Affiliate and referral
Affiliate links you can repoint after the offer ends
An affiliate link shortener lets you change where an old link goes without editing a single post, so reviews and videos that still rank keep earning after an offer ends.
Last reviewed 27 October 2026 by the CTAurl team
One change
Update an affiliate link once and every old post follows
An affiliate link in an old post keeps getting taps after the offer ends or the partner changes its URLs. With CTAurl, the post carries a short address you control. Point that address at the new offer once, and the very next tap on every post that carries it opens the new page.
Readable
Why a referral link should be readable in chat apps
A referral link in Asia often travels through a chat app, where the link is most of the message. LINE has about 22 million monthly users in Taiwan, according to LY Corporation, March 2026, and Taiwan's Criminal Investigation Bureau tells people to check with the sender before tapping a link, even one sent from a friend's LINE account (Criminal Investigation Bureau press release on the Executive Yuan website, 2026).
A long tracking URL announces itself, and a random short code asks for trust it has not earned. In three randomised trials with about 3,100 UK adults, a clear official-domain link raised trust compared with an opaque link, and a shortened link had no measurable effect on trust (Journal of Medical Internet Research, August 2026). The study tested official health links, not CTA domains. A CTA domain applies the same idea of a link that shows what it is: buy-it.now/sneaker tells the reader what happens, in their language if you need it.
Which post earned it
One affiliate link per post or platform
To see which post earned the commission, make one CTAurl link for each article or platform, all pointing at the same offer. Each link reports its own count, with breakdowns by city, device and referrer depending on your plan. Counts are requests, not people, and include link previews and bots.
Check two things before you move your affiliate links
- Your programme's terms on redirecting tracking links
- Your disclosure obligations where you publish
Getting either one wrong can cost you the whole affiliate account. We cannot read your contract for you, so check both before you move a catalogue of links.
Frequently asked questions
Can I change where an affiliate link goes after I post it?
Yes. The CTAurl link in the post never changes, and you change the page behind it in the CTAurl workspace. The next tap after you save goes to the new page, on every post that carries the link.
Is a readable link the same as link cloaking?
No. Cloaking hides where a link goes, and ad platforms such as Meta ban hiding a destination from review. A CTA domain says what happens next: buy-it.now leads to something people can buy. CTAurl disables links built to mislead.
Will my affiliate network allow redirects?
Some affiliate programmes restrict redirecting their tracking links through another service. Read your programme's terms before you move your catalogue of links, because breaking them can cost you the account.
Do my tracking parameters survive?
Yes. CTAurl stores the destination as you paste it, apart from standard URL clean-up, including affiliate IDs and UTM tags, and answers every tap with a 302 to that address. The redirect sets no cookie of its own.