MyReferer.com (MyReferer.com / MyReferer.net), leading provider of private affiliate tracking an management solutions, today added an Affiliate Link Encryption Tool to every affiliate account.
(PRWEB) February 4, 2005 -- Affiliate Commission Hijacking is what happens when someone replaces the affiliate ID in the affiliate link. When the affiliate link is exposed an affiliate link looks like www.anysiteurl.com/?123, where "123" is the affiliate ID, if a link hijacker is interested in the product and wants to purchase it, he takes the ID "123" and replaces it with his ID "ABC" to look like www.anysiteurl.com/?ABC. The result: He gets the commission from the product purchase.
Also, any adware/spyware (or trojan) on the buyer's computer can hijack, simply by replacing the affiliate "ID". This software has been downloaded by millions of Internet surfers. Affiliate industry experts have recently been voicing their opposition to a number of popular free software downloads that divert commissions away from sites, actually providing traffic into the pockets of the software providers.
MyReferer.com is a provider of affiliate program functionality for websites engaging in e-commerce. MyReferer's Merchants can now offer an Encrypted link to their affiliates, and protect their commissions from parasites.
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