Cloaking Clickbank HopLinks

PuppetMaster · Aug 27, 2008

Has anyone had success using the recommended code that clickbank provides for cloaking hop links (from their site):

"The secret is to send the customer to a url of your own that quietly redirects them through the correct hoplink. We recommend using the html below. Don't forget to replace each occurrence of AFFILIATE and PUBLISHER with the correct value!
HopLink Cloaker HTML:
<html>
<head>
<title>Loading page...</title>
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="2;URL=http://AFFILIATE.PUBLISHER.hop.clickbank.net">
<script>
url='http://AFFILIATE.PUBLISHER.hop.clickbank.net';
if(document.images) { top.location.replace(url); }
else { top.location.href=url; }
</script>
</head>
<body>Loading
<a href=http://AFFILIATE.PUBLISHER.hop.clickbank.net>page</a>...
</body>
</html> "

Does this method work for both Firefox and IE? I'm assuming that "url" above refers to the merchant's actual landing page. Is this correct?

Finally, what is the significance of "Loading Page" and "Loading"?

Thanks in advance!

BlackBeret · Aug 27, 2008

It works, just like pretty much every other cloaker out there.

The Loading Page and Loading is just text for the surfer to see while the page is blank.

There are lots of cloaking scripts that are easier to use. I personally don't like re-directing like this because there isn't a counter, and it's more time consuming to set up a page like this than it is to just enter the information into a cloaking script. You could put one in but it's easier to use a cloaking script that gives you the count.

I've seen a couple of cloakers shared here. Here is a link to one. I've never used it so I don't know how good it is:

hxxp://www.start*cheap.com/Givea*ways/

djlest · Sep 30, 2008

blackberet what do you use to redirect and track links, im looking for great tools that do both without messing with source.

shrkscn · Oct 3, 2008

But this would not remove the hop=xxxx from the URL, isn't it? Does anyone have any script which would remove the hop=xxxx...

moneymaker101 · Oct 4, 2008

I use the php code..

<?php header("Location: http://xxxxxxx.xxxxxx.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=xxxxxx"); ?>

just put this in a index.php file
upload it and you good to go
the other why probably works too though..

almir · Oct 4, 2008

anyone has a working script that will cloak links on blogger blogs in the way it shows nonaffiliate link in status bar

natjay · Oct 4, 2008

Assume PHP is the best way to go right now, unless you're using domain redirects from cpanel.

jim39 · Oct 4, 2008

PuppetMaster said:
Has anyone had success using the recommended code that clickbank provides for cloaking hop links (from their site):

"The secret is to send the customer to a url of your own that quietly redirects them through the correct hoplink. We recommend using the html below. Don't forget to replace each occurrence of AFFILIATE and PUBLISHER with the correct value!
HopLink Cloaker HTML:
<html>
<head>
<title>Loading page...</title>
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="2;URL=http://AFFILIATE.PUBLISHER.hop.clickbank.net">
<script>
url='http://AFFILIATE.PUBLISHER.hop.clickbank.net';
if(document.images) { top.location.replace(url); }
else { top.location.href=url; }
</script>
</head>
<body>Loading
<a href=http://AFFILIATE.PUBLISHER.hop.clickbank.net>page</a>...
</body>
</html> "

Does this method work for both Firefox and IE? I'm assuming that "url" above refers to the merchant's actual landing page. Is this correct?

Finally, what is the significance of "Loading Page" and "Loading"?

Thanks in advance!

this is what clickbank is saying is ok...

lf you want to track where sale are coming from replace all with

h77p://yourid.publisher.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=TRACKID

this is to help to hide its an affilate link untill after they click

tanya7zhou · Oct 4, 2008

moneymaker101 said:
I use the php code..

<?php header("Location: http://xxxxxxx.xxxxxx.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=xxxxxx"); ?>

just put this in a index.php file
upload it and you good to go
the other why probably works too though..

Hi puppetmaster

Use the one above recommended by Moneymaker, it works well.

Like what he said, just stick the code in a folder, replace the xxxxxx with your ids, ie your hop link, merchant hoplink and your tracking id. Then rename the file as index.php........make sure its index.php not index.html

Yeah you are ready to go.....

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