How to set up a
redirect
Setting up redirects is very
easy, and it is a great tool to
use in affiliate marketing.
When you redirect a website,
you are redirecting website
traffic to another URL
automatically.
Why would you want to redirect
traffic? Well, many times, when
you are given an affiliate
marketing link, the link is
extremely long, it’s hard to
remember, and it would take a
long time to type into a
browser.
Sometimes, for one reason or
another, when people see an
affiliate link, they do not
click on them. They just look
at the main domain and type it
into their browser
directly.
By redirecting your affiliate
links, you can avoid these
problems. For instance, if your
website is yourname.com, you
can set up a page titled
yourname.com/example. When
people go to that website, they
will be automatically
redirected to whichever site
you choose.
To do this through your
cPanel:
-
Log into your
cPanel
-
Click on
Redirects
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Type in the URL you want
people to go to
(yourname.com/example)
-
Type in the URL you want
people to be redirected to
(your affiliate link, for
example)
-
You can choose either the
permanent or temporary
redirect
choice
-
Click “add” and you’re
done
You can also do this by adding
some HTML onto your web
page.
-
Open up your web design
software
-
Open the page you want
people to go and type in
the following:
<html>
<head>
<meta
http-equiv="REFRESH"
content="0;
URL=http://www.YourAffiliateLink.com">
</head>
</html>
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In the example, I put in
the fake domain
youraffiliatelink.com. You
will want to put in the
domain you want people to
be redirected to in that
spot.
-
Save the file using the
name you will be promoting
for example:
www.Yoursitename.com/product.html
, publish your site,
and you’re
done!
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