What Clickbank say:
1. What is a “hoplink”?
For an affiliate to earn credit for a sale, the customer must first follow a ClickBank hoplink. The link takes the customer to the vendor’s Hoplink Target URL, and automatically credits the affiliate with that referral.
2. How do I make a hoplink?
Your hoplinks should be targeted to the top level of the current window, and should be in the following format:
http://AFFILIATE.VENDOR.hop.clickbank.net
Here it is in html:
| <a href=”http://AFFILIATE.VENDOR.hop.clickbank.net” target=_top>CLICK HERE</a> |
Here’s how to make it work…
- Replace AFFILIATE with the affiliate nickname
- Replace VENDOR with the vendor nickname.
- Replace CLICK HERE with any promotional text or image you prefer.
3. How do I add a Tracking Id(tid) to a hoplink?
The format of the hoplink URL with a tracking code is located below.
| http://AFFILIATE.VENDOR.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=zzzzz |
In order for the feature to work properly, you must adhere to these standards during its implementation. The tracking code value, which is “zzzzz” in the example above, can be 24 characters long, containing alpha and numeric characters only. Any value longer than 24 characters will be truncated. Any value containing characters other than alpha or numeric values will have the entire tracking code value removed from the hoplink and order process and, will not show in the transaction report. Tracking code values received lower case characters will be set to all uppercase. The tracking code parameter, which is “tid” in the example above, must be lower case.
So just to summarise a hoplink is used so that clickbanks knows how has made sales and of what product they made sales of. You will get your own affiliate nickname when you sign up. If you have not yet signed up then go over to clickbank now and get yourself an account. https://www.clickbank.com/affiliateAccountSignup.htm
Please post any comments or questions that have.
To your success,
David and Ashley