Email links in Cj?

Discussion in 'Commission Junction' started by kapuk, Nov 21, 2006.

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    Does anyone know which link should I use to put my afflilate link into an email in Cj ?
    I guess Text Link, right?
     
    kapuk, Nov 21, 2006 IP
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    WebMarketingMan Guest

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    You mean in an email you're going to send that contains one of your CJ links? Yeah, a text link would probably be easiest if you want to work the link into the text, but, depending on the advertiser, you could just strip the link from any of the ones they provide. Just make sure the link you pick points to the place you want it to. Contact the affiliate manager of the program if you aren't sure if that'll work.

    For example, here's a banner add I pulled from one of my advertisers:

    <a href="http://www.dpbolvw.net/click-xxxxxxx-xxxxxxxx" target="_top">
    <img src="http://www.ftjcfx.com/image-xxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxx" width="468" height="60" alt="xxxxxxxxx" border="0"/></a>

    If I were going to send out an email that contained a link to this same page, and for this same advertiser, I could just pull out this link and use it with any text I write:

    http://www.dpbolvw.net/click-xxxxxxx-xxxxxxxx

    If you aren't sure how to take apart the code they give you, just post it here and I'll take a look at it for you.
     
    WebMarketingMan, Nov 22, 2006 IP
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    Thanks for your tips but I've tried to do the same thing like you said before and I 've found out that some cj affiliate links didnot show up in the report. Because I asked my friends to click on the ads to check it 's working or not. So i think it may lead to lost my commision if somebody are going to buy the product.
     
    kapuk, Nov 23, 2006 IP
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    Right, some program managers set up the links so that they won't work this way, but, in my experience, most of them do. If you go to the page in your CJ account that lists the links for a particular publisher, find one of the links you'd like to use and click on the link ID and name (in the second column from the left). A new window will pop up, and you should see the word "Destination" in the column on the left in the new window. If the destination says "Advertiser allows URL redirects for this link," and "Advertiser allows image redirects for this link," you should be good to go. If not, you'll want to get in touch with the manager of the program to see if they can help you out.

    Also, if you think you've lost commissions because the link didn't work, you can always email the program manager to see if he/she will credit you manually. All you'd need to provide them is the info about the transaction.

    **PS, if this was helpful, it'd be sweet if you'd hook me up with some rep points. :)
     
    WebMarketingMan, Nov 27, 2006 IP