Affiliate Link Tracker is one of my newest developments and as the name suggests, it’s a tool that affiliate marketers will find very useful as it answers that perennial question, “How can I secure affiliate links?”
If you aren’t already using redirects in order to protect your affiliate links then, well, this post isn’t here to try and convince you by selling the benefits such as:
- Easier to remember URLs.
- Friendlier looking URLs.
- Hides your raw affiliate link from those who would not let you have your deserved commission.
All I can say is that from my own experience as both an affiliate and a consumer, purposeful-looking URLs that redirect to the destination page are more effective at attracting clicks.
One of the most commonly used methods for creating redirects is to either use a HTML or JavaScript redirect that effectively load one page in order to trigger the redirect to another, but these aren’t ideal as web browsers without JavaScript enabled won’t be able to redirect to the destination URL and will instead potentially leave the user facing a blank page.
Another commonly used method of hiding affiliate links is to use a third party service such as TinyURL, but the obvious downside is that you then become dependent upon them providing that service. If anything should happen to that service then you could be left up the creek without a paddle.
Other, better methods that allow you to retain control involve setting a redirect through htaccess or using PHP to send HTML headers to the carry out the redirect. These work well for a small number of links, but because there’s no management system in place, managing a large number of links can become unwieldy. Having to upload or edit files on your server might also become a bit of a chore.
Here’s where Affiliate Link Tracker steps in to provide a better solution for creating, managing and tracking redirected links.
Affiliate Link Tracker:
- is hosted on your own domain to provide you with full control.
- It removes the need to upload files for every new redirect.
- Protects your referral income by hiding your raw affiliate links from commission thieves.
- Reports on which links are being clicked, when they’re clicked, which web pages they’re being clicked on and by whom.
- Allows you to easily find and edit existing redirects – handy if merchants change their link structure.
Here’s a short video demonstrating just how easy it is to create a new redirect and quickly change it to be a framed redirect to hide the destination URL.
Get Your Copy
Visit the Affiliate Link Tracker website to download your copy. For a short period of time, you can claim a 50% discount using the coupon code, IMFOOL.
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