How to hide traffic source from Amazon?

[kimblens]

Hi guys, I have an Amazon Affiliate Website and earning a decent amount of money but my traffic source is not accepted from Amazon Affilite Terms and Conditions.

I’d like to find a way to hide my traffic source from Amazon but I can’t find one that is perfect:

- I could use url shortener but again those are a little bit risky because are mentioned in terms and conditions
- I could use a Landing Page to redirect but that would mean that the users clicking on the link has to click twice to be redirected and I’m not sure if that is allowed by Amazon rules.

Again, I’m really struggling to find a solution because i know that it is possible.
For example how could Affilite Network like CPABuild or Ogads promote Amazon links and still being able to avoid ban and withdraw the money. I’m sure there is a solution.

I hope that someone has already faced the same problems and can help me

 

[lopshon]

I think you can use a URL shortener with a hidden referrer option

 

[kimblens]

Thank you, do you know of any url shortening service with this option?

 

[Ecodor]

I think tracking tools can help you with this
BeMob & Voluum

 

[lopshon]

Thank you, do you know of any url shortening service with this option?

Try pixelfy dot me

 

[TiagoS]

Don’t hide, at least fake it. If you hide they will write to you asking for explanation or will just end up banning you

 

[kimblens]

Try pixelfy dot me

Thank you I'll try it

Don’t hide, at least fake it. If you hide they will write to you asking for explanation or will just end up banning you

That's what I was thinking, do you have any recommendations on how to fake it?
I know it could be accomplished with cookies but i don't think i could be able to do that, any simpler method?

 

[IamNRE]

Create a WP site, install a simple 301 redirection plugin.... send traffic to your WP site (a particular page) - then have that page automatically redirect people to Amazon.

Make sure you also send some cheap traffic from "clean" sources to that page so that if Amazon looks at where the traffic is coming from its showing FB/youtube/Google etc. not just that 1 source that is against their terms.

Good luck sir.

 

[kimblens]

Create a WP site, install a simple 301 redirection plugin.... send traffic to your WP site (a particular page) - then have that page automatically redirect people to Amazon.

Make sure you also send some cheap traffic from "clean" sources to that page so that if Amazon looks at where the traffic is coming from its showing FB/youtube/Google etc. not just that 1 source that is against their terms.

Good luck sir.

Thank you for your response but I don't think a simple 301 redirect would prevent ban. I was doing something similar but the problem is that having a page that automatically redirect to Amazon it's suspicious and could be considered as cloaking. There should be a JS or a Cookie manipulation in order to automatically reload only clicks coming from the source against their terms and not redirect who is normally surfing that page. And that's out of my knowledge

 

[lopshon]

Thank you for your response but I don't think a simple 301 redirect would prevent ban. I was doing something similar but the problem is that having a page that automatically redirect to Amazon it's suspicious and could be considered as cloaking. There should be a JS or a Cookie manipulation in order to automatically reload only clicks coming from the source against their terms and not redirect who is normally surfing that page. And that's out of my knowledge

I messaged you

 

[nadeoye]

Thank you for your response but I don't think a simple 301 redirect would prevent ban. I was doing something similar but the problem is that having a page that automatically redirect to Amazon it's suspicious and could be considered as cloaking. There should be a JS or a Cookie manipulation in order to automatically reload only clicks coming from the source against their terms and not redirect who is normally surfing that page. And that's out of my knowledge

Instead of using a redirect, simply create a blank HTML page on your site and put a link on it that says click here. Let that be the only thing on that specific page


If you know HTML you can include some honeypots within the code of the page to filter out bots.

With that and a little bit of common sense, you should be fine. I've been fine for 8 months now

 

[albertkeys]

This seems to be a question that has been asked like hundreds of time (it not million) and I never found a solution. I tried almost every thing mentioned in all forums.
There is a service that lets you hide traffic source and also if you want you can show google as your refer.

 

[IronBots]

Instead of using a redirect, simply create a blank HTML page on your site and put a link on it that says click here. Let that be the only thing on that specific page


If you know HTML you can include some honeypots within the code of the page to filter out bots.

With that and a little bit of common sense, you should be fine. I've been fine for 8 months now

Hey bro, still doing this?

 

[kimblens]

Hey there, i got recently banned from Amazon. But i managed to make it work for almost 9 months! I think i got banned because i was too greedy, i scale it up to very large monthly amounts and for sure that was a big red flag to them so they deeply investigated my cause. Well that’s what I think. I’m trying to find a new amazon affiliate account and start again

 

[Manish Lamrod]

What was the conversion rate. ?

 

[Deadlight]

Create a WP site, install a simple 301 redirection plugin.... send traffic to your WP site (a particular page) - then have that page automatically redirect people to Amazon.

Make sure you also send some cheap traffic from "clean" sources to that page so that if Amazon looks at where the traffic is coming from its showing FB/youtube/Google etc. not just that 1 source that is against their terms.

Good luck sir.

Golden advice here

 

[AlexAkimbo]

Just wanted to chime in with some ideas on how to hide your traffic source:

• Developer's way - Create some PHP/NodeJS/HTML+JS code that'll handle redirecting and referral manipulation. Don't forget to add some honeypots to fight of pests. Wordpress 301'd falls under this category.
• Sysadmin way - nginx + lua scripting that'll handle bot detection, geo targeting, redirecting and referral manipulation
• Beginner's way - URL shortener that allows custom domains, tracking, bot detection, GEO targeting, etc

+ cloakingg services

 

[IronBots]

Hey there, i got recently banned from Amazon. But i managed to make it work for almost 9 months! I think i got banned because i was too greedy, i scale it up to very large monthly amounts and for sure that was a big red flag to them so they deeply investigated my cause. Well that’s what I think. I’m trying to find a new amazon affiliate account and start again

I also need a solution as Amazon doesn't allow a lot of social media. Can I do this without getting banned by putting a button like "Proceed to Amazon" on a blank page?

 

[seojen]

traffic source is not accepted from Amazon Affilite Terms and Conditions

What traffic source do we have here???

 

[AlexAkimbo]

I also need a solution as Amazon doesn't allow a lot of social media. Can I do this without getting banned by putting a button like "Proceed to Amazon" on a blank page?

That's how it all started (cloaking)