Does anybody know if there is a way to get direct links to advertisers on Commission Junction with tracking? We don't want to rely on the links sent down in the feed because a lot of them are junk.
What I'd like is a link that just goes to the advertiser's homepage and still allows us to receive commissions. Something like: http://www.newegg.com?pid=123123&aid=321123
If it has to run through CJ's tracking URL's that's fine too, but I just want the user on the homepage.
Thanks
Nick, I am not entirely sure what exactly you are asking for...
A CJ html link generally appears as such :
You can track links by using server side coding such as PHP to add, in the case of CJ an SID which can be unique as the case as a username, product code/name on your website. So the resulting link will now appear as :
You should be alright to strip the URL further, although if you remove the img src, CJ won't be able to support you with impression data, only clickthroughs.
I am not familar with all the CJ api's however I assume when you refer to feeds you are downloading something from the Product Search Service API or something similar in which case you will need to run a script to go through each url to search for '?' where you can add in the sid parameter, as a simple example:
Old thread but figured it needs an answer. Solution is quite simple.
What you need to construct is a URL that like this:
E.g.:
So...