Is a disguised link affecting my sales? Please help

Hello,

Im a newbie at affiliate marketing. Last week I was making 1 sale per every 102 hops. I decided to disguise my hop link on sunday, forwarding a web address i own to my hop link, and since then I havent made one sale, although I've received 252 hops.

Could the disguised link be affecting my sales?? Can a customer purchase a product through a disguised link??

I have no idea because I'm a newbie please help.

Thank you!

 

Can you tell us where you link is ?

 

Have you made sure the redirect link works?

 

I've made sure it works, it redirects automatically to my hop link. I thought it would increase sales but sales have come to a halt instead. Could it just be the economy? Could my aff link be being hacked?

 

When you go to clickbank payment page, is your affiliate name showing at the bottom?

 

Yes it is.

 

How long have you been promoting the product? Maybe it just doesn't convert very well. It seems like its getting tracked ok though.

 

Yea it seems like it but when sales stopped I got confused. I've been promoting it for 2 weeks now(I just started affiliate marketing 2 weeks ago but Im a quick study). Also I have another question, can we hyperlink our hoplinks to images(such as advertising banners)? Thanks for all your help

 

Yes you can hyperlink

 

Banner advertising is absolutely fine although usually not as effective.

 

Glad to know I can hyperlink, what type of advertising is most effective??

 

Links in content. Writing reviews and the like.

 

I have used reviews, blogs & social networking. Wheres the best places to post reviews of the product?

 

On your own site and promote the blog.

 

Thanks, I'll do that..my goal by Feb 2008 is $100 per day. It sounds like not much but for me its a lot, Im going to work hard, utilizing all advertising tactics possible, until I reach it.

 

Thanks for the all the advice everyone!

Amazingly, a few minutes after I posted my last reply on this forum, I made my first sale this week! (after 248 hops)

I know its not much but im extremely happy & motivated.

I'll keep you updated on my progress!

 

The way I see it, if ClickBank is reporting the same number of hops you normally get, then there is no fraud going on. I don't think there's any reasonable way for a person to steal sales without also stealing hops.

 

I think you may be right pinch penny. I guess hops & sales have been slow lately I guess it may just be the economy?

 

Is there a way for people to hijack our links? (besides simply switching their own affiliate names with ours on their sales page of course).

But is there any way for them to hijack other sales? If so how can we prevent it?

 

Thanks for starting this thread, AffiliateEsprit7. I'm behind you, haven't started yet, planning to do so over Christmas/New Year when I have time; have been thinking about exactly the same things as you. Pleased to hear you just had a sale!