Removing the ?hop=account on the URL of my site

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    Is there a script of some kind that allows me to automatically remove the ?hop=account on the URL when an affiliate brings a user to my site?

    FYI, I am selling a product via clickbank, and want to be able to hide this every time an affiliate brings traffic to my site.

    I have seen other sites do this successfully, such as:

    Michael Cheney's AdSense Videos

    http://starstrike.htmlindex.hop.clickbank.net

    when you go to the site, the affiliate name "starstrike" is hidden, but is shown during the checkout process.

    I'm sure this would be a pretty simple script that would allow me to do this with my site. Thanks!
     
    jasonwilks, Sep 30, 2006 IP
  2. Klipper

    Klipper Banned

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    #2
    Don't know much about that.

    I know one website call link cloaker providing service. It also a click bank product.
     
    Klipper, Nov 7, 2006 IP
  3. druzilla

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    #3
    also interested
     
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    I use an affiliate cloaking software. You can check it out here:

    http://RapidStartAffiliate.com/cloaker.html

    I am no techie so this works for me. The link I just posted is a click bank affiliate link. The product is around $50 and like I said, well worth it to me as I am not a coder (or even close). I like to concentrate on marketing.
     
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    After re-reading the original post, I see that you are talking from the point of view of a merchant and not an affiliate, so my reply does not make much sense.

    Sorry about that.
     
    RussReynolds, Nov 25, 2006 IP
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    It is very easy to do.

    1. create a file called hoplink.php in the root of your site and add this code to it:

    <?php
    header('Location: http://www.YOURSITE.com');
    exit();
    ?>

    2. login to your clickbank account and make the hoplink.php the hoplink destination.

    Here is what will happen if you use this approach:

    1. affiliate sends a vistitor to http://affiliate.vendor.hop.clickbank.net
    2. clickbank sets the cookies and redirects to http://YOURSITE.com/hoplink.php?hop=affiliate
    3. your hoplink.php redirects to your http://YOURSITE.com - thus removing ?hop=affiliate
    4. everyone is happy - you because your landing page does not have the ?hop=affiliate, your affiliates because of the same reason :)

    Using this approach you can add code to hoplink.php page that will record affiliates, dates, times, referred, etc... you will attract more affiliates by providing this tracking information to them...

    Good luck.
     
    baumann93, Nov 28, 2006 IP
  7. phjohnso

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    there may be a cheap free easy way to do this - create a blank directory on your website. edit the .htaccess file in that directory to redirect your url to the hoplink url

    so someone will click on www.yoursite.com/youroffer then he .htaccess file flips them over to the destination of your hoplink

    its very simple
     
    phjohnso, Nov 28, 2006 IP