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Server Side Redirect for Clickbank Hoplink...

by mogulmedia
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I have a product on Clickbank and obviously the hoplink goes to my sales/home page.

I have an affiliate who wants to send their list to my squeeze page rather than the sales/home page, however we need to add the Clickbank tracking cookie to the squeeze page so that the affiliate gets credit for any sales.

Clickbank have told me that I need to use a 'server side redirect' to set this up, though I am not very technical and have no idea what this is or how to sort it out!

Has anyone here done it or know how? I know it's possible as I've seen other Clickbank vendors set it up. Their links look something like this:

http://AFFILIATEID.VENDORID.hop.clic...et/SQUEEZEPAGE

Any help would be very much appreciated.

Thanks
#clickbank #hoplink #redirect #server #side
  • Profile picture of the author dowho
    Couldn't the affiliate just send their list to their hoplink?
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  • Profile picture of the author dowho
    Otherwise, you could try something along these lines

    header('Location: http://AFFID.VENDID.hop.etc');

    Add in the opening and closing PHP tags before and after that. Put that in a separate file on their site called "redir.php". Then send the traffic to affiliate-domain.com/redir.php
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    • Profile picture of the author mogulmedia
      Originally Posted by dowho View Post

      Otherwise, you could try something along these lines

      header('Location: http://AFFID.VENDID.hop.etc');

      Add in the opening and closing PHP tags before and after that. Put that in a separate file on their site called "redir.php". Then send the traffic to affiliate-domain.com/redir.php
      Thanks for your help, however wouldn't the way you suggested still direct the traffic to my sales page?

      We want the traffic to go to the squeeze page so that his list can get my free bonuses and I get subscribers...
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  • Profile picture of the author mogulmedia
    There is an example of what I am trying to achieve on this vendors affiliate page:

    Traffic Evolution Affiliates Resources

    Look for the "Alternative Landing Pages:" title a little bit down the page...
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  • Profile picture of the author dowho
    Okay, I see what you're getting at. What you want to do then is set your own cookie on the affiliate's site. Then have the affiliate use the normal hoplink.

    On your sales page, in the header, you look for that cookie. If the cookie is there it does an automatic redirect with that
    header(blahblahblah

    I tried responding with the full code you would need, but the page keeps timing out when I do. And yes, I'm using the tags. If you want to PM me I can try sending it to you through there.
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    • Profile picture of the author mogulmedia
      Originally Posted by dowho View Post

      Okay, I see what you're getting at. What you want to do then is set your own cookie on the affiliate's site. Then have the affiliate use the normal hoplink.

      On your sales page, in the header, you look for that cookie. If the cookie is there it does an automatic redirect with that
      header(blahblahblah

      I tried responding with the full code you would need, but the page keeps timing out when I do. And yes, I'm using the tags. If you want to PM me I can try sending it to you through there.
      Thanks dowho, just sent you a PM...
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  • Profile picture of the author dowho
    Still can't PM you back, but I emailed you the code. Any trouble using it, just ask. And if you ever need to outsource some web development work, I've been a freelance developer for over 6 years
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    • Profile picture of the author mogulmedia
      Originally Posted by dowho View Post

      Still can't PM you back, but I emailed you the code. Any trouble using it, just ask. And if you ever need to outsource some web development work, I've been a freelance developer for over 6 years
      Thanks buddy, just replied through email.

      Really appreciate it and I might end up hiring you if I can't get it to work!

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