I have an affiliate program and of course the links on the affiliates pages link through the affiliate program- Shareasale and then land on my site. This is necessary so they get their commission if the lead results in a sale. My question is have any of you been successful in getting those affiliates- at least some of them to provide a link back to your site? They presently have images and descriptions of my products on their sites but no do follow links! I could always zip off an email to them but I wonder if that violates the tos of the agreement with Shareasale? It would seem to be a fertile place to get backlinks but am wondering if anyone else has had any experience in this are? Thanks, all input is appreciated.
Affiliate marketers are very smart in ensuring that they nofollow the links. I guess even asking them directly is not going to help much.