How safe are our commissions

LOTNET7 · 07-15-2009, 07:37 AM

Hi pips members,
Members are complaining of not making money, may be some "clever people" are stealing our commissions. How do we protect our affiliate IDs? Does any one know of a free cloaking soft- ware that I could use?

Thank you for your help!

Charles

Cynthia Minnaar · 07-15-2009, 08:00 AM

Hi Charles

I cloak my links using the redirect method in my Host4Profit account and this hides the affiliate link:

You can see I do it here: http://www.cyns-home-biz.com/SFI.html which does not show an affiliate link, but points to my affiliate link and takes people to my SFI signup page. I do the same for all my affiliate links and for some clickbank products.

You need to do it in your Host4profit ePanel

The html you need to add into the file you create goes like this:

Example only!

Step1: In the File Manager scroll down to the bottom and in "create file" in this example I call it SFI.html
Step 2: When that opens to a blank file you put in the following html

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
<TITLE>SFI</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<FRAMESET rows="100%" border=0 frameborder=0 framespacing=0>
<FRAME name=top src="http://www.moreinfo247.com/XXXXXX/free" noresize>
</FRAMESET>
</HTML>

Step 3 Save File. Test File by placing the new link in your browser to ensure it works.

Ps Where the XXXXXX is place your SFI affiliate ID# and you now have a link like http://www.YourWebsiteName.com/SFI.html

You can use the same html code to make any pages just replace the http address to whatever affiliate link you want.

By using your own domain url's you links also look professional.

I hope this helps

Cheers for now
Cyn

MBeshr · 07-15-2009, 11:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cynthia Minnaar

Hi Charles

The html you need to add into the file you create goes like this:

Example only!

Step1: In the File Manager scroll down to the bottom and in "create file" in this example I call it SFI.html
Step 2: When that opens to a blank file you put in the following html

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
<TITLE>SFI</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<FRAMESET rows="100%" border=0 frameborder=0 framespacing=0>
<FRAME name=top src="http://www.moreinfo247.com/XXXXXX/free" noresize>
</FRAMESET>
</HTML>

Step 3 Save File. Test File by placing the new link in your browser to ensure it works.

Ps Where the XXXXXX is place your SFI affiliate ID# and you now have a link like http://www.YourWebsiteName.com/SFI.html

You can use the same html code to make any pages just replace the http address to whatever affiliate link you want.

By using your own domain url's you links also look professional.

I hope this helps

Cheers for now
Cyn

Hi Cynthia
thanks alot for you
you explained how to cloak affiliate link very good in a simple steps.

thanks
MBeshr

Alan Mater · 07-15-2009, 02:17 PM

Hi Charles,

The only commissions I see that might be at risk are Clickbank commissions. Even then, Clickbank integrated a new encryption for all hoplinks, which should help to some degree. With that said, I still think it's beneficial to cloak your links, at least the major ones. Follow Cyn's directions to do this. Or, you can use the Web Army Knife which has a very useful Affiliate Link Cloaker tool, which is what I use.

Jeff Casmer · 07-15-2009, 02:48 PM

Hi,

Cyn gave a perfect example....

Take care
Jeff Casmer

Matt Helphrey · 07-15-2009, 09:03 PM

Yes be sure to cloak your affiliate links. I think it looks more professional too.

Patrician · 07-15-2009, 09:03 PM

For newer members who joined since May 2008, all the links on your sites are already cloaked by your PIPS ID.

The only reason to cloak your links would be if you are advertising your affiliate programs separately (like in a blog or article), or if you have added programs to your site that are not part of the PIPS core program (on the sales page) such as Clickbank...

LOTNET7 · 07-16-2009, 05:09 AM

Hi Cynthia and everyone who has contributed,

Thank you for the great help. This is excellent... well explained! I 'll start working on click bank ID's

Great people always share their wisdom with the young ones.

Charles

GT · 07-16-2009, 05:06 PM

Hello:

I appreciate all of the discussion and insight and especially Cyn's instructions.

I haven't tried the method explained by Cyn. I use third-party software to cloak my links, but I do it for an additional reason: to track traffic.

