Use these instructions to get a link to the website of any brand presented on Travelpayouts.
An affiliate link is a URL that leads to the travel brand's website. What makes it different from a regular link is that it contains a unique partner ID. Thanks to the ID, all sales made using such a link are connected to the partner and are used as a base for rewards calculation.
Types of links
There are two ways to get affiliate links:
- Copy ready-made links to the page the brand wants to promote. Typically, these are home pages, promo pages, or app download links. These links are pre-created on the programs pages in your personal Travelpayouts account and can simply be copied.
- Create links to any page of the brand's website. They may lead, for example, to a specific search query or a specific page of a brand's website. You can create such links yourself using the Travelpayouts link generator.
This article will cover how to work with ready-made links. You can find more information about generating links to specific pages in the Creating affiliate links using the link generator article.
How to get and place a ready-made link
Note! To get an affiliate link, you need to join a program from the Travelpayouts catalogue.
To get a link to a travel brand's website, go to a program's page and open the Tools tab, then click on Links section.
The page contains a list of ready-made links that the brand promotes. Each line contains the following information:
- Title — the name of the link from which you can understand where it leads.
- Date added — the date when the link was added.
- Language — the language of the travel brand's site page on which it will be displayed after clicking on the link. For some travel brands, the page language is additionally determined by the settings in the user’s browser and has a higher priority than the link language (for example, if the browser language is English and the users clicked on the GE link, they will still be in the English version of the site).
To get the link, click the Get the link button.
In the popup window, you can:
- Select a project (if at least two projects are connected to the program).
- Set a SUB ID for the link.
To get the link, click the Copy icon. Now you can paste the link in your article, post, or any other source.
How to create an affiliate link to any page of the brand's website
Most programs in Travelpayouts allow you to manually create affiliate links to specific pages of the site. Such links are convenient because they take the user directly to the page you have chosen. For example, if you describe the nature of Switzerland in your post, a good solution would be to place a link to buy airline tickets with a predetermined destination. This can increase the percentage of bookings, as users will not have to waste time filling out the form.
There are several ways to create such links. They are described in the following articles:
- Creating affiliate links using link generator
- How to quickly create a link to a brand's website
- We recommend you read the article How to start using tools where we share tips on how to use links even if you don't have a website.
You can find out how to track conversions and bookings on links in the Monitoring the effectiveness of Links article.
