CJ links that point straight to GoDaddy’s Registration Page
Oct 2nd, 2007 by yigber
I recently had to implement an advanced aff link here. I know some other people are looking for how to do this so I hope this can help.
The aforementioned site allows people to get suggestions for domain names based on keywords they type in or just get random weird names for inspiration. Once they find a name they like it let’s the user register that name through GoDaddy. Technically, the user has to click on a CJ aff link that points to GoDaddy.
The problemis, that CJ provides mainly links that point to GoDaddy’s home page - which is a million clicks away from the actual registration page and doesn’t allow to inform GoDaddy about the user’s desired name. I tried to contact GoDaddy but no response was received in two weeks. Post on DP didn’t help either.
The solution I use is this:
Aside from plain links and banners, CJ provides html code that can be used to implement a GoDaddy search box in affiliates’ sites, just like this one:
This search form allows webmasters to implement a domain search box on their site and if a user uses it to find and register a domain on GoDaddy then they get a commission.
The Solution is to simulate exactly that.
The search form generates this URL:
http://www.dpbolvw.net/interactive?domainToCheck=XXXXXXXX&tld=.com&checkAvail=1&aid=XXXXXXXXX&pid=XXXXXXXXX&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.godaddy.com%2Fgdshop%2Fregistrar%2Fsearch.asp%3Fisc%3D0000000000
And my code generates exactly that as well, only that it doesn’t come from the search form, but from a pre-coded link.
Now when a user clicks on that generated link, he will land right on GoDaddy’s registration page with the chosen name right in place.
This method is good for other advertisers and scenarios so I help this helps anyone in the future.
Here is my post in DP forums about this.
Enjoy.
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