Simple way to cloak merchant link

solotr · 08-30-2009, 03:52 PM

Not sure if I should ask here but I need a solution.

I'm testing 2 different report sales/order pages, one on Payloadz and one on Ejunkie. When I look in the bottom of my tool bar, I can see the www.ejunkie.com/my merchant account and product number. Same for Payloadz.

Here's my question: Is there any way to change those links into something more customer and SEO friendly? The products are only being hosted on those sites, the sales pages will be hosted at my Hostgator account and they pay on Paypal because it's more convenient for me. I'd like to clean up the redirects before I upload the pages.

If anyone can recommend a solution, I'd appreciate it. Yes, I could use tinyurl or something but that seems kind of cheesy for a merchant (that's my opinion, take it with a grain of salt).

What I'd like to have is either the name of the report or my domain name in the order link.

Thank you in advance for your time.
Gina

Ken Durham · 08-30-2009, 05:18 PM

Create a page named as you desire. Use this code replacing the link you see in the code with your affiliate link. Then link to this page. This page will redirect them to the affiliate URL. So if you name this page widgets.html you would link as normal to www.yoursite.com/widgets.html and widgets.html would redirect to the affiliate page.
Make sense?
CODE:

<html><head><META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="0;URL=http://www.somesite.com/?a_aid=222"></head><body></body></html>

Ken Durham · 08-30-2009, 05:22 PM

Here is a javascript version based on the same principle.

<html><head><SCRIPT language="JavaScript"> window.location="http://www.somesite.com/?a_aid=222";</SCRIPT></head><body></body></html>

08-30-2009, 03:52 PM	#1
solotr Solotr Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: , , USA. Posts: 49 Thanks: 38 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Contact Info	Simple way to cloak merchant link Not sure if I should ask here but I need a solution. I'm testing 2 different report sales/order pages, one on Payloadz and one on Ejunkie. When I look in the bottom of my tool bar, I can see the www.ejunkie.com/my merchant account and product number. Same for Payloadz. Here's my question: Is there any way to change those links into something more customer and SEO friendly? The products are only being hosted on those sites, the sales pages will be hosted at my Hostgator account and they pay on Paypal because it's more convenient for me. I'd like to clean up the redirects before I upload the pages. If anyone can recommend a solution, I'd appreciate it. Yes, I could use tinyurl or something but that seems kind of cheesy for a merchant (that's my opinion, take it with a grain of salt). What I'd like to have is either the name of the report or my domain name in the order link. Thank you in advance for your time. Gina
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08-30-2009, 05:18 PM	#2
Ken Durham Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesterton, IN Posts: 923 Thanks: 129 Thanked 193 Times in 153 Posts	Re: Simple way to cloak merchant link Create a page named as you desire. Use this code replacing the link you see in the code with your affiliate link. Then link to this page. This page will redirect them to the affiliate URL. So if you name this page widgets.html you would link as normal to www.yoursite.com/widgets.html and widgets.html would redirect to the affiliate page. Make sense? CODE: <html><head><META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="0;URL=http://www.somesite.com/?a_aid=222"></head><body></body></html>
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08-30-2009, 05:22 PM	#3
Ken Durham Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesterton, IN Posts: 923 Thanks: 129 Thanked 193 Times in 153 Posts	Re: Simple way to cloak merchant link Here is a javascript version based on the same principle. <html><head><SCRIPT language="JavaScript"> window.location="http://www.somesite.com/?a_aid=222";</SCRIPT></head><body></body></html>
	Webmaster Services List Your Wealth Building Systems and Services for Free Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result ~ Einstein Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and never getting the same results ~ Ken