Jun 27

Hiding Affiliate links: advantages and disadvantages

Internet Marketing, My Own Copyright No Comments »

There is different opinions on subject. Some people believes that affiliate links has to be visible, to be honest that this link is actually makes some financial income to site owner. Some even states (aff.) after an affiliate link (aff. means affiliate link). Others are sure that showing affiliate links equal to loosing money. Yes, marketing work should be rewarded, but is it right to hide affiliate links? Here’s few points I have to share:

Advantages of hiding affiliate links:

  • Bypassing th link. I have been writing about this in my "The value of affiliate links " article. The idea is that some of us, specially those involved in internet marketing would remove affiliate ID from the link and go directly to merchant’s website. So only merchant makes money, and this is really bad thing.
  • Links Hijacking. There is opinion that some savvy guys may hijack your link. Then they would change your ID to their to get affiliate commissions. Continue reading »