Auto-generated affiliate links via ProfitBite
 

Example:

Lets say someone posts a link to Play.com on your forum, recommending a new product. This script will rewrite it so if any one who clicks that link and goes on to purchase something from play.com you will be entitled to some commission.

Check out http://www.profitbite.com for more information.

Development of this product is ongoing and future versions will introduce new features such as:

• Server-side rewriting of links
• Redirects via your own domain
• API integration
• Full control of your ProfitBite control panel from within vBulletin (once the API is released)

Feedback is welcome and would be much appreciated, so if you start using this product and feel there?s something lacking, please leave your feedback here.

You can find the installation instructions within the README.txt file.

Thanks

Thanks

I'll be checking this out later.. Many thanks! :)


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It's a great concept, but seems to have a quirky effect on my posted links.
I use a combination of AME and Link Icon in Posts for nicely formatted links.
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After clicking a link, it does this:
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If I could figure out a way of stopping it doing that, this would be installed like a flash on my forums..

If you pm/point me to a post on your forums where you have a external link I'll have a look and see if anything can be done about it.

If you disable AME does it start working?

http://www.gamingvoice.co.uk/forums/...-bargains.html

Disabling AME make no difference. I don't think there's any conflict with it actually, must be something else that's putting titles to the links automatically..

Oh, but there is a conflict with vBSEO in private forums.

External URLs get altered for privacy purposes..
http://www.twitter.com/GamingVoice turns into http://www.gamingvoice.co.uk/forums/...%2FGamingVoice

Best not to spam vb owners with spam emails to advertise your plugin:

Will try this out, what are the levels of comission though? And it doesnt say if you can use more than one publisher?

I`ve also received unsolicited spam about this plugin,, really really not on.

Thanks for fixing those bugs, Sniper.

This is working absolutely perfect for me, now! :D

Can we get these spammers kicked out?

I'm receiving more and more email spam about this because of owning multiple vb licences.

Does vbulletin.org want to be seen to condone email spamming?

Is that email sent from vB.org? If so, please sent me the full mail (including headers) in a PM.

Otherwise, vB.org has nothing to do with these emails, and they probably got your email address from some other place.

Does this have anything to do with cookies?

The author of this modification has cleared this up to us. Those emails are not sent from vB.org, and the only way it is related to vB.org is that in their old text of the email they provided a link to this modification on vB.org.

We are not a party in this communication, so complaining here on vB.org would not serve any purpose. But the author has updated the test in the email to exclude the link to vB.org. If you have any more questions regarding these emails, i suggest you contact the sender directly.

please check PM.

cookies are used by affiliate networks to track where users are coming.

Thank you for this i will give it a go when i registerd i gave them your website details so you shud get a little credit

So you condone the sending of email spam so long as it promotes vbulletin.org?

As above, it's clear that the emails did not come from vbulletin.org, but it sets a dangerous precedent to allow email spamming which directly promotes vbulletin.org mods.

In the meantime, I've received the updated spam email pushing this mod, and indeed it does not include the vbulletin.org link - but I think it's very bad show on the part of vbulletin.org that you are seen to support such behaviour.

It does not matter whether vBulletin condones the sending of email spam or not, they cannot stop the guy, but they can prevent him from posting links to vb.org... as they have done. If he continued they could graveyard his mod.

I see no precedent and obviously they cannot control it, so suggestion they support it is silly.

I am not sure why you are whining here... report it to your ISP and have their IP address blocked. Tell them to remove you. I am sure they will oblige.

How do you use this once it is installed?