Hello fellow entrepreneurs,

When we all start at Wealthy Affiliate we begin with choosing a niche, then move onto buying a domain and creating our first websites. Then we start adding content and eventually we get to a point where we have enough knowhow to start creating product reviews and including our affiliate links.

After a while we have several good reviews generating traffic, and we eventually get to develop some favourites. These are the reviews that make us income and convert, but there's an Elephant in The Room.

Ugly Affiliate Links

No matter how much we try to hide them (url shortening services, cloaking etc), they still look like affiliate links. Ugly!

So here is a solution that you may not have considered, but one which is very neat and tidy and keeps your main website url in the link.

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Nancy29 Premium
I had been wondering about a way to do this for a couple of days, and then found your tutorial while looking for something else. Thank you so much for taking the time to create it for us!
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OddHelgeH Premium
Great and neat, Dave, thank you :-)

Just a little question, we have, as Premium members 25 domains, and although I use subdomains for different things, I believed that each of them would be considered their own domain, thereby being one of the 25. The way you said it, made me wonder if this is not so. It would be wonderful to have this cleared up because that would change a lot for me.

If you have the time, I'd love an answer :-)

Have a great, wonderful and prosperous day :-)

All the best

Odd Helge
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DurhamDave Premium Plus
@OddHelgeH
Perhaps we should ask the Universe!

I'll see what I can find out

Dave
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OddHelgeH Premium
@DurhamDave
Wonderful, you're good. Thank you, I'm on it :-)

have a great day :-)
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OddHelgeH Premium
well, it didn't really answer the question, but we'll figure it out.

Have an awesome evening :-)

Odd Helge
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DurhamDave Premium Plus
@OddHelgeH
Well if subdomains do count, i’m up to 22 already, so i’ll soon find out. 😂

Dave
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DianeScorpio Premium
Hi - thank you, very useful. Just to note, you can't do this with Amazon links if anybody was thinking of doing this.
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DurhamDave Premium Plus
@DianeScorpio
That’s true. Amazon have some pretty draconian rules! At least they operate their own url shortening service as part of Amazon Associates. However, whether affiliates continue to use them after their commission cuts remains to be seen.

Dave
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mybiz4u Premium
Great idea, D...how fabulous...gotta try it out for sure.
Now, should I be concerned about any repercussions of any sort in doing this?
Can I post to FB, you know how finicky they can get, or any social media for that matter...and do you think your method is better than using a 'bitly shortener or even pretty links"...thnx for taking the time to reply.
With gratitude,
M
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DurhamDave Premium Plus
@mybiz4u
Hi Michelle,

It'll never solve Facebook's prejudice towards Affiliate Marketing. That's a real stick in the craw sore point with me, but there are so many better places to promote than FB anyway.

Any system that chooses to try to resolve the url is always still going to uncover the underlying affiliate link if it exists, but it just LOOKS neater.

Dave
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CMacLellan Premium Plus
@mybiz4u
Hmmm...didn't realize FB might have issues with this (So much to learn). I am looking forward to hearing experienced based answers for this question.
Have a Great Day!
-Chuck
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DurhamDave Premium Plus
@CMacLellan
https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/cmaclellan FB is OK with one off affiliate links in posts, but the moment you try to Boost a post with their ad system, or run any ad campaign, it throws a wobbly and prevents the ad from running. FB do not like affiliate marketers. LittleMama here had her FB group closed by them.

Dave
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mybiz4u Premium
@DurhamDave
Hey D, thanks for getting back to me...and it's fun to know that I am NOT the only one who has a 'mixed' relationship with FB...lol.
Thnx
M
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mybiz4u Premium
@CMacLellan
Yep, FB is an' animal of a different color'...lol
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CMacLellan Premium Plus
This is Awesome!!
I have been wondering what I was going to do about affiliate links...I.E. Tinyurl,etc,
This is so much better!
Thank You Very Much!
Have a Great Day!
-Chuck
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DurhamDave Premium Plus
@CMacLellan
It's just neat. There are so many other things you can do with Subdomains as well as this (install forums and other stuff), but this is Subdomains in their bare-naked simplest, most useful form.

Dave
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