Link juice from my affiliates to my site

[philraymond]

I'm setting up an affiliate program through 1shoppingcart. Even though I run 3 different websites, the way their program works is that I have to have 1 domain name that my affiliates get as their affiliate link, with their unique id attached at the end.

I can give them multiple links that will redirect to various places on my 3 websites, but those original links that they put on their site will all be to just 1 domain.

I'm wondering if I still get link juice to my sites even though the links are obviously being redirected? Does it depend on the redirection method?

I was just thinking that getting hundreds of affiliates who run related sites could be a very good seo boost if they're all linking to my site, but I feel like it's going to be wasted because of this redirection thing.

Hope this made sense.

Thanks very much,
Phil

[reilly3000]

It will cost some cash, but the solution is this:

Buy iDevAffiliate with the SEO Links addon. Use it instead of 1shoppingcart's affiliate system. That will cut your 1SC bill and give you the links you're wanting, plus you'll have a more robust affiliate system to work with. I believe they integrate really easily. Hope that helps!

edit: I forgot to mention- you are right. The redirect scheme won't have any SEO value at the end of the day. However, having an army of affiliates can make you wealthy regardless of your rankings!

[philraymond]

Thanks for the info. I've just switched to iDevAffiliate. Too bad I still need the pro version of 1SC for the upsell and digital download modules.

I was also worried I was going to have to buy iDdevAffiliate for $200 for each website that I want to point SEO Links to, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

Thanks again.