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05-21-2016 01:23 PM #1 germoney (Member)
iframe offers?

Is it allowed to iframe affiliate offers if width & height = 100%?

05-21-2016 04:48 PM #2 bobliu (Member)

It depends, what's your reason for doing this?


It's frowned upon because with this technique you can do sneaky things, like hide T&C or important legal callouts / change lander content with an absolute positioned div. It also causes issues with cookies in some browsers.

Generally when offers explicitly don't allow iframing they have JS code to break out of frames. However - you don't want to give networks a possible reason not to pay you. I would double check with your AM just so you have it in writing.

05-21-2016 09:19 PM #3 germoney (Member)

I'd like to use iframes to measure time on site and fire retargeting pixel if user stays longer than x seconds. Do you know more about the cookie issues, which browsers?

05-21-2016 09:32 PM #4 bobliu (Member)

Quote Originally Posted by germoney View Post
I'd like to use iframes to measure time on site and fire retargeting pixel if user stays longer than x seconds. Do you know more about the cookie issues, which browsers?
I couldn't give you a definitive answer on that, browsers update security so regularly things may have changed or it may not even be an issue with your use case. I believe it depends on the domain cookie policy / headers.

I would do a quick split test on this, then report back. See if the conversions drop dramatically, if you have an iframe like this it wouldn't hurt to pop them with an exit offer too if they try and leave.

10-30-2016 03:50 PM #5 greatgreatlife (AMC Alumnus)

would anyone be kind enough to give me an example of a Lander that have iframing? I am very confused by this technique.

10-31-2016 08:20 AM #6 cmdeal (Veteran Member)

Quote Originally Posted by greatgreatlife View Post
would anyone be kind enough to give me an example of a Lander that have iframing? I am very confused by this technique.
Many host and post offers relay on iframing the form onto a website.

What the OP is talking about, however, is something different, since at width & height = 100%, he would essentially be "domain masking".

10-31-2016 09:38 PM #7 quantum (Member)

What is wrong about hiding the domain name? Isn't it part of designing the site, not showing the domain name, or showing another domain name than the real one?

I just searched for domain masking and found this:

<frameset rows="100%,0" border="0">
<frame src="http://yourotherdomain.com" frameborder="0">
<frame frameborder="0">
</frameset>

Is this considered iframing (offers)?

Is "hiding" the domain name considered domain masking if you use a modal popup instead of an alert script?

11-01-2016 08:02 AM #8 cmdeal (Veteran Member)

There is nothing "wrong" with it, but if it is against the T and C of the network or advertiser, you may not get paid and you may run into issues with a number of traffic sources.

04-18-2019 02:49 PM #9 ianternet (Senior Member)

Quote Originally Posted by germoney View Post
I'd like to use iframes to measure time on site and fire retargeting pixel if the user stays longer than x seconds. Do you know more about the cookie issues, which browsers?
were you able to figure this out? I am curious to know this as well as I want to explore the same concept. I was thinking of doing like my own analytics with a timer in an iframe which would redirect to a pixel. but haven't worked 100%

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