How do you promote on AdWords if affiliate links are not allowed? (21)
How do you promote on AdWords if affiliate links are not allowed?
I really don't understand. Take this thread for example:
https://www.en.advertisercommunity.c...ds/td-p/216847
There seems to be a class of people that are whitlisted and can do affiliate marketing (I find this in my niche too) and everyone else can't?. So how you guys promote affiliates on AdWords?
I am also trying to work this out.
My thoughts are redirects. A php script to send google IP's to one page and everyone else to another.
The other point would be to buy adwords accounts and not use your good one.
stuartrussell, it's your first post so thumbs up. What you are referring to is cloaking. I don't know if everyone uses cloakers with AdWards, and if so, what are the success rates?
On adwords you need to have your own site. A well developed site. Then if you promote something allowed you can have affiliate links. Otherwise you need to cloak.
Originally Posted by basedaffiliate
Most affiliate sites break one policy or another - this is also the case for many vendor sites. Try to send traffic to a Garcinia Cambogia typical CPA offer for example, even if you're the vendor, you'll have a hard time getting this approved.
The main argument used in that thread (bridge page) can be overcome easily. It's not that hard to make an affiliate site fully compliant. Just check all policies and make sure you adhere to them. You'll have to think a bit to overcome some, but it's a one-time effort that will be useful for all your other campaigns (I'm not theorizing here - I have several affiliate campaigns on adwords in different verticals)
Vitavee, our competitors point to compare tables (and the tables are basically affiliate links). I don't know what I'm doing wrong and every website I open I need to create another Google account, create unique content etc.
Difficult to diagnose without seeing your sites, but since you mentioned opening accounts after accounts, it may be completely unrelated to your sites content.
Could be that your new accounts get flagged after Google finds out they are linked to your previous ones? Note that Google has many ways to track that - here's an example that is more related to SEO, but you'll see what I mean: they can use your wordpress installs to track you.
vitavee, I've sent you a message with my websites. It's probable that they linked my accounts, but yet again if it was some violation that could be fixed they wouldn't have disabled my account completely. I can understand disabling the site but the whole account?
Tons of people are using cloaker on Adwords
did you manage to figure it out?
No... it seems that those who are able to run these campaigns are big spenders and although I could be one I'm not able to put my foot in the door as I get banned each time.
what did you do that you get banned?
Wondering if this issue ever got resolved. I'm having similar problems with some of my Adwords accounts. Would love some help.
Usually the problem is the redirect most affiliate links have.
For example, Offer X accepts traffic from UK mobile users. Therefore the affiliate network will redirect everything outside the offers's targeting range somewhere else.
In that example, everything that that isn't UK mobile will be redirected to another offer by the aff network.
What worked for me is the following (using
Set up two separate
In the campaign flow/path, set up the offer's final url (without tracking) as the default destination and redirect UK mobile(or whatever your targeting range is) users to the actual affiliate link.
This way you will ensure that no matter which locations/devices the moderators will check your ads from - they will always reach the actual offer url, and won't be redirected to anything else.
This is of course, not bullet proof for to many reasons I could think of, but it worked for me a couple of times
Edit: I couldn't suggest doing this on your main account, since any "mistake" either on your end , the aff networks end of advertiser's end can cost you your account FOR GOOD
So dread carefully
You can also just contact the affiliate network and tell them to turn off the redirect.
Originally Posted by gooddrewman
Most affiliate networks have procedures and systems in place. I doubt they would modify that for one particular affiliate.
And even if they would, the advertiser could set a redirect as well.
I don't believe this is a safe option. The safest way is to keep as much as you can under your own control
Most networks will do this for you no problem. I have been running affiliate campaigns on google adwords for 7 years. Always whitehat offers and I have always had the network turn off redirects. I've even direct linked to affiliate offers when the lander was compliant. In 7 years I have not lost one account. I have had accounts suspended for various reasons, but I was always able to get them back. Maybe I've just been lucky but it's worked for me. Of course do whatever you are most comfortable with. It might be good to do both.
Affiliate networks can usually disable the redirects, but it's not ALWAYS possible... the way I do it when I need to be safe, I combine both approaches. First I ask my AM to disable the fallback redirects, then I setup a similar system as daanja suggested, based on my experience GEO based redirects were causing the most problems, so I send everything out-of-the-geo straight to the offer.
There are possibilities to remove the redirection for 1 affiliate, thats not that big of an issue.
Talk to your AM about it.
Originally Posted by gooddrewman
I've asked a few affiliate networks about this in the past, and was basically told it's straight up not possible.
Personally, I like to keep as much under my control as possible. But that's just me. So would still stick to setting up my own redirect.
But it's definitely good to know it's a viable option.
Thanks for clarifying
I think first create a site that follows Google policy and is not 1 page, with a logo, contact email, contact address details, terms and conditions, privacy terms and select menu.
Basically a site that provides value to a beginner of your topic or something a grandma would understand.
Then add your links
Go through Google policy step by step.
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