Clickbank Redirect Rules

One way to protect your ClickBank affiliate marketing links from fraudulent “link jacking” by hackers is to set up a redirect from the Web page that contains the link. ClickBank not only allows redirects, it recommends using this technique and provides information about how to implement the redirects on your website.

1. About ClickBank Affiliate Links

   • Each affiliate product marketed through ClickBank includes an affiliate URL link, called a “hoplink,” that you can add to your Web page. The link includes your unique ClickBank affiliate ID so that you get credited with the commission when a visitor to your website clicks the link and buys the product. You can add the link to your Web page in the same way that you’d add any clickable link or cloak the link by using a redirect.

   About Affiliate Link Jacking

   • Hackers can manipulate affiliate links on a website to transfer clicks to their own ClickBank accounts. In this situation, visitors to your website who click your affiliate link get transferred to the hacker’s ClickBank account. If the visitor buys the product, the hacker receives the commission even though the sale was your own. Using a redirect to hide your affiliate link can prevent hackers from stealing your commission.
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   ClickBank Redirect Policy

   • ClickBank encourages its affiliate marketers to use redirects. You can implement the redirect by creating a dedicated website page that contains JavaScript or PHP code to redirect the visitor to the affiliate link. Instead of using the ClickBank hoplink code on the product or sales page, link to the redirect Web page instead. When the visitor clicks the link, the redirect page loads and transfers the visitor to the ClickBank product.

   Considerations

   • Although using a redirect can protect your affiliate link from fraud, the technique might affect your site’s search engine rankings. Google and other search engines generally disapprove of websites that use cloaked links, because some unscrupulous webmasters use redirects to trick visitors into opening pages that they may not want to visit. If you use redirects for ClickBank, clearly and accurately describe the link so that visitors and search engines know that you’re not attempting to hide the content and trick your visitors. Don't use redirects if you're concerned about the possible impact on your website's search engine ranking.

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