Visitors reposting my affiliate links on other sites

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I just found out that many of my visitors are reposting the affiliate links from my website onto Facebook and some other social media sites.

I found this out by doing a google search for my exact ID...

Can I get in trouble for this? How do I stop it?

Furthermore, what's to keep me from spamming my competitors ID all over the place and then reporting them?

I'm just worried that they're going to think I'm spamming.
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  • Profile picture of the author Valter B
    Does your aff network allow social traffic? If not, then you could be in trouble. Otherwise more exposure for you.
    Well you can't stop it, BUT you can use url shortener to shorten your aff links. It is important to sign up, so you can customize and control the links. Then if someone spams your links, you delete them and create new ones.
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  • Profile picture of the author darkblue
    hey, if more money have started to come in, then there is no problem
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  • Profile picture of the author tim_buchalka
    Generally the worse you could face is that the link the visitor shared will get removed form their post - Because from facebook's point of view (or whoever they posted the link to) it will appear THEY are posting THEIR OWN affiliate link (even though it's yours).

    So from where I am looking you are safe here - As Valter B mentioned a url shortener might be useful.

    I think it's cool you are getting your links reposted - people must think you content is valuable.
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  • Profile picture of the author DreamWarrior
    Must be good enough for others to post the link up.

    You really can't stop others posting links to your sites, etc. Just be happy that it is free advertising.
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  • Profile picture of the author Studio13
    Originally Posted by AmazingAff View Post

    I just found out that many of my visitors are reposting the affiliate links from my website onto Facebook and some other social media sites.

    I found this out by doing a google search for my exact ID...

    Can I get in trouble for this? How do I stop it?

    Furthermore, what's to keep me from spamming my competitors ID all over the place and then reporting them?

    I'm just worried that they're going to think I'm spamming.
    Hehe -- the keen eyed individual will take note of those last two sentences...

    There is a rumor going around saying that if you 'spam' links google will sandbox you and deindex your site. If that was true -- whats stopping you from running Xrumor 24 hours a day with your competitors links?

    Now google and your affiliate program are two different things, but just consider that if you could spam someone else links -- and get them terminated -- don't you believe there would horror stories to fill up the Atlantic about that?
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  • Profile picture of the author Arroway
    If they are amazon affiliate links, you can get in trouble, because they only allow traffic from your own sites. If it's clickbank, then you are lucky.

    Allen
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