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Affiliate Application | Traditional Affiliate Website Ownership Authentication Instructions

Updated

Overview

To be accepted into AvantLink, you must validate ownership of the website you applied with.  Ownership can be confirmed by placing the Verification JavaScript on your website and then letting AvantLink call that script. If you applied with a social media website, refer to the Affiliate Application Social Media Authentication Instructions.

Choose the authentication process that works best for you:

  • Standard Verification Process
  • Wordpress
  • Hosted Web Services / CMS Sites (Wix, Squarespace Blogger etc)
  • Manual Authentication 

 

Standard Verification Process 

  1. Copy the Verification JavaScript from the first link in the instruction email AvantLink sent to you.
  2. The JavaScript can be placed anywhere within the template that is used on the homepage of your site.
    • Locate your homepage. You may need to check with your host to determine what file this is but it is probably named "index.html" or "index.php" in your web root directory (likely to be named "public_html"). 
    • Paste the JavaScript anywhere in that file and save the file to your web server. Please leave the script in place until AvantLink is able to verify that it is there.
  3. Browse to the second URL found in the instruction email AvantLink sent to you to verify the placement of the JavaScript.
    • If your application confirmation was successful, you can delete the JavaScript from your homepage or template.
    • If unsuccessful, email AffiliateApps@AvantLink.com and provide the following:
        • Application Id:
        • URL you applied with:
        • Email you applied with:
        • Which AvantLink network you applied to: US | Canada | Australia
        • Screenshot and the line # in your source code you placed the javascript

 

WordPress

  1. Copy the JavaScript from the first link in the instruction email.
  2. Create or Edit a blog entry, select "Text" instead of "Visual" editing, and then:
    1. Enter``<code>``
    2. Paste the script from step 1
    3. Enter ``</code>`` tags to surround the script.
    4. This will not be visible, but the confirmation script (which searches for the embedded script) will be able to find it.
  3. Browse to the second URL found in the instruction email AvantLink sent to you to verify the placement of the JavaScript.
    • If your application confirmation was successful, you can delete the JavaScript from your homepage or template.
    • If unsuccessful, email AffiliateApps@AvantLink.com and provide the following:
        • Application Id:
        • URL you applied with:
        • Email you applied with:
        • Which AvantLink network you applied to: US | Canada | Australia
        • Screenshot and the line # in your source code you placed the javascript
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Hosted Web Services / CMS Sites

Wix, Gatorhost, Blogger, ColdFusion, SquareSpace, Adobe Muse, etc:

  1. Copy the Verification JavaScript from the first link in the instruction email.
  2. Paste the Verification Javascript somewhere AvantLink can call it.   Sometimes this is as easy as selecting a "custom HTML" block. Please do a search for how this can be accomplished on your platform.
  3. Browse to the second URL found in the instruction email AvantLink sent to you to verify the placement of the JavaScript.
    • If your application confirmation was successful, you can delete the JavaScript from your homepage or template.
    • If unsuccessful, email AffiliateApps@AvantLink.com and provide the following:
        • Application Id:
        • URL you applied with:
        • Email you applied with:
        • Which AvantLink network you applied to: US | Canada | Australia
        • Screenshot and the line # in your source code you placed the javascript

 

Manual Verification

For manual authentication, the AvantLink Affiliate Applications team can contact you directly through your websites contact form. 

  1. Email AffiliateApps@AvantLink.com with a link directly to your contact form. Please be sure all contact forms are functional before emailing.  Include the following: 
    • Application Id:
    • URL you applied with:
    • Email you applied with:
    • Which network you applied to (US, Canada, Australia).

If a contact form is not possible, email AffiliateApps@AvantLink.com for an alternate method. If we cannot find a way to manually authenticate, it is likely you will be denied.

 

 

 

 

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