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Can’t Find the Right Text Link? Create Your Own!

March 14, 2014 by ShareASale Author 6 Comments

In your journey through Affiliate Marketing, there will likely come a time when you want to direct readers to a specific page on a Merchant’s website. But what if this specific link doesn’t exist in the Merchant’s Creative Inventory?

You create your own in three simple steps utilizing the ShareASale Custom Link Tool!

STEP 1: Copy Destination URL

This is the URL to the page were your readers would land after clicking the link – typically this is deep link to a category page, a sale page, a specific product(s) page.

STEP 2: Click on Links > Create a Custom Link

Once you have the desired URL, log into your ShareASale Affiliate Account and click on Links > Create a Custom Link.

You are now on the “Create a Custom Link Page”. Paste the URL you have chosen into the box and click “Create Custom Link”

STEP 3:

Done! Your link is ready to be posted and shared!

  • Optional Fields
    • Additional Tracking: To accomplish 2 level tracking, or “SubID” tracking so that you can track which of your visitors perform buy actions or lead actions.

 

Filed Under: Affiliates Tagged With: creatives

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Comments

  1. Cheryl Kohan says

    September 2, 2015 at 5:18 pm

    Hi Lindsay,

    Well, I’ve created custom links for my current merchants but have no idea how to access them!

    I’m wondering if I did something wrong? Thanks for your help!
    Cheryl Kohan

    Reply
    • Brian Littleton says

      September 30, 2015 at 11:35 am

      Cheryl,

      The best thing to do for help is use the “Help” button in the top right of your account and submit a help ticket, we can then help you.

      Reply
  2. Brian Maida says

    January 31, 2016 at 9:31 am

    Can you change the size of a banner ad using any tools on this website?

    Reply
    • Brian Littleton says

      February 12, 2016 at 11:00 am

      Not really – the banners created by the Merchants are the size that they are … but you could always request something different from the Merchants if you needed it.

      Reply
  3. Aurora says

    June 18, 2016 at 10:44 am

    I’m not able to locate my social sharing function. I don’t have the option to even click yes/no to activate this function. Thank you for your help.

    Reply
  4. Abdullah says

    October 9, 2016 at 11:48 pm

    I have found the exact answer to my search.
    Thanks :)

    Reply

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