Create simple affiliate redirect page?

Jeff Burritt · 08-16-2012, 10:30 AM

I want to create my own website video sales page which has a promo video and a 'join now' button at the bottom. For example: MyWebsite.com And, then for example, my affiliate ID will be 'Jeff'

Obviously the 'join now' button will redirect the visitor to the parent company's site. It will have my affiliate ID in it. To direct them from MyWebsite.com to XYZcompany.com/Jeff
This part so far is simple. And I know how to do it.

But, I'd like others to be able to use my sales page too. And have the 'join now' button redirect to the XYZcompany's site with their affiliate ID in it.

Someone told me to do a simple s1 funnel, but don't know any more. Does anyone know how to do this, or have a better idea?

Thanks,

Jeff

godavid · 08-16-2012, 02:49 PM

Just pass the variable via GET method.

PHP example:

Your friend should use their own affiliate code with your site URL: yourwebsite .com/index.php?ref=TheirAffiliateID

In your website code (index.php) the link or the redirect should look like this:

XYZcompany .com/?ref=<?=$_GET['ref']?>

So the visitor will be redirected here: XYZcompany .com/?ref=TheirAffiliateID

lisag · 08-16-2012, 03:01 PM

Rather than expose the url and affiliate ID in the URL, you could also let your affiliates reach the site with a form post as well. Then it could be their choice.

XYZcompany .com/?ref=<?=$_REQUEST['ref']?> would process a GET or a POST on the fly.

webpeon · 08-17-2012, 12:51 AM

a friendly way to do it is to use subdomains with a common index page and a custom button with their unique link

jeff.salespage.com -> sales page -> button redirects to mainsite.com/jeff
webpeon.salespage.com -> sales page -> button redirects to mainsite.com/webpeon

gives you the advantage of grabbing each affiliate pages stats in cpanel

danielepr · 08-17-2012, 03:19 AM

Using the solution suggested by webpeon will also increase you ranking in the search engines.
You can also (and your affiliates too) cloak your link using bitly (at bitly.com). They offer also a tracking service and API.
The Butterfly Marketing script as well will help you in this without any trouble.

tweakr · 08-17-2012, 05:29 AM

I must be missing something here? How are you going to decide who's affiliate id to use? Is it going to be decided from a referring site or something like that?

mbwani · 08-17-2012, 05:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by webpeon

a friendly way to do it is to use subdomains with a common index page and a custom button with their unique link

jeff.salespage.com -> sales page -> button redirects to mainsite.com/jeff
webpeon.salespage.com -> sales page -> button redirects to mainsite.com/webpeon

gives you the advantage of grabbing each affiliate pages stats in cpanel

i want to create a redirection page for my movie website so that when anybody clicks on the external link it must bypass through the redirection page with click here button in between. so what is the best way of doing tha t it must not hurt ranking in the search engines .
thanks in advance .

tweakr · 08-18-2012, 11:22 AM

@mbwani The best way to do that without hurting rankings would be to use JavaScript.

Create a script so that when a link is clicked it checks the domain name and if it's different from yours redirect to a certain page on your site that has the click here to continue button.

Liran Williams · 08-18-2012, 03:43 PM

This PHP code should help...

You are finding which website sent the visitor. And you're only taking the domain name. Then depending if the visitor was sent from your website or an affiliate's website, then you can decide how to handle the page.

I hope it helps. Just let me know if you have any questions.

<?php

if(isset($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']))
{
$url = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];
$domain = explode('/', $url);

if ($domain[2] == "yourdomain.com")
{
//visitor from your website

}
else
{
//visitor from affiliate

}
}
else
{
//No Referrer - no affiliate
}

?>

Cram · 08-18-2012, 05:21 PM

You can use bevomedia as your redirect,
using their mutable offers features can really make it easy for you.

in the steps when creating your campaign, setup a few different aff offers into the tracker.

