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Clickbank Vendors - how do you record affiliate hoplink in autoresponder followups

by itsallwhite
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I have a clickbank product which is currently sold via a standard sales page. I would like to add an email opt-in to capture email addresses of visitors the website in order to send follow-up emails to encourage a sale

(on an alternative page and give affiliates the option).

Is there a standard way of doing this, is there an automated tool or is it handcoded?

I've heard of tools like easyclickmate but not sure if this does the job/is any good?

Your advice/input is much appreciated
#affiliate #autoresponder #clickbank #followups #hoplink #record #vendors
  • Profile picture of the author Bill_Z
    So, you want to simply create an alternative salespage with an optin form? If this is the case you don't need to use easyclickmate. Just make the alternative page, add the optin form, and you're set. If affiliates send traffic to the sales page with the optin form, their cookie is still set once the visitor opts in.

    So if a visitor clicks on an affiliates hoplink, opts in at your salespage, and then buys 2 weeks later the affiliate will still get credit as the visitor will still have the cookie.
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    • Profile picture of the author itsallwhite
      Thanks Bill, yes you are right an alternative page with an opt-in that affiliates send traffic to.

      I have seen a couple of products lately that are stating that the affiliates hoplink will be included in all the follow-up emails.

      For example:

      "We also include your Clickbank affiliate link in our follow-up emails to make sure you get credit! We’ve found 10-20% of people might signup from another computer or have cleared their cookies so you lose your commissions! We make sure you make every single dollar!"

      Is there a simple way to do this, or is this just 'noise'?
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  • Profile picture of the author Bill_Z
    Gotcha, yes in that case you are hard-coding the affiliate ID to the lead that is collected from the optin. You can do that with some custom coding. Maybe someone else can chime in on exactly how to do it because I'm not too sure. But yes that is totally possible.
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  • Profile picture of the author julesw
    Interested to know this too. I have an exit pop up leading to autoresponder, so similar issue. Want all affiliates to get the credit even if the person buys from a different machine.
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    • Profile picture of the author Brandon Tanner
      You would need to create a new hidden field within the opt-in form code of your landing page, and then pass the affiliate ID into that hidden field (which will get sent to your autoresponder). Then you will be able to use the value from the hidden field in your AR messages.

      You didn't mention which AR service you're using, but for the sake of this example I'll use Aweber.

      So, more specifically...

      1) Read this to set up a custom hidden field. For the value of that hidden field, use the text that is bolded below (it gets the incoming ClickBank affiliate ID from the address bar)...

      <input type="hidden" name="custom hop" value="<?php echo $_GET['hop']; ?>" />

      2) Make sure to give that page a .php extension

      3) Then read this to find out how to include that custom value in your AR messages. So assuming your custom field name is "hop", the link you use in your AR would look something like this...

      http://{!custom_hop}.VendorID.hop.clickbank.net

      Disclaimer: the link example above assumes that Aweber will let you use a custom field token inside of an URL. I haven't tried that though, so you should definitely test it before going live with it!
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  • Profile picture of the author itsallwhite
    Thanks Brandon, I really appreciate your input, its a bit beyond me technically but I can have someone do it for me - it sounds like it is possible though which is great.

    If anyone else has tried it/is using it successfully I would love to hear from you.
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    • Profile picture of the author MatthewNeer
      While Brandon is 100% correct, you don't need to do this unless you are including a followup sequence.

      If you just need to pass the affiliate ID through the opt in form, you can just turn on "Forward Contact Data", this will pass the ID and give affiliates credit once the prospect opts in.

      Hope this helps,
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      • Profile picture of the author Batilda
        Matthew...Can you please clarify...how do you "turn on" forward contact data? Is that done inside Aweber?

        many thanks.
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  • Profile picture of the author zudierh
    Hi Brandon,

    Very nice information. Is it it may apply the same style to getresponse?
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