Introduction

Now that you’ve chosen the website you’re going to advertise, it’s time to get your affiliate URL for the website so you can get credit for the sales you’ll make.

Getting Your Affiliate URL with ClickBank

Once you find a company you want to promote, all you have left to do is to click on the link that says “Create Hoplink” (number 9 above).

You will see a window open that looks like the picture below. Simply enter your ClickBank nickname (I used my nickname “stevenhold” below) in the appropriate text box and click on the “Submit” button. Don’t worry about entering anything in the Tracking ID box.

After you click on the “Submit” button you will be taken to a page that looks like the following picture.

The web address with the red rectangle around it is the address you will use to advertise with, this is called your affiliate hoplink. You will want to save this address. You can do this by highlighting it with your mouse and by hitting Ctrl+C (control & C keys on your keyboard). Then you can paste it into Notepad or any other text program in your computer by hitting Ctrl+V. Or you can just write it down on a piece of paper. I would recommend testing your affiliate hoplink by typing it into your web browser. Make sure that it goes to the right webpage you’re wanting to advertise.

Now that you have the company you want to advertise for, and you have the web URL to advertise with (this is your Affiliate Hoplink), the next steps are to create a keyword list and advertise it on Google AdWords. Sounds easy right? Well let me put it this way…it is extremely easy to do…the wrong way. But if you do it the right way, you will highly profit off of each and every webpage you promote.

The rest of this guide explains how to perfectly advertise the company/website you’re promoting and will show you how to display that advertisement to millions (millions not thousands) of people every day. If you follow this guide correctly and don’t skip over sections, you will be able use Google to your advantage, which will allow you to make an absolute fortune online.

Getting Your Affiliate URL with PayDotCom

Getting your affiliate URL for PayDotCom products is very similar to getting your affiliate URL with ClickBank. Here’s what to do:

Step 1) Go to the PayDotCom product marketplace and find the website you chose to promote.

Step 2) Click on the “Promote” link for the website you’re planning to promote. (you will need to be logged into your PayDotCom account).

Step 3) You will then be re-directed to the merchant’s promotional page. On this page you will see various ways to promote the product, but most importantly you will see your affiliate link. Copy this link and either paste it into notepad or write it down, because you will need to be able to access it again. Don’t forget to test this link by putting it into your web browser and making sure it goes to the right website/product.

Getting Your Affiliate URL with Commission Junction

Before I tell you how to get an affiliate URL with Commission Junction, you should know that they prefer people to advertise their merchant’s websites through a personal website by using text links, banner ads, and pop-up windows. But, some merchants offer “Keyword Links” which are promotional links to use in Search Engine Marketing. I’ve had people email me saying that “Commission Junction” said they don’t give links for advertising on search engines such as Google AdWords, I don’t know why they would say this since they offer links to do this.

Step 1) First off, you will need to activate Search Engine Marketing (search engine advertising) in your Commission Junction account. To do this, login to your Commission Junction account and click on the “Account” button and then click on “Web site Settings”.

Step 2) Then click on the “Edit” button in the Account Settings section of the page you’re currently on. When you click on the button, a window will pop-up. In this window select “Search Engine Marketing” and click on the “Save” button.

Now that you have Search Engine Marketing enabled within your Commission Junction account, you just need to find a website and start advertising it. Here’s how to do this:

Step 1) Click on the “General Categories” button or the “Advertiser List” button in the “Get Links” section of your Commission Junction account. Once there, click on the “Additional Search Options” beneath the search tool and in the “Link Type” drop-down menu, select “Keyword Link”. When you’ve finished this click on the “Find” button (don’t worry, you don’t need to enter any text into the search bar). After you click “Find”, Commission Junction will display all of the websites that allow “Keyword Links” or advertising on search engines.

Step 2) After you click on the “Find” button, Commission Junction will display all of the websites that support search engine advertising (Keyword Links). Once you find a website you want to promote, click on the “View Links” button and look through their links until you see “Keyword Link”. When you see the “Keyword Link” section, click on it and will tell you about their keyword rules. To get your affiliate link (the website address you’re going to advertise with) click on the “Get HTML” button. The page will change and at the bottom of the page you will see a section titled “Code” this is your Affiliate URL / Destination URL. You will use this to advertise with.

*Note: You must be accepted by the merchant before you can advertise their products. Most merchants on CJ automatically accept everyone, others review you before they accept. You must be accepted or have a relationship with the merchant before you can advertise with them.

Affiliate URL Destination & Display URL’s

When you create a text advertisement there are two different types of URL’s, and they are a Destination URL and a Display URL.

In Google the display URL must be the domain for the display URL. If this confuses you, think of it this way. The domain is the address that your destination URL takes you to. So if your destination URL is www.1293skdfljwe9sf.com, but the page you end up on is www.reviewsolution.com, your display URL will be www.reviewsolution.com. Sometimes your destination URL looks completely different from your Display URL, and that’s perfectly normal. Just make sure that your display URL is the exact same as or a shortened version of the website address your destination URL takes you to.