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Shortened URLs<\/strong>\nThere are many sites on the internet that specialize in creating shorter URLs to redirect to longer URLs. This is a good way to post links on sites that have a character limit such as Twitter. You can also use these sites to hide the destination of your URL until the potential customer has visited the site. This is not a fool proof way to cloak your affiliate links. Smart marketers<\/a> will still be able to figure out a way around your cloaking efforts. While it may not offer complete protection against sales theft, most affiliate marketers can get away using this method.<\/p>\n
Redirects<\/strong>
\nA redirect occurs when you send a visitor to a page on your site and then they are automatically sent to another website. By setting your website or blog up with specialized redirect pages for each of your affiliate links it will seem to your visitors that you are just sending them to another page on your site. Most of the time people won\u2019t know that they have been redirected, and your sales will reflect that. There are several ways to set up a redirect. You can use an HTML redirect or PHP. Either of these techniques will work fine for your purposes.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>If you don\u2019t want to use any of the other methods, you can buy a program that will cloak your affiliate links for you. These programs can take away the hassle of cloaking the links yourself, and they will present your visitors with a nice looking URL to click on. Using a cloaking program is one of the more professional ways to cloak your affiliate links. I use Thirsty Affiliates since \u00a0a few months for managing my affiliate links (it does a lot more than just cloaking), feel free to check it out too it you want.