Free URL Cloacking - Are You Losing Money From Commission Theives
Oct 24th, 2007 by hamant
I realised some time ago that some of my commissions were not registerriing at my affiliate networks after I read an article, not too long after I started with affiliate marketing.
At that time Mike Filsaime had just come out with a URL redirect script which worked like a charm and I bought it and swiftly installed in on one of my domains.
This script has since been installed and now has a great interface for seeing clickthroughs and adding Keywords etc. It does cost but if you are serious then it is a great one take a serious look.
It also has the ability to have a top Viral Bar and a whole host of data including below -
Plus an Affiliate management system like below -
as well as more detailed data - as shown below
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| Campaign Name : SEO Blog Templates - Wealth Secrets Delete Edit Clone |
| Total Clicks : 27 Link Type : Cloaked Redirect |
| URL : |
| Goes To ->http://www.netmarketinggame.com/FM100/30W/?sc=WealthSecrets |
| Campaign Name : SEO Blog Templates - Wealth Secrets Delete Edit Clone |
| Total Clicks : 27 Link Type : Cloaked Redirect |
| URL : |
| Goes To ->http://www.netmarketinggame.com/FM100/30W/?sc=WealthSecrets |
In the above example my script is installed on a domain name called -
www.Your-Profit-Zones.com and you can call yours whatever you wish the domain name to be. Ideally it needs to be some sort of generic name or a niche related to the area of your promotions.
Go ahead and click the link below
http://www.your-profit-zones.com/HotOffers/PowerLinker
and take a look at the Url Bar and you will see that the affiliate link is cloaked and the Viral Bar is visible. The great addition in the last version is the ability for you to add a pop up, or a pop exit which is great if you want to send a leaving visitor to another page and at least take the opportunity to sell something that they may be intersted in. I know many people dont like pop ups and pop exits but they have been shown to work and increase the bottom line in tests again and again. One of the best ways you can use this feature is to add a pop exit and make it some kind of a squeeze page for a free product so that you can get your custeomers name and email address for something in return, before they leave or maybe even a small exit survey - asking them why they are leaving. This feature can be switched on or off any time.
I recently tested a URL Cloaker from Jonathan Ledger which worked very well and still use it on some promotions. This one is at - http://offto.net/ub3e3b/ - I have reviewed it earlier elsewhere on this blog but basically this has a unique feature in that Jonathan’s Cloaker can disguise the affiliate url when the page loads. Very clever programming indeed.
Click the below link and see at the bottom that the affiliate url or anchor keywords are blanked out so that a customer cannnot sign up as an affiliate themselves and steal your well deserved commissions.
http://offto.net/ClickbankVideos Notice right at the bottom - the affiliate url and words are blanked !
This is a well known fact within the IM community, although its not really a problem in other niches. Plus this is also web based - so you dont need to install a database or the script in order to use it. I have used this and still do sometimes.
You will find that there are seceral Link Cloakers out there these days - some are web based, some are domain installs and the prices do vary quite a lot depending on what level of sophistication you want in terms of click data etc.
Some are simple re directs and others are link cloakers as well. You may have already seen www.TinyUrl.com www.ShortUrl.com and www.FreezeUrl.com and all work and supply differring data. But there is one great BUT….or disadvantage with these and that is YOU are not in control of these domains. If anything were to happen to these services - you are done for. All your short urls everywhere are also gone. Can you imagine all the lost commissions that would mean especially if you had used them in Viral Ebooks and rebranded books etc. so be warned. There are obviously exceptions in that very reputable marketers like Jonathan Ledger and his services you would trust as one that will remain for a very long time to come.
Now fast forward a a few days ago and 2 great programmers Colin Klinkert and Frank Bauer of whom you have probably already heard of. These are ral tech guys providing marketers with testing software of all kinds. They have come up with a service which I have only tested for a day or so and so far looks like a winner, in that it does the main job of cloaking a link, but is also Viral - not just like the Viral bar on many link cloakers but also has ads attached to them and everytime the Viral Bar is shown you earn credits which are used to show your ads on other free members viral bar.
Click On The Link Below - Dont worry , Yes It’s a Free Service
http://viralurl.com/WealthSecrets/
If you want to take advantage of the paid vrsion to get tons of Viral ads of your shown on other peoples Viral Bar you can opt for that.
So far it looks, feels and comes across as a very professional service.
Go ahead and click here to have your very own Link Cloaker and never get your affiliate commissions be stolen again.
Obviously this new system combats the 2 problems that new marketers face andd that is they dont have a list to promote to and lost affiliate commissions as they are not aware of redirects or not able to set up redircts through their web host.
So we have here a free service that will ensure you protect your earnings, track your hard work, and build a huge opt-in viral mailing list that you can email over and over!
http://viralurl.com/WealthSecrets
This site is Hyper-Viral and puts your efforts on teroids. A new industry leader that will make it so easy for marketers from now on to track their progress and promotional efforts whilst also building a huge downline that they can email and earning credits that
enable them to show ads on Viralbars around the world!
Call that LEVERAGE? with a BIG L . This amazing F.R*E.E membership
site offers you that leverage, all in a few clicks of
your mouse!
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