Making More Money - Affiliate Tip - Test Your Links

But you would be surprised how many people upload affiliate code that is accidentally corrupted, it may seem like a very basic suggestion.

Case in point - one of my top ten 'super affiliates' was recently running bad links.

And the tracking is erased when the links are corrupt. Because you deserve to be paid for every referral you make to affiliate programs, it's essential for you to test.

The biggest culprit is when gremlins in HTML editors mangle the code.

Or the click goes right to a dead link. And the result can be a big mess that sends traffic minus tracking, various HTML editors will attempt to correct or beautify your code, sometimes.

Because of this issue, dreamweaver and FrontPage have caused headaches for countless affiliates in the past. Any small change to the actual code can and will harm your chances to correctly track transactions you refer.

Because your ID never makes it to them, and there's generally nothing a merchant can do to make good on the missed transactions, simple human error on your part can cause dollars to fly right out of your pocket. It's easy to copy only some of the code and paste that partial snippet onto your page. You can sometimes be the problem, also.

Ask the affiliate manager if it's OK to run a fake lead to test the tracking, if it's a per lead program. You should always click on them to be sure that they are working, when you put up new affiliate links.

-) ; Don't be bothered to promote them, if they can't be bothered to help you. Send the URL(s) where you have your affiliate links to your affiliate manager, if you are not sure if the code is correct.