This is kindof funny because I have gotten away with it before. when you use a sub domain, and put a redirection to my affiliate site in it, ezinearticles, doesn't like that. mysubdomain.mydomain.com cannot redirect to yourclickbank url? Problem: Sorry, we do not accept articles which contain affiliate or distributor links. it must be a distributor link?
How about when someone uses Blogger? Isn't that a subdomain as well? Last time I checked they accepted it without problems. Could be that they "may" have a problem with a subdomain of your own site, but are still okay with a subdomain off of a Blogger blog -- subdomain.blogspot.com I also noticed a couple articles that had a subdomain link cloaked within a keyword phrase anchor text. Seems like a selective thing when some things slip through the cracks while others are flagged up front.
I think it's the redirection they don't like. I think they want you to use the actual domain to forward to it. I think it's pretty stupid. Like the reader is going to go straight to the sponsor if the main domain forwards, so why is it such a big deal to make a subdomain redirect?
If a competitor or editor should find those links once the article has been published they will flag it as a problem article.
Yeah, i think i have read somewhere they don't accept redirect anymore. Let me see if i can find where i read about it before...
They will reject articles with direct affiliate links. It is ok, however, forward/redirect to an affiliate link from the top-level of a domain name you own. For example, it is permissible to forward to an affiliate link from: your-company-name.com/ ...but it would not be permissable to forward to an affiliate link from: your-company-name.com/page.html your-company-name.com/subdirectory/ your-company-name.com/subdirectory/page.html