Protect Your Affiliate Income From Thieves
Saturday, September 13th, 2008Affiliate marketing can make you a decent amount of income as an affiliate marketer without having to create your own product. It is one of the most lucrative businesses on the Net. Not surprisingly that many people have constant worry about their affiliate commission. In some marketing circles, it is a widely belief that stealing someone else commissions is just takes a few keystrokes to accomplish.
How do we get around this? To protect your affiliate commission, you need to re-directing your affiliate links. There are also benefits from doing this, besides the fact that you are protecting your commission.
The first benefit is getting through the spam filters.
When you use the same link coming from the same domain as everyone else (i.e. www.affiliateprogram.com/?id=xxx), spam filters will recognize it as being a sales letter email and label it as spam. As a result, it will be blocked and blacklisted, especially if it is a large promotion. By re-directing your link, it will have your domain as the link and help to make it thru the spam filters.
The second reason is search engine optimization. If you write articles and submit them with a signature file that has the affiliate link, the affiliate site gets the back links. In addition, it makes it easy for people to change your affiliate id. By using your domain as a redirect link to the affiliate program, you get the back links to your site and better SEO rankings.
The third reason is that it looks more professional. When potential customers see http://affiliateprogram.com/?id=xxx they know it is an affiliate program and will be less likely to click on it. However, when they see http://yourdoamin.com/affilliatename or http://yourdomain.com/recommends/program they will view it more as your personal recommendations.
You can find many programs that can help you re-direct your affiliate links easily. Many are available as freeware or shareware through popular sites. Whatever program or software you choose, the key is to make your domain as the primary one. This will make give your site more authority and encourage potential customers to click your links in no time. Thus, you make more money and protect your affiliate income at the same time.
Recommended Resources:
Make Money is Easy if You Know How
What are the Secrets to Make Money with Affiliate Programs?
Why You Should Consider to Make Money on the Internet
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