In this article I'd like to share with you a couple of tips and tricks on how you can protect your affiliate links and skip the merchant's opt-in page (and even replace the merchant's sales page with your own sales page) when marketing as an affiliate.

Joining a wonderful affiliate program that promises big money rewards can sound like winning the lottery. Many affiliates just put their referral links on their websites, send the links to a few sources of potential buyers and wait for the gold rain to start falling on them. This can work but not likely as expected.