Should affiliate clicks be routed thru my site? - WickedFire - Affiliate Marketing Forum

CodeSolid · 04-11-2010, 10:24 AM

Great forum, lot's of good information here.

I am trying to decide whether or not to route all of the affiliate links on my site through my domain for tracking, etc. I don't have much (ok any, lol) experience with affiliate marketing, and I know that some of the affiliate programs say that you can't redirect links, but I'm thinking they might mean something else (something shady). I just mean having a redirect script on my site to track when a visitor clicks an affiliate link. Is this a good idea, or are there reasons to not do this? Also if it IS a good thing to do, is a simple PHP head()-style redirect ok? Thanks in advance.

high risk · 04-11-2010, 03:59 PM

yes, yes

forrestt · 04-12-2010, 08:53 AM

I have a related question to this. Please forgive me if I do not use proper terms or make no sense, I am very new to this. I have a site I put up, prior to the site I was direct linking a few offers, just to get a feel for it. Now that I put up the site I want to run ads through a few different sources. Starting with Yahoo and Facebook. When getting the tracking links from tracking 202 I have to pick which network I want the link for, so does that mean in order to be accurate I have to make a website for each traffic source? To give an example lets say I have a site with 3 offers which are sort of similar. I can not make 2 pages on the website per offer type since it would look weird, and again I apologize if this turns out to be a dumb question. I appreciate all the help everyone has been giving. Thanks

forrestt · 04-12-2010, 03:00 PM

I guess i didnt make sense

pushchris · 04-12-2010, 04:05 PM

i do all my tracking on my own domain - and use my own reidrect scripts as well

forrestt · 04-12-2010, 07:13 PM

Yeah, im not too technical when it comes to stuff like that. If anyone has a few mins maybe to give a noob some advice quick via pm, I would highly appreciate it.

yahooanswers · 04-14-2010, 02:28 AM

Yes, it often best strategy for redirecting through your website.

-> It helps you in tracking.
-> Its a branding. You will have your name branded when links pass thr your domain.
-> Use a simple link tag like http://site.com/go/my-recommend

Hope this helps !!!

04-11-2010, 10:24 AM	#1 (permalink)
CodeSolid Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 1 iTrader: 0 / 0%	Should affiliate clicks be routed thru my site? Great forum, lot's of good information here. I am trying to decide whether or not to route all of the affiliate links on my site through my domain for tracking, etc. I don't have much (ok any, lol) experience with affiliate marketing, and I know that some of the affiliate programs say that you can't redirect links, but I'm thinking they might mean something else (something shady). I just mean having a redirect script on my site to track when a visitor clicks an affiliate link. Is this a good idea, or are there reasons to not do this? Also if it IS a good thing to do, is a simple PHP head()-style redirect ok? Thanks in advance. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter Last edited by CodeSolid; 04-11-2010 at 10:25 AM.. Reason: typo

04-11-2010, 03:59 PM	#2 (permalink)
high risk game of global domination Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: US Posts: 527 iTrader: 2 / 100%	yes, yes Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter __________________ i accept contract killings for affiliates who try to defraud your offer or network. (or stop them before they do it, if that's more your speed. guaranteed.)

04-12-2010, 08:53 AM	#3 (permalink)
forrestt Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 160 iTrader: 15 / 100%	I have a related question to this. Please forgive me if I do not use proper terms or make no sense, I am very new to this. I have a site I put up, prior to the site I was direct linking a few offers, just to get a feel for it. Now that I put up the site I want to run ads through a few different sources. Starting with Yahoo and Facebook. When getting the tracking links from tracking 202 I have to pick which network I want the link for, so does that mean in order to be accurate I have to make a website for each traffic source? To give an example lets say I have a site with 3 offers which are sort of similar. I can not make 2 pages on the website per offer type since it would look weird, and again I apologize if this turns out to be a dumb question. I appreciate all the help everyone has been giving. Thanks Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

04-12-2010, 03:00 PM	#4 (permalink)
forrestt Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 160 iTrader: 15 / 100%	I guess i didnt make sense Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

04-12-2010, 04:05 PM	#5 (permalink)
pushchris <<word>> Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 223 iTrader: 0 / 0%	i do all my tracking on my own domain - and use my own reidrect scripts as well Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

04-12-2010, 07:13 PM	#6 (permalink)
forrestt Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 160 iTrader: 15 / 100%	Yeah, im not too technical when it comes to stuff like that. If anyone has a few mins maybe to give a noob some advice quick via pm, I would highly appreciate it. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

04-14-2010, 02:28 AM	#7 (permalink)
yahooanswers Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 26 iTrader: 0 / 0%	Yes, it often best strategy for redirecting through your website. -> It helps you in tracking. -> Its a branding. You will have your name branded when links pass thr your domain. -> Use a simple link tag like http://site.com/go/my-recommend Hope this helps !!! Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

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