Login to your iCodes account... 'Configure Feed' > 'My Merchants' ... select all merchants as 'Rejected' 'Configure Feed' > 'Relationship' .. select 'All Relationships'
Doing the above will use 'non affiliated links' on all rejected merchants which then allows your Skimlinks account to do the rest.
The Benefits of Using Skimlinks
In order to earn commission online you are usually required to sign up to the affiliate networks and apply to join the merchants within those networks, this can be a massive job to undertake from scratch. However there is a solution available named Skimlinks if you do not have the time to do this. (please contact Skimlinks if you have any questions regarding that service)
How Does Skimlinks Work
Skimlinks works by turning direct merchant urls into affiliate links simply by placing a snippet of javascript into your website coding, or alternatively use the Skimlinks redirecting API - http://labs.skimlinks.com/2010/06/skimlinks-api/ so the JavaScript snippet is not required, you can use it in your own redirect scripts. For full instructions and to sign up for free please Click Here.
Possible Drawbacks
In the iCodes feed the merchants url is a homepage link only, and so all codes and offers promoted without the provided affiliate link will only take the visitor to the merchants homepage, in most cases this is adequate for codes, but offers generally require a deeplink to take the visitor directly to the target page within the merchants site.
Although a seperate deeplink field is included in the feeds they can sometimes only include an ID (depending on the network), or blank if it's a homepage link, and such deeplinks would not generate the url required unless used within a built affiliate link. **We will look into a possible solution **
Important: The use of Skimlinks with iCodes is only allowed with paid subscriptions, any user using Skimlinks with the free 50/50 clickshare subscriptions will have their accounts deleted.
