Redirect Affiliate Links
- For Nice Clean Links

Redirecting a domain to an affiliate link is a great idea. It's user friendly and is easy to type. It doesn't look like it's trying to sell something so is more likely to get clicked. But the down side is you can only redirect a domain to one destination.

To overcome that and get more links from a domain you need proper web hosting.

With web site hosting you get access to create and upload your own web pages. And that means you can create as many nice looking links as you like. You can also add more domains to the hosting account (usually at no charge above the domain fee), so you can still group your links by relevant sounding domain names.

How To Set Up Redirect Pages

Once you have got the basics of how your hosting account works, it's really easy.

Let's say your domain name is justfluffydice.com - and you want to link directly to an affiliate program that sells fluffy dice.

If you are only using this link online you can simply create pages such as:
www.justfluffydice.com/pinkdice.html
www.justfluffydice.com/whitedice.html

Or (and particularly if you use the links offline e.g. on a business card), you can use directories, so your links look like this:
www.justfluffydice.com/pinkdice/
www.justfluffydice.com/whitedice/
To achieve that you simply create a folder called e.g. pinkdice and put your redirect page INSIDE that folder. So long as you name your page index.html this will work.

Creating The Redirect Page Itself

The best way to create a redirect page is using 'php' or 'asp'. These are web programming languages but so is HTML so don't let that scare you off. Hosting accounts are either php OR asp, never both, so you need to know which one yours allows. It is very likely to be php.

(In the unlikely event you cannot use php or asp, use the meta refresh option below)

PHP Redirect Page

Simple copy the code below, change your-link-goes-here.com to the full affiliate link you want to use, and save the page with .php at the end. Upload to your server and test it (always test it!).


<?php
header("HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently");
header("Location: https://www.your-link-goes-here.com");
exit();
?>

ASP Redirect Page

Simple copy the code below, change your-link-goes-here.com to the full affiliate link you want to use, and save the page with .asp at the end. Upload to your server and test it (always test it!).


<%@ Language=VBScript %>
<%
Response.Status = "301 Moved Permanently"
Response.AddHeader "Location", "https://www.your-link-goes-here.com"
Response.End
%>

Meta Refresh Redirect Page

The options above are better ways to do this, but you can still use this older approach.

Simple copy the code below, change your-link-goes-here.com to the full affiliate link you want to use, and save the page with a .html at the end. Upload to your server and test it (always test it!).


<html>
<head>
<meta HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" CONTENT="0;URL=https://www.your-link-goes-here.com">
</head>
</html>