Evolutionary Internet Marketing Success

Is it really necessary to cloak you affiliate links?

There are many who say it is necessary to do so. And it increases their sales because this prevent affiliate theft.

To some extent, I agree completely. In competitive niche like “internet marketing”, there are people who do not like to buy through an affiliate link and they will do whatever it is possible to prevent the affiliate who makes a good reccommendation to earn a commission.

But these people also know how to dissect a cloaked affiliate link. In such cases, I think there is no need to cloak your affiliate link. If your prospects want to let you earn an commission, then they will.

I guess affiliate link cloaking just make it difficult for affiliate thief. But it is by no mean foolproof.

For people who are concerned with affiliate theft, you can just use tinyurl. If you want to have a more professional looking cloak link, you can use this script below.

1. <?php
2. header(”Location:http://www.example.com/this”);
3. exit();
4. ?>

Save it as index.php and upload it to your ”this” folder on your server via FTP. That’s all.

Tags: affiliate link cloaking, affiliate theft, affiliate marketing

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