Using Frames and Iframes to Hide Affiliate Links?

Some Affiliate URL Cloakers and Link Tracking scripts use frames or iframes to hide the true page from your visitor. Some of these “stealth” and “ninja” Link Cloakers even allow you to place a popup or pop over on the site you are promoting.

This is great, EXECPT MOST MAJOR AFFILIATE PROGRAMS Specifically State that they do not allow affiliates to use frames, iframes, layers, applets, or images to hide your affiliate link.

Lets use ClickBank as an example, per their affiliate terms:

Invalid HopLinks

To ensure proper tracking of your HopLink referrals, your HopLink needs to open into the top level of a new or existing window. For most affiliates, this is not a problem. However, some affiliates attempt to hide their HopLinks by having them open into other types of sub-window objects, such as frames,
iframes, layers, applets, or images. These types of HopLinks are considered invalid, and can result in lost affiliate referral credit, incorrect display of your website, or, in the case of abuse of the HopLink system, could result in account termination without notice.

What this means is if they catch you using frames or iframes they can and will suspend or terminate your clickbank account (trust me I have been there and it is not fun). You may have just lost all the commissions you had earned when they bust you for using frames and iframes to hide your affiliate links.

That is why I developed ProCloaker, so I could hide and track my affiliate links and choose to use frames where they are allowed. Is it worth risking your hard earned commissions by using methods to cloak your affiliate links that are not allowed?

So be smart and protect your hard earned affiliate commissions the correct way!

Jim Nelson