Affiliate Short Links

Webmaster Discussion
#1

Hi,

I am just wondering how can I mask full affiliate links and use only ‘shortlinks’ instead. I noticed that some websites instead of full aff link using something like xyzdomain.com/go/affwebsite

I know there would be probably WP plugin for this, but is there any other solution? I would google it, but I have no idea how to call this.

Thanks.

#2

I call them “Jump Scripts”…

#3

Maybe you’re looking for “Redirection”. Of course, there are many more ways to redirect, but this one is the easiest for a beginner.

#4

You should try and use it, it makes life a lot easier when you have to update and change affiliate links.

#5

I use Steve Dawson’s jumpscript, info and file here > http://wagsblog.com/how-to-redirect-url-in-php/

#6

I’m using Steve Dawson’s script, too. The WP Plugin “Easy Affiliate Links” works great as well.
It’s a little less convenient, but you could do the same with .htaccess

#7

We use Yourls, and life is much easier.

#8

Oh thank you so much guys :slight_smile:

#9

That’s http://yourls.org for anyone trying to get there!

#10

We use this as well for ours to track on social media etc.

#11

You can set it up as a .htaccess redirects with RewriteRule, like this:

RewriteRule ^affiliate-program http://affiliate-link.com/?here [R=301,L]

if don’t want any additional scripts and want to make it fast. It’s trackable with any apache logs analyzer.
Kinda messy and not that pretty way, but it’s simple and no additional scripts needed.