Generally no. However, most sellers who have multiple products would offer what is called “deep linking”. Deep linking is where you can add your affiliate id to any page on the sellers website and it will be tracked. This way your visitors will end up on the page that is most relevant to them and you’ll get a commission if they purchase.

Some merchants either have a tool for you to deep link or a way for you to add the affiliate id into the relevant page url. Amazon, for example, has a feature called Site Stripe, where your affiliate link for any specific page is automatically generated and displayed at the top of the page.

Next question: Is there generally a way to edit an affiliate link so it points to a specific product on the seller’s site? I’m seeing some that just point to the website, so the person clicking the link would then have to search for the product, I don’t like that idea.

Good question. The idea is that the link takes you to the relevant information on the advertisers website. What you’re supposed to do is add value in some way so that your audience will be interested in clicking the link and hopefully buying those products.

Some ways to add value are to:

1. show yourself using the product
2. do a review and recommend the product
3. show how the product can solve common problems or satisfy a need

When you do this your audience is pre-sold from your unique perspective that the seller could not have offered and they’ll be more likely to buy the product. Use the affiliate link and you get a well deserved commission.

That is really sad actually because there are many honest people that are putting in time and effort to really and truly help others find what they’re searching for online. They protect their reputation by offering well-researched information and offer links to real solutions that help so that they could earn a living.

Yes, there are some bad eggs but from my experience most of the web isn’t like that and there are many tools available to protect you against them.