How to create a tracking link?
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A tracking link (or “tracked link”) is a personalized link that identifies you to the advertiser. When someone clicks it and then makes a purchase, the sale is attributed to you and generates your commission. Here is how to create one in a few seconds.
Create your tracked link
- In the sidebar (Tools section), click Create a link: the Link builder page opens.
- If you manage several profiles, select the right profile in the top right.
- In Global settings, paste into the URL field the address of the page you want to send your visitors to: homepage, category or a specific product page.
- Affilae automatically recognizes the matching Partnership for that URL. If needed, select it manually from the drop-down list.
- Your Tracked link appears immediately, with no button to click. Copy it with the copy icon, then use it in your content.
The generated link looks like this:
https://www.example.com/?utm_medium=affiliation&utm_source=YourProfile&ae=1
Fine-tune your tracking (optional)
Expand the Optional settings section to enrich your link:
- Add SubID: a free identifier (up to 6) to segment your statistics, for example to distinguish a newsletter, an Instagram post or a specific page.
- Add dynamic parameters: a value filled in automatically, such as
{affiliateTrackingId},{programName}or{affiliateName}. - Add custom parameters: your own key = value pair added to the URL.
Your latest links remain available under Last built URLs so you can find them quickly.
Good to know: SEO
Google asks you to indicate the commercial nature of affiliate links. When you add a tracked link to a web page, give it the rel="sponsored" (or rel="nofollow") attribute. See Google’s documentation on link attributes.
Frequently asked questions
You need an accepted partnership before generating a link. First join a program from the Marketplace, then come back to the Link builder.
Check that you shared the tracked link created by the Link builder, not the plain address of the page, and that your partnership is accepted. Tracking must also be installed on the advertiser side.
Shortened url creates a short Affilae link. Bitly shortens it through your connected Bitly account. In both cases the link points to the same tracked link.
Yes: homepage, category or a specific product page, as long as the address belongs to the program’s domain.
To segment your statistics (for example a newsletter, an Instagram post or a specific page). Up to 6 SubIDs per link.