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Warriors! Need assistance with redirecting from Youtube to affiliate offer.

by ampeloi13
18 replies
Hello Warriors,

I am trying my hand with youtube and affiliate marketing. I am attempting to load a video with the product information. This is no problem for me. My headache is redirecting from youtube directly to affiliate sales page and now I've over analyzed and need assistance or
schooling in some basic coding.

From google I've found two possibilities. Framing and simple php redirect. I want to do this with no hosting. So no ftp or cpanel.
I want to keep this lean and direct. Below the two I found;

1. Framing; http://www.mydomain.com/product keyword.html

2. Discovered 2 versions of a simple php redirect;

The first is;

 <?php header("Location: http://www.youraffiliatelink"); ?>

The second is;

<?php

header('Location: http://www.youraffiliatelink.com/whatever.html')

?>

I am confused with the difference in the PHP.
First uses (") in the header.
Second uses (') in the header and a / followed by
the word, whatever.

Also my other question is how do I place this in the youtube?
Guessing I open the pagesource and place the php or framing
in the html. Where in the html?

So... Where in the html do I place this code?
I know this is not difficult once done a few times.
This is my first attempt with youtube and affiliate marketing.

I hope I was clear with my questioning. My head is in a fog searching
for these answers.Everything I found was never directly related to
redirecting a youtube informational videodirectly to the product
sales page.

PS With some products I will also be using blogger to presell a little
more and have them click the affiliate link. Just depends what the
product is about.

Thanks in advance for any and all assistance!
#affiliate #assistance #offer #redirecting #warriors #youtube
  • Profile picture of the author JSProjects
    I'm a little lost. How are you going to do a redirect without hosting? (Unless you're using a service like bit.ly)

    Anyway, I've always just used a simple meta redirect:

    <html>
    <head>
    <meta HTTP-EQUIV="REFRESH" content="0;url=http://www.yourdomain.com/index.html">
    </head>
    </html>
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  • Profile picture of the author ampeloi13
    Without hosting? I figured that I didn't need hostgator or such. Am I mistaken?
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  • Profile picture of the author Woodward82
    Im guessing you want to put the redirict into the info part of the youtube video . Is this correct?
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  • Profile picture of the author ampeloi13
    "Im guessing you want to put the redirict into the info part of the youtube video . Is this correct?"
    Yes your correct. I got this idea from a fellow warrior. He sold a WSO called YouTube power slam. I just sent him a message and copied and pasted this warrior forum message also. Your correct. Just want to put the redirect into the info or description of youtube.
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  • Profile picture of the author helisell
    Do you mean you want to put a link under the video in the description?

    Or do you mean you want the video to redirect at the end of it playing?
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    • Profile picture of the author ampeloi13
      Do you mean you want to put a link under the video in the description?

      Or do you mean you want the video to redirect at the end of it playing?
      The first. Put the link under the video in the description. Big question is... Do I need to put the redirect into the html page source of the video. Maybe I could use something as Acloaker? Damn, just thought of this.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kurt
    This won't work. You need hosting to use a php or meta redirect.

    The other option is to buy a domain from a service such as Namecheap that offers free URL redirects. You can get a .info domain for $3.99 a year or wait for one of Namecheap's frequent sales.

    Once you have a domain name through them, you can set up redirects using your Namecheap control panel.

    However, IMO you are better off sending people to your own site than sending them directly to an affiliate offer.
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    • Profile picture of the author ampeloi13
      This won't work. You need hosting to use a php or meta redirect.

      The other option is to buy a domain from a service such as Namecheap that offers free URL redirects. You can get a .info domain for $3.99 a year or wait for one of Namecheap's frequent sales.

      Once you have a domain name through them, you can set up redirects using your Namecheap control panel.

      However, IMO you are better off sending people to your own site than sending them directly to an affiliate offer.
      I agree with your points. However I believe I can do this and I'm probably over complicating the process. Yes, sending people to my own site has relevance for certain products and other products send direct to affiliate offer. Thanks for your input!
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      • Profile picture of the author Kurt
        Originally Posted by ampeloi13 View Post

        I agree with your points. However I believe I can do this and I'm probably over complicating the process. Yes, sending people to my own site has relevance for certain products and other products send direct to affiliate offer. Thanks for your input!
        No, you can NOT redirect directly from the Youtube server. You either need to redirect from your own server/hosting, use a third party redirect service such as bit.ly or use the URL redirect feature from a domain registar.

        And if you send people to an affiliate page, even using a redirect, you are increasing the odds that viewers will report your videos and possilby getting your accounts banned.
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        • Profile picture of the author ampeloi13
          Originally Posted by Kurt View Post

          No, you can NOT redirect directly from the Youtube server. You either need to redirect from your own server/hosting, use a third party redirect service such as bit.ly or use the URL redirect feature from a domain registar.

          And if you send people to an affiliate page, even using a redirect, you are increasing the odds that viewers will report your videos and possilby getting your accounts banned.
          Thank you so much Kurt. Appreciate all your input. So it comes down to two approaches. Direct link to offer or create a link to a review page. I can make 2 copies of the video and do a split test with a few minor adjustments to the videos. I'll promote them and monitor the outcomes. Which ever is superior I'll replicate and scale up.
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  • Profile picture of the author Austin E Anthony
    Why not use a plugin called pretty links. That is what I use to redirect my affiliate links.
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  • Profile picture of the author zaccks
    All the times i use url shortening like goo.gl, tinyrul,.... and i think this is the easiest way to do it. just shorten your url and paste it in the description box. when users click they're redirected to your affiliate link and all go right this way.
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    • Profile picture of the author ampeloi13
      Originally Posted by zaccks View Post

      All the times i use url shortening like goo.gl, tinyrul,.... and i think this is the easiest way to do it. just shorten your url and paste it in the description box. when users click they're redirected to your affiliate link and all go right this way.
      This is more along my thoughts! I'll look into this now. You do this with youtube?

      Thanks for input!
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    • Profile picture of the author ampeloi13
      Originally Posted by Shane Natan View Post

      SIMPLE SOLUTIONS:

      WITHOUT HOSTING       - Within Go-Daddy (and some other registrars) you can do a domain "forward" but when you do this you can only forward the main, top level of the domain (YourDomain.com) to another URL (Your affiliate link in this case).

      WITH HOSTING - There are many options with hosting, but you can set up simple subdomains (Subdomain.Yourdomain.com) and then redirect those to your affiliate link(s) within cPanel. You should be able to create unlimited subdomains for free.

      Best,
      Shane
      Thanks Shane! I understand what your saying. I just need to convert the PHP redirect and paste it in the description. I don't know if I need to go into the html page source to do this or not. Feel certain there is a way to do this.
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  • Profile picture of the author ampeloi13
    Got the information I needed! Thanks all.
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