Affiliate link question

10 years ago

It's possible that when people click your affiliate link it registers in your affiliates system and then redirects the lead to the current website.

Contact your affiliate and ask them if that's how their system is setup.

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ron200

10 years ago

Ok, I have seen this before so I pretty sure its standard but just didn't know why sometimes it goes away and on others it stays in the address bar.

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AffiliateWaves

10 years ago

It is normal ,affiliate id is hidden values in some urls so you don't have worry about it .

If you are still in doubt ,check your affiliate tracking stats and you will found it easily your affilaite code is working properly or not

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ron200

10 years ago

Well on this particular one I would have no way to track as far as I know. I would know when someone signs up but not how many clicks, etc.

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edlanglais

10 years ago

Don't worry. It's normal. I have two links that do exactly that.

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kellymonaghan

10 years ago

Completely normal, but you should mask your affiliate links...for any number of reasons.

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ron200

10 years ago

Originally Posted by kellymonaghan

Completely normal, but you should mask your affiliate links...for any number of reasons.

How would I do that in email link?

Update: I figured it out. I made a post on website and cloaked the link then if I give to people in email I will send them to the cloaked location of my website.

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kellymonaghan

10 years ago

Ron200,

Not sure how you did it (there are a number of ways) but I use php redirects.

I create a directory called /fred/ (or whatever you want to call it).

Then I create a series of php redirects like this:
www.mysite.com/fred/affiliate1.php
www.mysite.com/fred/affiliate2.php

The coding looks like this:

<?php
header ('location:http://www.affiliate1.com/?affID');
?>

So when you send someone to yoursite.com/fred/affiliate1.php they are automatically sent to the product site with your affiliate code attached.

Hope this helps, but remember this is just ONE way to do it.

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ron200

10 years ago

Originally Posted by kellymonaghan

Ron200,

Not sure how you did it (there are a number of ways) but I use php redirects.

I create a directory called /fred/ (or whatever you want to call it).

Then I create a series of php redirects like this:
www.mysite.com/fred/affiliate1.php
www.mysite.com/fred/affiliate2.php

The coding looks like this:

<?php
header ('location:http://www.affiliate1.com/?affID');
?>

So when you send someone to yoursite.com/fred/affiliate1.php they are automatically sent to the product site with your affiliate code attached.

Hope this helps, but remember this is just ONE way to do it.

Yes, this is what I did, I learned this on here a few weeks back and like it a lot. I saw Patt Flynn was doing that so it must be right. lol

In your example tho it would be www.mysite.com/fred/
and the redirect would happen in the fred folder.

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Malteaser

10 years ago

Very normal and look for affiliate links set up that way as it doesn't look very neat when you have all that in a URL ... better conversions

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lukeblower

10 years ago

This is normal, you should keep an eye on your stats though, make sure nothin is amiss, because technical problems do occur.

You should mask your links- pretty link lite is a good option (if you have wordpress) it helps you brand your link, and works as a simple click tracking system.

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AmericanMuscleTA

10 years ago

Others here had good advice about masking the link.

I just buy new domain names and have them forwarded with masking to my affiliate links.

Makes it easier to give out your link.

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ron200

10 years ago

Originally Posted by AmericanMuscleTA

Others here had good advice about masking the link.

I just buy new domain names and have them forwarded with masking to my affiliate links.

Makes it easier to give out your link.

This is a good idea I have used in the past also. But if I did that and got a good domain name I would just want to put up a website promoting the affiliate product.

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Randall Magwood

10 years ago

I've seen this before, and i've experienced it when i was an affiliate for a penis enlargement package. I say it's better than having that "hop?=clickbank" in the address bar.

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CTWilliamson

10 years ago

If you have a WordPress site you can install Pretty Link and you can also log the clicks on the link. looks much better than long affiliate links.

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LegacyMax

10 years ago

From what I understand they do that for a lot of sites nowadays, that way the customer won't be jaded and the likelihood that they will purchase increases.

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EconomicalDomains

10 years ago

Yes, that is fairly normal and I would guess that you would still receive credit.

In my opinion you shouldn't be using those links with your id in them anyway.

You should use a link cloaker so that your links wont be click jacked or someone else will put their aff id in place of yours. There is really no reason to have your affiliate id in your links at all. There are a lot of link cloakers out there so be sure to get one that is reputable and proven.

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Wealthyclark

10 years ago

This is a standard practice that has it's purpose. Check your stats and you will more than likely notice that you have been credited with the clicks, therefor you will be credited with the leads, sales, etc.

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ron200

10 years ago

Originally Posted by Wealthyclark

This is a standard practice that has it's purpose. Check your stats and you will more than likely notice that you have been credited with the clicks, therefor you will be credited with the leads, sales, etc.

Unfortunately with this particular offer stats cannot be tracked only tracked from when the link is clicked on my website but not the other end. I will only know if they sign up.

I confirmed that with the affiliate and they confirmed that I would get credit and it is not supposed to show my link in address bar after the click as others have posted above.

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Banned 10 years ago

Originally Posted by ron200

If I give someone my affiliate link in email and its formated like this: www.testing1239.com/?a=23456 (example only)

When I click the link it goes where it is supposed to but in the top address bar it only shows website.com without having my affiliate part at the end.

Is this normal and I would still be getting credit but somehow the affiliate part just goes away?

I think its better that way because you probably don't want your buyers to know that the same product is available on some other website from some other affiliate.

But then, check your stats to see if you are getting the credit for clicks.