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GeorgEverett



Joined: 21 Mar 2006
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 5:09 pm    Post subject: Click Bank ID Theft Reply with quote
Rose-

I really enjoy your newsletter. In the latest issue you mentioned that ClickBank IDs could be stolen. Could you elaborate? If someone snatches my ID from the Address Bar, how does that harm me?

Thank you,

George
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Will



Joined: 26 Feb 2006
Posts: 148
Location: UK
PostPosted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 5:45 pm    Post subject: Re: Click Bank ID Theft Reply with quote
GeorgEverett wrote:
In the latest issue you mentioned that ClickBank IDs could be stolen. Could you elaborate? If someone snatches my ID from the Address Bar, how does that harm me?


For starters, it means that your ID could be replaced with someone elses ID.

Let's say I visit the link, see the affiliate ID in the address and decide that I could help myself to a discount on the sale by replacing the existing affiliate ID with my own before purchasing. That would mean than the original affiliate wouldn't get any commission, but I would because I would have purchased through my own affiliate ID instead.

This could, as explained above, lose commissions for affiliates, which in turn may put them off promoting the product.
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TheVacationDiva



Joined: 24 Mar 2006
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Location: CT
PostPosted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 11:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hi Ros,
I wonder if using www.TinyURL.com would help solve that problem? I use it and it pretty much takes whatever link I put into it and creates a totally new and shorter version of it. I absolutely love it!! Very Happy I learned of that kewl site and tip from Mike Brescia. The www.ThinkRightNow.com guy. Wink
Cheers!
Audrey
www.TheVacationDivas.com Very Happy
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Will



Joined: 26 Feb 2006
Posts: 148
Location: UK
PostPosted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 4:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Using TinyURL won't help in the cases where the issue lies on the vendors website.

e.g.

Raw affiliate URL: http://globalzest.affbprint.hop.clickbank.net
TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/r336d

Both of these result in the same URL:

http://www.affiliatebusinessblueprint.com/?hop=globalzest


Look at the following example where the issue has been addressed on the vendor's website regardless of whether or not the affiliate URL has been cloaked...

Raw affiliate URL: http://www.superaffiliatehandbook.com/cbae/?a=Cw1D6w7kVj
TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/le5ok

Both of these URLs direct to http://globalzest.webvista2.hop.clickbank.net/?page=default, which is subsequently redirected to http://superaffiliatehandbook.com/
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