If you promote products or services as an affiliate marketer you probably have heard the buzz about how affiliate commissions can be stolen.
Actually you could stand to lose about 40% of your affiliate commissions …OUCH! That's because affiliate links are easily recognized and vulnerable to being altered. To avoid lost commissions you should make every attempt to hide your affiliate links.
Typically, most web surfers won't ever notice an affiliate link, nor do they care, it often depends on the industry you are in. For example, a woman looking for skin care products probably won't understand affiliate links, so an affiliate link probably won't matter to her. On the other hand, someone in the affiliate marketing industry or internet marketing may see an affiliate link, recognize it and avoid using it.
Why does that happen? More… »