Tired of someone stealing your affiliate commission by replacing your affiliate
code with his? Tired of less experienced Internet users leaving your affiliate code (or ID) off the web address when they visit the
website you recommended? Tired of repeating long, cumbersome web addresses, only to find your prospect didn’t get it right and someone
else got your commission?
While not 100 percent foolproof, you can prevent affiliate commission theft from happening by using the following techniques:
- Use TinyUrl.com, a free online software tool that converts your long affiliate links into manageable tiny urls.
The good thing about this option is the website address is small enough to remember; the bad thing about this option is that it
doesn’t allow you to build name recognition or branding.
- Use a 301 redirect web page. Simply save a text file as .htaccess, type “redirect locationoffile.htm http://url.com/affiliatecode”
and then upload that page to your main website.
The good thing about using this option is that it’s simple. The bad thing is that this file is also used for other things, such as error
pages and password protected directories, so you could accidentally erase important information. Plus, it needs a Unix server.
- Buy a domain name for the specific purpose of redirecting it to the web address of your choice. Then redirect your new domain name
to your affiliate link.
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The great thing about this option is that you build name recognition, it’s easy to remember, you can use it on all your marketing
materials, and you don’t have to purchase web hosting. (Just make sure the affiliate program you use allows you the option of doing
this.)
The bad thing about using this option is that you cannot build brand recognition, you cannot use the search engines to gain natural
visitors, and you have to rely heavily on the affiliate’s website to both pre-sell and sell.
- Make an automatic redirect page within your own website. To do this, you start by saving a folder specifically for redirects.
Inside that folder, you save a web page for each of your affiliate products. On each web page, you insert the following html code and
use that web page’s address when referring your visitors to your affiliate link.
< HTML >
< HEAD >
< !-- REPLACE THIS URL WITH THE URL YOU WANT TO REDIRECT TO -- >
< META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="0; URL=http://url.com/affiliatecode" >
< /HEAD >
< /HTML >
The good thing about using this option is that you can build name recognition and name brand recognition. You can use your main web
address on all marketing materials. You can build web pages to both pre-sell your affiliate’s merchandise and to gain natural
visitors through the search engines.
- Use a mouse over in your links.
< onmouseover="window.status='Title Name';return true;" onmouseout="window.status=' ';return true;" >
The good thing about using this option is that it hides your affiliate link when visitors place their cursors over links within your
website. The bad thing is that your affiliate address is shown once the link is clicked.
- Use a mouse over in your body tag.
< body onmouseover="window.status='Name of Site';return true;" >
The good thing about using this option is that it hides your affiliate link when visitors place their cursors over links within your
website. The bad thing is that your affiliate address is shown once the link is clicked.
- Build visitor loyalty. When experienced Internet marketers/visitors respect what you do, they won’t bother stealing your affiliate
commissions by replacing your code with theirs.
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