on another site of mine and for some reason it was down. I think I will check all my affiliate links every month or two from now on just to be sure.
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  • Profile picture of the author lior1970
    This proves that there is no such thing as "auto pilot" system in internet marketing. Everything has to be checked and verified even if it is only once in 6 month.
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    • Profile picture of the author druwainwright
      Good advice
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      • Profile picture of the author Emily Meeks
        Originally Posted by Alex Sol View Post

        Good idea.
        I started promoting a CPA offer a year ago (organic traffic) and now I found out the site did not offer an affiliate program anymore. So I changed the links to a NEW similar CPA offer - and it's making $30-$40 a day... I am sure I missed out on a few $1,000's
        I suppose that's the benefit of getting a .99 info domain and setting up a redirect. Even if the original site goes down, you can simply change your redirect.

        Originally Posted by lior1970 View Post

        This proves that there is no such thing as "auto pilot" system in internet marketing. Everything has to be checked and verified even if it is only once in 6 month.
        100% autopilot is a pipe dream > The beauty of IM is that yes, you can take a day off and not lose any sleep, but so long as you have a business to run you'll need to tend to it.
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