How safe are our commissions

LOTNET7 · 15th Jul 2009, 06:37 AM

Hi pips members,
Members are complaining of not making money, may be some "clever people" are stealing our commissions. How do we protect our affiliate IDs? Does any one know of a free cloaking soft- ware that I could use?

Thank you for your help!

Charles

Cynthia Minnaar · 15th Jul 2009, 07:00 AM

Hi Charles

I cloak my links using the redirect method in my Host4Profit account and this hides the affiliate link:

You can see I do it here: http://www.cyns-home-biz.com/SFI.html which does not show an affiliate link, but points to my affiliate link and takes people to my SFI signup page. I do the same for all my affiliate links and for some clickbank products.

You need to do it in your Host4profit ePanel

The html you need to add into the file you create goes like this:

Example only!

Step1: In the File Manager scroll down to the bottom and in "create file" in this example I call it SFI.html
Step 2: When that opens to a blank file you put in the following html

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
<TITLE>SFI</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<FRAMESET rows="100%" border=0 frameborder=0 framespacing=0>
<FRAME name=top src="http://www.moreinfo247.com/XXXXXX/free" noresize>
</FRAMESET>
</HTML>

Step 3 Save File. Test File by placing the new link in your browser to ensure it works.

Ps Where the XXXXXX is place your SFI affiliate ID# and you now have a link like http://www.YourWebsiteName.com/SFI.html

You can use the same html code to make any pages just replace the http address to whatever affiliate link you want.

By using your own domain url's you links also look professional.

I hope this helps

Cheers for now
Cyn

MBeshr · 15th Jul 2009, 10:48 AM

Originally Posted by Cynthia Minnaar

Hi Charles

The html you need to add into the file you create goes like this:

Example only!

Step1: In the File Manager scroll down to the bottom and in "create file" in this example I call it SFI.html
Step 2: When that opens to a blank file you put in the following html

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
<TITLE>SFI</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<FRAMESET rows="100%" border=0 frameborder=0 framespacing=0>
<FRAME name=top src="http://www.moreinfo247.com/XXXXXX/free" noresize>
</FRAMESET>
</HTML>

Step 3 Save File. Test File by placing the new link in your browser to ensure it works.

Ps Where the XXXXXX is place your SFI affiliate ID# and you now have a link like http://www.YourWebsiteName.com/SFI.html

You can use the same html code to make any pages just replace the http address to whatever affiliate link you want.

By using your own domain url's you links also look professional.

I hope this helps

Cheers for now
Cyn

Hi Cynthia
thanks alot for you
you explained how to cloak affiliate link very good in a simple steps.

thanks
MBeshr

Alan Mater · 15th Jul 2009, 01:17 PM

Hi Charles,

The only commissions I see that might be at risk are Clickbank commissions. Even then, Clickbank integrated a new encryption for all hoplinks, which should help to some degree. With that said, I still think it's beneficial to cloak your links, at least the major ones. Follow Cyn's directions to do this. Or, you can use the Web Army Knife which has a very useful Affiliate Link Cloaker tool, which is what I use.

Jeff Casmer · 15th Jul 2009, 01:48 PM

Hi,

Cyn gave a perfect example....

Take care
Jeff Casmer

Matt Helphrey · 15th Jul 2009, 08:03 PM

Yes be sure to cloak your affiliate links. I think it looks more professional too.

Patrician · 15th Jul 2009, 08:03 PM

For newer members who joined since May 2008, all the links on your sites are already cloaked by your PIPS ID.

The only reason to cloak your links would be if you are advertising your affiliate programs separately (like in a blog or article), or if you have added programs to your site that are not part of the PIPS core program (on the sales page) such as Clickbank...

LOTNET7 · 16th Jul 2009, 04:09 AM

Hi Cynthia and everyone who has contributed,

Thank you for the great help. This is excellent... well explained! I 'll start working on click bank ID's

Great people always share their wisdom with the young ones.

Charles

GT · 16th Jul 2009, 04:06 PM

Hello:

I appreciate all of the discussion and insight and especially Cyn's instructions.

I haven't tried the method explained by Cyn. I use third-party software to cloak my links, but I do it for an additional reason: to track traffic.

Does Cyn's method allow you to track traffic?

GT

SuccessForFree · 19th Jul 2009, 12:23 AM

Originally Posted by GT

Hello:

I appreciate all of the discussion and insight and especially Cyn's instructions.

I haven't tried the method explained by Cyn. I use third-party software to cloak my links, but I do it for an additional reason: to track traffic.