Does Cyn's method allow you to track traffic?

GT

SuccessForFree · 07-19-2009, 01:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GT

Hello:

I appreciate all of the discussion and insight and especially Cyn's instructions.

I haven't tried the method explained by Cyn. I use third-party software to cloak my links, but I do it for an additional reason: to track traffic.

Does Cyn's method allow you to track traffic?

GT

I use the redirect method on my site, if you can track traffic by pages viewed, then I believe you can track the redirect links (correct me if I'm wrong).

For all other applications where I would post a link (basically if I haven't created a redirect for it yet) I also use a third party.

I like the redirect method better, looks more professional. From personal experience, viewers like a connection to your website better than a blatant affiliate link.

Cynthia Minnaar · 07-19-2009, 10:25 AM

Hi GT

Yes, you can track your traffic - I just add my StatCounter code immediately between </FRAMESET> and </html>

Cheers for now
Cyn

Quote:

Originally Posted by GT

Hello:

I appreciate all of the discussion and insight and especially Cyn's instructions.

I haven't tried the method explained by Cyn. I use third-party software to cloak my links, but I do it for an additional reason: to track traffic.

Does Cyn's method allow you to track traffic?

GT

07-15-2009, 07:37 AM	#1
LOTNET7 Charles Kaluwasha Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: , , New Zealand. Posts: 191 Thanks: 14 Thanked 17 Times in 14 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	How safe are our commissions Hi pips members, Members are complaining of not making money, may be some "clever people" are stealing our commissions. How do we protect our affiliate IDs? Does any one know of a free cloaking soft- ware that I could use? Thank you for your help! Charles
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07-15-2009, 08:00 AM	#2
Cynthia Minnaar Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Posts: 1,263 Thanks: 2 Thanked 28 Times in 24 Posts Social Networking	Re: How safe are our commissions Hi Charles I cloak my links using the redirect method in my Host4Profit account and this hides the affiliate link: You can see I do it here: http://www.cyns-home-biz.com/SFI.html which does not show an affiliate link, but points to my affiliate link and takes people to my SFI signup page. I do the same for all my affiliate links and for some clickbank products. You need to do it in your Host4profit ePanel The html you need to add into the file you create goes like this: Example only! Step1: In the File Manager scroll down to the bottom and in "create file" in this example I call it SFI.html Step 2: When that opens to a blank file you put in the following html <HTML> <HEAD> <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> <TITLE>SFI</TITLE> </HEAD> <FRAMESET rows="100%" border=0 frameborder=0 framespacing=0> <FRAME name=top src="http://www.moreinfo247.com/XXXXXX/free" noresize> </FRAMESET> </HTML> Step 3 Save File. Test File by placing the new link in your browser to ensure it works. Ps Where the XXXXXX is place your SFI affiliate ID# and you now have a link like http://www.YourWebsiteName.com/SFI.html You can use the same html code to make any pages just replace the http address to whatever affiliate link you want. By using your own domain url's you links also look professional. I hope this helps Cheers for now Cyn
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Matt Helphrey Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Nebraska Posts: 962 Thanks: 12 Thanked 144 Times in 51 Posts	Re: How safe are our commissions Yes be sure to cloak your affiliate links. I think it looks more professional too.
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LOTNET7 Charles Kaluwasha Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: , , New Zealand. Posts: 191 Thanks: 14 Thanked 17 Times in 14 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: How safe are our commissions Hi Cynthia and everyone who has contributed, Thank you for the great help. This is excellent... well explained! I 'll start working on click bank ID's Great people always share their wisdom with the young ones. Charles
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GT Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Northern Alberta , Canada. Posts: 1,919 Blog Entries: 268 Thanks: 974 Thanked 300 Times in 228 Posts Social Networking	Re: How safe are our commissions Hello: I appreciate all of the discussion and insight and especially Cyn's instructions. I haven't tried the method explained by Cyn. I use third-party software to cloak my links, but I do it for an additional reason: to track traffic. Does Cyn's method allow you to track traffic? GT
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