Affiliate Marketing

Should You Send Traffic Straight to an Affiliate Link?

Sometimes, but a useful bridge page often serves the visitor better by explaining fit, limitations and alternatives before the click. Direct linking may also be restricted by the advertising platform or affiliate programme.

Start with the diagnosis

The durable approach is editorial: solve the problem first, explain the fit honestly and disclose the commercial relationship.

Before changing the page or campaign, separate what you know from what you are assuming. Check the source, the promise, the destination and the desired action in that order. This prevents a visible symptom from being mistaken for the cause.

What to do next

  1. Check both sets of rules.
  2. Use a bridge page when context improves the decision.
  3. Track the source and destination separately.

How to judge the result

Judge a recommendation by visitor usefulness as well as commissions or click-through rate. Compare like with like and give the test enough time to reveal a useful pattern. Keep the original version as a reference rather than changing everything at once.

Watch out: Do not add a pointless page that merely repeats sales copy.

A simple working checklist