Does Cyn's method allow you to track traffic?

GT

I use the redirect method on my site, if you can track traffic by pages viewed, then I believe you can track the redirect links (correct me if I'm wrong).

For all other applications where I would post a link (basically if I haven't created a redirect for it yet) I also use a third party.

I like the redirect method better, looks more professional. From personal experience, viewers like a connection to your website better than a blatant affiliate link.

Cynthia Minnaar · 19th Jul 2009, 09:25 AM

Hi GT

Yes, you can track your traffic - I just add my StatCounter code immediately between </FRAMESET> and </html>

Cheers for now
Cyn

Originally Posted by GT

Hello:

I appreciate all of the discussion and insight and especially Cyn's instructions.

I haven't tried the method explained by Cyn. I use third-party software to cloak my links, but I do it for an additional reason: to track traffic.

Does Cyn's method allow you to track traffic?

GT

15th Jul 2009, 06:37 AM	#1
LOTNET7 Charles Kaluwasha Join Date: 2007 Location: , , New Zealand. Posts: 189 Thanks: 15 Thanked 22 Times in 19 Posts	How safe are our commissions Share on: Hi pips members, Members are complaining of not making money, may be some "clever people" are stealing our commissions. How do we protect our affiliate IDs? Does any one know of a free cloaking soft- ware that I could use? Thank you for your help! Charles
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Cynthia Minnaar HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: 2006 Location: Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Posts: 134 Thanks: 2 Thanked 28 Times in 24 Posts	Re: How safe are our commissions Share on: Hi Charles I cloak my links using the redirect method in my Host4Profit account and this hides the affiliate link: You can see I do it here: http://www.cyns-home-biz.com/SFI.html which does not show an affiliate link, but points to my affiliate link and takes people to my SFI signup page. I do the same for all my affiliate links and for some clickbank products. You need to do it in your Host4profit ePanel The html you need to add into the file you create goes like this: Example only! Step1: In the File Manager scroll down to the bottom and in "create file" in this example I call it SFI.html Step 2: When that opens to a blank file you put in the following html <HTML> <HEAD> <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> <TITLE>SFI</TITLE> </HEAD> <FRAMESET rows="100%" border=0 frameborder=0 framespacing=0> <FRAME name=top src="http://www.moreinfo247.com/XXXXXX/free" noresize> </FRAMESET> </HTML> Step 3 Save File. Test File by placing the new link in your browser to ensure it works. Ps Where the XXXXXX is place your SFI affiliate ID# and you now have a link like http://www.YourWebsiteName.com/SFI.html You can use the same html code to make any pages just replace the http address to whatever affiliate link you want. By using your own domain url's you links also look professional. I hope this helps Cheers for now Cyn
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Alan Mater Freelance Proofreader War Room Member Join Date: 2008 Location: Pennsylvania, US Posts: 1,564 Thanks: 55 Thanked 154 Times in 135 Posts Blog Entries: 2	Re: How safe are our commissions Share on: Hi Charles, The only commissions I see that might be at risk are Clickbank commissions. Even then, Clickbank integrated a new encryption for all hoplinks, which should help to some degree. With that said, I still think it's beneficial to cloak your links, at least the major ones. Follow Cyn's directions to do this. Or, you can use the Web Army Knife which has a very useful Affiliate Link Cloaker tool, which is what I use.
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Matt Helphrey Super Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: 2007 Posts: 563 Thanks: 16 Thanked 158 Times in 60 Posts	Re: How safe are our commissions Share on: Yes be sure to cloak your affiliate links. I think it looks more professional too.
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Patrician OffTheWallflowerChild War Room Member Join Date: 2004 Location: USA Posts: 2,776 Thanks: 6,161 Thanked 2,625 Times in 1,763 Posts	Re: How safe are our commissions Share on: For newer members who joined since May 2008, all the links on your sites are already cloaked by your PIPS ID. The only reason to cloak your links would be if you are advertising your affiliate programs separately (like in a blog or article), or if you have added programs to your site that are not part of the PIPS core program (on the sales page) such as Clickbank...
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16th Jul 2009, 04:09 AM	#8
LOTNET7 Charles Kaluwasha Join Date: 2007 Location: , , New Zealand. Posts: 189 Thanks: 15 Thanked 22 Times in 19 Posts	Re: How safe are our commissions Share on: Hi Cynthia and everyone who has contributed, Thank you for the great help. This is excellent... well explained! I 'll start working on click bank ID's Great people always share their wisdom with the young ones. Charles
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