Protecting Your Affiliate
Commission
Thanks to the growing of internet technologies in astonishing rapidity, that brings a lot of benefits and makes our life a lot more convenient compare to the past days. But, we should not only look at the pros of the Internet, we must take the cons of Internet into accounts as well.
Looking at the lucrative commission that being an affiliate can bring to the Internet marketers, the thieves will not overlook the chance to steal from you as well!
At the same time when you are earning your passive income from the affiliate program, you should watch out for the thieves. An Internet business owner should have the awareness on this and buy an anti-thieve software program in the system. This is to protect your affiliate commission to be targeted.
Here are some things that you can do to protect your business and prevent this to happen:
Meta Refresh
It is a method of instructing a web browser to refresh certain page automatically after certain interval of time. This step can reduce the commission bypassing without notice and, of course, the commission hijacking from the unwelcome thief.
However, this requires a little knowledge in writing HTML scripts. By changing the HTML scripts in your browser, even a novice in writing script can do this as well. Simply search for the command that you should key in the script will do.
In spite of the benefits that Meta refresh can bring to you, there’s one problem Meta refresh could bring to your site as well. Some search engines don’t like Meta refreshes because some site owners used it for unpleasant purposes. If you are to use this method, use it with caution.
URL Redirection Service
URL redirecting service is also called URL forwarding, which enable you to make a web page available under more than one URL address. When someone attempts to open the website that has been redirected, the website with a different URL will be opened.
You can find this service for free on the net, or if you are not financially constrained, you can buy domain name for each affiliate program that you join. This is a method that decreases the possibilities of the same URL to appear too often, hence, decreases the risks of being targeted by the commission thieve.
Web-based Ad Tracking Service
You can use this service to check out which website that leaded the prospect to your affiliate page. This is a common service for Internet marketers to study which advertising method is the best method, because it will record the entire advertising campaign.
However, you, as an affiliate, can make good use of this service to trace where the visitors to your site came from. If there is a suspicious source, you can figure out and solve the problem right away before it causes you any damages.
Ad Tracking Scripts
If you are not so keen on using the services provided online, you can use ad tracking scripts instead. However, this requires you to have knowledge in writing the HTML scripts.
You can search the net for some useful scripts that will notify you if they find out suspicious sources that lead to your site. The advantage of knowing how to write the ad tracking scripts is you can make the tracking work easier, as the system is automated.
With the ad tracking script, you can hide your affiliate link from the thief and hence reduce the risk.
JavaScript Redirect
This is another script that enables you to redirect your visitors to another site from the first site they visit. Exactly when is the time someone will need the JavaScript redirect? It is when the time you need to move your site to a new domain name.
You can place the JavaScript redirect in your old domain name, informing the visitors that you’ve moved your site to another domain name. There will be a new link to redirect them to the new site.
You can create a custom field to store your redirect URL and set type to hidden. This way, you are making your redirected URL hidden; only those with permission will see it. As a result, you can reduce commission thief as well.