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Should I do direct link with CPA with PPV/CPV

by ShazLeghari
9 replies
Hi, what I reliase that most new people will just do direct linking and hopeing that it will convert well even with highly targed urls etc.

But the problem is that most PPV/CPV networks only accpet 750*550 dimension in pop up size, so when you users get a pop and the site is half sliced etc that will distract the viewer and kind like hmmm... go away..

So what do you do, is direct linking a good idea when doing CPA offers with PPV/CPV.
#cpa #direct #link #ppv or cpv
  • Profile picture of the author khtm
    It depends on the offer, I've tested some smaller email/zip submits with an iframe, custom landing page, and direct link and the direct links have had better conversions. Go figure eh?

    But yes you're right that if the user can't view the offer (eg. it's 1000px wide), then direct linking doesn't make sense. You don't want them to have to scroll to see it.

    If you don't want to do your own landing pages, here's some sample iframe / resize code that you can tweak to resize the offer and center the popup window. Just save it as a .PHP file.

    FYI - The 't' URL parameter is what I was sending subids in from my tracking system.

    <?php

    $subid = $_GET['t'];

    ?>

    <html>

    <head>
    <title>Your Offer Title</title>

    <script>
    function resize()
    {
    window.resizeTo(980,750);
    window.moveTo(screen.width/2-450, screen.height/2-400);
    }
    </script>
    </head>

    <body onload="javascript:resize()">

    <iframe src="http://youraffiliateurl.com?subid=<?php echo $subid; ?>" style="border: 0px; width: 100%; height:100%;"></iframe>

    </body>
    </html>
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  • Profile picture of the author ShazLeghari
    Hi, thanks alot, but how do I put this in, can you please guide on this when putting my offers on that size thanks.
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  • Profile picture of the author ShazLeghari
    Hi, actually I got, it works all good cheers
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  • Profile picture of the author ShazLeghari
    Oh question, How do I host once I have the size of my offer URL, because im using dreamweaver html to edit the size thank you.
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    • Profile picture of the author khtm
      You're welcome, glad you got it working

      Not sure what ya mean, do you not have a web host? Can't you just FTP the file somewhere?

      Or are you asking how to change the size?

      Just modify this line:
      window.resizeTo(980,750);

      Originally Posted by ShazLeghari View Post

      Oh question, How do I host once I have the size of my offer URL, because im using dreamweaver html to edit the size thank you.
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  • Profile picture of the author Ape23
    Tough question to answer. It really all depends on what offer you're promoting. Some will perform well with a direct link while others need a landing page to get decent conversions. I would say go with a landing page though as these typically yield better results for most offers.
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  • Profile picture of the author umx
    Hi guys, i found piece of code that can capture and then replace subids in affiliate links on the fly and after redirect user to an actual offer, so here is the code;


    PHP Index.php

    <?php $subid = $_GET['subid'];?>

    All links on Index.php have to pass the $subid to the Redirect page.

    So links should look like: http://www.bluebobbo.com/redirect.php?subid=<?php echo $subid; ?>


    Redirect page should look like this:

    <?php
    header("Location: $redir");
    $subid = $_GET['subid'];
    $redir = 'http://x.youraffillink.com/?sub='.$subid;

    ?>


    but in my case there are multiple offers on a landing page, and each of the offer goes through redirect <a href="/out.php?id=id1" target="_blank">go to offer 1</a> where every affiliate link is parsed by id, so how can i tweak this to work with this subid peace of code?

    here is the code of redirect:

    <?php
    $path = array(
    'id1'=> 'http://site1.com',
    'id2'=> 'http://site2.com',
    'id3'=> 'http://site3.com',
    'id4'=> 'http://site4.com');
    if (array_key_exists($_GET['id'], $path)) header('Location: ' . $path[$_GET['id']]);
    ?>
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  • Profile picture of the author ChrisBa
    Originally Posted by ShazLeghari View Post

    Hi, what I reliase that most new people will just do direct linking and hopeing that it will convert well even with highly targed urls etc.

    But the problem is that most PPV/CPV networks only accpet 750*550 dimension in pop up size, so when you users get a pop and the site is half sliced etc that will distract the viewer and kind like hmmm... go away..

    So what do you do, is direct linking a good idea when doing CPA offers with PPV/CPV.
    Typically a landing page will convert better, as always you should always test, if you do direct link - try to find offers that have a site that will load ok in the window size..
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  • Profile picture of the author Greedy
    Landing pages will almost always convert better because you need to offer to fit the window size. Check out this PPV guide of mine...

    The $1,000 PPV Marketing Checklist | Greed Reports
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