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Notes onaffiliate links.
Writing on broken links, creator income, and the occasional product update from the lab.
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Affiliate sub-IDs explained: how to know which placement actually converts.
Sub-IDs are the single most underused feature in affiliate marketing. They turn a flat commission report into a per-placement attribution map. Here's how they work on Amazon, Awin, ShareASale, Impact, and CJ. Plus how to design a tagging system that actually scales.
9 min read·Read → - Deep dive
What the affiliate link checker checks (and why each matters)
Most free checkers only verify HTTP status. That misses 80% of how affiliate links actually fail. A walkthrough of the five checks Affiliyo runs, what each catches, and what still falls through.
8 min read·Read → - Deep dive
Why Amazon Associates links break more than any other. And what to do about it.
Amazon gives creators the biggest affiliate catalog in the world and the most unstable URLs. ASINs rotate, products migrate, regional stores diverge. Here's why Amazon links break faster than any other network. And how to survive it.
7 min read·Read → - Deep dive
UTM parameters on affiliate links: good idea or not?
UTM parameters let you segment affiliate traffic by source in your own analytics. But they can break affiliate tracking when networks strip URL parameters. Here's when UTMs help, when they hurt, and the safer pattern.
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