How to Manually Cloak Affiliate Link Redirects

Discussion in 'Affiliate Programs' started by mario0455, Jan 12, 2008.

  1. #1
    Hi,
    This is a free information:
    An easy method of manually cloaking an Affiliate link to redirect to any affiliate program you choose to promote… is by writing three simple lines of php code.

    This form of masking hides your affiliate link from showing in the address bar, but does require your own website or at least access to a limited web space for uploading the simple text file… that must be created for each new affiliate link.

    How To write PHP Code for Cloaked Affiliate Link Redirects:

    1. First create a folder on your desktop and give it a name relative to the Aff product. So to promote Mike Filsaime’s… Butterfly Marketing manuscript… you might name it “Manuscript”.


    2. Copy n paste the following into Notepad or a text editor, and replace the “xxxxxx.zzzzz” with your clickbank username.


    <?php
    header("Location: http://xxxxxx.zzzzz.hop.clickbank.net");
    ?>


    3. Name the above text file as “index.php” and save it to the “Manuscript” folder you created on your desktop. It is important the file is called “index.php” and nothing else.

    4. Upload the entire “Manuscript” folder via FTP into your domain’s “public_html” folder.

    5. Then advertise your new cloaked link as “http://www.blablaxxxx.com/manuscript” which looks a lot more professional than a Clickbank link or any other ugly affiliate link. This also stops affiliate link thieves from hijacking your links.

    6. Test your link by typing http://www.blablaxxxx.com/manuscript into a browser and it will redirect straight to the merchant’s program, all the time protecting your affiliate link and not displaying it anywhere in the browser.

    7. This method of cloaking can also be used to format a Clickbank link to completely bypass a “weak” merchant’s sales page, and go directly to the Clickbank order page. Refer to an earlier post Correct Clickbank Affiliate Code to bypass Merchant’s page for the exact link format to use.

    NOTE: This method of manual affiliate link cloaking is not only restricted to Clickbank. It works with any other affiliate program. Simply replace the “Clickbank” url in the example above with the complete URL/affiliate link provided by the product owner or any other affiliate company… for example: Commission Junction and PayDotCom.

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    mario0455, Jan 12, 2008 IP