Welcome to a new category of posts at the CaymanHost blog where I am going to share reviews of products and services that I use in my internet marketing ventures. These will not be “opinions” but only reviews based on products that I have personal experience of.
To kick things off I am going to talk about a subject that still seems very popular and that is, the best way to cloak your affiliate links. A while back I did post about the methods I was using or had used in the past. Since writing that post I have continued to happily use my free Cloaker Buzz Elite which does an admirable job and asserted that I would never pay for any kind of link cloaking software. Ah the famous last words of a fool eh?
Always on the look out for time saving tools and easier ways of doing things I felt sure there was a better way to not only cloak my links but make them more manageable. Affiliates will know that after a period of time the number of affiiate links they are using just grows and grows until it is almost impossible to keep up. I had reached this point when the software that is the subject of this review came to my notice.
UPDATE: As of September 2011 SSC seems to have gone offline. We don’t know if this is permanent or not but if the links do not work for you and you are looking for a WordPress solution the Eclipse Advanced Link Cloaker may be a good alternative and comes in the form of a plugin.
Samurai Stealth Cloaker, I will say right off is a fantastic little script. Note the use of the word “script” – most of the cloakers out there, including Cloaker Buzz Elite, are windows based software. CBE is great but it still requires you to generate a file and upload it to your server for every link you create which is time consuming and not very efficient. Samurai Stealth Cloaker is different and is basically a small php file that you upload to your server. It takes minutes to do and then you are set to go. Cloaking any link is a simple case of logging into the admin panel, filling out a couple of boxes and you have your cloaked link. It’s so easy and so quick I don’t know how I managed without it until now.
The program allows you to choose exactly the kind of cloaking you wish to use, from a simple redirect to a fully secure encrypted link. Redirection to any web page of your choosing makes it a very powerful little tool and I’m loving its simplicity and ease of use.
The other advantage is that every cloaked link is stored in one file, making them immediately portable between domains. Each link also contains a basic but very useful counting tracker so you can see how many clicks your links are getting.
Another great bonus is the inclusion of a script for article marketers that completely solves the problem of affiliate links in places like Ezine Articles and that in itself is worth its weight in gold if you use article marketing to promote affiliate programs.
Before buying this tool, I bought another program for $97 and it turned out to be capable of nothing more than the free software I’ve used forever! I claimed a refund quickly but the point is, don’t be fooled by the claims of most so called link cloaking programs. Most of them are a waste of money. Samurai Stealth Cloaker is the exception and is the best money I’ve spent in a while for a time saving marketing tool.
Cloaking links is essential if you are an affiliate. If you are not doing it already, I recommend you start off on the right foot with this excellent tool
The sales page is one of the most upfront I have seen in a while with detailed videos showing exactly what you are buying and how it works, enabling you to make a well informed buying decision. If only more software vendors were as transparent as Michael Andrews, the man behind Samurai Stealth.
So, there you have it if you’ve heard enough and are ready to grab your own copy you can head right on over and buy your copy of Samurai Stealth Cloaker at a discounted price for a limited time only. I endorse the product wholeheartedly for affiliates everywhere. It is a genuine bargain.
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(IMPORTANT NOTE – remember to test cloaked links to ensure that your affiliate link is being tracked correctly. Sometimes, depending on the merchant/affiliate network, certain forms of cloaking may cause failure to track your ID – fortunately with SSC this is rare).
If you really don’t want to spend anything I have a free affiliate link cloaker available for direct download here. Not as cool as SSC but it will do the job reasonably well and you are free to give it away to others as well.
PLEASE READ MY LATEST POSTS ON LINK CLOAKING FOR UP TO DATE INFORMATION
1) Affiliate Links and Internet Explorer
February 26, 2009
Affiliate Marketing, Software | Tools