How Do I Use CB Hop-linker?

There are three ways to use the Hop-linker. This FAQ will cover all the methods that you have available to you and explain the "How" and "Why" for each method.

We all know how often vendors change at Clickbank, and how difficult it can be to manage CB links. Don't we? Anyway, with the blacklisted option (...in the script) you can disable all broken vendor links by adding them to an array of blacklisted vendors. That will force the script to use the default vendor, keeping the link alive and useful until you hunt down those nasty broken links.

 NOTE: This cloaker works in the same manner as forming a normal Clickbank hop link but points to your own domain, and is easier to maintain.

Method #1 - Cloaking

The first method is cloaking a link and looks like this:

http://www.yourwsite.com/process.php?id=vendor 

 

Notice the way that link is formed and how I'm telling the script to process the vendor's nick, by using the id=vendor syntax. The vendor part of that syntax would be replaced with an actual vendor's nick to form a valid hop-link.

Let's take a look at an example. If the vendor ID is cbvendorid, then you would format the link in this way:

http://www.yourwsite.com/process.php?id=cbvendorid

 

That hop link would give you complete credit for any sales made.

When a visitor clicks that link CB Hop-linker takes the cbvendorid (knowing it's a vendor, because of the id=) and creates a valid Clickbank hop link that looks like the one below:  

http://yourcbid.cbvendorid.hop.clickbank.net

 

Test with an actual vendor:

http://www.mambotoys.com/process.php?id=bryxen1

That's a real working example and demonstrates just how easy this script is to use.

Method #2 - Referral

I got to thinking about what else this script could do and a likely addition was the referral link. So, I have added a cloaked referral link option to CB Hop-linker.

The syntax is very easy and an example is offered below:

http://www.yourwsite.com/process.php?rs

 

Once again, notice the way the link is formed and how simple and clean it is. That will create a valid referral link to Clickbank.

The internal link that's created looks like this:

http://yourcbid.reseller.hop.clickbank.net

 

Of course, your ID would be replaced with yourcbid, forming a valid reseller link.

Test this option with a real-world example below:

http://www.mambotoys.com/process.php?rs

 

Method #3 - Default Vendor

By default, the script will create a valid CB hop-link using the default vendor you've set up in the script. This method is used when the script is called directly or some problem is discovered while executing.

http://www.yourwsite.com/process.php

 

Note: This method uses the default vendor you've set up.

That's it!

Also See: How Do I Install CB Hop-linker?