Affiliate programs offering redirects back to my site after successful... —...

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I am building a website where members are rewarded for actions completed. For some of these actions within my site (such as uploading a photo), I would like to offer my members the ability to participate in affiliate sites as follows: Once they complete the required action, they are rewarded on my site. Ideally, I would pass in the redirect url when sending the member to their site. Are there affiliate programs that offer to redirect back to...

Originally asked by user8113 on Stack Exchange (webmasters) (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

The bad news I searched the documentation, marketing blurb and/or control panels for the best-known affiliate networks: Clickbank , Amazon Associates , Linkshare , Commission Junction , and buy.at . None of them offer a 'return URL' for affiliate accounts that I could find. Some offer a return URL for seller accounts, often via the third-party payment service, but that doesn't help you much. The good news It's still possible to do what you describe and reward members who purchase through your affiliate links. Instead of using a return URL, you'd use the purchase notification service (sometimes called a 'callback' or 'trigger') that affiliate networks provide to confirm that a click resulted...

Full answer by Nick: https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/a/15305 (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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