ok i wrote the article and im finished with it. now do i put my affiliate link inside the resource box? and if so, do i cloak it? or do i put my landing page inside the resource box? and if so, do i clock it? thanks!
No, you don't need to clock it. In the resource box you write an effective call-to-action and direct visitors to your landing page, where must be your product review.
If you do want your affiliate link in there you will have to have a top level domain that redirects to the affiliate link to be legal in Ezinearticles.
ezine articles makes you direct to a landing page or cloak only to a top level domain (so www.mydomain.com not www.mydomain.com/subject). However there are a lot of article directories that do let you just post your affiliate link straight out. Just remember its always better to have a landing page, because you control it. If you write all your articles and put a direct affiliate link, and then something happens like they stop selling the product, you will have to go back and change all the articles. If you have a landing page, you can just rewrite your landing page and sell a different product.