Affiliate Marketing: How to Know Which Links Actually Earn
2026-07-04 · Earning Online
If you promote affiliate links, you're probably flying blind: you post links everywhere and hope. The winners and the duds look identical until you measure.
The two numbers that matter
Clicks tell you what gets attention. Conversions tell you what makes money. A link with lots of clicks and no conversions is a wrong-audience problem; few clicks and high conversions means you should share it more.
Stop logging by hand
Manually tracking earnings in a spreadsheet is error-prone and always out of date. TrackRef creates trackable links (no signup to start), counts every click, and records conversions automatically via a postback or pixel — so your numbers are real, not remembered.
- Make a trackable link in seconds
- See clicks and conversions per link
- Compare offers and double down on the winners
Then optimise
Once you can see per-link performance, the strategy is obvious: cut what doesn't convert, and put your best placements behind the links that do. Measurement turns guessing into a system.