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Affiliate Link Toggle When Creating Links

Affiliate Link Toggle When Creating Links

You can now mark links as affiliate so that they are correctly tagged to optimize affiliate attribution.

Vijay Krishna Mallik avatar
Written by Vijay Krishna Mallik
Updated over 2 years ago

Affiliate links provide Condé Nast with a commission for linking to a retailer or service provider. Links have to be tagged correctly for the commission to be awarded. When you mark a link as an affiliate link Copilot automatically takes care of the tagging for you.

To create an affiliate link:

  1. Enter the copy for the link in the editor

  2. Highlight the copy and select the link option

  3. Enter the link URL to the product/service/retailer

  4. Enable the “Affiliate Link” toggle

You will see that your original link you have added is replaced by a one starting with https://cna.st. This ensures the link is routed correctly.

how to use the External Linkbuilder to generate affiliate links. Important, although the tool will produce reliable affiliate links, this product is an early release candidate still receiving regular updates & improvements.

What the tool already can be used for?

  • Generating affiliate links for products which are part of our affiliate networks (using the same setup like our Verso websites)

  • Tracking of revenue you based on the campaign name which has been entered.

How to install the “External Linkbuilder” / Chrome-Extension?

Note: The extension only works with Google Chrome.

  1. Download the Chrome Extension:

  2. Unpack the Zip-File.

  3. Enter “chrome://extensions/” into the browser URL field.

  4. Ensure you have Developer Mode ON

  5. Click on “Load unpacked” and select the folder you unpacked the extension into.

How to use the extension

  1. Navigate to the desired product page. (e.g. PreCleanse Cleansing Oil )

  2. Open the extension by clicking on the symbol shown below (Tip: pin the extension for easier access)

  3. Select your brand

  4. Select your channel

  5. Enter you campaign name

  6. Enter the campaignUrl *optional

  7. Click on “Generate Urls”

  8. Copy the generated affiliate link


In Progress

  • Having an automated way for Sailthru newsletters to generate affiliate links using the Sailthru campaign name as identifier.

  • Storing all clicks in a database and making them available in our data pipeline for reporting.

  • Working together with the editorial teams to align on Mode reporting.

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