Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Affiliate Link Cloaking

Is this guy nuts? As far as I know, Im NOT losing 40% of my affiliate commissions!

Wait. Are you sure? Are you might be losing money. You might be losing up to 40% (or even more) of your affiliate commissions. And most affiliates A in this danger zone. Its hard to imagine how much money all those affiliates lose every day. And it drives me mad. Because I know that it can be easily avoided with less than 15 minutes of work!

Please dont make the same mistake that almost everyone makes. Most of my serious affiliates already know how & why they must avoid it. But Im sick of seeing the majority of regular affiliates ignore my advice. Looks like they just want to lose their money. Oh well. But you should be serious about your affiliate business. Heck, im sure you already are.

Stop losing your hard-earned commissions cloak your affiliate links!

The whole idea of cloaking has much to do with peoples thoughts, reactions and nature. In fact its all about psychology. Im not a psychologist (some guys wanted me to, but no thanks I really enjoy affiliate marketing ) But at this moment I can predict your reaction with 100% accuracy.

Watch this:
http://www.the-ultimate-widget.com/?affiliate_id=57486

And now this:
http://www.the-ultimate-widget.com

Well, weve just seen some pure psychology in action. Tell me?

Why does the second link look and feel better? Why is it better? Why does it get the click while the first one doesnt?

Thats right. The second link doesnt look affiliatish. It doesnt resemble a referral url. In other words;

"that unknown individual from the other side of the net wont make money on MY purchase!

Please dont say youre not like that. Dont say youve never wanted to remove that annoying affiliate code from someone elses link.

Robert Bell is the owner of Affiliates Directory. You can find more information at http://www.affiliatesdirectory.biz