CB Won't Answer My Question - Help!!

Hello,

I sent a question to Clickbank support on this, but they didn't answer my question, so I'm hoping someone here can help me.

In order to hide my affiliate links on some of my Clickbank products, I am using domain redirects. On each product, I purchase a domain with Godaddy and redirect it to my affiliate link so that when someone clicks my link, they see:

http://XYZDomain.com

instead of

http://MYCLICKBANKID.VENDOR.HOP.CLICKBANK.NET

My problem is that I have several different versions of my landing pages set up so that I can track specific keywords, but in order to use the same redirect, is it okay to put my link in as:

http://XYZDomain.com/?tid=TID1 (For Landing Page #1)
http://XYZDomain.com/?tid=TID2 (For Landing Page #2)

(Keep in mind -- XYZDomain.com redirects with my affiliate link without any tracking ID on it.)

The links work okay when I click on them and it shows my ClickBank ID with the tracking ID on the vendor's sales page, but I was worried that maybe I'm violating some policy with Clickbank or doing something that might cause me not to get credit for sales. I've only been in affiliate marketing for about a year and knew absolutely nothing about any of this before I began, so I'm constantly learning something new -- and I've learned never to assume anything.

If I'm unable to do it this way, I would have to buy a different domain for each keyword that I want to track, which obviously wouldn't be feasible.

I asked Clickbank this question and waited three days for a response, only to get a response that didn't address the question I asked. They just sent a message saying "Yes, you can track your keywords!!" And they gave me the normal format for the tracking ID, which, of course, I already knew. I didn't know if maybe they were trying to indirectly say that I couldn't put my links in this way or if the rep that answered my e-mail just didn't read or understand my question.

I would really appreciate it if someone could answer this question for me so I know how to proceed forward.

Thanks so much,
L.Trebbe

 

Atleast they replied.

I think they are getting poorer. Pain in the .ss

Never answer my queries

 

You can do it, but your redirect needs to include the TID. For example:

<?php
header("Location: http://aff.vendor.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=".$_GET["tid"]);
?>

Without passing the TID through, it won't show up on CB. What you're seeing is probably an old tracked TID from when you've manually type the hoplink into your browser or something.

Oh, and CB has no problem with you doing this.

 

Hi,

Thanks so much for the help. You were exactly right, because when I tried it using a different tracking ID that I had never used before, the link still worked but there was no tracking ID on the checkout page.

Thanks Again,
L.Trebbe