Then in step #5 you get all your redirect codes

Also you will be able to track your stats.
Its what i've been using

mbwani · 08-18-2012, 06:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tweakr

@mbwani The best way to do that without hurting rankings would be to use JavaScript.

Create a script so that when a link is clicked it checks the domain name and if it's different from yours redirect to a certain page on your site that has the click here to continue button.

i am very new to this so can u please help me in creating that code . i want to redirect all external links to mypage.php, which is located in root directory . so please help.

manohar1310 · 08-20-2012, 11:47 PM

I know of a script which automatically creates site as per your requirement but cannot recall.I will check and let you know soon.

08-16-2012, 10:30 AM	#1
Jeff Burritt www.JeffBurritt.com War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Earth for now Posts: 346 Blog Entries: 26 Thanks: 112 Thanked 319 Times in 254 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Create simple affiliate redirect page? I want to create my own website video sales page which has a promo video and a 'join now' button at the bottom. For example: MyWebsite.com And, then for example, my affiliate ID will be 'Jeff' Obviously the 'join now' button will redirect the visitor to the parent company's site. It will have my affiliate ID in it. To direct them from MyWebsite.com to XYZcompany.com/Jeff This part so far is simple. And I know how to do it. But, I'd like others to be able to use my sales page too. And have the 'join now' button redirect to the XYZcompany's site with their affiliate ID in it. Someone told me to do a simple s1 funnel, but don't know any more. Does anyone know how to do this, or have a better idea? Thanks, Jeff
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godavid Real Warrior Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Budapest & Bangkok Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Social Networking	Re: Create simple affiliate redirect page? Just pass the variable via GET method. PHP example: Your friend should use their own affiliate code with your site URL: yourwebsite .com/index.php?ref=TheirAffiliateID In your website code (index.php) the link or the redirect should look like this: XYZcompany .com/?ref=<?=$_GET['ref']?> So the visitor will be redirected here: XYZcompany .com/?ref=TheirAffiliateID

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lisag Lisa Dozois War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Florida, USA. Posts: 669 Thanks: 109 Thanked 265 Times in 125 Posts Social Networking	Re: Create simple affiliate redirect page? Rather than expose the url and affiliate ID in the URL, you could also let your affiliates reach the site with a form post as well. Then it could be their choice. XYZcompany .com/?ref=<?=$_REQUEST['ref']?> would process a GET or a POST on the fly.
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08-18-2012, 11:22 AM	#8
tweakr Active Warrior Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 94 Thanks: 2 Thanked 14 Times in 12 Posts	Re: Create simple affiliate redirect page? @mbwani The best way to do that without hurting rankings would be to use JavaScript. Create a script so that when a link is clicked it checks the domain name and if it's different from yours redirect to a certain page on your site that has the click here to continue button.
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08-18-2012, 03:43 PM	#9
Liran Williams Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 11 Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Create simple affiliate redirect page? This PHP code should help... You are finding which website sent the visitor. And you're only taking the domain name. Then depending if the visitor was sent from your website or an affiliate's website, then you can decide how to handle the page. I hope it helps. Just let me know if you have any questions. <?php if(isset($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'])) { $url = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']; $domain = explode('/', $url); if ($domain[2] == "yourdomain.com") { //visitor from your website } else { //visitor from affiliate } } else { //No Referrer - no affiliate } ?>

08-18-2012, 05:21 PM	#10
Cram HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: , , Canada. Posts: 266 Thanks: 2 Thanked 45 Times in 40 Posts	Re: Create simple affiliate redirect page? You can use bevomedia as your redirect, using their mutable offers features can really make it easy for you. in the steps when creating your campaign, setup a few different aff offers into the tracker. Then in step #5 you get all your redirect codes Also you will be able to track your stats. Its what i've been using

08-20-2012, 11:47 PM	#12
manohar1310 Warrior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: India Posts: 21 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Contact Info	Re: Create simple affiliate redirect page? I know of a script which automatically creates site as per your requirement but cannot recall.I will check and let you know soon.