Rochelle's Overall Rating
Hot Link Cloaker is an excellent url cloaker script. The primary use for this cloaker script is to use it to hide affiliate links. If you want to know how to hide URL addresses, then this script is for you.
Features
The benefit of cloaking affiliate links is to prevent people from stealing your affiliate commissions. You may be wondering how? Hide URL addresses using this script, which is very simple to install and setup.
You will need to setup a mysql database to use this program. This is easy to do from your site’s cPanel.
All upgrades are available at no additional cost. I have been a user of Hot Link Cloaker since 2006 and can honestly say that the upgrades made available have been excellent, and have added to the value of this cloaker script.
There have been a few times when I have needed to contact Support for Hot Link Cloaker. My questions were answered in a timely manner, by the author of this software, Jamie Ratliff. Jamie was very professional, and I sincerely appreciated the time he took to assist me until my questions were completely answered.
One really great feature that was recently added is the ability to see how often a link is clicked. This is great because it allows you to track how well your affiliate campaigns are doing. If you see that no one is clicking, then you can modify your text/link and see if clicks increase. Or, you can see how many people are clicking an converting to sales. If you have no idea how many people are clicking, then you have no way of knowing if you need to improve your campaigns.
When visitors click one of your cloaked links, they will not be able to see that the link is an affiliate URL. There is a live demo for you to try, and I highly recommend that you do, so you get a feel for how this works.
Pros and Cons of Hot Link Cloaker
Pros of Hot Link Cloaker
- Cloak affiliate links easily
- Count URL clicks to track your affiliate campaigns
Cons of Hot Link Cloaker
- None
- (I’ve honestly tried to come up with a negative for this script and I can’t)
Cost and Licensing of Hot Link Cloaker
- One Time Cost: $28.97
- Develop as MANY cloaked links as you like with a single license!
- Free Lifetime Upgrades at no additional Cost!
Jim on Fri, 20th Feb 2009 2:33 pm
I’ve been using this script for a few months on a number of my sites and it’s rock-solid.
Not a lot of frills but it does what it promises-easily cloaks your affiliate links and allows you to track your clicks to various campaigns.
A slick piece of software!