How do people make those affiliate link jump pages?

Here's a fake example:

***.com/go/affiliateXYZ

So you just link from your blog post, to your own site, which then redirects you to the offer you were trying to sell. I was always under the impression you cannot modify the links an affiliate provides? Am I incorrect?

If you can... then how do you make a redirect like that?

 

Create the following folder on your website: /go/affiliateXYZ

Create a new php page named 'index.php' and insert this code:

<?php
header( 'Location: http://youraffiliatelink.com/click/?id=blah' ) ;
?>

Code (markup):

Replace the link with your affiliate link. Make sure you leave a space between Location: and the URL.

Then, just drop the index.php page into that folder and you're ready to go.

 

You can also do the same thing in your .htaccess file.

Just add the following line to the .htaccess file in your root folder:

redirect 301 /go/affiliateXYZ/ http://youraffiliatelink.com/click/?id=blah

Code (markup):

 

Thanks a lot guys. So I take it this method of linking/redirection is OK with all affiliate programs?

 

Yes, these methods are safe to use with all affiliate programs. You're essentially masking the URL on your site while still redirecting the user to the affiliate link.

 

You can also combine this with tracking software (just search for a link click tracking script or something of that nature) so you can keep an eye on your click-throughs and compare the numbers you get with those from your affiliate provider.

 

html or php redirect