Do you mask your affiliate links?

I know from reading up, that some potential customers decide not to buy after reading a very informative article/blog,that it's an affiliate link taking them to the actual store where the product is sold.

I've read there are ways (if the link is on your own website) to 'camouflage' the link into looking like a normal, bog standard link and not an affiliate link.

Does anybody do this and are there any pro's and con's of this, you'd share?

Do some programs not allow this? Or is it your choice?

Steve

 

I think that most serious affiliates cloak their links.

Usually for me it's easier to manage all my links using a script and DB. I learned the hard way when I had to change some links and I had a site with 8000 + pages of content with embedded links.

I had to run all the HTML code through a giant grep/find replace.

Very ugly, never again.

HTH

 

I'm 100% masking my affiliate link, it's not just to make it look professional but it will make the url more short and I'm sure we will not lose our commission.

 

I always mask my affiliate links, yes.

 

How does one mask a link?

 

I'd never promote my affiliate link without cloaking it first... Because it would be a waste to promote your affiliate product if someone bypass or hijack your affiliate link..

 

Yes cloaking can help you a few sales.

 

Link clocking is good with sub domain names . Because when visitor point mouse on offer link and see that it is different than your site name than they get worried littler bit but if you have clocked in sub domain name than you won't face such problem .

 

Yeah make them all internal so youre not loosing that pagerank as well