Whats the best affiliate cloaker

Hi David,

There are loads of them.

Coverlinks . com is one (not my affil link)

You also don't necessarily need a program to do the work for you. You can set up a php redirect with very little trouble.

This is a common question here on the forum that's been answered by others far more knowledgeable than I.

Begin by using the search function for term 'link cloaking', 'link cloaker', etc. If you wish, do an advanced search so you can search for posts with that keyword phrase in the title.

BTW, a tip for you - there are many people here who willingly give help and advice to others here, but they do like to see that the person has made an effort to discover that information on their own, as best they can, first.

Why not try the search function and see what comes up? Then post any other questions back here again.

All the best,

Kat Bartone

I typically use a PHP redirect. Quick, easy, free.

Don't have a Website? Use TinyURL.com to cloak your links.

Have a Website? Do the following:

1. Create a folder off of your domain root with a name such as "recommends".
2. Within that folder, create another folder named after the product, such as "ProductX"
3. Within that folder, create a file called "index.php" that contains only this information:

<?php
header("Location: http://your_affiliate_link");
?>

Your affiliate link will now look like this:

http://www.YourDomain.com/recommends/ProductX

For every new product you promote, create a new folder in the "recommends" folder and name it after the product. Create a new index.php file that contains your affiliate link.

Pretty simple, really.

Good luck.

Charlie

Hi David,

I looked all over for the best solution for this and realized one of the problems was I was building a list for someone else, so I had a programmer develope a software program that would cloak my link like www.mydomain.com/link and add a pop up on the affilialte's site with my opt-in box or video or whatever AND have an exit pop up when they leave for a one time offer or different offer.

I ran a wso for $27, if you'd like to try it out, pm me and I'll send you a link for the special price. It sells right now for $77 at Affiliate Link Magic- The Most Powerful Cloaking Software On The Planet!

Best of luck!

~Mike Cowles. <><

Free Link Cloaker does exactly what it says on the tin.

I've always just used tiny.url and simple html:
target="_blank" href="tinyurl.cxm" Click Here
So simple "click here" is the link
But I like essmeier's idea, too

I used ViralURL.com. Works great on my aff links and you can join for free as well.

Ok, I have to throw in my 2 cents here. I have a real easy way to cloak an affiliate link and it works well for beginners. It requires a hosting account that allows you to make sub domains. My hosting account allows me to make unlimited sub domains. I prefer to use a .php redirect but this method is perfect for beginners. If you have a hosting account and your main domain is ww.mysite.com. Then you can make a sub domain in your cpanel like ww.affiliateprogram.mysite.com. All you need to do is use your cpanels redirect option which is a wizard that walks you through a re direct. You make that sub domain. You click on re directs, in your cpanel, you choose to re direct ww.affiliateprogram.mysite.com, and it will ask you to input the URL you would like to redirect it to. You enter the URL of your affiliate program and click save. Bam. All done. Now you have a domain name that looks like this for your affiliate program: ww.affiliateprogram.mysite.com. Very professional and if an experienced affilaite strips the link, they go to your main domain. So, they cannot get to your affiliate program unless they go through your link. Its much better then a long domain name like: ww.mysite.com/recommends/affiliatex......no offense, but its long and other affiliate marketers can spot your affiliate efforts. Now, an experienced affilate is gonna spot you no matter what. But, this makes it look much cleaner and will increase your clicks significantly. One thing you don't ever want to do is promote your affiliate link with out cloaking. I always strip affiliate links when I see them and go to the site without grabbing a cookie. Lots of other affilates do this too. Now, if you have made a valiant effort to do a professional cloak, I will grab your cookie and go, because you deserve it. LOL.....anyway, thats a simple way to do it, I would still prefer a .php redirect which is basically what redirecting your sub domain is going to do. It just walks you through it in a wizard. And you can always change the re direction to another link. Hope this helps. AJ

Simple. php redirects. That's all you need. No reason to get fancy and spend money on hiding links imo.

Hi saw the video at Affiliate Link Magic. It's indeed amazing with the features to can provide.

I use Free Linkcloaker and it's damned good Free Link Cloaker

Plus it's free and very easy to use

Did I mention it's free

Kim

Here's an easy solution:

EasyRedirectScript.com

It's cheap ($15 I think), took me 5 minutes to install (and I suck at that stuff), and it works great.

Here's another to add to the pot . . .

ReDirect-A-Link - Hide your links and keep your commissions!!

HTH

I've been using this one for a while and really like it. It requires a wordpress blog, but most people here probably have one of those now.

MaxBlogPress Ninja Affiliate :: WordPress Affiliate Link Tracking Plugin

Hi David,

Forget Tinyurl etc. I have tried that and still my CB commisions kept missing. Try this link which completely hides and encodes your aff. Link: h**p://www.hotitemfinder.com/cbtools/linkcloaker.php [fill in the ** please] Its a cloaker that is specially designed with Clickbank in mind

I use a link cloaking plug in for wordpress. I love it!