OTrap
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- Jul 12, 2008
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Hey guys! Been awhile since I posted a tutorial, but I figured I'd spill this one, since I know people have been having trouble with some of the shorteners.
Now, there are indeed ways to make your OWN URL shortener (here's one example I've used), but the common shorteners seem to be far more trusted with certain audiences, so it's pretty easy to see why someone might still want to use one of the major ones.
The problem is, many of them will prevent any "clickbank.net" links, give precurser warnings, or will delete the link altogether, taking dollars out of your pocket.
Well here is something I've used in the past to get around that. I should note that IF they do come across your eventual link (via complaint or random audit, for example), then they will most likely remove it. However, I only had that happen maybe a handful of times, and I used a new link every day.
Here's what you need:
A domain name and hosting ... domain name doesn't have to be short, as it's not the link they click, nor is it the link they end up on.
That's all you need really.
Now, we'll start with my affiliate link: http://otrap1.fff000ggg.hop.clickbank.net (obviously not a real link)
I will now go into my cPanel (I'll use my old the-guru-code.com hosting for this, I suppose), and I'll create a new file. I'll name it "fff000ggg.php" to make it simple.
After creating it, I need to edit it, so that it does what I want, so I'll edit it and place the below code into it.
Save it, and now I have a link that is NOT a direct CB link, but DOES still take visitors to my CB link.
Finally, I go to the shortener services (I'll use fur.ly) and redirect the shortened link to http://www.the-guru-code.com/fff000ggg.php instead of http://otrap1.fff000ggg.hop.clickbank.net, which they will allow.
Here you go! http://fur.ly/8at3
Enjoy!
Now, there are indeed ways to make your OWN URL shortener (here's one example I've used), but the common shorteners seem to be far more trusted with certain audiences, so it's pretty easy to see why someone might still want to use one of the major ones.
The problem is, many of them will prevent any "clickbank.net" links, give precurser warnings, or will delete the link altogether, taking dollars out of your pocket.
Well here is something I've used in the past to get around that. I should note that IF they do come across your eventual link (via complaint or random audit, for example), then they will most likely remove it. However, I only had that happen maybe a handful of times, and I used a new link every day.
Here's what you need:
A domain name and hosting ... domain name doesn't have to be short, as it's not the link they click, nor is it the link they end up on.
That's all you need really.
Now, we'll start with my affiliate link: http://otrap1.fff000ggg.hop.clickbank.net (obviously not a real link)
I will now go into my cPanel (I'll use my old the-guru-code.com hosting for this, I suppose), and I'll create a new file. I'll name it "fff000ggg.php" to make it simple.
After creating it, I need to edit it, so that it does what I want, so I'll edit it and place the below code into it.
Code:
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
function delayer(){
window.location = "http://otrap1.fff000ggg.hop.clickbank.net/"
}
//-->
</script>
</head>
<body onLoad="setTimeout('delayer()', 0)">
<p>Â </p>
</body>
</html>Save it, and now I have a link that is NOT a direct CB link, but DOES still take visitors to my CB link.
Finally, I go to the shortener services (I'll use fur.ly) and redirect the shortened link to http://www.the-guru-code.com/fff000ggg.php instead of http://otrap1.fff000ggg.hop.clickbank.net, which they will allow.
Here you go! http://fur.ly/8at3
Enjoy!
