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Creating Individual Product Links & Get Link Buttons

Follow these steps to create Individual Product Links:

  1. In the Links/Merchandising area of the Navigation Panel (the first page y ou see when you log in), click "Individual Product Links" (or select "Ind. Product" from the Links drop-down menu from anywhere in the interface).
  2. To add products to your Individual Product Link inventory for your affiliates to choose from, you can upload a list of products all at once, upload each product one at a time, or choose from products in your Product Database. A LinkShare representative will tell you how to proceed.
  3. To load new products one at a time, click the Create New Product Link button. Then input the following information:



    • Product Name: Provide a name for this product. If you decide to make this a Textual Product link, the "Name" field is the text that will be hyperlinked for affiliates as the textual link.
    • Product SKU Provide a unique number to identify the product.
    • Product Category Select a category for the product (see "Creating Categories for Your Links" in this chapter for details on working with categories).
    • Image URL Enter an Image URL for the location of the image if you wish to offer an Image Product link. The image you will see in the Merchant Interface is a thumbnail (smaller version) of the full image which affiliates will see and use as the Image Product link.
      TIP: You can offer both an image and/or a text link for this product by checking "Image Link" or "Text Copy" boxes. Affiliates will see linking code for whichever or both of the link types you make available (by selecting the check box) for the specific Individual Product Link. If you have a choice of a larger or smaller image for the IPL, choose the smaller image.
    • Image Link To offer an image link for this product, click the "Image Link" check box. Check that you have also entered an Image URL.
    • Text Copy To offer a text link for this product, click the "Text Copy" check box. The "Name" field is the text that will be hyperlinked for affiliates as the Textual Product link.
    • Text for Link The "Text for Link" will be provided to affiliates as a detailed description of the item.
    • Landing URL Your specific technical set-up for individual product links will determine how you enter the appropriate information into this field.
  4. To select products from your product database click the button "Choose From Product Database". This option enables you to import product data and automatically create an Individual Product Link using a Product Database entry. Next, check the boxes of the items for which you wish to create Individual Product Links, then and select "Update". To return to your Individual Product Links inventory, click "Back" and view your additions. If you have many Product Database entries, you may use the search function to find specific Product Database entries. Simply click the link "To search for specific products, click here." In the pop-up, select from the following fields to search: SKU, Product Name, Product Description, or Product Category. Enter your search terms in the text field provided and click the "Search" button. Your results will display on the main page.
    TIP: If you create an Individual Product Link directly without creating a record in the Product Database first, this will create a Product Database entry using any information you provide for making the Individual Product Link. You will be able to update or add information here or in the Product Database for this entry.
  5. In order for your affiliates to have access to these product links, you must assign the links to program levels and/or to groups of affiliates. To do this, click the Programs and/or Groups buttons (one at a time), and click the appropriate boxes. Click the OK button in the pop-up windows when you have made your selections. If you want to provide the link to all of your affiliates, click the box that says "Assign to All." Note: The "Assign to All" checkbox works independently from the Programs and Groups pop-up windows for assigning the link. If you use the "Assign to All" checkbox, the link will be assigned to all programs and groups, but the pop-up windows will not be updated. Therefore, regardless of which selections you make in those pop-up windows, if the "Assign to All" checkbox is selected, the individual product link will appear for every affiliate.
    TIP: After you've uploaded an Individual Product Link, you can click on the product image in your inventory to see where the link would bring an end user and ensure the link goes to the correct page.
  6. Click the Save Changes button to upload the information into your account.

    Please contact AdvertiserHelpUK@LinkShare.com if you have any question about this.

Get Link Buttons:
How to find "Get the code" link URL for use on the Create Links page, the HTML Newsletter, and for Bestseller submission. (Note: you must have an affiliate account set up).

  1. Log in to your affiliate account: https://cli.linksynergy.com/cli/common/login.php?browserOK
  2. From the red menu bar at the top, click on Links > Get Links


  3. Click on your merchant program link from the Advertiser list


  4. On the left hand side of the page, click on the link type you want to create a “Get the code” link for (i.e. Banners / Images, Individual Products, or Text / Email). Note: the link types will only appear on the left hand side if you have uploaded links of these types into the merchant interface already.


  5. Find the link you want and click the “Get Link” button to the right of it


  6. Copy the URL at the top of the window that pops up. This is the URL that sits behind the "Get the code" link! This is the URL that you should supply along with BestSeller product information.