Adwords for clickbank question

The display URL and Landing page URL do not need to be exactly the same. However, the domain in your display URL must be the same domain as your landing page URL. Just the domain portion needs to be the same.

Your destination URL does not need to be the the same domain as your display URL, nor does it need to match your landing page. This is what makes "direct linking" easy to do.

When AdWords say they "do not allow data entry affiliates" they mean what folks refer to as "Direct Linking". They want you to have your own website.

Many folks do get away with domain forwarding when they use domain masking typically with an iframe. Technically, you don't need a website, just a domain name, but this is skirting AdWords policy. You will get away with it if nobody checks it too closely. In the competitive world of affiliate marketing you can expect to eventually be reported and you may have ad disapproved.

If you want to be above board with AdWords policy, you should setup a landing page on your own website, known as a "pre-sell page". Often people create a version of pre-sell page known as a squeeze page.

The concept of a squeeze page is that you capture the visitors email before forwarding them on to the offer page. You provide just enough information to entice the visitor to give their email address. Traditionally a squeeze page has no navigation links and provides no useful information until the visitor gives their email address. This type of page typically scores a poor quality score unless you do it just right.