What is an affiliate link?
An affiliate link is a special link that deposits an affiliate cookie on all traffic that follows it. Each affiliate link is paired to a subaccount, which is in turn defined by the auth-key that created it. When referring your traffic to merchant site you promote, it is essential you do so with the full and correct affiliate link, otherwise your affiliate cookie may not be applied to your referred traffic, and any sales thereafter will not be credited to you.
Anatomy of a GMBill.com link code
It is possible to modify your affiliate link, however, there are some issues to consider. Take the following (non-functional) example:
It is possible to modify your affiliate link, however, there are some issues to consider. Take the following (non-functional) example:
http://www.gmbill.com/redirect.php?aff=9999xYZ1&track=ExampleTrackingCode
The green part of this example link indicates the part that affiliates can change at their discretion. The red part indicates essential elements assigned by GMBill; they must never be changed, otherwise your affiliate link will not work. Link codes are your key to getting paid; if you don’t link correctly, you will not get credit for the sale. The key to coding your affiliate link correctly is understanding it’s anatomy.
| Required fields | Optional fields | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| http://www.gmbill.com/redirect.php? | aff=9999 | xYZ1 | &track=ExampleTrackingCode |
| Directs traffic to the GMBill page that sets the affiliate cookie. The question mark indicates a following variable. | Denotes the Aff ID. (The affID shown here is for example purposes only, don’t use this one!) | Denotes which subaccount sales will be credited to. | This is an optional variable, maximum 12 characters in length, which allows precise tracking of sales. In this example, we have used the variable “ExampleTrackingCode”, you can use whatever alphanumeric string you like. Any sales made will be tagged with any tracking code present in the affiliate link followed. |