How to Redirect Affiliate Links Using cPanel

In the previous article I showed you how to redirect affiliate links using simple HTML. Now lets look at the second option – creating “redirects” in your Cpanel administration area.

To do this, please make sure that you have a web hosting with cPanel installed. Then login to your cPanel account and click on “Redirects”. The process is quite similar to creating a www redirect but this time you’ll be using your affiliate links.

So make sure you have the correct affiliate link.

In this example I will be using this affiliate link: http://winniche.gobala.hop.clickbank.net which leads to my own product on ClickBank. I would enter something like this in the configuration section.

You can basically enter any file name you want. You can put a /go/ or /recommends/ followed by the product name. Then just enter the actual affiliate link, select “redirect with or without www” and click on “Add”. Your redirect link should now be functioning.

NOTE: This method will not work properly if you are using WordPress or other CMS that uses a .htaccess file to manage access permissions.

If you are using WordPress, then these are your options:

1. Create a sub-domain, and use the sub-domain instead when creating cPanel redirects – so that would make your redirect links something like http:// track.gobalakrishnan.com/recommends/product
2. Use the Ninja Affiliate plugin for WordPress, it does a much better job of managing and cloaking your affiliate links
3. Create basic HTML redirects instead, or PHP redirects
4. Get another domain name for the purpose of redirecting affiliate links

Any questions or comments?

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