Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Keep Your Online Affiliate Identity Secure with Redirecting

Keep Your Online Affiliate Identity Secure with Redirecting
Using the internet for banking and ordering with credit
cards these days can be risky especially with the increase
in identity theft. But are you concerned about your online
affiliate identity? If not, you should be.

Conservative estimates say that anywhere from 10% to 40% of
affiliate sales are lost to internet pirates. They rob you
of your sales by stealing, bypassing or otherwise
mutilating your affiliate link.

It is time to do something about this to stop these pirates
from taking away your sales. And yes, there is something
you can do.

"Redirecting" is one effective solution. It keeps your
entire affiliate identity from being shown and only a
domain name will be shown. What you do is set up a domain
name and the redirect will show only that.. It will forward
to the link you want to go to and your affiliate identity
will remain secure. Redirecting will also give your
business more credibility and customers will have more
trust in you and your business.

When you choose a keyword-loaded domain name, you want it
to be professional and appealing, something that portrays
you personally and portrays your business. Also keep it
simple and easy to remember.

Now, how do you choose a company that will forward or
redirect for you. Here are some features to look for when
deciding. A good company to use will:

-have only a one-time fee for set up of your domain name.

-not have a monthly hosting fee.

-not require you to buy software, now or in the future.

-offer domains that can be bookmarked. The customer will
see your domain name when he goes back to the site and
you will get the commission.

-offer unlimited sub-domains. This way you can manage
several affiliate programs with one domain name.

-allow you to optimize search engine indexing. Most normal
affiliate links rarely are indexed. You want a
domain company that is designed to be indexed by all major
search engines. This will allow you to quickly and
easily change your title, mega description and keyword tags
for your domain name.

-be user-friendly for your amount of skill. You do not want
a company that requires expertise to use it.

E-mail forwarding is also something some companies offer.
In this case your e-mail contact information will also only
show your domain name.

Using these guidelines will help you to find the right
company to secure your affiliate identity and help you to
build a reliable business.

Redirecting is an answer to keeping your online affiliate
identity secure. It will only cost you pennies a day and
give you the security of not losing sales to internet
pirates.


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Jason Pearson is an online marketing expert who wants to
share his secrets with the world. To find out more visit...
http://jason-pearson.com/

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