I have now made a free PHP based link cloaker. It is listed under free affiliate tools. Let me know of any issues you might have with it. Suggestions for improvement is also welcome.

Looking for a free affiliate link cloaker?

Then you’re in luck. You may have been searching the web for free alternatives for link cloaking, just as I was a week ago, I found that I could not find a single decent free link cloaker when I wanted to do a review of free link cloakers.

So I coded my own link cloaker. And decided I would share it for free.

F.A.L.C features

It is a simple link cloaker without the advanced features of paid affiliate link cloakers. But it does have the most important features.

• mod-rewrite Creates nice urls like http://yoursite.com/recommends/linkname
• Link Click Counter Counts how many times a link has been clicked
• Easy to manage All-in-one Web 2.0 manage cloaked links page.
• Password Protected Access to manage the links is password protected.
• Easy to install Great effort has been made to making installation of the affiliate link software as easy as possible.
• Sub-domain Can be installed on a sub domain.

F.A.L.C does not hide (use an invisible frame) the actual URL once the user has been forwarded. Since this violates terms of service for some affiliate marketing programs. However there may be future option to do so, perhaps with a disclaimer that the user is leaving your site.

Future Improvements

Future development of the software depends on popularity. So if you would like to see future development spread the word and link to this page. To suggest a feature, post a comment.

Live Demo

Click here to see a live demo of F.A.L.C
Password: demo

Requirements

• Linux based server, not tested on windows
• Apache
• PHP
• mySQL (1 table)

Download Software

Click here to download latest version of F.A.L.C

License

Free Affiliate Link Cloaker by Click Bank Income is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

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This article is for bloggers who want to automatically turn their keywords into affiliate links, but don’t know how.

Before we get into the nitty-gritty, let me ask you something…

Did you ever want to edit your old posts and include links to a new affiliate product you’ve signed-up for just to find it takes too much time, effort and energy?

Guess what! It happened to me yesterday morning while I tried to update 10 posts I published in the past. It took me 27 minutes to edit just the four posts; I couldn’t wait for another half hour to finish everything. Imagine what would happen if I had 20, 50 or even 100 posts that needed updating, I would have probably spent a full day doing just that.

Time is a big concern for me, so I was actively looking for a solution to save me not only time, but also effort, energy and frustration…

To make a long story short, I’ve stumbled upon a WordPress plugin you might have already heard of – it’s called Maxblogpress Ninja Affiliate – and I couldn’t imagine how I lived without it for that long!

Let me share with you a few key features about it:

First of all, its core basis is the option to automatically convert any keyword in your blog to an affiliate link instantly. You can now update any keyword on your blog with the affiliate link of your choice, on all posts, in a split second!

Secondly, it helps you create professional redirect links – instead of promoting a long, ugly url, you’re actually able to setup a shorter link, on your own domain name which re-directs to whatever url you want to include.

And the most exciting part is that it also helps you fight affiliate commission theft. Yes, those online pirates who’d do anything just to steal your commissions and disappear in the night.

With Maxblogpress Ninja Affiliate you’re 100% protected.
 
I think Maxblogpress Ninja Affiliate is a tool for every affiliate who wants to save time and money for real. So it’s in your best interest to put your hands on this tool today; each second counts!
P.S. I forgot to mention this – you’re guaranteed to receive FREE on going upgrades for your copy of MaxBlogPress Ninja Affiliate!

Shortly after I released WordPress Goldmine I got an email from a guy called David Turnbull. It was very polite and professional and asked me if I’d like to try out his new wordpress plugin called WordPress Link Cloaker. It’s not everyday that I get asked to do something like this so I was more than happy to oblige.

Up to the point that David contacted me I was using a copy of WordPress Affiliate Pro. I used this in Tandem with Powerlink generator which produces Cloaked Links. I was very happy with the way these 2 products worked together even though i wasn’t too happy with the WPaffiliate pro price tag of $197..Ouch! I wasn’t too sure what to expect with WordPress link Cloaker but I have to say now that i was blown away with it.

UPDATE: WordPress Affiliate Pro is no longer available

It is just so simple to use, add a keyword, add the link, add any aliases you want to use  and you are done. Thats it..nothing else to do. The Alias function allows you to add a number of words for each link so for example If I wanted to link to WordPress Goldmine or WPGoldmine it would do it for me with the 1 entry rather than multiple entrys.

One important function that WLC does is to cloak your links. If you are new to affiliate marketing you probably don’t appreciate that stealing links can be quite a big problem. If your links are uncloaked it doesn’t take much for someone to add their own affiliate code into the link and purchase whilst getting earning the commission you should have earned.

I really do strongly recommend WordPress Link cloaker It has allowed me to develop a number of income streams I wouldn’t normally have had check out my blog post at http://www.income-academy.com/blog/the-jigsaw-videos and you’ll see how I use WordPress Link Cloaker in combination with a free tool that posts content to your blog .

If you are Intending to do affilaite marketing with blogs i really do recommend using WLC as it will save you time and stop people stealing your commissions.